A 37-year-old inmate who had a history of a chronic health problem died, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. EMS was called on June 27 because of “irregular lab results,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Prior to EMS arriving at the jail the inmate became unresponsive,” the release says. “Immediate medical […]
SEDGWICK, Kan. (KSNW) – The City of Sedgwick will have a city-run EMS service for the first time since 2017. City leaders made the decision to give up their certification to run EMS services because they were not getting enough volunteers. This meant the closest ambulance was coming 15 minutes down the road from Halstead. […]
Two more candidates joined the Sedgwick County Commission District 3 race Monday ahead of the noon filing deadline. AlmaAnn Jones, a trauma advocate and criminal justice activist who serves on two county advisory boards, will compete against Save Century II founder Celeste Racette in the Democratic primary on Aug. 6. Alan Reichert, a senior financial […]
Celeste Racette, a former fraud investigator and founder of Save Century II, is running for a seat on the Sedgwick County Commission. Racette, who placed fourth as an Independent in a crowded field of Wichita mayoral candidates last year, is running as a Democrat to represent District 3 in western Sedgwick County. “I really do […]
More human remains have been discovered in Sumner County in the same area where authorities found remains on Friday, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday. “The remains are … believed to be connected to an ongoing homicide investigation in Sedgwick County,” the sheriff’s office said. “The victims of the homicide were last seen […]
The Sedgwick County Commission will consider vetoing Goddard’s plan to give a developer $3.5 million in state incentives to build apartments at the Genesis Sports Complex, documents show. The commission’s May 8 agenda was published Friday afternoon, several hours after a Wichita Eagle report found $1.2 million of the incentive package would be used to […]
SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — Sedgwick County residents must register by Tuesday, Feb. 20, in order to vote in the presidential preference primary on March 19. Tuesday is also the last day to change your political party affiliation and to submit an advance mail ballot application. Kansas Highway Patrol identifies man struck and killed by […]
In 2017, Ricky Wirths walked into the offices leased by the Kansas Department of Revenue at a local strip mall, asked for the tax agent who’d recently seized his property, and open fired on the entire office, shooting the tax agent five times. He then told an acquaintance that he’d “just killed a guy,” although […]