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Buhler High School offers referee class amid shortage
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- Buhler High School offers referee class amid shortage
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Buhler High School has a new class for students interested in officiating sports.
Story by Harrison Hill
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49551451/buhler-high-school-offers-referee-class-amid-shortage
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- Sedgwick County works to decrease long lines on election day
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Sedgwick County is planning to add up to 30 new polling sites for next year's election.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49551177/sedgwick-county-works-to-decrease-long-lines-on-election-day
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- Fundraising for neurodevelopmental disorders by walking and rolling: Heartspring holds 'Carefest'
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Over 600 people came out Saturday morning for Heartspring's Carefest fundraiser for kids with neurodevelopment disorders, including autism.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49528988/fundraising-for-neurodevelopmental-disorders-by-walking-and-rolling-heartspring-holds-carefest
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- 'They're bikes for kids': Thieves repeatedly target local nonprofit BMX park
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- After years of thieves getting away with stealing from outbuildings, volunteer Brian VanAuken says they finally caught a thief on camera last Tuesday and are asking for help.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49552479/theyre-bikes-for-kids-thieves-repeatedly-target-local-nonprofit-bmx-park
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- Candlelight vigil held for Harmoney Harper on what would have been her 9th birthday
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Harmoney died on the second day of classes, after police say she ran in front of a bus.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49540690/candlelight-vigil-held-for-harmoney-harper-on-what-would-have-been-her-9th-birthday
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- Sedgwick Co. Zoo welcomes baby chimpanzee
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The announcement from the Sedgwick County Zoo that a baby chimp has been born has families excited to pay another visit.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49553088/sedgwick-co-zoo-welcomes-baby-chimpanzee
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- 9-day Lao Festival kicks off in East Wichita
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- 9 months ago
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- Saturday was the first day of a 9-day Lao Festival happening at the Lao Buddhist Associates of Kansas on Greenwich.
Story by Abby Wray
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49531195/9day-lao-festival-kicks-off-in-east-wichita
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- 'It was an iconic place': Fundraiser for restaurant employees in Pratt
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Pratt community came out in droves on Sunday to help raise funds for employees of a local sports bar that was heavily damaged in a fire.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49539160/it-was-an-iconic-place-fundraiser-for-restaurant-employees-in-pratt
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- Family of man fatally shot in Wichita ask for help finding his killer
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Family members of a man gunned down as he came home from a wedding more than two years ago are pleading for help in finding the killer.
Story by Deb Farris
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49509119/family-of-man-fatally-shot-in-wichita-ask-for-help-in-finding-his-killer
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- Wichita USD 259 to teach booklet on run, hide, fight to elementary students
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Wichita Public Schools is requiring educators to teach a new lesson this year aimed at saving lives.
Story by Leon Purvis
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49509142/wichita-usd-259-to-teach-booklet-on-run-hide-fight-to-elementary-students
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- Former Wichita police chief reflects on BTK investigation as new evidence is found
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Former Wichita police chief Richard LaMunyon is reflecting on the years of painstaking work that finally brought Dennis Rader to justice in 2005.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49497091/former-wichita-police-chief-reflects-on-btk-investigation-as-new-evidence-is-found
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- Dry cleaners continue to work in extreme heat
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Warm temperatures are something dry cleaners deal with daily, but during the summer, excessive and extreme heat is served up fresh each and every day.
Story by Abby Wray
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49496195/dry-cleaners-continue-to-work-in-extreme-heat
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- Oklahoma investigators dig up property formerly owned by Dennis Rader
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Oklahoma investigators spent Tuesday in Park City, digging up the ground where Dennis Rader's home once stood.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49486408/oklahoma-investigator-dig-up-property-formerly-owned-by-dennis-rader
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- Thieves ransack local business A/C units amid extreme heat
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- As the dangerously hot temperatures continue to scorch the city, it's one of the worst possible times for your A/C to go out, and for one Wichita business, that's the reality, and it wasn't even a mechanical problem.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49486256/thieves-ransack-local-business-ac-units-amid-extreme-heat
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- Wichita Public Schools hot weather precautions
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Wichita schools will be monitoring temperatures outside and inside schools for the safety or students and staff.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49474582/wichita-public-school-hot-weather-precautions
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- City of Wichita offering free bus rides, other resources to help citizens get out of heat
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The City of Wichita is taking measure to help people get out of the heat.
Story by Jackson Overstreet
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49474621/city-of-wichita-offering-free-bus-rides-other-resources-to-help-citizens-get-out-of-heat
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- Attorney helps break down affidavits used in Marion County Record newspaper raid
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Saturday night KAKE News finally received the long awaited for affidavits used in the Marion County Record newspaper raid and spoke with an attorney to break it down.
