This weekend hosts a local tradition dating back to the 80s at El Dorado Lake, the Kansas Veterans Festival. But that’s not all that’s going on. Saturday was also the 80-year anniversary for the G.I. Bill. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
A plea against gun violence: Marchers take to the streets in Wichita
“Let love lead the way,” was the chant that could be heard from 21st and Opportunity Drive all the way down 21st and Grove in Wichita. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Woman killed in crash on I-135 south of Newton
One person has been killed in a crash south of Newton on I-135 near 36th St. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Downtown Wichita’s ‘Elsewhere Fest’ draws hundreds amid pro-Palestine protests
Organizers say Elsewhere Fest is a way to build community in Wichita and the music scene. However, some Pro-Palestine supporters are concerned about where the money from the event is going. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Murder suspect in north Wichita shooting wanted by police after bond release
The Wichita Police Department said Friday afternoon that 33-year-old Eric Gonzalez-Gutierrez is wanted for violating pre-trial restrictions. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Police searching for teen missing from west Wichita
WPD says Carlos Robledo-Garcia was last seen Friday on foot in the area of Ridge and Central. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Crime Stoppers: Gas station clerk wants robber behind bars
A clerk at an east Wichita gas station describes his experience as a thief demanded money from him at gunpoint last week. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Local family sells lemonade to raise money for Alzheimer’s Association
9 years ago Arta decided to start raising money for the Alzheimer’s Association with an annual lemonade stand- but it’s not just a lemonade stand. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
29th and Grove residents want to know more about health screenings
The screenings are aimed to detect the presence of trichloroethylene (TCE), which can cause kidney cancer, and is associated with increased risks of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and possibly liver cancer. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
City of Wichita to hold further discussion on possible reparation panel
Kansas Justice Advocate President Mary Dean is pointing at other cities across the country that have put together panels of experts to address how the African-American community can be compensated for historic racial discrimination and displacement. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Experts say parts of Woodlawn at longtime Bel Aire construction project will have to be torn up, rebuilt
A road construction project in Bel Aire that’s been going on for years has yet another delay after crews found water washing away the dirt under the road. City leaders say they’re making a plan to fix it. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Some Wichita churches stand with the LGBTQ+ community as allies during Pride Month
June is Pride Month, and some houses of worship, and faith leaders stand as allies to the LGBTQ+ Community. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Kansas Legislature passes Star Bond Bill, positions itself for Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas
With the Kansas State Legislature passing that Star Bond Bill, and sending it to Governor Laura Kelly’s desk. It doesn’t mean either the Chiefs or the Royals will move from Missouri to Kansas. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
How new Kansas tax reductions will affect the average taxpayer
Many political experts were shocked Tuesday to see lawmakers pass the big Kansas tax cut nearly unanimously, saving taxpayers more than $1.2 billion over the next three years. Here are some of the biggest changes for the average taxpayer. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
One person is in critical condition after motorcycle crash in Park City
One person is in critical condition after a motorcycle crash at I-135 and 61st St in Park City. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Neighbors react to fatal Father’s Day shooting in North Riverside
Dispatchers say they could hear shots being fired in calls made to 911 as a shooting was happening in the 1900 block of N Jackson in North Riverside Sunday night. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
69-year-old Valley Center man without A/C for weeks
As temperatures have been rising, many people are turning to air conditioning to cool off, which is usually the norm. However, a 69-year-old man has to go outside to cool off. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
KDOT reopens I-70 between Hays and WaKeeney
I-70 has been reopened between Hays and WaKeeney after it was closed earlier today due to reduced visibility caused by blowing dust. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
2 people hurt, one critically, after north Wichita shooting
Two people were hurt in a shooting in north Wichita on Sunday evening. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Rose Hill community mourns 3-year-old’s death after accidental drowning
The Rose Hill community and emergency crews desperately searched for a 3-year-old boy Saturday night. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Kansas Supreme Court suspends law licenses of state Rep. Maughan, former Rep. Samsel
Maughan’s disciplinary penalty to last 12 months, while Samsel’s was set at two years Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
Crews respond to house explosion in Garden City, nearby school damaged
The department did not release any further information but said an update would be released once crews cleared the scene. Top Featured Tags: – Kansas News Press Release Distribution Service
