KC and The Sunshine Band is celebrating 50 years in the music business. The multiple Grammy award winning band was the first act to score four #1 pop singles in one 12-month period since The Beatles in 1964. KMUW’s Carla Eckels caught up with KC to discuss his music.
Plus more on these stories:
- A group appointed by Kansas education leaders will offer recommendations about the use of cell phones in schools.
- The Lenexa City Council has dealt what appears to be a fatal blow to a much-discussed plan to create a new homeless shelter in Johnson County.
- Advocates for Kansas foster children argue the state is not doing enough to hold private contractors accountable for service failures.
- Volunteer firefighters say new federal guidelines that could take effect next year might shut down fire departments protecting wide swaths of rural America.
- Two mussel species stocked in Kansas streams and rivers last year appear to be surviving, state officials say— a good sign for the conservation practice.
- The Sedgwick County Swap and Shop is closed for construction until at least December.
- Drivers should expect major traffic disruptions on parts of I-135 this weekend and next.
- Officials with the Kansas State Fair say about 330,00 people attended this year’s event.
Producers: Fletcher Powell and Beth Golay
Editors: Tom Shine and Beth Golay
Contributors: Carla Eckels, Celia Hack, Mia Hennen, Dylan Lysen, Frank Morris, Kyle Palmer, Suzanne Perez, and Tom Shine
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Beth Golay and Karlee Cooper
