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Sedgwick County recovering amid global technology outages
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - As of 3 p.m. on Friday, 95% of Sedgwick County’s computer systems are restored following a major technology outage across the nation. “Microsoft has messed up a lot of people today,” said Bishop Herman Hicks. Hicks was trying to go to the tag office...
2 hospitalized after crash during police chase
SEDGWICK COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident during a police chase just after 8:30p.m. Monday in Sedgwick County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Ford Econoline van driven by Derrick Easter, 42, Madison, North Carolina, was fleeing from Law Enforcement at the intersection of 11th and Meridian.
1 critically injured in shooting near Douglas and Broadway
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - One person suffered critical injuries in a late Monday night shooting reported about 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South Broadway, near Douglas and Broadway, in downtown Wichita. A Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor confirmed two injuries reported on the call. It’s unknown if both reported...
Jury convicts Wichita man in shooting death of teen
A Sedgwick County jury has returned a guilty verdict for a Wichita man who was charged in the shooting death of a teenager last year. The verdict was delivered Monday in the trial of 25-year-old Rico Brown on a charge of first degree murder. He was convicted in the July 3rd, 2023 death of 16-year-old Elrecus Nolan, Jr., who was found in a car that had rolled onto a curb at Mt. Vernon and Ellis.
One person in critical condition after almost drowning in Bel Aire
BEL AIRE, Kan. (KAKE) - One person is in critical condition after nearly drowning in Bel Aire. Sedgwick County dispatch said one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after reports of a drowning in the 4800 block of E 44th St. N around 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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