May 12, 2025 | By The Active Age
The City of Wichita Park and Recreation Department is holding ribbon cuttings for one new dog park and one remodeled one this week. Council Members and Park staff will discuss features of the dog parks before the ribbon cuttings. Here’s the schedule: K-9 Rooster Dog Park, 2127 N. Meridian: 11 a.m. on Monday, May 12 Members […]
May 9, 2025 | By Tammara Fogle
The Westlink Branch Library, 8515 Bekemeyer, will hold a grand opening for the public on Saturday, May 10. According to a news release, the branch reopened to the public in March after major construction and interior remodeling to expand the overall footprint of the location and reimagine the use of space to meet the demands […]
| By Tammara Fogle
Sedgwick County has stopped all programs and services with DEI goals, according to a news release. The move came after the county received a letter from the U.S. Department of Transportation warning that, by order of President Trump, the county needs to halt any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives or else risk losing federal grant […]
May 8, 2025 | By Tammara Fogle
The Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated child. SCHD investigates measles cases and informs the public when they could be at risk for exposure. To prevent further spread of the disease, SCHD is asking anyone who visited the below location during the times listed to monitor for […]
| By Tammara Fogle
Wichita police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred Wednesday afternoon in the downtown area. Just after 12:30 p.m., 911 dispatchers received multiple calls about a stabbing near Third and Topeka. Officers responded and found a 55-year-old man with a stab wound. An officer provided immediate first aid before Sedgwick […]
May 7, 2025 | By The Active Age
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Sedgwick County Health Department report a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated child between the ages of 5 and 10 years old, according to a news release. The last measles case identified in Sedgwick County was in 2017. Sedgwick County will hold a press […]
April 28, 2025 | By The Active Age
Sedgwick County Commissioners will attend a meeting with the Wichita City Council on Tuesday to discuss the following topics: Opioid Settlement Fund Strategic Plan Blue Ribbon Committee, Shared Services Legislative Issues The meeting will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in the 1st Floor Board Room at Wichita City Hall, 455 N. […]
| By The Active Age
Donors to Wichita State’s athletic roster resources (NIL and Revenue Share) will earn Shocker Priority Points, the school announced Monday. Shocker Athletics will retroactively award priority points associated with name, image and likeness giving beginning July 1, 2021, rewarding donors for their support. Moving forward, donors can continue supporting student-athletes through Revenue Share giving by […]
April 17, 2025 | By The Active Age
City of Wichita water customers can pick up a free low-flow shower head and/or sink aerator while supplies last at the City Hall information desk, one of our Wichita Public Library locations, or a City of Wichita neighborhood resource center. According to a news release, low-flow shower heads could save families up to 8,000 gallons […]
April 10, 2025 | By Tammara Fogle
The Active Age won several awards in the 2025 Kansas Press Association contest, including first and second place in the column writing category for publications in the largest circulation category. Ted Blankenship won first place in column writing for his “It’s Not Serious” column, while Diana Breit Wolfe won second place for her “Dear Reader” […]
April 4, 2025 | By Tammara Fogle
Sedgwick County Fire District 1 plans to conduct prescribed burns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 7, weather permitting. According to a news release, the park and zoo will remain open to the public, but barricades along walking paths and other areas will keep visitors away from the burn sites. Likewise, SCFD1 will […]
| By Tammara Fogle
Sedgwick County Environmental Resources is hosting a free waste tire collection April 10-12, 2025, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at its West Yard, 4701 S. West St. According to a news release, this event is open to residents, farmers and local governmental agencies. Tires will not be accepted from businesses. For safety reasons, anyone using a […]
April 3, 2025 | By Celia Hack/KMUW
When Kashmire Baker’s apartment at the Bradford Glen complex flooded in December 2022, she said she figured the pipes might have burst in the cold. Then it happened again in January. And in April. Twice in May. A big flood in June. Repeatedly, the water soaked the carpet and contaminated toys Baker’s 2-year-old had strewn […]
