Wichita government

Mark Freitag, Dennis Marstall and Donte Martin are the three finalists to become Wichita’s next city manager. They all spoke to the media individually for ten minutes before a public forum at Botanica.

The city may also add parking meters in Old Town. But business owners there have an option to add a sales tax to pay for parking instead.

The draft Climate Action Plan sets a target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in Wichita.

The city says nearly 77,000 records, including incident and traffic reports, were breached during the attack.

The city is facing an estimated several million dollar deficit in 2026, with the deficit growing in the following years.

The city of Wichita is slowly bringing its systems back online after being hit by a malware ransom attack earlier this month.

The U.S. Department of Justice named Dimitry Khoroshev and his company, LockBit, in a 26-count indictment on Tuesday. LockBit has claimed responsibility for the hack on city computers.

The city said law enforcement is investigating Sunday's malware attack.

The reports were due to the election office leading into the last week of the primary election, which is Tuesday.

The primary election is Aug. 1, but early voting begins July 17.