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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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Roeder's lawyers ask for change of venue

WICHITA — Scott Roeder's public defenders have asked a Sedgwick County judge to move his first-degree murder trial elsewhere because of the controversy surrounding the killing of Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller.

Man, 4 sons face child rape charges

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

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

    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

    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

    Marriage License Applications

  • Wichita teacher arrested on drug charges

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

  • TV program on capture of BTK to air Nov. 15

    A Discovery Channel program will focus on the arrest of Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer, in an episode later this month.

  • Feds charge two in poisoned-salsa case

    Federal prosecutors have charged a Shawnee husband and wife with poisoning the salsa at the Mi Ranchito restaurant in Lenexa.

  • Kansas looks at Colorado sex assault suspect

    PUEBLO, Colo. —A man suspected of sexually assaulting more than 12 women in New Mexico and Texas and trying to kill a Pueblo police officer has prompted inquiries from investigators in Colorado and Kansas, authorities said this week.

  • Dodge City reporter fights subpoena

    DODGE CITY — The Dodge City Daily Globe is challenging a county attorney's efforts to obtain a reporter's notes and testimony about a jailhouse interview she conducted with a man charged in a fatal shooting.

  • Police release image of robber

    Wichita police have released an image of the man who robbed the Intrust Bank branch at 1544 S. Webb Road on Monday.

  • Slain Lyons woman obtained protection order

    LYONS — A Lyons woman who was found dead in her home had taken out a protection order last week against the man suspected in her death.

  • Marriage License Applications, Annulments Granted, Divorces Granted

    Marriage License Applications

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