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Riverside residents and the Friends of the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit want to transform the Riverside pagoda into a classroom. They also envision an indoor-outdoor space that people could rent for birthday parties or family reunions.

Architect and designer Erik Loya designed a building for the neighborhood that helped raise him.

The past and future of a Riverside Park jewel. Also, an architect gives back to his community.

Five people have filed to run for the District 1 City Council seat. The Wichita Journalism Collaborative will hold a forum with candidates on July 15.

Johnathon Ford of the band Unwed Sailor has been making music for over 30 years but he says that the increasingly competitive nature of the music business is a source of frustration.

A Jackson County Circuit Court judge blocked enforcement last week of nearly all Missouri laws that restrict abortion, ruling the 2024 passage of Amendment 3 enshrined the right to an abortion in the state constitution. Missouri has already started and stopped abortion services several times this year as legal battles continue.

This saga began in March 2021 when Geary County sheriff's deputy Bradley Rose pulled over a motorist on Interstate 70 because he noticed half of the word "Illinois" couldn't be easily read on the tag. But a unanimous Kansas Supreme Court said that wasn't enough to qualify as reasonable suspicion of a crime.

Evergy Kansas Central customers will see bills increase about 8.6% to fund the construction of two natural gas plants and a solar plants. Evergy last received a $41 million rate hike in 2023.

High schools in Kansas are graduating a higher percentage of students than ever before. But some people worry that the growth of credit recovery could be lowering standards and allowing students to get a diploma without the skills they need.

The Satanic Grotto sought a permit at the Kansas Statehouse to protest "Christian favoritism within our state government." State officials say they denied the permit because of safety concerns, after the group's last protest ended with several arrests.