“We have to work with nature, we can't fight it,” Doug Hisken, a Belle Plaine area farmer said about this year’s overly wet weather leading to flooding problems across much of the state. From rising prices at the grocery store, extra-long commutes due to road closures to the tax dollars spent repairing those flood damaged roads, this year's wet start has taken a heavy toll on all Kansans. “Everybody took it on the chin this year,” said Darin Williams, a...

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The Wichita Public Library has announced that they will begin checking out Chromebooks to customers starting Monday, June 24th. 

Investigators are puzzled by a young man found dead decades ago in east Kansas -- still unidentified. 

Daughters and their father spend Father's Day with their environmental group picking up trash around the Arkansas River.

A storm passes through Valley Center causing trees, power power poles and their lines to fall, putting residents in fear.

Local committee starts Juneteenth festivities with painting project in north Wichita.

Hundreds of vegetable plants are being given away in Wichita.  The Sedgwick County Zoo donated the plants to be given away at the Sedgwick County Extension Center.  

"It is very frustrating.  I really thought everything was taken care of," said Heather Sims. The Wichita mother is trying to extend the lives of her sons struggling with a deadly genetic disease, but says offers of help have dried up. 

The mother of Chloe Mae Bennett tells KAKE News that her daughter went missing from her foster home between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Monday.

A day at the pool turned into a frightening one for a family in the Kansas City area when a 3-year-old nearly drowned in a neighborhood pool.

City proposal for parking at the new ballpark angers local residents.

"It's 1500 square feet down there and every bit of it's underwater, or was," said Odie Edwards about her basement in West Wichita Wednesday. The Big Ditch saved their neighborhood from flooding.  But now neighbors are dealing with another problem caused by so much rain.  

The mother of a runaway 17-year-old Wichita girl says her daughter has been found safe. 

An 86-year-old Shocker basketball legend has been battling with a local contractor to get his money back for almost a year.  Monday, Kake On Your Side helped him get the money he was owed back.

Textron Aviation has more than 500 open positions in Wichita.

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Win a Jeep for Kids' Sake raffle. Each year, KAKE News partners with Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters and other organizations to raise money for local kids. John Keating's and Santos Arzola's match is one of hundreds of successful matches through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The Wichita Police Department has been chosen for a national partnership program to help fight violent crime. 

“Children should always bury their parents, not the other way around,” said Caleb Jaynesahkluah Sunday.  His son, Zayden, died a week ago, just days before his third birthday. His death remains under investigation.

Wichita malls using parking lots to draw crowds Two malls in Wichita are using their parking lots to draw crowds and shoppers. 

Two Wichita Police officers met a little girl on a house call earlier in the week and she was all dressed up in swim gear with nowhere to go. 

A Reno County man goes through ups and downs after his farming accident from October, now finding himself recovering from another surgery.

The Riverfest button man is at the festival this year as he's been for several years

"A little extra precautions for things for us to do here is worth it. But it is a hardship for everyone," she said. "We try to be as positive as we can."

Just days after performing at the Wichita River Festival, country music star Granger Smith says his youngest son has died in a "tragic accident." 

A Kansas mother shares her family's story to prevent another texting and driving tragedy.

“I think the biggest thing is everybody’s just tired and drained,” said Taggart Wall, Winfield City Manager, as he looked out the window at more rain coming down. Heavy rains and flash flooding returned to Cowley County Thursday, burying Strother Field and other low areas in as much as two feet of water. 

The Sedgwick County Zoo is saying "thank you" to the community's first responders by giving them free admission one Saturday next month.

Local summer programs keeping kids off the streets after recent crimes.

Driver after driver, Wednesday morning, turned onto Pawnee only to find a road closure sign. One by one, they turned around, hoping to find another route. 

Topeka police say they've located a woman who was the subject of a Silver Alert on Wednesday. 

It's been years since a little boy was reported missing in the northeast part of the state. 

The family of 22-year-old Rowena Irani is raising money for a scholarship at Wichita State University. 

Wichita public swimming pools that were at risk of closing will undergo improvements. The city council passed the new aquatics plan today, costing about 20 million dollars. McAdams pools, one of the many pools over 50-years-old in Wichita is one pool with the city's new plan this pool that will get some much needed updates. City council members say this decision will make a lasting impact for generations to come.  Mary Dean and her community allies are celebrating tod...

Teenager Cameron Mickle was reported missing on Jan. 17, 2019, in Dodge City. 

Roads all across Kansas are still closed because of damages and high waters, but Reno County officials say damage repair has already started. 

Kansas reports it collected $77 million more in taxes than expected in May. 

Fifteen more Kansas counties have been added to the list of counties eligible for emergency disaster assistance. 

Salina submarine rebuilt, ready for expeditions when the time comes.

Kansas leaders in business, education and politics are grappling with how to update curriculums in the state's schools to teach students computer science that prepares them for how technology is changing the world. 

Wyandotte County leaders have voted to end the county's 29-year-old ban on pit bulls.

