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Good morning. It is 659 here on this Friday morning, July 17th, here at KNSS. Currently in Wichita, we have 91% humidity. It is partly cloudy, 71 degrees. President Trump announcing last night he has unclassified documents. He says reveals and exposes the election voting system. That speech was carried live here on KNSS. He's now posted those documents on the White House website. And we have to mention that some of these pages in these pages and pages of documents, they're heavily redacted. So it's going to take some time to piece everything together. But the president says here, inside these documents is proof that China allegedly hacked and gathered. voter information on some 200 million Americans over a number of years. We're talking names, addresses, voting affiliation, and even possibly social security numbers. And the president claims that certain intelligence officials knew about all of this and did not inform Congress. That's Fox's Aisha Hosni with that report from the White House. A Douglas County District Court in Northeast Kansas granted a temporary injunction Thursday blocking Senate Bill 4, the 2025 law that eliminated Kansas' three-day grace period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day. The statewide injunction immediately restores the grace period. Kansas has used since 2017, ensuring mail ballots postmark on or before election day will be counted if received within three days. The plaintiffs in the case filed the suit claiming SB4 violates the Kansas Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process as well as its protections of the right to vote. Kansas Attorney General Chris Kobach said he is appealing the judge's decision. Following a visit with Kansas-based company Cinexas, U.S. Senator from Kansas, Dr. Roger Marshall, praised to the company's innovation, American-made touchless, continuous pathogen control technology, and its impact on public health. Conversations highlighted how Cinexas technology strengthens biosecurity, improves public health, resilience, supports food system security, and creates high-skilled jobs here in the U.S. The National Guard will remain in the nation's capital for the remainder of President Trump's term. The Guard deployment was set to end at the end of this year after being extended, but the Pentagon now says the mission will continue until January 20th, 20209, or until terminated by the President. President Trump signed an executive order in August 2025 to deal with what he called a crime emergency, calling up the Guard and other federal law enforcement, though local officials had said crime was already going down. Deployments to other cities have ended or have been paused by courts in California and Illinois.

while more limited operations are ongoing in cities including New Orleans. Lisa Lacerra, Fox News. U.S. Senator from Kansas, Jerry Moran, spoke on the floor of the Senate, joining a bipartisan group of his colleagues, introducing the Sanctioning Russia Act. Last month's G7 statement is unequivocally clear in recognizing the threat Vladimir Putin poses to European security. Through continued American leadership, Vladimir Putin will fail in his goals to conquer Ukraine and split the West. And not just Europe, but the entire world, will be safer because of it. Senator Moran said, quote, the message is clear to friends and foe alike. You can do business with Russia or the United States, but not both. One person was seriously injured in a West Wichita house fire late last evening. Crews were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of South Edwards near Meridian and Douglas. A call about the fire came in from a passerby. Cruise arrived on the scene to flames coming from the house. They found a person with injuries in the backyard. A fire investigator was called to the scene. We'll be taking a look at... Who's teaching your kiddos? And, oh, yeah, some bad lettuce is out there, and we'll find out more about that as well. And, of course, our extended weather forecast with Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Coming up as well, KNSS News Time is 704. It is 707 here on this Friday morning, July 17th, here on KNSS. California passing law to ensure that children are taught by humans, not AI. The law specifically says children must be taught by natural people. It goes into effect next year and it applies to all public schools. It does, however, allow for the use of AI as a supplemental learning tool such as using tutoring software. But the person delivering the instruction must be well. A person. The law comes as AI schools are expanding across California, including a private AI school in Santa Monica. Gary Baumgarten, Fox News. Taco Bell is taking action after lettuce sold at some of its stores is identified as a possible source for an intestinal illness impacting folks in dozens of states, including Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Amid reports, the FDA has linked cases of cyclosporiasis to shredded lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations the chain tells the Fox Business Network it is removing the potentially impacted lettuce from a supplier in select states. Adding the affected ingredient from our supplier is being indefinitely removed from our supply chain nationwide and will be replaced within 24 hours in select states. Taco Bell Corp goes on to say, while no official advisory has been issued, we believe public health is a shared responsibility. Cyclospiriasis is a foodborne illness caused by a parasite. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since May 1st, there have been more than 1,600 confirmed cases across 34 states. Kristen Goodwin, Fox News. It is 709 here on this Friday morning at 987 and 1330, KNS.

