Wichita, Kansas is considered The Air Capital of the World. The community continues to grieve after a devastating plane crash from Wichita to D.C. on Wednesday night.

Outside City Hall in downtown Wichita, Kansas roses and a teddy bear were laid in remembrance of the lives lost in the plane crash in Washington D.C. They were placed here after a prayer vigil inside earlier Thursday where faith leaders shared words of encouragement to the community.

Kansas officials are sharing what they know after an American Airlines flight that departed from Wichita crashed in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

House and Senate lawmakers from Kansas released a bipartisan statement on the tragic American Airlines crash Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

As families and communities identify victims in Wednesday night’s plane crash near Washington, D.C., we’re learning that a well-known civil rights attorney and former Miss Kansas contestant is among the 67 people dead.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ordered that flags be immediately lowered to half-staff in mourning of the deadly airplane crash.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu hugs an attendee at a prayer vigil for victims of American Airlines flight 5342. Photo: nick oxford/Reuters