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Wichita's Early Edition
Every Weekday

Wichita’s Early Edition brings you the first news of the day from Wichita and around the state. It’s everything you need to know in 15 minutes… or less.

KMUW has 12 newscasts that air throughout the day. But we know you’re not always tied to your radio. This podcast compiles that news all in one place, so you can listen on your schedule.

Latest Episodes
  • The band Men At Work are best known for songs such as "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under." In both the songs and the music videos that accompanied them in the early 1980s, the group's wry humor was on display. The band's vocalist Colin Hay says that they were always aware of the power that marrying music and humor had. We'll hear more, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Despite having maintained a steady lineup in his band over the decades, James McMurtry says that being a band leader didn't come naturally to him. And we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • We have the latest Kansas primary election results, and news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Drive-in theaters have shown movies under the stars for generations. Some people still see value for these nostalgic theaters in a changing movie landscape. We’ll hear how drive-in theaters are trying to survive in the modern age of streaming, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • The federal government has released new rules, controlling how farmers can use the controversial herbicide dicamba.Will the new rules solve the problem of dicamba drift? That's coming up, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • A new business in Wichita uses full-scale projections to help people visualize their new home or remodeling projects. We visit "Walk Your Plans Wichita," and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • Kansas governor Laura Kelly is finishing out her last term in office, and seven Republicans and three Democrats are making their case to replace her. Next week’s primary election will narrow the field to two. We’ll run through the candidates and what they could bring to the state’s top job, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • The parasite called Cyclospora that causes extreme diarrhea has sickened hundreds in Kansas and Missouri. It’s making some people change where they buy produce. We'll hear how some Kansans are turning to locally grown produce, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • The Chinese tile game of mahjong is having a resurgence among Wichita-area women. We take a look at the growing community around the tile-clattering game, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.
  • KMUW’s Dan Dillon talks with a retired Wichita police detective who’s now a two-time state champion cowboy poet, and we have news from Wichita and around the state.