April 2, 2025 | By The Active Age
Sedgwick County will offer free measles vaccinations this Saturday, April 5, according to a news release noting that the county has no reported cases of measles at this time. The county Health Department is “is responding proactively to a measles outbreak in other parts of Kansas and the nation,” the release states. As part of […]
| By The Active Age
Wichita City Manager Robert Layton announced Wednesday that he would retire at the end of 2025, after more than 16 years on the job. Layton, who was hired in 2009, has worked under four Wichita mayors and 21 different City Council members. “Earlier today, I informed the Mayor and City Council of my plans to […]
March 28, 2025 | By The Active Age
A 30-year-old man has been charged with intentionally damaging a Tesla Model X, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office said Friday. There have been numerous reports of Teslas being vandalized across the United States by opponents of Tesla majority owner Elon Musk, a top advisor to President Trump. The Tesla here was damaged March 20, […]
March 25, 2025 | By Laura McMillan/KSN
What was once the busiest branch library in Wichita may regain that title. The Wichita Public Library has reopened the Westlink Branch after an almost two-year remodeling project. The library at 8515 Bekemeyer, near Central and Tyler, has doubled in size, adding community meeting rooms, more study spaces, a drive-up window, an expanded children’s room, […]
March 18, 2025 | By The Active Age
A $42,047 consent judgment was entered in Sedgwick County District Court against the owner of a basement and foundation repair business and the business itself for engaging in deceptive and unconscionable acts under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act (KCPA). According to a news release, the matter was investigated by the Office of the District Attorney […]
March 17, 2025 | By Kylie Cameron/The Wichita Eagle
The former downtown library near Century II could become the Wichita Police Department’s new headquarters. At least, that’s the idea floated by Wichita Mayor Lily Wu at her first State of the City address Sunday night. “That would restore a great public asset with a civic use and put officers closer to a critical part […]
March 6, 2025 | By Celia Hack/KMUW
The city of Wichita created a land bank in 2021 to ease affordable housing development in the center of the city. But four years later, city staff have suggested dissolving it, saying it faces too many obstacles. Two vacant lots near 9th and Ash are dotted with plastic Dillons bags and crushed soda cans. Laurie […]
March 5, 2025 | By Meg Britton-Mehlisch/KMUW
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran broke from many of his Republican colleagues during a trip to Wichita this week by reiterating his support for Ukraine and condemning Russia’s actions in the country. “In my view, the world is a safer place and, most particularly, the United States is safer whenever we are aligned with our allies, […]
March 3, 2025 | By The Active Age
Via Christi’s Cancer Outreach and Risk Assessment program is again offering colorectal screening kits, while supplies last, at no cost to anyone 45 and older. Those whose stool samples test positive for blood are followed up by a nurse navigator and, if they need and cannot afford a colonoscopy, funding is available through a […]
February 25, 2025 | By Celia Hack/KMUW
A new bill in Topeka proposes legalizing the use of prison labor to build housing. Current Kansas law limits the state’s corrections department – which oversees eight prisons – from establishing programs that allow inmates to learn the trade and manufacture or build houses, wrote Rep. Kyler Sweely in an email to KMUW. The new […]
February 21, 2025 | By Kylie Cameron/The Wichita Eagle
Tax valuations will increase for 87% of homeowners in Sedgwick County this year. The average median increase for residential properties is 9%. Notices will be mailed out March 1. Last year, 60% of residential property owners saw an increase in valuation, with a 10% median increase. Tax appraisal increases are driven by the sales prices […]
February 11, 2025 | By Chance Swaim/Wichita Eagle
Wichita Public Schools voters will decide this month whether to support a $450 million bond issue that would rebuild, consolidate and close schools throughout the city. The bond issue would pay to rebuild seven elementary and middle schools, close four elementary schools, convert two elementary schools to K-8 buildings and consolidate alternative school programs, among […]