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Dr. Heather Arens, the Sedgwick County Zoo's director of animal health, made a call to several local surgeons after young chimpanzee Alizeti was injured recently. The surgeons made a house call to help heal the 2-year-old chimpanzee.

This week on "The Range" ... Operation Baby Chimp. Also, a look at the legacy of Volga German immigrants in Kansas.

In some communities in western Kansas, you can still spot the influence of German immigrants who settled there. Their descendants will mark a notable anniversary this year, as Beccy Tanner explains in this month’s Hidden Kansas.

The Greater Wichita Ministerial League gathered community members in Wichita's City Hall to mark the first anniversary of a fatal Washington, D.C., plane crash.

Portraits are a popular subject for artists. But a new exhibition by artist Ann Resnick goes a step further by exploring human personalities from the perspective of science ... and pseudoscience. ArtWorks' Torin Andersen caught up with Resnick at the Salina Arts Center to talk about the two-part show.

The Greater Wichita Ministerial League will host a community prayer service at Wichita City Hall on Thursday to remember the victims of American Airlines Flight 5342.

Wichita City Council members are working to create the rules that would govern a proposed 1% city sales tax — five weeks before voters weigh in.

A recent study gives a dire snapshot of the teaching profession. Why are so many teachers leaving — or thinking about it?

This week on "The Range," why are so many new teachers leaving the profession? Also, how local DJs keep the dance floor bumpin’.

Disc jockeys began on the radio in the 1930s and made their way into dance clubs in the ’70s. Today, amid algorithms and pre-made playlists, some young people are taking music curation into their own hands and continuing a tradition that spans generations.