Get ready to hear a piercingly unpleasant noise this Sunday, as all around the country, 87 million phones vibrate with a government alert. It is the second nationwide test of a warning system, telling ...

Failure to alert: Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it. Lack of access: To use the system, local ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A new emergency alert system was put to use Thursday afternoon in Wichita in an incident that began with a kidnapping investigation, involved a crash and ended with two armed ...