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Natalia Malcolm was recently surprised at school with the Overcoming Adversity Scholarship, which will allow her to attend Wichita State University.
We remember Wichita and Nashville musician Jenny Wood, who passed on March 7 at age 43.
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The unscientific straw poll found almost 80% of 2,000 respondents have no confidence in Chancellor Doug Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt.
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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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One Kansas bill earned bipartisan support for encouraging easier processes for building "middle housing." But another would ban cities and towns from passing laws that require landlords to accept federal housing vouchers.
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Music is a part of many peoples' everyday lives but the benefits of listening aren't just recreational. A professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center is researching new ways to use music to ease that incessant ear-ringing, concussion symptoms and more.
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The U.S. Department of Justice claimed in court it already has sensitive data on voters so it can check for people who should not be registered. However, the Kansas secretary of state said none of that information has been shared.
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Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated streets, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam.
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The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.
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About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.
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Accusations of sexual abuse by the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights Cesar Chavez broke his legacy and those who admired him.
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Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations.
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Darren Indyke, longtime attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, testified he "did not know" of Epstein's sexual abuse of women and girls. He also confirmed the existence of hard drives held by Epstein's estate.
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Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.
Commentary & Podcasts
News about two restaurant closings, and another bit of bad news for Wichita's local dining scene on this week's Dining with Denise.
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