Celia Hack
News Reporter, KMUWCelia Hack is a general assignment reporter for KMUW, often focusing on housing, environmental issues, Sedgwick County government, and everything in between. She began reporting at KMUW in 2022.
Prior to joining KMUW, she worked at The Wichita Beacon covering local government. She also spent time freelancing for The Shawnee Mission Post and the Kansas Leadership Center’s The Journal. She is originally from Johnson County, Kansas.
In her free time, Celia enjoys reading, attempting to stay updated on pop culture, and (sometimes) playing kickball.
She can be reached by email at celiahack@kmuw.org.
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A rash of daily newsletters for Wichita, Olathe, Overland Park and Lawrence all market themselves as community services aiming to “make local news more accessible, highlight extraordinary people in our community, and support local organizations.” They're run by NYC-based Matthew Henderson, using artificial intelligence. -
During a community prayer service at Wichita City Hall on Thursday, religious leaders urged residents to grieve together and comfort their neighbors during a time of uncertainty. -
The program manager estimates around 50 landlord-tenant cases in Sedgwick County had been mediated as of late September, more than a year after the program begun. Meanwhile, the county typically sees around 5,000 eviction filings, or more, per year. -
Midwest Film Company in Wichita processes filmstock for photographers and cinematographers around the U.S. — and even pop stars like Megan Thee Stallion. Owner Justin Cary started the business in 2019 with a setup in his kitchen. -
Zach Dinicola's approach to repairing, not replacing, KitchenAid mixers has earned him more than 600,000 followers on TikTok. He operated a five-person repair business out of Augusta, Kansas, since 2020. -
About one-third of the city’s 352 single-family public housing units were still occupied as of last December. The city is offering housing vouchers to the tenants who have to move. -
Amy Frey relied on nonprofits for shelter during her family’s months-long bout of homelessness, but the organizations are vastly overwhelmed by the amount of need in the region. -
A Union Pacific rail yard contaminated about three miles of groundwater underneath neighborhoods in northeast Wichita with trichloroethylene, a carcinogenic degreasing agent. A lawsuit filed in October alleges residents suffered property damages and lost home values. -
People who work with problem gamblers say more money needs to be allocated to treat gambling addictions. -
A Shawnee Mission Post analysis revealed that the addresses and names of at least 35 Johnson County residents have been used to apply for loans to apparently non-existent or fake farm businesses.
