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Unbound Gravel lottery opens two months early, ensuring riders are 'more prepared than ever'
Registration for the 2025 Unbound Gravel will open on Friday, November 1, 2024, and close two weeks later, on November 15. Lottery winners will be announced on November 21, 2024.
🎙 King in the Community — Cash Hollistah, community leader, musician
In this episode, Nate King sits down with local community leader and musician Cash Hollistah (James Curtis) to discuss how his grandfather started Daddy Bud Day and what inspired Cash to revive an event with close ties to the Black community and the City of Salina. Hollistah shares his passion...
Wichita-area woman dies following crash in Cowley County
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (KAKE) - A 23-year-old suburban Wichita woman has died following a crash in Cowley County this week, the local sheriff says. The accident happened at around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of U.S. 77 and 242nd Road, which is north of Arkansas City. Sheriff David Falletti said Reyna Batrez was driving on 242nd Road and failed to stop at the stop sign at the highway.
Wichita Public Schools hosting in-person enrollment
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - In-person enrollment for Wichita Public Schools is right around the corner. WPS said Thursday that in-person enrollment will be July 29 and 30 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Online enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is available for grades 1-12 and started July 8. The...
Man arrested late Friday morning after swimming in Topeka’s Central Park pond
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A man was arrested after he took a swim late Friday morning in the Central Park pond in Topeka, officials said. The incident was reported around 11:01 a.m. Friday at the pond, located just east of the Central Park Community Center at 1534 S.W. Clay. Initial...
Trio of former Barton athletes represented at 2024 Paris Olympics #GoBarton
The long tradition of former Barton Community College student-athletes qualifying for the Olympics continues with the 2024 version of the Olympiad games in Paris, France, beginning July 26 and concluding August 11. Three former members of the Barton track and field program will be making their Olympic debut: women's 100m...
Rodeo fan; Abilene man is long-time rodeo volunteer
For the past four decades, Sid Hammond has been a committee member with the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene. It was in 1985 that he began his affiliation with the rodeo. The rodeo had been produced by the fair board, but it was failing. That year, fair board member Joyce Romberger came to Hammond and another saddle club member, Bruce Kogler, asking for their help in rejuvenating it.
Johnson County leaders moving forward on homeless services center
Johnson County leaders are moving closer towards a year-round, 24/7 homeless services center in Lenexa, Kan. The Board of County Commissioners Chairman Mike Kelly executed an assignment agreement with reStart Inc., the recommended operator of the proposed center.
Topeka church to host southern gospel concert
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka church is hosting a special southern gospel concert. East Side Baptist Church will welcome ‘The Lesters’ Saturday July 27, 5pm. Doors open at 4pm. Admission is free but a love offering will be taken. Concessions will be available.
Cleanup effort will be conducted on Grant Avenue
There will be an effort to spruce up Grant Ave on the north side of Junction City. Phyllis Fitzgerald is coordinating a volunteer cleanup on Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the boat dock / parking area near the Republican River on the north side of Junction City. The goal is to clean up the north half of Grant Ave.
Manhattan DA tells judge to reject Trump’s attempt to toss his hush money verdict after ‘immunity’ ruling
Manhattan prosecutors are urging Donald Trump’s criminal hush money judge to keep a 34-count verdict after the former president argued the case should be tossed following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential “immunity.”. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argue that nothing about the case...
Deadly Tornado in Joplin, Mo., Leads to New Building Codes
Ever since an EF5 tornado touched down in Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, killing 161 and damaging 8,000 buildings, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working on developing new requirements for building codes. Those new standards are available now for any jurisdiction that wants to...
Admired Texas High School Volleyball Coach Killed by Stray Bullet
28-year-old Jasper ISD volleyball coach, Ayden Burt, was tragically shot and killed by a stray bullet just after midnight while visiting a rooftop bar in San Antonio with coworkers on Tuesday, July 23rd. The beloved coach was visiting town for the Texas High School Coaches Association Conference and was sitting...
Parsons Police To Host Community Forum
The Parsons Police Department is hosting a community forum on Tuesday night at the Parsons High School Theater. Parsons residents are invited to learn more about their police department at this event. The forum will be moderated by Police2Peace.org. That group is providing funding to train members of the Parsons Police Department in techniques in de-escalation and outreach in an effort to increase two-way communication between police and the public. Police2Peace is funded through the U.S. Department of Justice.
AAA: Kansas still well below national gas price average
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Gas prices are still lower in Kansas than most of the country. "We've really been stable here for the last couple of weeks," said Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas. "We did see a bit of a jump here in Kansas earlier in the month around the July 4th holiday, but it's been fairly stable over the last few weeks. We're at $3.17 a gallon right now on average across Kansas, and that's $0.34 less than the national average of $3.51 a gallon, and that puts us eighth lowest in the nation. So, we have seen a little bit of an uptick over the last week. We're up one cent, and from a month ago, we're up nine cents here in the state. But overall, not too bad, especially when we look at the national average, and we look back a year ago here in Kansas, and we were at $3.42 a gallon, so about a quarter more than we are now."
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