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McCray-Miller was elected to the Wichita board as an at-large member in 2023. She previously served as a Sedgwick County Commissioner and Democratic state lawmaker. She was 69.
Local news
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Western Kansas was scorched by wildfires spread out over several counties. While local and state fire agencies contain them, ranchers and small towns move to recovering.
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The Purple Line Project aims to help Wichita-area businesses be more welcoming to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, as well as their caregivers.
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Making Wichita easier to navigate for people with dementia. Also, can learning improv help with anxiety?
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When people hear about improv comedy, many people think of laugh factories like Who’s Line Is It Anyway or Saturday Night Live. What they might not know is that the acting exercise has useful applications in everyday life. Hugo Phan has more on this month’s Culture Pop.
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Wichita band Mourning Habit celebrates the release of their new album Realities Goodbye this Saturday with a show at Harvester Arts. Band members Wakinyan Shrubshall and Ashley Knepper say that the process of making the record was sometimes uncomfortable but ultimately resulted in the record they wanted to make.
NPR News
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The Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," in an operation Sunday, a federal official said.
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Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.
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Iran's state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.
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Pakistan's military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, the deputy interior minister said.
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The U.S. won its first Olympic gold in 46 years in a 2-1 overtime thriller over rival Canada. A brilliant performance by U.S. goaltender Connor Hellebuyck saved the Americans' chances.
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Photographer Martin Roemer visited 22 countries — from the U.S. to Senegal to India — to show how our identities are connected to our mode of transportation.
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Research shows that having a sense of purpose can lower stress levels and boost our mental health. Finding meaning may not have to be an ambitious project.
Commentary & Podcasts
We go through a list of words people want to banish in 2026 and then take a swing over to the weird world of contractions. You ain't heard nothin' yet!
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