News Archives:
Learjet 85 Aircraft Project Secured in Wichita
Fri, July 30, 2010
Bombardier Aerospace has agreed to build its new midsize Learjet 85 in Wichita
Negro League Baseball Exhibit opens in Wichita (Friday, July 30th)
Thu, July 29, 2010
The exhibit, The Homerun for History: Negro League Baseball from 1920-1960 opens Friday, July 30th, at the Kansas African American Museum in Downtown Wichita.
WSU Breaks Ground for Kansas’ Only Dental Education Program (video)
Tue, July 27, 2010
The WSU Foundation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony last week for WSU’s Advanced Education in General Dentistry. The facility will be the only dental education program in the state of Kansas.
Unclaimed Property Returns Tour at Atwater City Hall in Wichita
Fri, July 23, 2010
Wichita area residents can find out if they have unclaimed cash and property safeguarded by the state. State Officials will be at the Atwater City Hall in Wichita.
KMUW’s Carla Eckels rides with Sister Ann as she makes house calls in Wichita’s Hilltop Neighborhood
Wed, July 21, 2010
KMUW’s Carla Eckels rides along with 88-year-old nun Sister Ann, as she serves residents in Wichita’s Hilltop Neighborhood.
WSU’s College of Health Professions is awarded a grant of nearly a half million dollars
Thu, July 15, 2010
WSU’s College of Health Professions is awarded $485,000 for scholarships targeting minority and disadvantaged students.
The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program (slideshow)
Wed, July 14, 2010
A federal agency is trying to figure out what to do with a surplus, not of wheat as you might expect, but of trained wild horses.
Chris Heim reviews the Yoonmi Nam art exhibit
Tue, July 13, 2010
If you happen to be in the vicinity of Manhattan, Kan., you might want to carve out some time to see a new exhibit on display at the Beach Museum of Art on the K-State campus.
In 1925, Wichita’s all African-American professional baseball team faced the Ku Klux Klan (photos)
Mon, July 12, 2010
Last month marked the anniversary of a lost piece of Wichita baseball history that almost seems too strange to be true: A game in 1925 between the Wichita Monrovians and the Ku Klux Klan.
Downtown Master Plan
Tue, July 06, 2010
The City of Wichita, the Wichita Downtown Planning Corporation, and a host of partners unveiled their draft Downtown Master Plan last month, after much public input. Residents will have further opportunities to provide input in a series of eight public meetings this month. KMUW’s Frank Dudgeon talks with Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer and Scott Knebel, Principal Planner, Advanced Plans Division.
