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A boil advisory has been issued for the City of Wichita after a power loss at the main water treatment plant.
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Carla Eckels/KMUWWichita’s 12th annual Recovery Idol will get underway this weekend at Century II. The event includes a national speaker and musical performances. It’s part of an effort to celebrate recovery and reduce the stigma surrounding substance use. -
Sherman Smith/Kansas ReflectorKansas GOP treasurer Roger Lomshek called office about transgender Democrat running for Kansas House.
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Half a million people in Kansas are under a boil water advisory after the City of Wichita lost power at its main water treatment plant and pump station early Wednesday morning. -
Health authorities are warning Kansans to be aware of an increase in the number of bats carrying rabies. -
Beyond Words: Wichita’s Reading Crisis is a new initiative by the Wichita Journalism Collaborative exploring adult literacy in the Wichita area. -
Medical loan closets are growing across Kansas, lending out donated equipment including power chairs, crutches, CPAP machines and more for little or no cost. -
Teachers approved the contract just before the local teachers union held a sit-in protest at Monday’s school board meeting.
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J. Scott Applewhite/APBillionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear before the committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a deposition. Now it's up to the Department of Justice whether to pursue criminal charges. -
Allison Robbert/APThe Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias.
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The European Union's top official backs the Canadian prime minister's push for his country to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels seeks to deepen ties amid pressure from the U.S. -
The list includes veteran hitmakers, a fresh crop of best new artist nominees and a 19-year-old folk prodigy. -
Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one. -
The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that "is one arm of the Russian Federation's apparatus used to carry out external attacks" worldwide. -
Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.
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