The selection for 2024 Big Read Wichita, which launches in March, is There There by Tommy Orange. The newest book by Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars is both a prequel and a sequel to There There. We have a conversation with the author.
Plus more on these stories:
- The City of Wichita is taking an inventory of lead water lines throughout its system in response to proposed new federal regulations, and it's asking for residents’ help.
- A federal trial challenging the municipal election system in Dodge City, Kansas, began in Wichita Monday.
- Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued a state of disaster emergency Monday because of the risk of wildfires.
- Teachers in Kansas say behavior problems and other issues in the classroom are taking a toll on their own mental health.
- The Kansas Department of Corrections and Kansas Bureau of Investigation are looking into the death of an inmate from Wichita at the Lansing Correctional Facility.
- The City of Wichita is continuing to take applications for its Way to Work program.
- The Wichita Wind Surge has named a new general manager.
- The 19th annual Symphony in the Flint Hills will take place June 8th at Red Ranch in Greenwood County.
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