Story by Jocelyn Schifferdecker
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49465031/attorney-helps-break-down-affidavits-used-in-marion-county-record-newspaper-raid
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- Raided equipment being returned to Marion County Record offices
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Over the past four days, the material seized at the paper had been in a forensics lab near Kansas City. And on Sunday, the paper got some of those materials back.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49465061/raided-equipment-being-returned-to-marion-county-record-offices
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- 'Operation Triple Beam' seizes drugs, gets those with felony warrants off streets
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Local law enforcement outline the results of Operation triple Beam, a joint effort to get those with felony warrants off the street.
Story by Jackson Overstreet
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- Over 90 companies looked to employ veterans
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Over 90 employers packed downtown Wichita's Hyatt Regency Friday morning in hopes of providing job opportunities to veterans.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49454232/over-90-companies-looked-to-employ-veterans
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- Some Bel Aire residents are frustrated over construction on 53rd Street
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- It's a typical move, take a road that's made of dirt or gravel and pave it with asphalt. But, in Bel Aire, the opposite is happening.
Story by Leon Purvis
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49447338/some-bel-aire-residents-are-frustrated-over-construction-on-53rd-street
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- NE Wichita residents frustrated by apartment sitting half-built for years
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Nearly four years ago, residents in northeast Wichita strongly opposed plans for a 3-story apartment complex that butts up to luxury homes. Now, it's still unfinished looking like no one has worked on it for years – and people want to know why.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49447355/ne-wichita-residents-frustrated-by-apartment-sitting-halfbuilt-for-years
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- Seized Marion County Record equipment to be forensically examined before being returned
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer said Wednesday that his legal team has asked for the equipment taken in Friday’s police raid be looked at by forensic experts to make sure the Marion Police Department didn’t tamper with it.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49440558/seized-marion-county-record-equipment-to-be-forensically-examined-before-being-returned
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- Closed Warren Old Town seller says there's lots of interest from other theaters
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- It was a heartbreaking moment for Wichita residents like Connor Syrewicz when the iconic Warren Old Town Theater and Grille closed in July, shortly after Regal's parent company filed for bankruptcy. But now, there's hope.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49440561/closed-warren-old-town-seller-says-theres-lots-of-interest-from-other-theaters
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- As kids prepare for back-to-school, districts face teacher shortages
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- As your children head back to school, who is teaching them?
Story by Pilar Pedraza
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49394509/as-kids-prepare-for-backtoschool-districts-face-teacher-shortages
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- El Dorado bride-to-be's father dies days before her wedding
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A bride's nightmare. Just days before her special day, her father died suddenly early Monday morning. The couple was expected to get married in El Dorado Saturday, but now that's all changed.
Story by Leon Purvis
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49432858/el-dorado-bridetobes-father-dies-days-before-her-wedding
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- Legal experts answer public's burning questions about Marion newspaper raid
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The feud between the Marion County Record newspaper and the Marion County Police continues as a letter from the paper's attorney demands police not touch any of the electronic equipment or other records officers confiscated.
Story by Pilar Pedraza
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49421629/legal-experts-answer-the-publics-burning-questions-about-marion-newspaper-raid
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- Tuesday is back to school day for McLean Elementary
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. the sound of a bell will ring out at McLean Elementary school officially beginning the school year.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49421304/tuesday-is-back-to-school-day-for-mcclean-elementary
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- Local church finds creative way to pass the baton of faith to youth
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- "We want to take these movies and really uncover biblical truth," said Pastor Todd Hutchison of Pathway Church's Westlink Campus.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49412438/local-church-finds-creative-way-to-pass-the-baton-of-faith-to-youth
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- Wichita Hawaiian food truck owner looking to help Maui victims
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A Wichita food truck owner who sells Hawaiian cuisine is looking to help those in Maui.
Story by Leon Purvis
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49409115/wichita-hawaiian-food-truck-owner-looking-to-help-maui-victims
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- Baseball star Maybelle Blair visits Wichita for Women in Sports Night at Eck Stadium
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Thursday marked day eight of a Wichita tradition since 1935, the National Baseball Congress World Series.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49397295/baseball-star-maybelle-blair-visits-wichita-for-women-in-sports-night-at-eck-stadium
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- Creighton Schmidt continues recovery after car accident
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Creighton Schmidt's life changed due to a tragic car accident that left him seriously injured. His mother credits crash detection technology with saving his life by calling 911 when it was necessary.
Story by Abby Wray
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49405237/creightonstrong-continues-recovery-after-car-accident
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- Wichita woman finally able to speak with her son on Maui
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A Wichita woman lived in terror for hours after not being able to get in touch with her son and his family who live on Maui. It was 24 hours before she could finally reach them.
