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McCray-Miller was elected to the Wichita school board in 2023. She previously served on the Sedgwick County Commission and in the Kansas Legislature. She was 69.
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A new report found that nearly 10% of median household income in Missouri and Kansas goes toward deductibles and premiums. At that level, economists say those households are underinsured. -
Farm aid promised last December is still months away from being paid out to fruit and vegetable growers. But industry groups say it won't be enough to get them through tough market conditions. -
The ripple effect of a hot housing market during the pandemic means that the median increase in home values will hit 10.8% in Sedgwick County this year. -
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. -
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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Andrew Harnik/APThe Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first. -
Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images/Getty Images EuropeA man with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur and other offensive remarks during the BAFTA awards ceremony Sunday. The BBC did not edit out his outbursts in its delayed broadcast.
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In a recent video, the Olympic skier credits her surgeon with saving her leg from potential amputation. -
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. -
Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue. -
Forecasters called travel conditions "extremely treacherous" and "nearly impossible" in areas hit hardest by the storm, and air and train traffic is at a standstill in many parts of the region. -
Police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a veteran Labour Party politician who served as British ambassador to the U.S., as part of an investigation into his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
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