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The book features stories and recollections about the people, venues, and songs that populated postpunk scenes in Wichita and across Kansas.
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Zach Boblitt/Masterson for Governor / Kansas Public Radio / Kansas News ServiceWith Election Day less than a month away, Republican Ty Masterson holds an advantage in recent polls as Democrat Cindy Holscher works to raise her profile. Both candidates continue to focus on education and property taxes on the campaign trail. -
Kami Steinle/KMUWWichita police said Monday that they were allowing aid organizations into Chapin Park in southeast Wichita to help relocate people living there, but limiting all other access to the area.
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For places like the Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum in southeast Kansas, visitor numbers topped 6,000 — a 64% increase over last year. -
Democrat Adam Hamilton is vying to unseat Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall — and end nearly a century of Republican control of the state’s U.S. Senate offices. -
A documentary screening this weekend at the Tallgrass Film Festival captures the diverse experiences of people in Fort Scott, Kansas. -
The drummer and the filmmakers behind the new documentary, "Copeland," including Wichita-based executive producer Shawn Rhodes, will be featured at a Q&A on Saturday at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, is running against state Sen. Cindy Holscher, an Overland Park Democrat, in the race to replace the term-limited Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.
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Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are looking into the mailings, some of which included an unidentified powdery white substance. -
Ian Maule/AFP via Getty Images, Alex Brandon/APCongress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.
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For eight years, photographer Jennifer Teresa Villanueva has documented her Mexican American family's everyday life in Chicago, capturing intimate moments of love, labor and sacrifice. -
The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway. -
Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over. -
One plays the bull, the other the bullfighter, as a pair practices a dance of death in a sport that's prohibited in the Mexican capital city. -
Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.
Commentary & Podcasts
Daniel Keebler
Bruce Cockburn’s career as a songwriter spans more than five decades. His latest album,The Blood Of Others, however, celebrates tunes written by other people.
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