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Ty Voth, a 27-year-old Wichita firefighter, died in the line of duty on August 1, 2024 while fighting a fire near Haysville.
On February 15, 1947, Carroll was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Wichita by Pope Pius XII. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on April 23, 1947. from Archbishop Joseph Ritter, with Archbishop Paul Schulte and Bishop George Donnelly serving as co-consecrators. [3] He was installed at Wichita on May 6, 1947. [3]
This article is a list of notable people who were born in and/or have lived in Wichita, Kansas. Alumni of universities within the city, including athletes and coaches, that are not originally from Wichita should not be included in this list.
The Golden Eagles compete in the Greater Wichita Athletic League and are classified as a 5A school, the second-largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Throughout its history, Bishop Carroll has won many state championships in various sports.
Ben Wilson (January 15, 1926 – October 2, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University from 1969 until three games into the 1970 seasons when he was killed in a plane crash.
Henry's was a family-owned clothing retailer in Wichita, Kansas from 1911 until 1993.. The store sponsored the Henry Clothiers basketball team which won three consecutive national Amateur Athletic Union championships in 1930-1932 at a time when colleges, corporate-sponsored teams, and private athletic clubs competed in the same tournament.
On October 30, 2014, a Beechcraft King Air B200 twin turboprop crashed into a building hosting a FlightSafety International (FSI) training center shortly after taking off from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas. The pilot, the only person on board, was killed along with three people in the building; six more people in the building ...
On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in north-eastern Wichita, Kansas, after taking off from McConnell Air Force Base. [1] This resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members on board the aircraft and an additional twenty-three people on the ground. [2] [3]