In the wake of last week's deadly wind storm and wildfires, recovery efforts are ramping up in western Kansas. The wind spread wildfires across 400,000 acres in four different counties. Two men died due to fire-related injuries. KSN Reporter Jessica Watson traveled to Paradise, Kansas, to talk to people in the area. They tell her they have a better estimate of how much livestock was lost in the area affected by the wind and fires. About 1,500 cattle were lost, which impacts the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers. Source: KSN-TV

It is cliché, but a southeast Kansas woman certainly is grateful that a Labette county deputy was "in the right place at the right time" on Sunday night. Gabe Vitt was on another call Parsons around 9:30 -- when he overheard dispatch tell EMS that it had a caller saying a woman had been hit by a train. The call was disconnected before dispatch could obtain a location. It just so happened Deputy Vitt was only a couple blocks away from where it actually happened. He got there, found the woman and applied a makeshift tourniquet to her partially severed leg [...]

The Wichita City Council voted 7-0 to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for two acres of new development around Riverfront Stadium. The stadium was finished back in March 2020 and is located near Maple and McLean. The MOU allows EPC Real Estate LLC to go forward with planning and working to finance the development around the ballpark. The development would include a hotel of at least 150 rooms and six floors, an office building, a 200-space parking structure and riverfront improvements. The developer will seek up to $4 million in Kansas SPARK funding (American Rescue Plan Act) for certain public [...]