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One resident complained that his home smells like doughnuts "all the time". 🍩

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/27/its-distracting-residents-complain-smells-new-doughnut-factory-town/ 
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"She'll sit in the seat and grab my arm the whole time we're driving, which is new. She's like, 'I'm never letting you go ever again.'"

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/27/man-reunited-with-stolen-dog-five-years-later/ 
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: If you've seen thick, black smoke in the air while driving in northwest Wichita, here's where it's coming from. There is a fire at CDR Landfill just off of K-96.
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Wichita Thunder did not play their scheduled game on Friday night. 🏒

The Thunder is part of the ECHL, a minor professional ice hockey league - and the players are now on strike.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/27/wichita-thunder-game-postponed-echl-players-go-strike/ 
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Salina Police Department is asking for help identifying someone who robbed two businesses and a home last week on December 19.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/27/salina-police-seek-suspect-who-committed-three-burglaries-one-day/ 
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Police in Kentucky seized 55 pounds of meth disguised as Christmas gifts. A 23-year-old Nebraska man was arrested during the investigation.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/26/police-seize-55-pounds-meth-disguised-christmas-gifts/ 
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
‘Feel like I got hit by a freight train’: JD Vance trains with Navy SEALs in California

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/25/feel-like-i-got-hit-by-freight-train-jd-vance-trains-with-navy-seals-california/ #kwch12
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kansas governor outlines Chiefs stadium financing plan, shares negotiating process details

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/24/kansas-governor-outlines-chiefs-stadium-financing-plan-shares-negotiating-process-details/ #kwch12
December 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“I thought an airplane or something came and fell on my house.”

Investigators sift through wreckage after a deadly Pennsylvania nursing home explosion | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/24/investigators-sift-through-wreckage-after-deadly-pennsylvania-nursing-home-explosion/ #kwch12

December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A California woman has been charged with murder after the remains of her missing 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, were found in Utah.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/23/body-melodee-buzzard-9-found-mother-is-taken-back-into-custody-reports-say/ 
December 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A car crash on Saturday night killed 33-year-old Cody Harmon from Phillipsburg. He left behind three children. Now, a GoFundMe has been organized to help his family.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/1-dead-following-crash-graham-county/ 

Photo from GoFundMe
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
According to court documents, a man called 911 to say he knew the boy was dead and where they could find his body.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/23/incredibly-difficult-missing-13-year-old-boy-found-dead-after-last-being-seen-riding-bicycle/ #kwch12
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An initial call to the home resulted in a man being hospitalized after experiencing chest pains.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/2-found-dead-ne-wichita-home/ #kwch12
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
BREAKING: WPD are in a stand-off with a subject near 17th and Waco. 12 News has a crew at the scene to gather more details.
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"A small but enduring presence."

People dressed as Abraham Lincoln mourned the death of the penny outside the Lincoln memorial today.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/23/small-enduring-presence-people-dressed-abraham-lincoln-mourn-penny-outside-his-memorial/ 
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
REST IN PEACE: Tanganyika Wildlife Park announced that Chewie the sloth has died.

The park has now lost three of its four sloths to chronic kidney disease.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/tanganyika-wildlife-park-loses-three-sloths-kidney-disease-concerning-trend/ 
December 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Wichita Heights students hosted a Holiday Share Fair today at Christ Lutheran Church to help families in need. ❤️🎁

The fair is open until 8 p.m. tonight.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/wichita-heights-students-assist-families-need-with-holiday-share-fair/ 
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"This has been the darkest time of my life. They've brought the light with them today."

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/customers-surprise-server-with-27000-after-her-husbands-death/
December 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Kansas City Chiefs are coming to Kansas! 🏈❤️💛

Governor Kelly shared that the new state-of-the-art domed stadium will open for the 2031 season. Along with the stadium, the Chiefs will get a new training facility and new team headquarters.

Photo from Governor Laura Kelly
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Breaking: Wichita police are in the 2600 block of N. Fairview where a person has suffered extremely critical injuries in a shooting.

Story |  #kwch12
December 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Barry Manilow announced today that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Details | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/barry-manilow-announces-lung-cancer-diagnosis/
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt is in attendance at the Legislative Coordinating Council meeting in Topeka.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/legislative-coordinating-council-meets-today-amid-chiefs-relocation-speculation/ #kwch12
December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wichita police are investigating after two people were found dead in a home in the 1600 block of N. Glendale. https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/2-found-dead-ne-wichita-home/ #kwch12
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Remember the drunk raccoon that passed out in a Virginia liquor store bathroom? 🦝🍷

You can help pick a name for him - the Ashland community is asking the public to name their unofficial mascot. Here's how: https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/community-is-asking-help-name-infamous-drunk-raccoon/ 
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Wichita Police Department is visiting stores around the city with their mounted unit. They do this every year for the holiday season to raise awareness and give kids a chance to meet the horses.

Story | https://www.kwch.com/2025/12/22/wichita-police-begin-annual-holiday-mounted-patrol/ 
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM