Drivers in western Sedgwick County are experiencing increased traffic and longer backups along U.S. Highway 54 as the area has seen significant growth in recent years. Read More

Pratt County, KS (July 5, 2026) - One person was killed early on Saturday morning, July 4, around 5:20 a.m. in a collision involving two semi-trucks on US Highway 54 near Cullison in Pratt County. Read More

SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - Update: Three people were injured, one critically in a pair of crashes on a stretch of eastbound K-96, northwest of Wichita. The related crashes prompted the closure of ... Read More

A camper fire on the highway causes a road closure yesterday in southwest Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol says US-54 was closed briefly just east of the City of ... Read More

W ICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - Storms made their way across Kansas on Monday, bringing strong winds, rain, and hail to the Sunflower State. Trained weather spotter reports a 75 MPH wind gust on Interstate 70 ... Read More

FORD COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) - A California man died Tuesday after the semi-truck he was driving crashed. The Kansas Highway Patrol says just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, a 2021 Freightliner was westbound ... Read More

Not content with castigating the Kansas Prisoner Review Board for its decision to pardon the killer of a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper 48 years ago, the Kansas State Troopers Association has organized ... Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - It started as a traffic stop in 1978. The car pulled to the side of the road was the vehicle used by Jimmie Nelms and his two accomplices after a string of armed robberies. In ... Read More

A portion of U.S. 54 will be closed off in both directions for the next couple hours while authorities investigate. Read More

A 54-year-old woman was killed in a crash early Thursday morning near Holden, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Read More

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Ford F-150 was traveling west in the eastbound lane of US 54. In an attempt to avoid the pickup, an eastbound semi-truck veered left of center. However, the ... Read More

The driver of the Ford and two children in the pickup died at the scene. KHP identified them as 68-year-old Teresa Davis, 10-year-old Hunter Welch and 13-year-old Travis Welch. They ... Read More

KIOWA COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) - A portion of U.S. 54 is closed in southwest Kansas due to a fatal crash. Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred before 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at mile-marker 98 ... Read More

A woman and two children lost their lives in a two-vehicle crash The crash was reported at 3:35 p.m. Wednesday on US-54 highway about nine miles west of Greensburg. According to the Kansas Highway ... Read More

The driver of the pickup, 68-year-old Teresa Davis, was killed. Two passenger in the pickup, 13-year-old Travis Welch and 10-year-old Hunter Welch, were also killed. All three are from Meade. The ... Read More

A portion of U.S. 54 will be closed off in both directions for the next couple hours while authorities investigate. Read More

A woman and two Fowler students were killed in a crash involving a pickup and semi on U.S. Highway 54 in Kiowa County. Read More

A serious crash involving a commercial vehicle and a passenger car has shut down both directions of U.S. Highway 54 in Kiowa County, west of Greensburg. Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Highway Patrol confirms multiple fatalities in a Kiowa County crash. KHP confirms that U.S. 54 is closed in both directions at mile marker 98 due to the crash ... Read More

Three people died Wednesday after a crash between a pickup truck and a semi along U.S. Highway 54 in south central Kansas. The victims' identities were not released, as the Kansas Highway Patrol ... Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Transportation has closed multiple highways in southwest Kansas due to high winds, low visibility and snow-packed road conditions. In addition, there ... Read More

Allen County, KS (March 14, 2025) - A tragic accident on U.S. Highway 54 claimed the life of a 44-year-old man from Moran, Kansas, after he was ejected from his truck and struck by another vehicle. Read More

but there it's called KC Craft & Co. Wichita's restaurant was named for its address on Kellogg, also known as Highway 54. The famous Bennigan's Monte Cristo sandwich is among the items on ... Read More

Our thoughts are with those injured in this accident, and we hope for a full recovery. Highway 54 is a heavily traveled route in Kansas, frequently used by both commercial trucks and passenger ... Read More

The City of Wichita is holding a vigil at noon Thursday for the victims of the American Airlines Flight 5342 plane that crashed with a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington Wednesday evening. Read More

An American Airlines passenger plane collided with an Army Blackhawk flight near Reagna National Airport late Wednesday night. Read More

(KWCH) - A Kansas Highway Patrol pursuit led to a deadly crash Saturday night in Kiowa County. Around 9 p.m., troopers located a stolen 2009 Ford Focus going east on Highway 54. The driver ... Read More

DERBY, Kan. (KSNW) - The Emergency Accident Reporting Plan is now in effect for Wichita, Bel Aire, and Derby. Light snow has been following over south-central Kansas, accumulating on roadways. Read More

The City of Liberal has come up with a creative way to get more people to stop and stay awhile. The town will put a giant Ruby Red Slipper Slide along U.S. Highway 54. Read More

Two people are dead, and several others are hurt in a crash in the southbound lanes of the Kansas Turnpike. The crash happened just after midnight south of Wichita in Sumner County near 140th Avenue. Read More

State and federal highways in northeast, east-central and central Kansas remain closed after a powerful winter storm brought a combination of ice, snow and wind to the state over the weekend. Kandrive ... Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - The Kansas Highway Patrol's Air Support Unit searched northern Kansas on Monday for stranded motorists. The Kansas Highway Patrol is searching for trapped motorists by ... Read More

If you have complaints about the K-15 highway, you're not alone. That's why the Kansas Department of Transportation is working on gathering information for a study to improve the K-15 corridor ... Read More

The subject was placed under arrest for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of a firearm while intoxicated. The KHP released no additional details including the name of the ... Read More

U.S.-54 traffic will be reduced to one lane through the 1.5-mile-long project area. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes as flaggers and a pilot car direct one-lane traffic through the ... Read More

ODOT supervisor for Texas County advised at 11:00 am that US-54 from Guymon to Goodwell, OK is now closed due to the flooding in Texas County ... Read More

Two men were injured in a crash in southwest Kansas late Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, just before 11:30 a.m., a 72-year-old man from Kismet was driving a 2021 Ram 1500 ... Read More

The U.S. 54 corridor carries approximately 7,000 vehicles daily, including 2,000 trucks. To help meet that demand, this project will tie into the recently completed U.S. 54 expansion from Tucker Road ... Read More

The actor of the television series '1923,'? Cole Brings Plenty, was found dead April 5 in a wooded area near an abandoned vehicle, according to a Johnson County, Kansas, Sheriff's Office statement. Read More

One person is dead in a single-vehicle crash on K-99 south of Wamego. The Kansas Highway Patrol Troop B of Pottawatomie County confirmed the crash was on K-99 south of I-70. Read More

Jagmeet Grewal was not paying attention to the road when his 53-foot truck crashed into multiple cars at up to 100 km / h, killing four people in Laval, Que. back in 2019. Read More

The Kansas Department of Transportation had already closed all state-maintained highways in much of south central Kansas ... Read More

Road conditions in the southwest region continue to deteriorate due to the amount of snowfall and the expected high winds. More highways are expected to close. For the latest information on road ... Read More

The City of Pratt supports the expansion of Highway 54 as a contiguous four-lane highway, west of Wichita to the southwest Kansas border. We recognize expanding US Highway 54 to a four-lane highway ... Read More

Troopers say it happened shortly after 7 a.m. in the roundabout of the US Highway 50 and US Highway 77 / 56 junction in Florence. Read More

NIOTAZE, Kan. (KSNW) - A 54-year-old woman died following a crash on U.S. Highway 166. It happened in Chautauqua County, between Sedan and Niotaze, shortly before 7:30 Wednesday morning. The Kansas ... Read More

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Chevy Impala driven by Grace ... An eastbound 2019 Kia Soul driven by Pamela J. Long, 54, Niotaze, Kansas, struck the Charger. Long was pronounced dead at the ... Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - A crash in southeast Wichita has injured four people, three critically. The crash happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Pawnee and Hillside. Sedgwick County ... Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - One person has been injured in an officer-involved shooting along U.S. Highway 54. The shooting was near Southwest 60th between Pratt and Greensburg. The Kansas Department of ... Read More

W ICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Transportation said Highway 54 is closed between US 183 (Greensburg) and US 281, which is two miles west of the Pratt Area due to a traffic incident. Read More

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Transportation said Highway 54 is closed between US 183 (Greensburg) and US 281, which is two miles west of the Pratt Area due to a traffic incident. We ... Read More

One person died in an accident just before 6p.m. Saturday in Johnson County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Porsch ... Read More

(KSNW) - Two people were injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 54 east of Kingman. The crash happened around 9 a.m. Wednesday and restricted traffic along the highway. The Kansas Highway Patrol ... Read More

Family honors memory of K-State student hit by truck on Kansas highway Kansas State University student Autumn Johnson died after being hit by a truck while trying to help an injured motorist on a ... Read More

GODDARD, Kan. (KAKE) - A Goddard school bus hit a deer on Highway 54 while starting its route Monday ... injured deer around here somewhere." Kansas agencies warn of increase in vehicle-deer ... Read More

LIBERAL - The Kansas Department of Transportation, state and local officials and highway advocates on Friday morning attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the previously delayed US-54 highway T ... Read More

One man is dead and a teenager is hurt after a rollover crash Friday in central Kansas. The accident occurred around 5:27 p.m. Friday on K-156, about a mile east of Rozel. A Jeep was heading east ... Read More