Wichita Wingnuts sign deal with Pepsi

The Wichita Wingnuts on Thursday announced it had finalized a five-year deal with Pepsi-Cola as the soft drink provider at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium ...

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iSi earns national recognition for growth

Wichita-based iSi Environmental Services ranks No. 23 on a list of fastest growing inner city companies in the U.S ...

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Shots fired at house on North Chautauqua

WICHITA — Someone fired several shots at a house on North Chautauqua early Wednesday afternoon, but police have few answers at this point ... Four or five shots were fired at the house in the 2300 block of North Chautauqua at about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, police said. No one was hurt, and the 30-year-old resident of the house was not cooperating with police in their investigation ... He was arrested and booked into jail on alleged drug offenses in an unrelated case ...

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Teen shot in shoulder at northeast Wichita home

WICHITA — A 17-year-old boy is recuperating at a local hospital today after being shot at his northeast Wichita home Wednesday, police said ... The teen was walking from a convenience store to his home in the 5100 block of East Kensington, near 17th and Oliver, just before 4 p.m. when he heard someone shout "Get him!" and fire two shots toward him just as he reached his front door, police said ... One of the shots hit the teen in his left shoulder. He was driven in a private vehicle to

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Kansas unclaimed property returns setting records

A lot of other Kansans these days are going to KansasCash.com and finding out that the state is holding money in their name ... Maybe it was an old apartment deposit, and the landlord didn’t have a forwarding addess. Or someone made a utility payment unnecessarily, and the utility didn’t know where to send the refund ... It happens ...

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Catholic Charities generates $88K for its homeless shelter

Catholic Charities of Wichita raised $88,000 during a fundraiser last week to benefit its St. Anthony Family Shelter ...

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Plans to Privatize Two Veterans Homes on Hold

The state has put on hold plans to privatize health care at two veterans homes after it received no bids for the proposal ...

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Photos of Rock Road bank robbers released

WICHITA — Two men robbed the Bank of the West Branch on North Rock Road Thursday morning, authorities reported ... Two masked men entered the bank at 3055 N. Rock Road at approximately 10:16 a.m. and demanded cash from a teller, police said ... Both suspects are described only as masked men wearing black hooded sweatshirts ... One of the robbers was armed with a handgun ...

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Skies clearing, wind easing for Wichita today

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Botanica breaks ground on its new children's garden

Bob Simpson's father was head of Simpson & Associates when the construction company built Botanica almost 25 years ago ... Today, the company is embarking on what Simpson, now at the company's helm, calls the renaissance of Botanica: the new Downing Children's Garden ... Construction of the garden is expected to begin in the next couple of weeks. On Thursday, 80 children from the Independent School, wearing white plastic hard hats and carrying little green and blue trowels, joined organizers and

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