Good morning, Wichita.

The Sedgwick County Zoo warns Wichita residents that unauthorized third-party sites are selling Wild Lights tickets at marked-up prices (examples: Go-Tickets, Vivid Seats) and says authentic tickets are available only on the zoo's website or at the ticket office; report suspicious listings to the zoo.

Firefighters dressed as Spider-Man + Wolverine and other characters visited patients in the pediatric and burn units at Via Christi St. Francis on Thursday, riding a ladder truck and delivering gifts to the children.

A Wichita mentoring program is teaching kids life skills through chess and recently won first place + the People’s Choice Award in United Way of the Plains' Shark Tank-style competition.

Also, Hidden Kansas is featuring a new film retelling the Bloody Benders' story at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve this month.

A film adaptation of Nic Nicastro’s 2015 novel about the Bloody Benders finished filming this month at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (Chase County) and will be released next year.

Christ United Fellowship Choir will record a live gospel album titled "God Has the Final Say" today at 6 p.m. at First Church of God in Christ (13th and Piatt), with director Cameo Profit and several soloists leading songs meant to uplift the community.

Nearly 500 librarians are meeting in Wichita this week for the Kansas Library Association's four-day conference at the Hyatt Regency, which runs through today and features sessions on AI, funding, makerspaces, author booths, and the William Allen White Children's Book Award announcement this afternoon.

Masters and Mentors, a Wichita mentorship program that teaches chess plus a cognitive-behavior curriculum for at-risk kids aged 12 to 17, recently won $45,000 from United Way's Impact on the Plains and has served more than 150 youth, with 54 this year while seeking a Wichita Public Schools partnership.

Voters will decide Nov.

3 on a $615 million Wichita school bond split into two questions. Question 1 funds four rebuilds and a trades center with no tax rate increase; Question 2 funds two rebuilds and would add about $50 a year on a $200,000 home (Question 2 requires Question 1).

In 1936 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, then Papal Secretary of State, made a brief refueling stop at the Wichita airport during a coast-to-coast air tour and was greeted by Bishop J.

Henry Tihen; Pacelli was elected Pope Pius XII three years later.