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Monday, March 9, 2026

If you're a pet owner, you can probably pinpoint the moment your dog or cat realizes they're heading to the vet. The sad eyes, the tucked tail, maybe even a hiss or a whine. A handful of Wichita veterinarians are part of an emerging movement that's trying to change how pets feel about visiting the doctor.

Plus more on these stories:

  • Mayor Lily Wu says voters' rejection of a sales tax in last week's special election shows city leaders have to rebuild trust.
  • Several people rallied at Woodland Elementary School on Saturday to protest a plan to close four elementary schools in Wichita.
  • A Kansas judge could rule by Tuesday on a request to block a new law that affects transgender people.
  • A powerful storm did not produce tornadoes in Sedgwick County Thursday night, but residents in Mulvane, Derby and east Wichita still heard sirens.
  • Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett says he will not file criminal charges in the 2024 death of Brennan Russell.
  • Wichita State University will host a former U.S. National Security Advisor as part of this year's Barton Speaker Series.
  • The warm winter has put one of the state's winter wheat crops ahead of schedule.
  • It's construction season on the Kansas Turnpike, and travelers can expect a number of improvement and repair projects.

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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.