WaKeeney police say 72-year-old was located early Friday in Trego County. No other immediate information was released.

Kansas Missing & Unsolved reports 17-year-old Brayden Paxson who went missing on Christmas has been found safe. 

Dennie Roberts he choked up a little when he talked about what just happened. He thought of his wife, Sherry, who died of injuries from a tornado not far away in 2003. 

Midwestern farmers are enduring a spring like no other and are facing difficult choices in the coming weeks.

A Colorado teacher is adopting a sick seventh grader in need of a stable home so that he can stay on the kidney transplant list.

The Sedgwick County Office of the Medical Director will manage a new pilot program to address the mental health crisis in the community.

The storms in Kansas City Tuesday were the 12th straight day that at least eight tornadoes were reported to the National Weather Service.

The mother a runaway Kansas teen is asking for the community’s help with finding him. 

“Every time it floods we're pretty much stuck here,” said Matt Hutchison, who was able to leave his home for the first time in days Tuesday. Some folks simply expect flooding to leave them stranded, but not three times in a month.  

“The coffee pot has been used and abused,” John Stradal with the Cowley County Emergency Management Office laughed Tuesday.  Exhaustion is setting in for those tasked with keeping us safe during severe weather.

Keonna Boyd was last seen on May 28, 2018.

Caitlin Herring was reported missing on Jan. 19 in Wichita. 

Katelin Caddell was reported missing from Topeka on May 28.

The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center will host the 9th annual VA2K Walk & Roll to encourage active lifestyles and support homeless veterans.

Teenager Paul Poag was reported missing on April 15 in Topeka.

The wife of a missing Wichita man is asking for the community if they’ve seen her husband Fernando Ortiz Tabon. 

Keith Parker is a reported runaway, who went missing on Feb. 13 in Wichita.

Robert Tippit was reported missing decades ago in Topeka. 

Each year, millions of women and children are forced into the lives of sexual exploitation. New measures hope to combat the issue in Kansas.

The Kansas Humane Society is in need of foster parents to care for dogs with kennel cough. 

Teachers in Alabama have banded together to help a high school football coach take time off be be with his young daughter and she fights cancer. 

Teenager Faith Karcher was reported missing on April 5 in Emporia.

The family of Glenn Riddle is worried about his health. He went missing mid-April in Iola, Kan.

Ericka Hopkins was reported missing in Kansas City in 2019.

Kansas teen Nataliah Stochl was reported missing in early April. 

The family of a missing Wichita teen is worried for her safety. 

A runaway Kansas teen went missing from the south-central part of the state early in 2019.

Teenager Adiana Jimenez was reported missing on March 13 in Wichita.

Teenager Dontavius Ginn-Colbert was reported as a runaway on Sept. 17, 2018. 

Teenager Hanna Shafer was reported missing on March 13 in Wichita. 

Adrianna Calvillo-Perez was reported missing on Jan. 8 in Topeka.

Giles Cooper was reported missing in December 2018.

Teenager Nancy Miller was reported missing on Jan. 7 in Wichita.

Andrew Memmelaar was reported missing on Oct. 25, 1975.

Kaitlyn Johnson went missing on Jan. 10, 2019, from Topeka. 

Zachary Bochy went missing in February 2019.

Teenager Fernando Rodriquez was last seen in Wichita.

Family and friends are concerned about missing man Alex Head.

Police are hoping the community can help find teenager Dantay Williams, who went missing on Jan. 16 in Wichita. 

Kansas Native Thomas “Tommy” Cook went missing on Aug. 14, 2013, from his father's home in Pueblo, Colo. 

Lindsey Hajdukovich went missing on Jan. 15 in Douglass, Kan. 

Lipsy Mendoza-Cruz went missing from northeast Kansas in early January 2019.

Courtnee Green went missing on Dec. 18, 2018, from Topeka. 

DCF has been under massive scrutiny in recent years. Annette Lawless speaks to the agency about a new lawsuit and improvements with finding missing kids. 

A teenage boy went to a friend’s house for a party – only to never be seen or heard from again.

A south-central Kansas teen went missing in June 2018.

Teenager Veronica Maxville went missing on Jan. 1, 2015.

It’s been a mystery for more than 60 years. Soldier Clarence Moore was stationed in Fort Riley, in north-central Kansas, but vanished sometime in 1956. 

The Wichita Police Department is asking for the community’s help with finding Kevin Congrove.

A northeast Kansas woman may have been on her way to the hospital before she went missing in January 2014. She hasn't been seen since.

A Kansas man was last seen riding his bicycle on July 25, 1993. He remains missing today.

Topeka Police is asking for the community’s help with finding Zachary Michael Anderson.

A south-central Kansas teenager has been missing for nearly six months. 

A young girl disappeared from a South-Central Kansas home more than 17 years ago. 

A teenager has been missing for several weeks from east Kansas. 

It’s been several months since Ivonne Cruz was seen in central Kansas.

Ashley Caldwell missing since 2017.