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Carla Eckels
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KMUW
A contemporary ballet premieres next week that doesn’t include tutus and ballet slippers. Ballet Wichita’s “Breaking Barriers” is one of two works being staged that sheds light on a part of Wichita's history — the 1958 Dockum sit-in.
Calen Moore
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Kansas News Service
We remember Wichita and Nashville musician Jenny Wood, who passed on March 7 at age 43.
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Trans Kansans are living in fear and confusion under a new state law. Some want to leave the state. -
Legislators share frustration with inaction on two bills tied to pricing of medicine -
Tumbleweeds have taken over the High Plains. They thrive so well that they are part of the culture of the West. But this ample supply of blowing weeds can hurt farm yields, wreak havoc on neighborhoods and cause fire dangers. -
The unscientific straw poll found almost 80% of 2,000 respondents have no confidence in Chancellor Doug Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt. -
Current law prohibits sexual relations between a student and a "teacher or other person of authority." But the law doesn't currently apply to school resource officers, nurses, bus drivers or other contracted employees.
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Orlando Sierra/AFP/via Getty ImagesIt's a major source of revenue for the island. And it's controversial. Now countries are sending Cuban doctors home in response to pressure from the Trump administration. -
Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.
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The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war. -
Lucille Miller was convicted of killing her husband in 1965. Now her daughter Debra reflects on her own traumatic childhood and its lingering effects in The Most Wonderful Terrible Person. -
Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS. -
Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection. -
Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.
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Sami Drasin
Noah Green of The Pretty Flowers discusses mortality, the quiet life, and The Replacements.
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