Story by Leon Purvis
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49397022/wichita-woman-finally-gets-intouch-with-son-in-maui-son-has-limited-service
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- Riverfront development future in question
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Wichita Riverfront Limited Partnership says it wants to sell back two acres near Riverfront Stadium to the city for the same price.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49397151/riverfront-development-future-in-question-as-land-by-stadium-could-be-sold-back-to-the-city
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- Groundwater salt levels are high in Andover; experts say this could be a big problem
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- 9 months ago
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- Throughout the summer, people in Andover have been raising questions on Facebook wondering why they can't use their well water.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49386536/groundwater-salt-levels-are-high-in-andover-experts-say-this-could-be-a-big-problem
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- 'We lost everything': Maui fires destroy Kechi resident's hometown
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- It was a heart-wrenching scene in Lahaina, Hawaii as a massive fire ripped through the town Wednesday, and the devastation hits closer to home than you might think.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49386509/we-lost-everything-maui-fires-destroy-kechi-residents-hometown
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- SEIU Local 513 protests wages
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 513 took to the streets to protest being underpaid.
Story by Nick Nelson
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- New ordinances give WPD police chief power to deal with bars and clubs
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Wichita city council amended ordinances to give WPD more immediate actions when dealing with major incidents at bars and clubs
Story by Jackson Overstreet
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49376310/new-ordinances-give-wpd-police-chief-power-to-deal-with-bars-and-clubs-faster-after-major-incidents
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- Veterans' cemetery in Winfield picking up after weekend's storms
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Kansas Veterans' cometary in Winfield is cleaning up after strong storms pushed through the town over the weekend.
Story by Jackson Overstreet
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- Thief breaks fence, steals family's 2-month-old puppy
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A 2-month-old puppy was stolen from a Delano family after the suspect broke their fence.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49366351/we-just-want-her-home-thief-breaks-fence-steals-familys-2monthold-puppy
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- KDOT puts up 'Safety Corridor' signs north of Wichita
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The safety corridor program also puts more law enforcement on these roads to patrol, as well as better driver educational programs and PSA's.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49357725/kdot-puts-up-safety-corridor-signs-north-of-wichita
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- Cowley County Fairground owners mourn the loss of a 30-year-old staple piece
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The Cowley County Fairground Ferris wheel could be seen being hauled off this morning after strong winds knocked it on its side.
Story by Stephanie Maniche
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49350753/cowley-county-fairground-owners-mourn-the-loss-of-a-30yearold-staple-piece
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- Dozens of used tires dumped in south Wichita neighborhood blocking alley
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A neighborhood in south Wichita is seeking the city's assistance as it deals with recent illegal dumping, which residents say they're now concerned about it turning into a health hazard.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49347782/we-want-them-caught-dozens-of-used-tires-dumped-in-south-wichita-neighborhood-blocking-alley-attracting-mosquitoes
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- Drinking water in Wellington is unsafe for children 6 and under
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A water advisory due to a harmful blue-green algae toxin discovered which makes the drinking water unsafe for infants as well as children ages six and under.
Story by Jocelyn Schifferdecker
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49347783/drinking-water-in-wellington-is-unsafe-for-children-6-and-under
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- Man traveling across country to watch baseball comes to Wichita
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Leigh Coker, a major baseball fan, has traveled all across North America with his friends for the past 23 years.
Story by Jocelyn Schifferdecker
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49339978/man-traveling-across-country-to-watch-baseball-comes-to-wichita
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- Suspect in stolen City of Wichita vehicle causes damage at Botanica and Sim Park
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The officer did say the stolen white SUV caused damage to Botanica, the golf course at Sim Park and a water department facility.
Story by Abby Wray
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49334196/suspect-in-stolen-city-of-wichita-vehicle-causes-damage-at-botanica-and-sim-park
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- 'It's so bizarre': Lost goats mysteriously showing up at car dealerships in south Wichita
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Swift said he thought he'd seen it all in his years managing Mid-States Auto Sales on south Broadway, but Wednesday, that all changed.
Story by Eli Higgins
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49330683/its-so-bizarre-lost-goats-mysteriously-showing-up-at-car-dealerships-on-south-broadway
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- Kansas abortion vote: One year later
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Kansas health department said that more than 8,000 abortions performed in the state last year were from out-of-state patients.
Story by Nick Nelson
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49330739/kansas-abortion-vote-one-year-later
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- Brandon Whipple and Lily Wu advance to election for Wichita mayor
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Of the nine candidates running for mayor, unofficial results show that Lily Wu and Brandon Whipple will be moving on to the general election.
Story by Jackson Overstreet
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49321487/unofficial-results-show-lily-wu-and-brandon-whipple-advance-to-general-election
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- EMS sees increase in heat-related medical emergencies during extreme temperatures
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- The Sedgwick County Emergency Medical Services is seeing an increase in heat related medical incidents amid high temperatures and are advising people to stay inside.
Story by Jocelyn Schifferdecker
Link to story: https://www.kake.com/story/49322307/sedgwick-county-ems-sees-increase-in-heat-related-medical-emergencies-during-extreme-temperatures
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