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Every weekday, Kansas.com's Wichita Crime Maps show you all the crimes reported yesterday across Wichita, and every crime reported in your neighborhood for the past week. See them here.

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Husband critical after shooting; wife in jail

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 14 at 12:06 a.m.

Wichita police arrested a 43-year-old woman in a shooting early Friday that left her estranged husband in "very critical condition" with a gunshot wound to his head, a police official said.

Letter to FBI called Roeder a danger to abortion providers

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press | Nov. 14 at 3:36 a.m.

More than a month before Wichita abortion provider George Tiller's shooting death, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City received an anonymous letter warning that the man now charged in the case "would do physical harm" to Tiller or any other abortion provider, the agency said.

Metal thieves are now targeting sprinklers

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 14 at 12:06 a.m.

On a recent Sunday, members of a south Wichita congregation found their church lawn flooded with what looked like thousands of gallons of water.

Augusta man to stand trial in shooting that killed teen girl

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 14 at 3:32 a.m.

EL DORADO — A judge ordered an Augusta man to stand trial on second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of a teenage girl last month.

New arrest made in child-rape case

By DONALD BRADLEY, Kansas City Star | Nov. 13 at 12:04 a.m.

LEXINGTON, Mo. —Hours after a father and his four middle-age sons shuffled into court Thursday, a sixth man was arrested in connection with an expanding child-rape-and-sodomy investigation.

Price of gold sends owners digging

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 13 at 6:17 a.m.

In Wichita and across the nation, the high price of gold is bringing items out of jewelry boxes and into businesses eager to buy a metal that has become extra precious in a troubled economy.

Roeder's attorneys want his trial moved

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 13 at 6:26 a.m.

Attacking statements made by the Sedgwick County district attorney and stories in The Wichita Eagle, public defenders for Scott Roeder this week asked for his first-degree murder trial to be held elsewhere.

Judge sets hearing on Roeder's request for change of venue

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 13 at 6:26 a.m.

WICHITA — A Sedgwick County District Judge has set a hearing next month to determine whether Scott Roeder's first-degree murder trial will proceed here or elsewhere.

Man, 4 sons face child rape charges

By DONALD BRADLEY, Kansas City Star | Nov. 12 at 3:16 p.m.

LEXINGTON, Mo. —They said they were just little girls trying to bury their horror in jars around the farm.

Petition seeks aid for hurt children

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 12 at 6:42 a.m.

Sedgwick County has received a petition from 203 health care professionals requesting funding for a multidisciplinary center that would serve abused children under one roof.

WWII vets recall people, conflict

BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 11 at 11:06 a.m.

Veterans Day asks us to regard as special people who didn't think they were special at the time of war, and have them explain what they can't explain to those who weren't there. Floyd and Lloyd Simmons were 18-year-old twins from Yates Center when they were drafted in 1944.

Lawyer says Roeder can't use defense

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 13 at 6:26 a.m.

Scott Roeder's lawyer said Tuesday that the defense his client had hoped for in the murder trial of a Wichita abortion provider isn't legal.

Marriage License Applications, Annulments Granted, Divorces Granted

Nov. 10 at 1:16 p.m.

Marriage License Applications

Wichita teacher arrested on drug charges

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 10 at 12:43 p.m.

A Wichita middle school teacher was charged Monday in northern Oklahoma with possession of drugs, Blackwell police said.

Suspect in George Tiller murder confesses; experts doubt defense

By JUDY L. THOMAS, Kansas City Star | Nov. 13 at 6:26 a.m.

Scott Roeder confessed Monday to killing Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, saying he had no regrets because "pre-born children were in imminent danger."

Wichita home burglaries up sharply

BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 10 at 6:22 a.m.

Home burglaries in Wichita have jumped sharply this year compared with 2008, with burglars targeting big-screen televisions and other electronics.

Teen's husband by contract is charged with rape

By CHRISTINE VENDEL, Kansas City Star | Nov. 9 at 12:07 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Vincent Mosby signed a marriage contract and paid a dowry in a religious ceremony in August, police said.

High court to weigh youths' life terms

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press | Nov. 9 at 12:07 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and was judged incorrigible, though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

Death penalty cases take time and scrutiny

BY RON SYLVESTER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 9 at 11:08 a.m.

Larry Williams expected to wait 10 years to see the death sentence carried out for his daughter's killer. Now, 13 years later, Williams said he may have to wait another decade before Gary Kleypas exhausts his appeals.

Shortfall may close state courts for weeks

BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 7 at 1:58 a.m.

State courts in Kansas will have to close their doors for one week each month beginning in February if the Legislature doesn't restore $8 million to the judiciary budget, Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Davis said Friday.

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