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Wichita police seek to purchase body cameras for officers

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 2 at 9:07 a.m.

Getting a full video of what actually happens at a crime scene always helps in sorting out the details later.

Chief: Police fired after man charged with knife

BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 1 at 6:16 a.m.

Witnesses say a Wichita police officer had no choice but to open fire on a robbery suspect who came at him with a knife inside the Dollar General at Pawnee and Meridian late Sunday night, Chief Norman Williams said Monday.

Burned mosque had received hateful letters

BY FRED MANN AND STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 1 at 6:05 a.m.

A mosque in west Wichita that was heavily damaged by fire early Monday had received anti-Islam letters in recent months.

Wichita City Council to look at firefighter contract

BY RICK PLUMLEE, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 6:43 a.m.

Labor contract negotiations are never simple, but talks between the city and the local firefighters union went smoothly enough in recent months that they could finally hammer out a proposed deal.

Who doesn't love a good scare?

BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | April 3 at 1:08 p.m.

She was threatened by monsters, nearly devoured by a dinosaur and chased by men with knives and chain saws.

Cheating scandal in Atlanta has Wichita ties

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 6:09 a.m.

A key figure in the largest academic cheating scandal in U.S. history is from Wichita and served as an upper-level administrator here.

Running gives Wichita-area girls internal strength too

BY AMY LEIKER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 5:59 a.m.

Before practice started last Monday, 8-year-old Haley Smith squatted in front of a five-gallon orange cooler with her tongue out, ready for a drink. Glorey McNutt, also 8, pushed the button and laughed.

Pink fire trucks raise cancer awareness

BY BECCY TANNER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 6:08 a.m.

The four pink fire trucks coming to Wichita this week are all about raising awareness, said retired Sedgwick County firefighter Richard Janne.

Groups to aid refugee settlement in Wichita

BY ROY WENZL, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 12:08 a.m.

Two groups that help rescue foreigners from war and oppression say they are arranging what they say will be the most significant refugee resettlement in Wichita since hundreds were resettled here from southeast Asia 30 years ago.

Dog bites off part of officer's finger

Oct. 30 at 12:08 a.m.

An animal control officer required surgery after receiving a severe dog bite Friday at the animal shelter, 3103 N. Hillside.

Pompeo bills Peterjohn for crashing fundraiser

BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 12:09 a.m.

Rep. Mike Pompeo's campaign has sent a $2,500 bill to Sedgwick County Commissioner Karl Peterjohn for crashing a campaign fundraiser featuring House Speaker John Boehner.

Eastminster church decides to break from denomination

BY ANNIE CALOVICH, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 8:31 a.m.

Eastminster Presbyterian Church has broken with North America's largest Presbyterian denomination to affiliate with a smaller denomination that it says is more faithful to Scripture.

'Paragon' sculpture installed at WaterWalk

Oct. 29 at 6:59 a.m.

Workers with Belger Cartage and Paley Studios Ltd. assemble and install Albert Paley's controversial 38-foot, 28-ton, $350,000 sculpture, titled "Paragon," at WaterWalk on Friday.

911 to ask some callers to call someone else

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 6:47 a.m.

The hungry guy on house arrest who called 911 to ask whether a police officer would go grocery shopping for him?

Governor talks at Wichita Metro Chamber forum

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 7:10 a.m.

The focus was on growth Friday when Gov. Sam Brownback addressed a Wichita Metro Chamber forum at the Hyatt Regency.

Survey on school boundaries is online

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 7:02 a.m.

Wichita residents can share their thoughts on school boundary issues by completing an online survey at the district's website.

Comforts of home attract tiny guests

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 6:35 a.m.

When north winds blow and furnaces click on, when fireplaces blaze and kitchens fill with the scents of soups and fresh-baked goodies, we naturally retreat inside for the comforts of home.

Man treated after standoff

BY TIM POTTER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 12:09 a.m.

A police standoff with a man wanted for a violent crime ended Thursday afternoon when the SWAT unit entered a home on North Market and found him hiding in the attic, police said.

Man arrested in vandalism downtown

BY STAN FINGER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 12:09 a.m.

A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday evening after a rash of vandalism involving downtown buildings earlier in the day — among them a police substation and the Scottish Rite Center.

Wichita's inspections chief Kurt Schroeder to step down

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 7:10 a.m.

Kurt Schroeder, the city's director of central inspection for almost two decades, has announced his retirement, effective Dec. 23.

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