Good morning, Wichita.

Sedgwick County foster care leaders met to discuss system needs and community support after officials reported 1,506 children are in out-of-home placements (a 50% increase over the past decade).

Parking lots near Charles Koch Arena will be reserved three hours before men’s basketball games, and vehicles left in those lots without the proper permit will face a $50 fine; lots 1, 2W, 2N, 16N, 22, and 22N require a game-day permit displayed on the rearview mirror.

Bus route 202A will detour for Saturday and Sunday games and will stop every 20 minutes starting two and a half hours before tipoff (from the Eugene H. Hughes Metropolitan Complex).

Wichita’s Littlest Heroes held its inaugural golf tournament Monday at Crestview Country Club to raise new funds for financial assistance and medical and social services for children, with prizes, food, and networking for community supporters.

Early voting is underway in Sedgwick County ahead of the Nov.

3 election; voters can cast ballots at county polling locations and the Sedgwick County Election Office (check the office for hours, ID rules, and drop-box sites).

With a $615 million bond on the ballot Nov.

3, Wichita voters will decide whether plans to close at least four elementary schools, including OK and L'Ouverture, will go forward; early voting is already underway in Sedgwick County.

Wichita State’s NIAR is digitizing and modernizing four aging military aircraft with Sierra Nevada Corporation in a roughly $1 billion project that began in Dec.

2024 and will use student engineers, local suppliers, and digital twins to sustain and modify the platforms through about 2029 (work remains ongoing).

East High is hosting a shoe drive to raise funds and collect footwear for students heading to a local talent competition, with donations being accepted at the school's front office.

Several hunting seasons are underway this fall, so hunters should inspect tree-stand gear, wear a safety harness, carry a first-aid kit with wound-clotting supplies, and know heart attack and stroke signs (use BE FAST, call 911, start hands-only CPR if needed).