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Wichita's Wesley Medical Center says several staff members will be spending the nightat the hospital. They will stay to better care for patients and to make sure they can cover for staff who cannot come in on third shift because of the snow.

Wichita police announced they will be running a DUI check lane late Thursday night from 11 P.M. to 2 A.M. The location of the police stops will be released at a later time. Police say drivers should be prepared to present their driver’s license and proof of insurance. Law enforcement officials will pull motorists into another lane if drivers cannot produce these items or who are suspected of driving under the influence. Officers will also be checking for other traffic infractions and seatbelt usage.

A three year-old is safe after he's found wandering outside early Thursday morning. Wichita police say the toddler, dressed in Spongebob Squarepants pajamas, was found near Mount Vernon and Beech around four o'clock. A few hours later, the child's babysitter reported him missing. Police say the child apparently got out of the home during the night. Police say they are not investigating this as a neglect case. The boy was not hurt.

Fire investigators say a fire at a storage facility in South Hutchinson was caused by leaking fuel from a vehicle that made it's way to an overloaded power cord. Two firefighters were hurt in last night's fire. One suffered a broken leg and another showed signs of exhaustion. ------------------------ Original Story, December 20 Crews battled a large fire in South Hutchinson Sunday evening. The fire broke out at a storage facility at 615 N. Main Street just after seven o'clock.

         A party in downtown Wichita Friday night kicks off events leading up to ArtAID 17.          The annual art auction and fashion show raises money for Positive Directions, which helps people with HIV/AIDS.           The cocktail party in the parking lot on Douglas Avenue of sponsor Planet Hair featured music, games, even an artist painting.            Wednesday night you can preview the art up for auction.            ArtAID 17 is Saturday, October 9th at the Cotillion.

A vigil is being held Sunday night for a Junction City family killed in a plane crash earlier this month in central Florida. Ron and Becky Bramlage and their four children were on their way home to Junction City from their vacation in the Bahamas when their plane crashed. Their funeral is set for 10am on Monday at the Junction City Middle School. Sunday night a vigil is being held at the St. Xavier Catholic Church. That got underway at 7pm. The crash is still under investigation.

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Jim Slattery has won the Democratic Primary for the U.S. Senate. With nearly 100% of precincts reporting, Slattery has a 69-31 percent lead over opponent Lee Jones. Slattery gave his acceptance speech around 9:45 pm Tuesday night in Topeka.  Slattery will face Pat Roberts in the General Election this November.

Wichita students will not have school Thursday.  The district announced all buildings will be closed because of the expected worsening weather conditions. Click here for school and community closings The basketball games scheduled for Thursday night, February 21, will be rescheduled for Friday night, February 22. In addition, there will be a two-hour delay for all state wrestling events on Friday, February 22. Student athletes involved in this competition will receive additional information from their coaches.

A Scott City teen dies after crashing his pick-up Monday night in Scott County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 16-year-old Timothy Dirks was driving on County Road 270 around 9:30 Monday night when he drove his pick-up into a ditch near Pence Road. The KHP says Dirks went back on the road in a sideways slide, and his pick-up rolled. Dirks was thrown from the pick-up. He was taken to Scott County Hospital, then transferred to Hays Medical Center where he died. Investigators say he was not wearing a seat belt.

The Wichita Wingnuts (1-0) beat the Kansas City T-Bones (0-1) 8-0 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Thursday night. Prior to the game, the Wingnuts retired the number "3" in honor of their late bench coach Brian Rose who passed away on January 31st of this year.  A video celebrating Rose's life was shown, while Rose's wife Lupe threw out the ceremonial first pitch and was presented with Brian's game-worn jerseys. Starting pitcher Jon Link fired seven shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just three hits and never letting a runner past second base.  Link struck out four, did not issue a walk, and retired the final nine batters to face him. Offensively, the Wingnuts were led by two returning players.  C.J. Ziegler slugged a three-run home run down the left field line in the bottom of the third inning that gave Wichita a 4-0 lead.  Ziegler also accounted for an unearned run in the bottom of the first when T-Bones' second baseman Devin Goodwin made an errant throw to first on a fielder's choice.

