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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Ally Carter started writing books for teens nearly 20 years ago, and her books have grown up alongside her audience. KMUW's Beth Golay spoke with Carter about her new spy romance called The Blonde Who Came In From the Cold, a stand-alone sequel to her first adult novel, The Blonde Identity.

Plus more on these stories:

  • The primary election is today.
  • New parking equipment installed along three downtown streets in July is spreading to major event parking lots.
  • The State of Kansas collected just over $670 million dollars in tax revenue last month, which is more than 3 percent above estimates.
  • Kansas has joined a group of states suing the Trump Administration for terminating federal grants meant to fund a variety of state programs.
  • A federal law allows parents at risk of losing their children to foster care to ask for behavioral health services without notifying the state.
  • Extreme weather is bringing more billion-dollar disasters to Kansas and Missouri.
  • WSU Tech has formed a partnership with a nonprofit training center in southeast Kansas.
  • A new security gate installed near Sim Park was activated last night.

Producers: Haley Crowson
Editors: Beth Golay and Tom Shine
Contributors: Jennifer Anima, Meg Britton-Mehlisch, Daniel Caudill, Beth Golay, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Dylan Lysen, and Tom Shine
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: 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.