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Contest will decide name of Riverfest raccoon


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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 3:10 p.m.

A raccoon in a pirate getup will give Admiral Windwagon Smith competition as the capped-and-costumed figurehead of this year's Wichita River Festival ... The raccoon, who soon will get a name as part of a contest, will decorate this year's Wichita River Festival buttons, posters, pamphlets and paraphernalia ... The festival is scheduled for May 7 through 15 ...

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An inside look at Intrust Bank Arena


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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 4:57 p.m.

Big-city modern meets Old Town charm at Intrust Bank Arena, which opens to the public on Saturday ... Members of the media got a sneak peek Monday ... From its brushed aluminum and glass handrails and sleek polished concrete floors to brick archways and native Kansas limestone, the arena mingles the technology of the 21st century with touches from the past ... Step inside, and you'll find party suites nearly as big as a first apartment — with nicer appliances — and premium seats that have

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Police think shooting gang-related


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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 6:49 a.m.

It started out Saturday night as a private Christmas party, in space rented out in Da Nang Restaurant ... It would end early Sunday morning in a fight that began in the restaurant dining room and moved into its parking lot, at 1556 N. Broadway. Outside, a series of gunshots woke neighbors and left one man fatally wounded and another seriously wounded. As cars scattered from the lot, one struck a third man, leaving him with a compound leg fracture ... Although police don't know what started the

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UPDATE: Second Victim in Old Town Stabbing


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Published Dec. 21, 2009 at 12:44 p.m.

Wichita police are looking for a group of men after an early morning stabbing ...

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Red Cross To Shutter Some Senior Citizen Dining Centers


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Published Oct. 28, 2009 at 6:48 p.m.

Six dining centers, part of the Red Cross' Good Neighbor Nutrition Program, will close or be consolidated to make up for a $100,000 budget shortfall ...

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City to consider three offers on Sports Hall building


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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 9:52 a.m.

Despite two higher offers, city staff has recommended the Wichita City Council on Tuesday approve a $1.425 million contract with Old Town developer Dave Burk for the purchase of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame building ...

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Historic cabin's restoration completed at Cowtown


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Published Oct. 9, 2009 at 1:25 p.m.

WICHITA — Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer will be presented a key to one of the oldest buildings in Wichita on Saturday as part of a ceremony at Old Cowtown Museum ... The event marks the completion of five months of restoration work on the museum's 140-year-old Heller Cabin, now the museum's newest store and stagecoach shop ... The cabin now becomes the first building visitors will see as they tour the 1870s-era living-history complex ...

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Fire safety programs begin today in Wichita


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Published Oct. 2, 2009 at 5:24 p.m.

Fire Prevention Week observances in Wichita begin today, with a fire safety education fair at Old Cowtown, 1865 Museum Blvd ... The fair, which begins at 9 a.m., will allow area grade school students to learn about fire safety, watch a rescue demonstration and practice an escape out of a smoke-filled room. Students will also be able to tour the sites of Old Cowtown ... All fifth-grade students throughout the city and county and surrounding areas are invited to attend a fire prevention adventure

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Burk names new Old Town apartment building


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Published Sept. 23, 2009 at 12:24 p.m.

Old Town developer Dave Burk has a new name for the former Wichita Area Technical College building that he’s converting to apartments — The Flats 324 at Historic Wichita High ...

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Kansas Sports Hall to close Sunday to prep for move to Boathouse


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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 6:51 a.m.

The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame will close its Old Town location at 238 N. Mead on Sunday to prepare for an eventual move to the Wichita Boathouse ... A date has not been set for the opening of the hall's new location, said Ted Hayes, president of the sports hall ... In June, the Wichita City Council approved a proposal to move the hall of fame to the Wichita Boathouse on the east bank of the Arkansas River near downtown ...

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