Tom Shine
Tom is the Director of News and Public Affairs. He joins KMUW after spending 37 years with The Wichita Eagle in a variety of reporting and editing roles.
Tom grew up in suburban Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. He came to Wichita in 1980 to work for the morning Eagle and afternoon Beacon. The Beacon, through no fault of his own, folded a month after he got here.
In his role at KMUW, Tom hopes to help his staff provide in-depth, quality news coverage. He also wants to assist in promoting insightful discussion and a better understanding of the key issues facing Wichita and Kansas.
Tom and his wife, Sharon, have three children and live in west Wichita. When not at work, Tom enjoys reading non-fiction, attending local sporting events and rooting passionately – sometimes too passionately – for the Michigan football team.
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In a small workshop behind his Eureka, Kansas, home, a master shoemaker from Italy is quietly pursuing his craft. "I think you really have to like the culture to really understand how to make a proper cowboy boot," cobbler Sam Vasta says. -
The state constitution itself has its roots in the bitter days of Bleeding Kansas. One proposed version that granted the right to vote for free African Americans was rejected by a pro-slavery Congress. -
Prairie Creek Elementary School was among hundreds of buildings and homes damaged by Friday's storm in Andover, Kansas, about a dozen miles east of Wichita. -
Despite extensive damage to several neighborhoods, authorities say only four people were injured in Friday night's storm. -
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for the Carr brothers convicted of a series of robberies, assaults and murders in Wichita. -
Services in Wichita commemorated Father Emil Kapaun, who died more than 70 years ago in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. -
The city saw its first home opener for its new team, the Wind Surge, in a brand new stadium. -
Even as travelers diminished, complaints about airline service worsened during the pandemic. -
Wichita has a new baseball stadium and a new team called the Wind Surge. -
As a Chaplain, he stayed behind to save wounded soldiers during the Korean War and the Vatican is looking into possible sainthood.
