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Wichita begins street sweeping campaign. Posted April 4, 2024. Crews have started street sweeping operations across Wichita to remove the salt-sand mix that was put down during the winter to deal with slick driving conditions. Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said in her weekly news conference Thursday that crews put down 8,445 tons of the mix during …Posted March 4, 2024. The Wichita School board voted Monday night to approve a plan to close six schools for the 2024-25 school year. The closings will affect Clark, Cleaveland, Park, and Payne elementary schools and the Hadley and Jardine middle schools. The vote was 5-2. Board member Kathy Bond voted in favor, saying there are too many ...The rates will go up an average of $2.40 a month for residential customers who have low water usage, $3.63 a month for mid-level users and $7.68 a month for high-level users. Commercial rates will go up $38.06 a month on average, and industrial customers will see an average increase of $3,525.26. The rate increases will take effect …Posted February 23, 2024. Goodwill Industries of Kansas will be opening a new retail location in Wichita. A grand opening ceremony will be held Friday, March 1st for the store at 29th and Greenwich Road. The 24,000 square-foot building has state-of-the-art features designed by Schaefer Architecture and built by Dondlinger Construction.Posted April 22, 2024. An unidentified woman was injured Sunday evening in a shooting in far south Wichita. Police said the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. in a home in the 2500 block of East Cider Street, in a neighborhood east of Haysville. A woman was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and a man was arrested at the scene.The event will be January 20-26, 2025, at INTRUST Bank Arena, and this will be the first time the U.S. Championships will be held in Wichita and in the state of Kansas. Tickets for 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships will go on sale on the following dates: · Thursday, May 16: All-session tickets and hotel packages.Posted December 14, 2023. A Derby teenager has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting that happened last week in south Wichita. The District Attorney’s Office said 18-year-old Phillip Walls is charged with first degree murder and two counts of attempted aggravated robbery. His bond was set at $750,000 and his next court appearance ...Posted March 10, 2024. One person was in serious condition and another person was in custody after a stabbing incident Sunday at a north Wichita home. Police were called to the 1800 block of North Heiserman, west of the intersection of 17th and Waco, around 11:30 a.m. An unidentified woman was taken to a hospital and a man was arrested after a ...Posted January 19, 2024. Police have identified the victim of a shooting that happened in a south Wichita neighborhood, and they said they have been looking for a second person in connection with the case. Officers found 35-year-old Ladonte Ostrander in the 900 block of South Market after a shooting that was reported around 5:15 a.m. on January ...Police have released updated information on a fatal shooting Monday night at an apartment complex in southeast Wichita. The shooting was reported around 7:20 p.m. at the Sugar Creek Apartments near Pawnee and Oliver. A number of shots were fired from a handgun into an apartment, striking people inside.3 days ago · Posted May 2, 2024. Wichita police have reported finding someone dead inside a south side home on Wednesday. Police received information that someone had been dead inside a home for two weeks in the 2100 block of South Volutsia. Officers got a search warrant and learned that there were several propane tanks inside the home. Chico. Oct. 25, 2012, 8:37 p.m. GMT. Guest. We have listened to KFDI 1070 as a country station with Ole Mike and Dan Dillon for years, and as well as KFTI 1070 oldies. We have enjoyed it for many many years. Nov. 22, 2011, 8:19 p.m. GMT. Streema Team. Listen to KFTI - a Country station from Wichita, KS, United States.Feb 20, 2012 ... I remember after that they flipped to Country as KGCS trying to compete against KFDI. I think calls stood for Kansas Golden Country Stereo ...The rates will go up an average of $2.40 a month for residential customers who have low water usage, $3.63 a month for mid-level users and $7.68 a month for high-level users. Commercial rates will go up $38.06 a month on average, and industrial customers will see an average increase of $3,525.26. The rate increases will take effect …Posted April 16, 2024. Wichita City Council members have voted unanimously to do away with the nighttime curfew on the use of electric scooters in the community. The city previously had a restriction that began at dusk or 9 p.m., whichever is earlier, and ended at sunrise. Veo, the company providing the electric scooters, asked the city to look ...Posted March 25, 2024. An unidentified person was in critical condition after a shooting early Monday in a south Wichita neighborhood. The victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries after the shooting in the 4300 block of South Deerfield, in a neighborhood south of the intersection of K-15 and MacArthur. Police are investigating and ...Posted December 25, 2023. Crews saw flames coming from a vacant building in east Wichita on Christmas Day. The fire was reported shortly after noon at an abandoned two-story building at Douglas and Linden, about a block west of Webb Road. Crews had to go defensive and stay outside the building. Two aerial trucks were used to put water on the …

The Air Capital Build campaign began in 2019 and it brings in aviation companies to help in building homes. The campaign will relaunch on Tuesday with a wall-raising event for three new homes in what is called the “Rock the Block” neighborhood. The event takes place at 9 a.m. at 1343, 1347, nd 1355 North Piatt, three lots adjacent to each ...This trend should continue in 2023, with permitting activity rising another 2.6 percent to 1,570 units. Home prices – Wichita home price appreciation may be slowing from its torrid pace of the first part of the year but should still end the year up a remarkable 12.9 percent. Appreciation will return to a more-normal pace of 4.7 percent in 2023.An Inman man died at a Wichita hospital after a crash Wednesday morning in McPherson County. A two-vehicle crash was reported on Kansas Highway 61 southwest of Inman around 7:30 a.m. The Kansas Highway Patrol said a pickup was going west on Arapaho Road and failed to stop at a stop sign on Highway 61. The pickup collided with a northbound car.Posted March 25, 2024. An unidentified person was in critical condition after a shooting early Monday in a south Wichita neighborhood. The victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries after the shooting in the 4300 block of South Deerfield, in a neighborhood south of the intersection of K-15 and MacArthur. Police are investigating and ...

Posted March 8, 2024. Wichita City Council members have approved the transfer of a downtown property to Wichita State University and the University of Kansas for a project to create a Biomedical Campus. The site is just under two acres in the 200 block of South Broadway. It is made up of two properties south of William, between Broadway and ...A Wichita man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl. 28-year-old Devonte Smith had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Prosecutors said in April of 2023, Smith and another man traveled by plane to Arizona to buy fentanyl-laced pills that they intended to bring back to Kansas. In ...…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Results 1 - 25 of 25 ... KFDI was twice named Country Mus. Possible cause: Posted April 22, 2024. The Wichita school district is having four public input sess.