Traffic right now in the Wichita area is really starting to pick up, starting to see heavier traffic volumes out there. We've got some fairly heavy traffic right now on K-15, right around that road construction at I-135, and getting a little bit closer to the North Junction, starting to see some heavier traffic showing up southbound on I-135 there as well. Traffic Update. 987 and 1330 KNSS and the accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Jed Chambers. Now let's get our extended weather forecast. It's Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Good morning, Ross. Well, good morning to you, Ted and John, and we are almost into the dog days of summer. So whether we want it or not, the fact of the matter is it's going to be getting hotter. And our chance of getting to 100 degrees for the first time this year certainly looks like it's increasing and will probably happen within the next four to five days. And then, of course, that's just part of the story, but adding in the humidity is going to be making it feel so much hotter. So be prepared because we've been talking about this now for several days. But 92 today, sunshine, we'll have some afternoon clouds popping up. And there's a remote chance we could see a stray shower thunderstorm. I drove through one yesterday on my way to work. It lasted for about six minutes. And within three or four miles, I drove out of it. So that kind of thing might happen again today. 72 will be our low temperature tonight. And then Saturday, 94, but I think our heat index will be closer to 100. And Sunday afternoon, 96, we just continue to go up. I think if we get to 100 degrees, it's... Either going to happen Monday or Tuesday of next week. And then there is a cold front that's coming into the area next week. Now, I know it's easy in summertime when we mention cold front to kind of scoff at it because we know it's not going to bring colder temperatures. But in meteorology, that's what it is. It's a cold front. And it's going to make its way into the area on Tuesday. So depending on exactly when that front gets here, we'll dictate just how warm we're going to get in the afternoon. But it's very close, and I think we could be close to 100 on Tuesday before that front comes on through. And the second half of next week still looks like the lower half of the 90s. We may not get to 100 degrees late next week, but it still looks like it's going to be rather toasty with highs above 90. And as far as the rain goes, because, well, if you're like me, you're kind of anxiously awaiting that next chance, I do see some potential...

Second half of next week. It could be as early as Thursday, but perhaps maybe Friday into Saturday. We may see some scattered storms crossing the area. Wouldn't be big rainfall, but it might be some of our only chances coming up here in the near future. A lot of smoke. You may be hearing about this coming from fires up in Ontario. That's going to continue to make its way through Michigan, Ohio, the Northeast. Thank you, May. But it doesn't look like any of that smoke is going to make it down into the plains. She has odd timing. I don't know what her timing is. She makes the show, I tell you. But I think she's sitting down here at my feet thinking, how can I get on the show this morning? I got it. So then she rushes off to get her toys. Right now in Wichita, we've got 70 degrees in sunshine. That's your Storm Team 12 forecast. I'm chief meteorologist, Ross Jansen. Boy, we had the dust from the Sahara, and now the smoke from Canada. It's just, it's all coming. Yeah, a lot of weird stuff going on right now. The flooding in Texas, the smoke in the northeast, you know, it's been pretty quiet here in Kansas. I don't think any of that smoke will get here, but we'll watch and see. I guess now, you know, it's our turn to take our shot at some hotter weather. Yeah, we're getting that mid-July feel this week and next week, so it looks like. Despite what we want, this is what we've got to deal with. All right, hey, Ross, and May the Weather Dog. We certainly appreciate your input, and have a great weekend. You too. That is the extended weather forecast. Storm Team 12, Chief Meteorologist Ross Jansen. And of course, we have Storm Team 12 weather updates all day, every day, right here on KNSS. All right, I've got, I don't know if you missed out on the bidding, but I've got something pretty cool that's sold recently. Jad, hit it. It's pretty cool, actually. Mark Hamill's lightsaber from the Empire Strikes Back. If you missed out on the bidding, you missed out. It just sold for a whopping record setting $3.75 million at an auction setting new records for a screen-used Star Wars prop. The lightsaber, Mark Hamill used in the Empire Strikes Back, during Luke's face-off with Daddy, with Papa. He had fought me on daddy issues, by the way. You know, when Vader cut off his hand and reveals that, you know, Luke's, he's actually Luke's dad. Apparently, the lightsaber, the Hilt, the actual lightsaber, was sold with a fake hand.