Albert Pujols, Howie Kendrick, Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout all homered off Jeremy Guthrie and the Los Angeles Angels handed the shell-shocked right-hander his first loss in a span of 19 starts with a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. The 2010 AL MVP, who batted .212 with 11 RBIs in his first 38 games with the Halos after signing a five-year, $125 million contract in December, drove Guthrie's first pitch to him in the sixth inning far beyond the trees in center field with two out to increase the Angels' to 4-2. Trout ended the scoring in the seventh with his seventh homer, a towering drive over the double-decker bullpen in left field.

With their backs against the wall, Wichita (11-3) responded with a Game 6 victory at INTRUST Bank Arena Saturday night, defeating the Allen Americans (11-7) by the final of 3-2 and forcing a decisive Game 7 tomorrow night in Allen. Three different Thunder players found the back of the net in the first period and Torrie Jung won his 11th game of the post-season. Wichita will play in just its fourth Game 7 all-time and its first since the 2004-05 Northern Conference Semifinals against Bossier-Shreveport.

The Wichita Wild (8-1) completed a season sweep over the Oklahoma Defenders (2-6) with a 73-7 win Saturday night in Hartman Arena in front of a crowd of 3,600 plus. Wild quarterback Rocky Hinds and running back Tywon Hubbard combined for a total seven touchdowns on the night. Defensive back Kendrick Harper led Wichita's defense against Oklahoma with a game high nine tackles and one interception which he returned for a touchdown. The Wild offensive showcase began two plays into the game with Hubbard taking off for a 27 yard touchdown run to hand the Wild an early 7-0 lead.

Wichita State used four hits from Mikel Mucha and four RBI from Tanner Dearman to defeat Kansas Wesleyan 12-1 on Wednesday night at Eck Stadium. Starter Kris Gardner pitched five shutout innings with three strikeouts to earn his second win of the season. Mucha went 4-for-5 with two RBI, while Dearman went 3-for-4 with four RBI. Tanner Dearman led off the bottom of the first on second base after an error by the Coyotes. He moved to third on a flyout from Garrett Bayliff and scored on a groundout from Tyler Baker to take a 1-0 lead.

Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night. Max Scherzer (2-0) got the win, allowing five runs in five innings, with three Tigers relievers finishing the game. Valverde, called up earlier in the day, returned to the Tigers with a perfect ninth inning. Valverde lost the closing role during the postseason and wasn't offered a contract, but signed a minor-league deal earlier this month and returned to Detroit after a short minor-league stint.

Frost is possible again for much of Kansas overnight and early Thursday, but the warmup does continue and temperatures are expected to go back above normal this weekend.   Overnight, skies will be clear and the winds will be light. Lows will drop into the upper 20s and low 30s around Kansas, which has prompted frost advisories and some freeze warnings for the area.   Clouds will increase Thursday afternoon ahead of a storm system that will bring showers and storms back to Kansas Thursday night and Friday.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid will make his return to Philadelphia when Kansas City visits the Eagles for a Thursday night game in mid-September. Kansas City opens the season Sept. 8 at Jacksonville, plays its home opener Sept. 15 against Dallas, and then visits the Eagles - where Reid spent 14 years as head coach - on Sept. 19 for a prime-time game. The Chiefs return home against the Giants on Sept. 29, visit Tennessee the next week, and then have three straight at Arrowhead Stadium against Oakland, Houston and Cleveland.

After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, R.A. Dickey won his first game for the Toronto Blue Jays. The NL Cy Young Award winner allowed one run and five hits in 6 2-3 innings Saturday night, and Jose Bautista backed him with a two-run homer in the Blue Jays' 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. James Shields (1-2) was a hard-luck loser for the Royals, pitching a two-hitter with six strikeouts and three walks. Acquired from the New York Mets after going 20-6 last season, Dickey was 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in his first two starts for Toronto.

Career firsts for Cale Elam and Parker Zimmerman helped lead the Wichita State baseball team to a 4-0 victory at Bradley on Friday night. Elam earned his first career complete game shut-out on Friday and struck ou 13 batters in the process.  Elam gave up just 5 hits over 9 innings and held a 1-0 lead for 6 innings for the Shockers. Zimmerman's first career home run came as exclamation point on a 3-run 8th inning that helped seal the win for Wichita State. The Shockers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning on a Tyler Baker double.  It stayed 1-0 until the top of the 8th inning when Wichita State got hot.  Erik Harbutz scored on a Micah Green triple then Green came home on a wild pitch before Zimmerman went yard.  The last two batters that Elam faced went down swinging to end the game.