The Range

People use Wichita Transit for all sorts of reasons: to get to work, go to the doctor, visit family. And many rely on the city’s buses for everyday needs, like getting groceries.

This week on The Range, we go en route with a woman to talk about the challenge of going grocery shopping with a walker or wheelchair, all while navigating mass transit.

This week on The Range, we share a final conversation with the late, great Karla Burns, an icon in the Wichita arts community who died last week at the age of 66.

Plus, after a chaotic school year upended by the pandemic, many districts across Kansas are looking to summer school programs to make up for lost learning. But, in a shocking twist, those districts are having a hard time getting students — and teachers — to sign up.

All the world's a stage — as Music Theatre Wichita is finding out this season.

This week on The Range, we talk to MTW's artistic director about adapting to the pandemic and finding new venues to put on shows.

Plus, recent ransomware attacks have exposed a longstanding problem: a major lack of cybersecurity experts. Demand for Information Security Analysts is expected to grow over the next decade, however, and Wichita wants in.

We hear the train a-comin' — or do we? This week on The Range, we discuss the status of the effort to bring passenger rail back to Wichita, a prospect that seems more likely than ever under the president's new infrastructure package.

The Wichita Wind Surge are finally (and we mean finally) playing at Riverfront Stadium.

This week on The Range, we go en route with some Surge fans on their way to the team's first home game.

Plus, a teen rite of passage is having trouble finding teens. Why are lifeguards so hard to come by this summer?

After the pandemic canceled plans last year, summer travel is heating up, thanks to increasing vaccination rates, loosened health guidelines and lots of pent-up demand.

This week on The Range, we talk to a tour company in Wichita that's welcoming the return of summer travelers.

When schools shut down last spring because of the coronavirus, Wichita West High art teacher Kevin Kelly collected his students' scrapped pieces and got to work on his latest show.

This week on The Range, we talk to the painter about how he's transforming discarded art into something new.

Plus, after going dark more than a year ago, movie theaters are reopening. But will the allure of sound and spectacle on the silver screen be enough to draw audiences away from streaming at home?

Buy us some peanuts and Cracker Jack: It's baseball week on The Range.

With less than two weeks to go before the Wichita Wind Surge makes its long-awaited debut at Riverfront Stadium, we talk to the team's CEO, logo designer and No. 1 fan about America's pastime.

A jury in Minnesota this week found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty for the murder of George Floyd.

Floyd's death last year sparked worldwide demonstrations against police violence, and inspired Wichita State University professor Kevin Harrison to start The Breathe Project, aimed at denouncing racism and lifting up Black men. This week on The Range, we talk to Harrison about the group's work and his plans for the year ahead.

The Environmental Protection Agency says in 2018, almost 27 million tons of plastic ended up in U.S. landfills. A new store in Wichita is trying to break that cycle, one bottle at a time.