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During a normal year, Brian Hill doesn’t have much trouble hiring enough lifeguards to staff Wichita’s public swimming pools.But this isn’t a normal…
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The city of Wichita plans to reopen most of its pools and splash pads on Memorial Day Weekend.Both were shut down last year due to the pandemic.“Cannot…
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GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Garden City’s hand-dug swimming pool will not be filled for its 98th, and final summer season. The coronavirus is to blame....
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Every summer since 1922, locals and tourists have flocked to Garden City’s Big Pool. Once promoted as “the world’s largest outdoor free concrete...
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After voting in 2017 to close all but three public pools, the Wichita City Council is now going in a different direction.Under the new Aquatics Master…
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Nearly a year after deciding to spend $4 million for a new pool in District 1, Wichita city leaders are still unsure where to build it.The City Council…
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The Wichita City Council on Tuesday passed its 2018-19 budget, and voted to add $4 million to its long-term spending plan to eventually build a new pool…
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The Wichita City Council will hear more from the public on Tuesday about the decision to turn the closed McAdams pool into a splash pad. It was one of the…
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As temperatures rise this week parents are taking their children to splash pads in Wichita to cool off.Illinoisian Liz Dunning is visiting relatives in…
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On Tuesday, the Wichita City Council is expected to vote on the Aquatics Master Plan that could close up to nine pools in the city.Council members will…