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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Aspiring writers are often told to what what they know. Author Christine Coulson tells Beth Golay that she took her 25 years of experience as a writer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and did just that.

Plus more on these stories:

  • More Kansas families are piling up school meal debt following the end of federal COVID subsidies that made all meals free.
  • District courts across the state are still trying to get some online operations working after a security breach last week involving the Kansas Courts system.
  • A Proud Boys member from Kansas pleaded guilty Monday for crimes related to the January 6th Capitol riot.
  • A lawsuit against the City of Wichita challenging the use of a “gang list” by the police department is moving forward with a class-action status.
  • Wichita households can pick up free kits from the city to weatherproof their homes for energy efficiency this winter.
  • The University of Kansas men’s basketball team is ranked Number 1 in the Associated Press preseason poll.

Producers: Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens
Editors: Beth Golay and Tom Shine
Contributors: Jennifer Anima, Kylie Cameron, Daniel Caudill, Beth Golay, Celia Hack, Blaise Mesa, Suzanne Perez, and Taliyah Winn
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Karlee Cooper

Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.