Cheerleading is the fastest-growing female sport in the country. A routine usually includes some incredibly athletic and increasingly complex stunts. As Noah Taborda reports, a Kansas City doctor is analyzing injury risks and working on ways to make the sport safer.
Plus more on these stories:
- A group of Republican lawmakers in Kansas has proposed two near-total state abortion bans.
- Ryan Baty will remain chair of the Sedgwick County Commission after a close vote Wednesday.
- The city of Wichita's online municipal court docket is currently not functioning.
- Wichita-raised musician Tommy Newport lost his home in the California fires last week.
- An aviation business in Wellington is set to expand operations.
- Many city of wichita facilities will be closed or have special hours Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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