Wichita

There’s been a steady decline in drive-ins and now only four remain in Kansas. As one town tries to build a new drive-in, some people see hope for the nostalgic movie experience in an era of streaming.

A new lawsuit argues that Wichita's “dragnet surveillance program” of AI-powered license plate readers violates the Kansas Constitution. The city began deploying Flock Safety cameras in 2020, analyzing vehicle details and logging them into a nationwide database without a warrant.

People living in homeless encampments say Missouri and Kansas cities have been more aggressive about enforcement since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. Plus: Latino communities in Wichita are on edge after immigration agents asked a bus full of people to present proof of citizenship.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently questioned the drivers and passengers of a bus bound for Mexico. The scene capped a tense week for Wichita's immigrant and Latino community, as businesses urge people to stay home.

The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club started in 2004. Volunteer players represent two 1879 Wichita teams, the Red Stockings and the Bull Dozers.

With up to 20,000 people, it was one of the most important ancient cities in what’s now the United States. A new immersion center in southern Kansas tells the early history of the Wichita Tribe, how they lived and how Etzanoa flourished.

Riverside neighbors and local historians say the Minisa Bridge over the Little Arkansas River is finally getting the recognition — and the repairs and maintenance — it deserves.

When Congress ended pandemic-era free lunches for public schools in 2022, student meal debt skyrocketed in Kansas. One Wichita-area 6th grader launched her own fundraiser to tackle students’ lunch tabs at her school district. Plus: "Cow goggles" are allowing farmers to see through bovine eyes, and potentially improve animal welfare.

An anonymous donor provided the initial funding for Pope Leo Village, in honor of the first American Pope. It will be comprised of eight renovated homes in northeast Wichita.

An interactive exhibit in a Crossroads art gallery aims to astonish earthly and extraterrestrial visitors alike. Wichita, Kansas, artists and spouses Mike Miller and Meghan Miller have created inventive ways to make art from found and salvaged objects.

There aren't many details on what Monarch or NextEra envision for western Sedgwick County, in part because people selling land have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements with the companies.

Kansas lawmakers are considering restricting student protests after high schoolers organized walkouts across the state in protest of immigration enforcement. We’ll hear from three students about their experience. Plus: We'll go inside the Greenhouse Print Space, a Kansas City studio keeping hundreds of years of printmaking technology alive.