When Music Theatre Wichita presents “Cats” next week, the stage scenery will be different from any previous performance. This one will feature iconic pieces of Wichita history, including a certain roller-coaster that once soared high above Joyland Amusement Park.
Plus more on these stories:
- A journalist with the Marion County Record is suing the local police chief for a widely-criticized raid on the newspaper.
- A former Wichita Police Captain has lost his law enforcement certification after being charged with sharing confidential records.
- Union nurses rallied outside of St. Francis hospital Thursday as they continue to negotiate a contract with Ascension Via Christi.
- An audit finds a Kansas student loan repayment program aimed at attracting residents to rural parts of the state is not working.
- Residents in Clearwater easily approved a ballot measure to raise the city’s sales tax.
- Millions of Americans will pay more for gasoline this Labor Day weekend.
- The Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats hope to carry the momentum from last season into the 2023 season, which begins this week.
- The Wichita Public Library is asking customers to help design new library cards that will be available this winter.
Producers: Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens
Editor: Suzanne Perez
Contributors: Joe Blubaugh, Kylie Cameron, Daniel Caudill, Greg Echlin, Dylan Lysen, Suzanne Perez, and Tom Shine.
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Karlee Cooper
