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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

A new novel takes readers on a wild and frightening ride through an AI driven world. KMUW book reviewer Suzanne Perez tells us more.

Plus more on these stories:

  • About 800 new apartment units came online in Wichita in 2023, a rebound from slow construction following the pandemic.
  • The Wichita City Council approved the city’s more than $760 million dollar budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
  • The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into the disappearance of the interim city clerk of Peabody, a small town northeast of Wichita.
  • The Blue Angels precision flying team will begin arriving in Wichita Thursday morning.
  • A civil rights group is warning Kansas public schools that they cannot hand out Bibles or other religious materials.
  • The state of Kansas has begun distributing its new license plates.
  • Federal officials say they will make disaster assistance available to 14 Kansas counties affected by severe weather in May.

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

Lu Anne Stephens is KMUW's Director of Content and Assistant General Manager. She has held many positions over many years at KMUW. Lu Anne also produces KMUW’s New Settler's Radio Hour and the Hidden Kansas segment for KMUW’s weekly news program The Range.