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A technical glitch prevented today's Wichita's Early Edition newscast from publishing at 5 am. It's available now. Click here to listen.

Monday, August 18, 2025

Dozens of rare and historic Civil War battle flags stored at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka are falling apart and in desperate need of restoration. But repairing just a single flag can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Plus more on these stories:

  • The Wichita City Council is expected to approve permanent watering restrictions at its meeting this week.
  • Businesses and homeowners in Sedgwick County have started to receive revenue neutral rate notices in the mail. Here's what they mean.
  • The unemployment rate in Sedgwick County continues to increase.
  • Kansas lawmakers could discuss redrawing the state’s four Congressional Districts next session.
  • Artificial intelligence is helping Kansas State University scientists study the health of prairies
  • Garden City Community College is collaborating with NASA to offer a new course on using satellites in agriculture.
  • A senior vice president at Textron Aviation will be the executive in residence at Wichita State’s business school this fall.

Producers: Beth Golay
Editors: Beth Golay and Tom Shine
Contributors: Matthew Algeo, Daniel Caudill, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Calen Moore, Suzanne Perez, and Tom Shine
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Digital editor: Beth Golay

Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast, creator of the podcast You're Saying It Wrong, creator of KMUW's daily news podcast Wichita's Early Edition, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast My Fellow Kansans.