The 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival ends Saturday night with a performance from the Tierney Sutton Band. Sutton, a nine-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, says that while writing material for a new album with the San Gabriel 7, she was struck by the realities of racism in American history. We'll learn more about Sutton. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

A former high-end Kansas City Chef is now running a restaurant out in the middle of Kansas in a tiny, remote rural town. And that restaurant has become extremely important to its community. We learn how a chef who - as he says - got tired of cooking for rich people - is using local food and high end cooking to breath life into a tiny town. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Keep moving or die. Oh, and you can never return to anywhere you've already been. How's that for a novel premise? Author Douglas Westerbeke visits with KMUW's Beth Golay about his new novel, "A Short Walk Through a Wide World." Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

The Mike Steinel Quintet kicks off the 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival tonight at the Wichita Art Museum. Steinel is joined by his former student and academic colleague Rosana Eckert who says that jazz has plenty to offer all kinds of listeners. We'll find out more during KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin interview with both Steinel and Eckert. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Jason Smith of the Oklahoma City-based band Traindodge says that nearly 30 years into the band's career, he still remembers his initial motivation for pursuing music. We'll learn more about Traindodge. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Roller skating is alive and well in some corners of Wichita. For some, nostalgia is the draw. Others are finding places outside of traditional rinks to spin their wheels. Celia Hack tells us about a few of Wichita's skating hot spots. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Whether you've played soccer or not, you probably know that it can be a challenging sport. Now imagine that you're blind and trying to play the game. Some young athletes in Kansas are doing just that, including 14-year-old Milo Scotten, of Lawrence, who was recently introduced to the sport. The Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas, opened a new field last week. We'll learn more about the program. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Kansas doesn't require schools to report or track teacher injuries. And although most schools prepare students and staff for intruders with active-shooter drills, they don't train teachers on how to deal with more common violence on campus. A look at the growing problem of teachers hurt on the job and how schools are responding. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

Nell Freudenberger's new novel, "The "Limits," is very much about the limits we encounter. She spoke with KMUW's Beth Golay. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.

It's been talked about for weeks, in the news, on social media and about anyplace else you can name. And the day is finally here: the solar eclipse. KMUW's Rose Conlon has some information for those who are making the trek to the path of totality and for those who aren't. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.