WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death of an inmate following an apparent suicide attempt at the Sedgwick County ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday night at the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – An inmate died at the Sedgwick County Jail. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said a 63-year-old man was found unresponsive in a cell on Tuesday around 10 p.m. Detention ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – The Sedgwick County Jail has banned hot pots in its Adult Detention Facility after a deputy was attacked by an inmate with boiling water last week. Sedgwick County Sheriff’s ...

The Sedgwick County Jail is experiencing critical staffing levels, with the deputy to inmate ratio more than double the national jail standard recommended average of one deputy to 30 inmates, Sedgwick ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A detention deputy with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is continuing his recovery at home following a few days in the hospital as the inmate accused in the attack that ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A Sedgwick County detention deputy is hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns after being attacked in the jail Monday evening. The sheriff’s office says a 20-year-old ...

Inmate James Chavez received 69 months for aggravated battery and contraband. Chavez caused severe burns by throwing boiling water on a detention deputy. Sedgwick County Jail revoked inmate access to ...

A 21-year-old man who is an inmate at the Sedgwick County jail suffered minor injuries in a fight involving three other inmates Wednesday, according to a news release from the Sedgwick County ...

A Sedgwick County Jail deputy was taken to a hospital after being knocked unconscious while breaking up an inmate fight Friday morning; an inmate was also taken to have a Taser probe removed, ...

Saturday marked the 150th anniversary of Peterson Elementary School. The school was one of the first elementary schools in Wichita and one of the few still operational. The Kansas Children's Service ...