The Wichita County Commissioners Court on Tuesday terminated a ban on outdoor burning in the unincorporated areas in the ...

Open burning is officially prohibited across Wichita and much of Kansas in April, as part of the state’s annual burn ban aimed at protecting air quality and public health. The ban, now in ...

The Wichita County Commissioners voted Tuesday to extend a burn ban in unincorporated areas of the county. The extended ban will stay in effect through April 30. “Due to the continued dry ...

The worst of the severe weather is expected to be west of Wichita. Also beginning Tuesday, open burning will not be allowed in Sedgwick, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Geary, Greenwood ...

Potential severe weather could bring a mix of hail, damaging winds and possible brief tornadoes to the Wichita area on Tuesday. The weather service has issued a wind advisory that goes into effect at ...

The Wichita Fire Department will enforce an open burning ban during April. Effective April 1, no new burn permits will be issued and all previously issued burn permits will be suspended until at ...

Two people have been injured following a crash on westbound Kellogg and I-235 in west Wichita on Wednesday evening.