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After a driver explained upsetting circumstances, he asked for a hug; the deputy was happy to give him one and offered some encouragement

Sheriff Eddie Virden said he and his team will continue determined efforts "to bring closure to these cases and provide answers to the families seeking justice"

The Wichita officer was off his motorcycle and talking with the driver when the suspect "decided to gun the accelerator and run the officer over"

Jackson County agreed to supply funding for an "emergency" situation after Kansas City government could not provide it

Officer Jonah Oswald, 29, leaves behind a wife and two young children; he is the first Fairway police officer to be killed in the line of duty

Jonah Oswald, 29, was a four-year sworn member of the Fairway Police Department

The officer was struck by gunfire in a shootout after the suspect led police on a pursuit that ended at a gas station

First responders in Kansas hope the Missouri bill will encourage their own legislators to pass a similar PTSD benefits bill

"100 percent without a shadow of a doubt this was completely divine and it was all for God's glory," Deputy Harris said

The Wichita City Council approved funding for more officers than the department has been able to recruit; Police union says lowering entry standards isn't the answer

Erik Smith will head the Kansas State Highway Patrol, replacing a retiring superintendent who is facing federal lawsuits over the agency's policing

While an attempted break-in suspect was hiding near the store, he used a rideshare app to pick him up, Wichita police said

“We see strange things in our line of work, but that’s toward the top for sure," Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards said

An investigation is underway into how a suspect involved in the shooting of three officers was released from jail

The three-minute video shows an officer approaching a man who had one foot over the railing of a bridge