News Archives:
StoryCorps: Carol and Ranisha Jackson
Wed, December 30, 2009
This morning we’ll hear from Carol Jackson, as she tells her neice, Ranisha Jackson, about the most challenging time in her life.
StoryCorps: Paul Wilson
Wed, December 23, 2009
93-year-old Paul Wilson tells his daughter, Marty Smith, about meeting the person who would change his life.
StoryCorps: Virginia “Susan” Seal and Lisa Sue Nixon Gibb.
Wed, December 23, 2009
Virginia “Susan” Seal, whose mother was a full-blood Kiowa Comanche, talks to her niece, Lisa Sue Nixon Gibb, about trying to hold on to her Native American heritage.
Group Wants to Reopen School Funding Court Case
Tue, December 22, 2009
A group of Kansas school districts has voted to take the state to court over school funding. Stephen Koranda has more.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Thu, December 17, 2009
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are in concert in Salina Sunday, Dec. 20. Bela talked with KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon.
The New Year Brings Changes for Teen Drivers
Tue, December 15, 2009
Rules for teenage drivers will be changing with the New Year. After January 1st a new set of rules will apply to young drivers getting an instruction permit or driver?s license. Stephen Koranda has more.
StoryCorps: Brandi Koskie and Shelton Koskie
Tue, December 15, 2009
This morning we continue our series of local conversations recorded when the StoryCorps mobile recording booth came through Wichita.
Sid the Science Kid and the Governor
Mon, December 14, 2009
Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson is one of 15 governors nationwide teaming up with the Jim Henson Company?s ?Sid the Science Kid? to urge kids and parents to get vaccinated against the H1N1 Swine Flu. Bryan Thompson reports.
Legislators Begin Redistricting Process
Thu, December 10, 2009
Kansas lawmakers are starting the years-long task of redrawing the lines for both national and state political offices. An advisory group began meeting this week in Topeka to look at the redistricting process. Stephen Koranda reports.
Carl Kassell
Thu, December 10, 2009
After 30 years, Carl Kassell will retire as newscaster for NPR’s Morning Edition. He will, however, continue his role on “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.” KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon talks with Carl Kassell.
Kansas City Health Care
Wed, December 09, 2009
An estimated two-thousand people will get free health care, including limited dental services and vaccinations against the flu and certain sexually-transmitted diseases, at Kansas Citys Bartle Hall this Wednesday and Thursday.
StoryCorps: Shaun-Michael Morse and Bill Dunn
Wed, December 09, 2009
This morning we continue our series of local conversations recorded when the StoryCorps mobile recording booth came through Wichita.
Health cuts may give mixed blessings
Mon, December 07, 2009
There could be a silver lining in some of the cuts the Kansas Health Policy Authority has approved to help deal with the state?s revenue slump. Bryan Thompson reports.
Budget Cuts May Harm Medicaid in Kansas
Sun, December 06, 2009
State budget reductions will mean a cut in pay to providers of Medicaid services in Kansas. That cut could reduce the availability of services to the state’s more than 300 thousand Medicaid recipients
Sedgwick County H1N1 Vaccine Clinic offers Free Vaccines
Wed, December 02, 2009
Free H1N1 Vaccines offered at the Sedgwick County H1N1 Vaccine Clinic in the Wichita Mall
StoryCorps: Marion Renner and Richard Renner
Wed, December 02, 2009
The stories told by the people we meet every day can surprise us, make us laugh, and, sometimes, remind us of ourselves and the importance of the little things in our lives.
