The Wichita Public Library would like people to vote on a new design for their library cards. There are three categories, kid, teen and adult, with three designs to choose from in each. The categories break down into kid, teen and adult. The most popular card in each category will be the winner which will be announced in January. Once the winners have been announced, current customers will be able to trade in their old library card for one of the new designs for $2.  To vote on which designs you would like the new cards to be, click the link [...]

Tuesday it was time for kids to do a little early Christmas shopping with some folks in blue. Also known as 'Shop with a Cop.' We went along as the kids got the chance to make their holiday dreams come true. Jaxyn and her sister Willa got a big treat shopping with a Wichita Police Officer and picking out anything they wanted for a grand total of $100 each. This is the second year the Wichita Police Department had teamed up with Walmart for Shop with a Cop. Children are identified through WPD Random Acts of Kindness submissions. Jaxyn, her sister [...]

The state of Kansas is about to make big changes to its mental healthcare system, with a new psychiatric hospital located in Sedgwick County. "We see the mental health crisis that's occurring, we see the homeless crisis that's occurring, we see it in our front yard, we see it out our back door," says Historic Midtown Society President Makayla Welch. "So we had a vested interest in where they were planning on putting this hospital that is desperately needed." Scott Brunner with the state's Department of Aging and Disability Services unveiled the possible locations at a public meeting in Wichita on [...]