KAKE News

04/23/2025

😲 WOW! Kyle Roberts captured this photo southwest of Healy, Kansas, just a few moments ago.

04/23/2025

UPDATE: Found safe!
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MISSING: Wichita police say 13-year-old Kylah Pyles was last seen about 3:00 p.m. Wednesday in the 6500 block of East 34th Street North, wearing a black hoodie and black shorts.

If you see or know the whereabouts of Kylah, call 911 immediately.

04/23/2025

More than 25,000 people on Wednesday filed through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral.

The Vatican released Pope Francis’ will, which notes his desire to be buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major.

"The tomb must be in the earth; simple, without particular decoration and with the only inscription: Franciscus," he said.

📸: AP

04/23/2025

LIVE: Tornado warnings issued for Thomas and Logan Counties

04/23/2025

TRAFFIC ALERT: One person has critical injuries following a crash on eastbound Kellogg at Oliver. Traffic is currently at a standstill.

04/23/2025

An estimated 187,000 Kansas school-age children could have received free summer meals last year — their families just didn’t submit the application.

04/23/2025

Kids can bowl free this summer at two centers in south Wichita and Derby. 🎳

Kids in Wichita and Derby have the opportunity to bowl for free this summer thanks to Kids Bowl Free.

04/23/2025

A Towanda teen has been arrested following a rollover crash that injured his three passengers last night.

First responders were dispatched just before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to a single-vehicle crash at the Kansas Turnpike bridge at SW 20th Street and SW Hopkins Switch Road.

04/23/2025

William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, have released a new photo of their son, Prince Louis, who turns 7 years old today.

04/23/2025

The sheriff's office says two women, one of whom is pregnant, and a 3-year-old were taken to the hospital. Two other children, ages 1 and 7, were checked out by EMS at the scene.

Butler County deputies, along with EMS and fire crews, responded at around 5:40 p.m. to a crash at SW 110th St. and SW Carmon Road.

04/23/2025

UPDATE: The child has been reunited with his parents!
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PLEASE SHARE: The Liberal Police Department is asking for help finding this young boy's parents. He was found at Light Park.

If you have any information, please call LPD at 620-626-0141 or the non-emergency dispatch line at 620-626-0150.

04/23/2025

🥹 This is so sweet. The Sedgwick County Zoo says Mahale and 2-week-old Kyansa got to spend time with Alizeti.

This was Alizeti's first time meeting an infant. She turns 2 years old in August.

04/23/2025

The 24-year-old former Sedgwick County Jail deputy is currently in prison for having s*x with inmates and official misconduct.

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Sedgwick County commissioners have approved paying $375,000 to two women a former jail deputy had s*x with while on duty.

04/23/2025

Good news! A 62-year-old man missing since last Wednesday has been found safe, a family member tells us

04/23/2025

“The safety of our children is non-negotiable.”

A Florida man was arrested on suspicion of tackling an 11-year-old girl he believed had been throwing eggs at his home.

The man told deputies that someone had been egging his apartment for the last week. When it happened again on Saturday, he assumed the girl walking nearby was responsible, chased her, forced her to the ground and restrained her until adults intervened.

04/23/2025

Trooper Tod with the Kansas Highway Patrol shared this video taken Monday on I-70 in Russell County. The driver was not injured thanks to his seatbelt, according to Trooper Tod.

🎥: Trooper Tod KHP Hays, Kansas

04/23/2025

Wichita police have arrested a 34-year-old man for first-degree murder in connection to last week's fatal shooting outside a motel on South Broadway.

Police located Eric Lopez-Morales in front of the Frontier Motel. He'd suffered a gunshot wound to the upper torso and died at the scene.

04/23/2025

GOOD NEWS! A family member tells us Abner has been found safe.
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HELP FIND HIM: 62-year-old Abner "Corkey" Gilbert has been missing for a week, and his daughter is asking for your help finding him. He was last seen near McCormick and Seneca in Wichita on April 16.