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A man who pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs in kids’ car seats to pay medical bills for his baby daughter has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison. → Read More
A coalition of groups favoring LGBT and abortion rights has scheduled a demonstration in Dodge City on Saturday to counter a church rally and flag parade that will feature Rep. Roger Marshall. → Read More
Long-awaited electric rental e-scooters will be coming to Wichita in the next couple of weeks as two companies have applied to deploy 500 scooters each. → Read More
In a budget simulation run by 1,400 Wichita residents, fire and police departments got high scores while golf courses and cultural affairs placed low. → Read More
The Wichita City Council is scheduled to vote on a land lease for a $7 million hotel project at Eisenhower Airport. But errors surfaced in the lease document. → Read More
With a consent judgment in a federal lawsuit, Kansas has become the 47th state in the country to allow transgender individuals to change their sex on their birth certificates. → Read More
Wichita is experimenting with ‘speed tables’ as a way to reduce driving speeds downtown. → Read More
The Wichita City Council voted to close Clapp Golf Course after more than 50 years and replace it with a more conventional park. But not before getting an earful from golfers. → Read More
T-Mobile has sued the Wichita City Council, alleging that it has violated federal law by rejecting two attempts to build a cell tower in the Riverside neighborhood. → Read More
After hearing from about a dozen supporters of equality for LGBTQ students and staff, the president of the Wichita school board ordered a report on district policy that could lead to change. → Read More
Kansas public schools are constitutionally funded after a decade-long lawsuit forced the Legislature to add rounds of additional money, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court will continue to oversee the case. → Read More
A multistate settlement will bring debt relief for thousands of students who were steered into a shady student loan program by ITT Tech, a defunct school famous for recruiting through daytime TV ads. → Read More
A new law designed to eliminate confusion over polling places and make it easier to vote won’t be put into effect in time for city and school board elections this year. → Read More
Joyland’s new owners want to create a mixed-use development on the south Wichita site with an event center, according to city filings. The amusement park at 2801 S. Hillside has been abandoned since 2006. → Read More
The company that provides bikes to Bike Share ICT had planned to have electric scooters on the streets by the end of the month, but that’s been delayed because of concerns raised by suburban e-skaters. → Read More
The Kansas Democratic Party has a submitted a plan to the national party to ditch the traditional caucus for a primary featuring ranked-choice voting in their effort to unseat President Trump → Read More
A man who stole sacramental ware from a Wellington Catholic church couldn’t be charged with burglary because the church was open to people to come in and pray, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled. → Read More
A Wichita talk show host and TV producer has been convicted for “illegal use of horn.” → Read More
The Wichita City Council has approved a pilot program to allow motorized electric rental scooters to be deployed here for the first time. → Read More
A year after their merger, Westar Energy and Kansas City Power & Light are poised to come out under their new name, Evergy. → Read More