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Over 150 pets found new homes at Kansas Humane Society during a community adoption event, highlighting the local organization's efforts to match families with adoptable animals.

Two Wichita siblings with a rare sunlight pain condition joined a clinical trial that lets them enjoy summers outdoors without extreme pain (a breakthrough for managing EPP, which affects one in 75,000 people).

Former Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Kansas’s first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, died Friday at 94, leaving behind decades of bipartisan service + a legacy of public trust across the state.

A local group is replacing veteran gravestones to honor those who served.

The project will update memorial sites in community cemeteries and continue as organizers work to preserve local heroes' legacies.

A Wichita woman is offering color analysis sessions that help clients choose flattering colors for their wardrobes — the appointments are available soon for bookings at her studio.

Volunteers from Friends of the Wichita Pioneers worked to secure military markers for 25 unmarked veterans at Highland Cemetery near 9th and Hillside; the City of Wichita waived all fees for installation ahead of a rededication ceremony on Nov.

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Kansas farmers are facing higher fuel, fertilizer, and seed costs along with dry weather that is squeezing profits.

Bill Carp (from Sedgwick County) said his fuel expenses have reached $200 per acre, adding to the season's challenges.

Organizer Ipei Chung of the Mid-Autumn Festival says the city denied her permit for St. Francis Street by citing false reasons, which sparked a dispute with Somewhere Festival.

The council will decide on the permit by Sept. 1 for events set for Sept. 25 and 26.