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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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MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFPThe list includes veteran hitmakers, a fresh crop of best new artist nominees and a 19-year-old folk prodigy. -
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFPLawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.
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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. -
Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life. -
The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people's spirits after the devastation of World War II. -
Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.
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Slothrust delivers a healthy dose of dystopian theatre rock via What They Grow In the Garden.
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