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Carla Eckels
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KMUW
A contemporary ballet premieres next week that doesn’t include tutus and ballet slippers. Ballet Wichita’s “Breaking Barriers” is one of two works being staged that sheds light on a part of Wichita's history — the 1958 Dockum sit-in.
Calen Moore
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Kansas News Service
We remember Wichita and Nashville musician Jenny Wood, who passed on March 7 at age 43.
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Trans Kansans are living in fear and confusion under a new state law. Some want to leave the state. -
Legislators share frustration with inaction on two bills tied to pricing of medicine -
Tumbleweeds have taken over the High Plains. They thrive so well that they are part of the culture of the West. But this ample supply of blowing weeds can hurt farm yields, wreak havoc on neighborhoods and cause fire dangers. -
The unscientific straw poll found almost 80% of 2,000 respondents have no confidence in Chancellor Doug Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt. -
Current law prohibits sexual relations between a student and a "teacher or other person of authority." But the law doesn't currently apply to school resource officers, nurses, bus drivers or other contracted employees.
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Kevin Sullivan/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesDayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection. -
Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/BloombergPulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.
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The Pakistani prime minister said his country stands ready to host negotiations toward a settlement as the war with Iran nears the one-month mark. -
In his speech, Kim expressed pride in the country's rapid expansion of nuclear weapons and missiles in recent years, calling it the "right" choice. -
President Trump's mission to fight renewable wind energy comes at a time of rising energy costs.
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States have many policies to stop risky older drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it's often adult children who must decide when to take the car keys away from an aging parent. -
The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.
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Sami Drasin
Noah Green of The Pretty Flowers discusses mortality, the quiet life, and The Replacements.
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