Wichita State University

Former WSU basketball player under investigation for sex crimes

Wichita police say a former Final Four Wichita State men's basketball player is under investigation for rape.  The player is no longer on the team because he's out of eligibility. Police aren't releasing the name, but say the investigation involves...

Tags: Sports, College Basketball, Basketball, Police Investigations

Swenson's Blog: Freshmen excellence, steeplechase and hope of better weather

Track & Field Historian, Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

Friday and Saturday April 19 and 20 represented a slight break in the prolonged winter we are having in Kansas, and our prep athletes of the state took full advantage of the break to rework the state list for this spring. CLICK HERE FOR THE TOP...

Tags: Sports, Track and Field, Students, Teaching and Learning, Horse and Harness Racing

Loyola University officially joining the Missouri Valley Conference

For the first time in 20 years the Missouri Valley Conference is adding an institution, as the MVC President’s Council unanimously voted to extend a membership invitation to Loyola University Chicago, and the Ramblers will begin full participation...

Tags: Sports, Illinois State University, Missouri State University, Creighton University, University of Tulsa

Study: Virgin America Best U.S. Airline, United Worst

Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Air Transportation Industry, Southwest Airlines Co., AMR Corp., United Air Lines

Airline passenger complaints surged in 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Airline passengers are getting grumpier, and it's little wonder. Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats that once provided a little more room are now occupied and more...

Tags: Consumers, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Airways, Air Transportation, American Airlines, Inc.

Blogger writes tribute to Shocker-loving father in Huffington Post

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

Steve Sutherland picked the Shockers to win the National Title, so making the Final Four came as no surprise. "I've been a Wichita State fan since I graduated and have had season tickets approximately 30 years," said Steve Sutherland. He has spent...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, The Huffington Post

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Visiting the WSU football crash site

Jeffrey Graber is the Sports Executive Producer for KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports. This is his account of a hike to the WSU Crash Site. Having grown up in the area, I’ve always known about the Wichita State Plane Crash. I knew it happened in the past,...

Tags: PBS (tv network), Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents

Missouri Valley Conference: What's next?

Special to KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports

Without Creighton, the Missouri Valley Conference is now left with three teams in Illinois, two in Indiana, two in Iowa, one in Missouri and of course, one in Kansas. Will the Valley be just nine schools next season? If not, who will the 10th school be?...

Tags: Sports, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, College Football, Creighton Bluejays, College Basketball

Swenson's Blog: Track is right around the corner

Kansas Track & Field Historian

Any way you looked at it, the performances by Kansas preps in 2012 were among the best in the 102-year history of KSHSAA track & field. Kansas preps were ranked among the nation’s best in multiple events, and several of them return for another...

Tags: New York City, Awards and Prizes, Track and Field, Human Interest, Students

Don't let emotions obscure gun-control debate

Tags: Politics, Gun Control, Health and Safety at School, National Rifle Association of America, Crime, Law and Justice

WSU President talks about challenges

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

How to improve the product, but keep costs down.  That's just one of the challenges facing Wichita State University.  WSU president John Bardo met Wednesday with faculty and staff. He wanted to give them an update on his first few months on the job. ...