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Jury deliberates in case of Kellogg car crash that killed 5-year-old

A Sedgwick County jury will resume deliberations this morning in the murder trial of Ronald Bevan, charged in the death of a 5-year-old girl killed last year in a car crash on Kellogg.

Study shows Sedgwick County District Court needs to expand by eight judges

Kansas has enough judges, but they’re not in the right places, a study says, and the Kansas Supreme Court wants the right to change that.

Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita

U.S. Senior District Judge Wesley Brown has died at age 104.

Defendant Kiara Williams during her murder trial: ‘Why am I here?’

Kiara Williams told a jury Monday morning that she thought she was going with a friend to smoke marijuana and then pick up her child.

Tuesday forum to focus on repeal of state’s death penalty law

As a bill to repeal the death penalty languishes in the Statehouse, a local church-women’s group hopes to help revive legislators’ interest on the issue.

Defendant’s conduct left others suspicious

People now know his real name is Daniel U. Perez.

Woman recalls shooting of man she said raped her two years earlier

Jalessa Bonner remembered that when she was 17, an ex-boyfriend put a gun to her head and made her have sex with seven men.

Fugitive charged with murder in 2003 death

A fugitive who lived on what has been described as a compound in rural Valley Center is now charged with murder and multiple sex crimes against children.

Personal information of thousands taken from Department of Aging in car break-in

The Kansas Department on Aging is trying to contact 7,000 Wichita-area residents whose personal information was taken when a laptop computer and some paper files were stolen from an employee’s car last week while parked at a west Wichita hotel.

Officer testifies Kishen Woods admitted shooting wife

As Wichita police officer Jeremy Miller responded to a shooting call near 13th and Grove last November, he saw a woman lying motionless in the street and children running toward him.

Jurors to decide if woman aided in murder or was bystander

Kiara Williams contends she was merely sitting in a car when two men went into a southeast Wichita apartment, shot and killed a man.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom adopts active, aggressive approach to fighting crime

After the Senate confirmed Barry Grissom as U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas, he called his mother to tell her the news that the president of the United States had appointed her son.

Deputy Kevin Easter’s life, death compelled others

Capt. John Speer pulled an old cassette tape out of his desk drawer at the Wichita Police Department and popped it into an old recorder. He hit play.

Eli Betancourt is third to get life sentence in murder of 13-year-old boy

For the third time, Silvia Martinez and Miguel Andrade Sr. faced a man convicted of killing their son on Father’s Day.

Third life sentence in murder

For the third time, Silvia Martinez and Miguel Andrade Sr. faced a man convicted of killing their son on Father’s Day.

Surge in Crime Stoppers payouts signals increased neighborhood awareness, officials say

More people are contacting Crime Stoppers with tips, officials say, and more of those tips are leading to the capture of suspects linked to serious crimes.

Ex-Wichitan guilty of 2010 shooting death in Topeka

A former Wichita man has been found guilty of killing a Topeka man during a crime rampage in June 2010.

Brett Seacat pleads not guilty to murder, arson charges

The first-degree murder and arson trial of former Sedgwick County sheriff’s Deputy Brett Seacat has been set for late April, but his defense attorney said he doesn’t expect the trial to start until midsummer.

Wichita police: Woman says she was sexually assaulted after meeting stranger on Craigslist

She met him on Craigslist, and decided to chat with him in person.

Criminal charges filed in two Wichita homicides

Criminal charges were filed Thursday in Sedgwick County District Court in two recent Wichita homicides.

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