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Closed since 2006, Wichita's Joyland amusement park was the talk of Riverfest on Saturday.  The organization hoping to buy and reopen the historic park had a booth set up selling t-shirts to raise money. Eighteen-year-old Alex East has been heading up the effort for over a year.  Restore Hope Inc. was just granted tax-exempt status which East says is a big step forward in trying to raise the ten million dollars it'll take to buy and rennovate Joyland.  It's an idea that has a lot of people excited.

"What's insulting is, who would steal from veterans?" wonders the Derby VFW's Ken Lord. The answer--whoever the man is who was captured on video doing it. A burglar in Derby hit three businesses in the same night.  A surveillance video at the VFW was able to get a good description of the suspect. Derby police are now looking for the burglar. On its Facebook page, police posted the burglaries occurred around 4 a.m. on August 15th.  They happened at Ralph's Barber Shop, Dreamscapes and the VWF.  All three businesses are located on south Baltimore in Derby.

Update: The Emergency Accident Reporting Plan (EARP) is in effect for the City of Wichita. If you're in an accident and no one's hurt, no drugs/alcohol are involved and the cars are both driveable...just exchange insurance information with the other driver and fill out an EARP form...available at Quik Trip, Police Substations and online using the link below. Fill Out Emergency Accident Form Online The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a "Significant Weather Advisory" for Butler, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick and Sumner Counties.

A nine-year-olds' creativity and imagination have gone viral thanks to a Los Angeles filmmaker. Caine Monroy built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his father's auto parts store last summer. The games are made from cardboard boxes, the prizes he gives out are from his own toy collection at home. One day filmmaker Nirvan Mullick stopped at the East L.A. auto parts store to look for a car part. That's when he came upon Caine. He was so impressed with what the nine-year-old created he made a 10-minute shortfilm about Caine's Arcade.

Saturday's tornado moved through Reading, Kansas around 9:15pm, not long after the EF3 tornado destroyed most of the city, a Facebook page emerged. And in forty-eight hours more than one-thousand people joined the "Reading tornado" group, with posts offering condolences, searching for friends and sharing stories. But personal stories aren't the only things being shared. Wichita's Red Cross says and the Salvation Army tell us social media is a vital source used to get information to the public.

Ryan Newell is now out of jail. Newell walked out of the Sedgwick County Jail Tuesday afternoon. He was released on his own recognizance and ordered to report to the VA hospital in Wichita. Newell's $500,000 bond still stands. Newell, an Afghanistan veteran, was arrested last week after officers saw him following members of the Westboro Baptist Church. The group is known for picketing at soldier funerals. ----------------------------- Original Story Before appearing on a courtroom TV, Ryan Newell appeared on your TV. Eyewitness News covered him as he returned home last summer.

Supporters of tougher restrictions on guns and ammunitition protested outside the Washington offices of the National Rifle Association Monday afternoon. The protest comes after a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 school children, in Newtown, Connecticut. Estimates put the number of demonstrators around 100. There were no counter-protesters except for one man who reportedly yelled "Arm the Teacher" from a nearby window. The NRA has not commented on Friday's shooting.

DAY NINE- Saturday, June 11 The Wichita Riverfest began with a bang and ended with an even bigger BANG! The last day of the Riverfest had some incredible events to end the nine day long festival. Plus, the weather this evening was perfect! The last concert of Riverfest was the Spirit AeroSystems Rockin' on the River concert at the Kansas Star Music Park. This concert was all about rock’n’roll and included several rock bands, such as: Little Smoke, Under Construction, SML Band, and F5. However, it was the featured artist of the evening, Eddie Money, who stole the show.

With big-name speakers like Bill Cosby, Bill Self and Colin Powell, the Get Motivated Seminar drew quite a crowd to downtown Wichita Tuesday morning.  Many ticket-holders are upset after being turned away from INTRUST Bank Arena to overflow seating set up at Century II. Several people took to Facebook to complain about the event. Tricia Glidewell emailed the Eyewitness Newsroom about the event. She says, "When I arrived this morning, there were thousands of people already waiting outside to get into the seminar and loads more walking up the streets and arriving by bus. " She says she was turned away because the event was 'oversold'.  She says she was told that she could either go to the overflow seating or request a refund.

Butler County Emergency Medical Services announced Friday they have created a Butler County Public Responder Network (BCPR) and they're making CPR training a top priority. The BCPR network will offer free training for CPR and use of an Automated External Defibrillator. The training will also be offered to students at Butler County schools. Cardiac Arrest that occurs out of the hospital affects 50,000-100,000 people per year. Unfortunately, only about 6% of people survive on average.