A local artist is seeing his work come to life on the big screen.

Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail passenger service through Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico.

Hundreds of flowers float down the Arkansas River in memory of Zei Uwadia.  "I'm honoring her in that not that she lived or died, or the way that she died, but I think just to honor her as a whole, says Zei's mom, Brie Kerschen.  

One Wichita neighborhood's complaints about power poles are being taken all the way to the Statehouse.  

"My baby died January 21st," said Geneva Smith, standing outside the Sedgwick County Courthouse.  "No one has even went in for a simple child endangerment." A Wichita family demands answers in the death of 9-year-old Roy'ale Spencer.  

Experts are warning people who have online dating profiles to be careful after new complaint data released by the Federal Trade Commission shows a significant increase in online romance scams. 

With a court-ordered deadline looming, state lawmakers are trying to figure out how to put more money into public schools.  But will it be in time?  School districts across the state are waiting to find out what they needed to know by last December.  

Crews are set to get to work on the city's new baseball stadium. City leaders gathered Wednesday morning for a ground breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction.  

Officers responded at around 5:45 a.m. Sunday, February 3 to the report of a rape in the 400 block of W. 7th Street. The victim identified 23-year-old Tre Carrasco as the suspect.

Giggling and the sound of knitting needles clicking together. It's what you'll hear in Ms. Haney's knitting class every morning.  Before this school year, students at Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Middle School were brand new to knitting, but one student, Sophia, took to the skill almost immediately. Her classmates call her a master.  

Wichita Public Schools Board Members addressed a crowd and reevaluated the 2019-2020 school calendar for the second time. It's a decision that's been a challenge for the district.  

Students in the Climate Club at Maize High School are working to improve drinking water for Kansans. The group has been sampling water from Cheney Reservoir, testing for toxins and implementing possible long-term solutions.  

Police are hoping the community can help find Miranda Hernandez.

The state has awarded the Salina Area Technical College a $210,000 grant to help with start-up costs of the college's new associate degree in nursing program. 

A Silicon Valley company has donated $2 million to the University of Kansas to support research related to cryptocurrency and digital payments, such as Bitcoin. 

Krysta Davis was 18 weeks pregnant with her daughter when she was told the baby had an abnormality. The child, Rylei Arcadia Diane Lovett, was diagnosed with anencephaly soon after.

"You have to look at the bigger picture.  And unless you address the inequalities of it, you're going to continue to have a problem such as obesity," said Dr. Yelando Johnson, Director of Newman University's Social Work program.  

We've been working the phones this week for On Your Side Gets Answers. This week's questions had our team on the phone with the federal government.

As weather conditions continue to decline, businesses and people across Wichita are preparing for the icy conditions expected on Thursday.

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

Many Wichitans rely on public transportation, but some say there aren't enough options to get them from point A to point B. 

"We've had a few calls," said Steve Wentz, president of United Teachers of Wichita, the local teachers union, about various plans to fund the state's pension program.  "Retirees are always concerned about it."

Ruby Kate Chitsey asked the woman in the wheelchair why she was staring intently through the glass doors. Her answer broke the fifth-grader’s heart. 

Butler County Fire Department is reporting that a low hanging wire is causing outages in a Rose Hill neighborhood.

A family in Wellington has lost their dog after an accidental house fire.  At around 7 a.m., Saturday morning, 

Ashley Arellano got a scary phone call from her 16 year old daughter last week; their beloved dog, gunner, had stopped breathing. 

The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City says the first calf was born Saturday and the second came along Wednesday. They weighed 15 and 16 pounds, respectively.

“It’s been quite a struggle to stay healthy and stay alive,” said Jimmy Olson. He’s one of an estimated 150,000 Kansans caught in the gap between being eligible for Medicaid and being able to afford private health insurance.

A local family is watching legislation closely, hoping that medical marijuana will finally become legal in Kansas. They say it would change their son's life.

Twenty-one state lawmakers want to ban abortions in Kansas by changing the state's constitution.   

"He was a good person," said his brother, Dan Bosiljevac.  "I mean.. if he wasn't using the drugs, he was a great person. He really was.  And I know everybody always says that." Bosiljevac's family say he battled the demon of drug addiction for years.

Kansans could soon be able to place bets on the outcome of sports games.  Lawmakers are ready to figure out a plan to legalize sports betting, something they think will be a financial boon for the state. 

Kaitlyn Bisterfeldt went missing on Jan. 22 from her family home in Wichita. 

Wichita teen Robert Witherspoon went missing on Dec. 28, 2018. 

The Kansas Army National Guard is committing manpower and leaders to create a new ROTC program at Wichita State University. 

First responders and semi-truck drivers in Oklahoma teamed up over the weekend to help prevent a man from jumping off a bridge. 

A missing south-central Kansas teen may be in need of medical help. 

Friends and family say Jada Hanson has been found safe.

The family of Brayden Paxson says he went missing on Dec. 25, 2018, in Wichita. 

Police are searching for runaway James Jackson.

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. 

The Park City Police Department is asking for the community’s help with finding a runaway, Torimechele Garner.

It’s been 20 years since Tabitha Brewer was last seen. Tabitha was outside of her dad’s home on the night of April 27, 1998, in Shawnee, Kan. 

Johnson County investigators are hoping you can help them find teenager Nancy Arita-Salazar. 

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.

Wichita Police are hoping the public can help find a teenage boy who was last seen this summer.

A woman missing from Oklahoma was planning to head to Kansas before she vanished. She was last seen in October 2017.

A man has been missing from central Kansas since May 2016.

David and Gabriel Gendreau went missing from Lawrence, Kan., on Sept. 17. They may now be in Wichita.

A south-central Kansas teenager has been missing since mid-September.

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

A boy disappeared while at his babysitter’s decades ago in northeast Kansas.

An infant disappeared more than three years ago in south-central Kansas. Now, family is clinging to hope for the safe return of Vincent Moore.

Jackie Hay hasn’t been seen since Sept. 12, 1981. The five-year-old vanished as her family was preparing for an outing in Shawnee County. 

A Wichita mom is hoping the community can help find her teenager.

Katelin Caddell was reported missing from Topeka on May 28.

Ashley Caldwell missing since 2017.

Lucas Hernandez stepmother, 27-year-old Emily Glass, was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail at 10:34 p.m. Thursday.