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Of three men who entered a QuikTrip together at Douglas and Rock on Monday night, two thought they were stopping briefly to pick up a snack or drink, according to Wichita police — but the third guy had other ideas.
Sometime between Monday night, Dec. 12, and Tuesday morning, Dec. 13, someone burglarized Granite Transformations, 3821 N. Hillcrest. The burglar or burglars used bolt cutters to cut the locks off three trailers in front of the business. Hand tools and construction supplies valued at more than $2,800 were taken. A second business nearby, that asked not to be named, also was burglarized during the same time period and in a similar manner. A 125-amp wire welder, valued at $1,500, was taken.
Whom to contactA Garden Plain teacher and coach facing child sex-related charges won’t face a preliminary hearing until Feb. 9.
John Jones actually saw and heard what became Wichita’s second homicide in an hour on New Year’s morning.
Two of the three unsolved Wichita homicides from 2011 present investigators with the same basic challenge — a lack of witnesses.
Two shootings early Friday in southeast Wichita – one that left a 19-year-old man in critical condition and another a drive-by in a residential neighborhood – are linked, Wichita police said.
Wichita police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with one of four cold homicide cases from 2011.
When Jennifer White envisioned an “Extreme Makeover” for a youth resource center to help homeless teens, she didn’t expect anything quite this extreme.
A Sedgwick County judge ruled Tuesday that Eli Betancourt received more than effective legal representation in a trial last spring that ended in his conviction for murder of a 13-year-old boy.
Police have classified the death of a homeless man found near the Keeper of the Plains statue Friday morning as a homicide, and they have no suspects yet.
Police said Friday that the death of man whose body was found on a riverbank near Central and Nims is a homicide.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office on Friday arrested two more suspects in the Wednesday night shooting death of 19-year-old Markez Phillips.
Francis N. Dupree, 24, and Reginald O. Dupree, 19, were booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on murder and robbery charges. Daniel L. Dupree, 21, was arrested Thursday on the same charges.Investigators said they will meet with prosecutors to determine when formal charges will be filed.The Sheriff’s Office said the shooting occurred as the three men were taking three big-screen televisions from the home where Phillips was shot.A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in Oaklawn late Wednesday night, a law enforcement official said early Thursday night.
Police have stepped up patrols of an east Wichita neighborhood after actress Kirstie Alley’s house was vandalized twice last weekend.
Loyce Cody helped children who had challenges and disabilities.
Immanuel Thompson will graduate with honors today with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Wichita State University.
Sometime over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, someone vandalized two sculptures on display in Old Town, officials announced today.
A runaway teenage witness forced a prosecutor to dismiss a human trafficking case against an accused pimp and two women charged with helping sell the girl for sex.
A young couple were charged this afternoon with first-degree murder in the death of a 69-year-old Augusta woman who taught at a Wichita elementary school.
Matthew Noel will face trial again in February after a jury failed to reach a verdict on charges against him.
