The sirens are not a signal to evacuate but a warning to tune to a local emergency alert broadcast television or radio station.

So far, Sedgwick County and the City of Wichita together have received over $ 5 million and they need to figure out what to do with the money. On Tuesday, the Wichita City Council and Sedgwick ...

Sedgwick County operates 153 sirens across the county ... you can see the polygon on the map and the exact same spot on every channel that you switch to, that polygon is [activated] by the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The sirens people depend on to stay safe from severe weather are getting an upgrade in Sedgwick County. In the countywide process, Sedgwick County Emergency Management ...

In his championship match against Burlington’s Angel Vela, the junior on the Sedgwick County/Fleming team powered through all six minutes before securing a 6-5 decision. All the hard work that ...

Larned is one of two state mental hospitals in Kansas. Sedgwick County commissioners have approved a location for a third hospital in south Wichita. The new hospital will be on the northwest ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you hear a siren on Wednesday, October 4 in Sevier County, don’t worry – it’s likely a test. The Sevier County Emergency Management Agency and the City of ...

The zones are depicted in a color-coded map. “For the next five years, if a polygon touches any part of the color-coded zone, all sirens within that zone will activate,” Sedgwick County explained.

Meanwhile, in other parts of Sedgwick County, people were wondering why they heard sirens when they weren't under a tornado warning. Stimson said that it's because of what they call their 'polygon ...

Shawnee County officials have the technology ... of drawing a polygon on a computer screen map to arrange for sirens to sound only in the warned area. Nichols told The Capital-Journal last May ...

Four out of five Sedgwick County homeowners will see higher tax appraisals when notices are mailed out March 1. “In a very hot market, demand exceeded supply for homes, and prices, they went up ...

After a federal jury awarded her more than $8 million for her alleged sexual assault at the hands of the former Sedgwick County sheriff, Peattina Biggs, a woman with developmental disabilities ...