that was actually part of the prop that fell off and falls down the Death Star shaft was sold. This was a prosthetic hand, not actually Mark Campbell's hand, designed after Mark's own hand. This prop was sold. It actually breaks the previous record for a Star Wars prop that was Darth Vader's lightsaber. Also a lightsaber. Yes, it was. Darth Vader's lightsaber, which sold for $3.65 million last September. So in this case, the light side actually defeats the dark side once again. So there you go. If you were hoping to bid, you missed out. Okay, well, tell me, how much did it... $3.75 million at an auction, setting a new record for Star Wars prop. By the way, this auction company is one I'm familiar with. It's Heritage Auctions. I have actually purchased items from Heritage. They're a very reputable company. I don't know if you know this about me. I collect Hollywood memorabilia. I have purchased scripts. from them and i have a couple of star trek episode scripts from the original series that original star trek episode scripts that i then turned around and had autographed by members of the original cast very nice well well that's i knew i was going to get them you know going to conventions and so i've turned around and had some of my original scripts signed but yeah there you go you just missed out on luke's lightsaber 3.7 mill yes And you know that it was constructed by some... Oh, yeah. Some prop guy. Some prop guy at 20th Century Fox for about 475. Yeah. And it's just a rubber hand. Yeah. I mean, the pictures look really cool. And it just looks like some piece of rubber. And, yeah, but they go $3.75 million. Very nice. For a piece of rubber. For a prop. Yeah. Go figure. Yeah. So who what's the, what's your most treasured autograph then? You have one that's just. I have a, I have a Ronald Reagan. I have a Ronald Reagan. I would say my most treasured. are probably two. They're movie posters. I have an original poster of the original Godfather that is signed by the entire cast. Wow. And I have a Star Wars that is signed by the entire cast, including George Lucas and so many of them have passed now. So that one means a lot. But probably... I've got a Frank Sinatra, and you know, I love Frank. That's another biggie. So I've been collecting for a long time. It's kind of fun. It's good stuff. So.

It's all in a safe deposit box. You know, can't, you know, what can you do? Can't even enjoy them anymore. Oh, you enjoy them. Yeah. That's part of the process. Yeah. It is 717 here with Woodward and Witt on this Friday morning. Let's see what's going on in sports here on this Friday as we head into the weekend. And let's see. Well, we get back to baseball after the All-Star break. The Kansas City Royals are at home this weekend hosting a team that has visited Kansas City the least of any other Major League baseball team, any opponent. It's the San Diego Padres. They do not come to Kansas City very often. They've only played nine games there ever. So you've got the Royals and the Padres this weekend. The Royals did lose five in a row heading into the All-Star breaks. We'll try to break that. Tonight, tomorrow night, Sunday afternoon, Royals Padres games over on 97-5 and 1240, KFH. Minor League Baseball, the Wichita Wind Surge. After the All-Star break as well, back at it with three games in Little Rock against Arkansas. Wichita did win on Sunday, so Winsurge going for two in a row in Arkansas this weekend. Golf, the 154th British Open. Another major is underway at Royal Burkdale, Southport, England, the current leader. Same guy we were talking about last hour. Australian Lucas Herbert is on top. At eight under par, he has a two-stroke lead right now, and he is still on the course, finishing up his final three holes. And he's got a two-stroke lead right now at the British Open, Lucas Group. World Cup Soccer, the big championship game, is in New York City on Sunday afternoon, Argentina versus Spain, the defending champion, Argentina. Sunday afternoon to finish up the World Cup, hosted by North America this year. We have a little bit of a Kansas connection with Argentina as well. Of course, Argentina set up its training base in Kansas, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas. So a little bit of a Kansas connection there. And two of Argentina's seven games in the World Cup so far played in Kansas City, that opening group game, which seems like a long time ago, and the quarterfinals. Argentina played at Arrowhead in Kansas City. A little bit of a Kansas connection there for Argentina, the World Cup. And we have a happy birthday today to Kevin Pritchard, the former KU basketball star. He is 59 today. When he was a sophomore playing point guard for KU, the 1988 national championship team. He was taken in the second round by the Golden State Warriors. He played four years in the NBA, and he has been a, he's kind of been an front office guy in the NBA. After his playing days, he was recently president of basketball ops for the Indiana Pacers.

Happy 59th birthday to former KU Basketball Point Guard National Champion Kevin Pritchard. 59 today. That is Sports with Woodward and Witt. Sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company now featuring the Cheeseburger in Pizza Dice Pizza. Beef, American, and Monterey Jack cheese, pickle, onion, burger seasoning, drizzled with tangy burger sauce. Cheeseburger in Pizza Dice at WBC. Your summertime pizza made here. It is 721 here with Woodward and Whit. We do have a traffic and weather update next. And what is an aortic dissection? Of course, that relates to the late Senator Lindsey Graham. So we'll find out more about that on House Call for Health. And that's next on KNSS. Wichita's number one talk. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS.

Good morning. It is 728 here on Friday, July 17th. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you. Currently in Wichita, we have 91% humidity. It is partly cloudy, 71 degrees. A man was hospitalized in critical condition late Wednesday night after being hit by another bicyclist and then a car in West Wichita. This was all a vehicle versus pedestrian crash near Central and McLean. Late Wednesday night, a 20-year-old man was riding his bicycle at about 11 o'clock p.m. Southbound on the east sidewalk approaching Central when he crashed into a 68-year-old man who was riding a bicycle westbound across that red bridge from the Sim Park area. And following that crash, the 20-year-old fell to the ground and the 68-year-old continued into the roadway and he was hit by a vehicle that was turning from Central onto northbound McLean. The man suffered a critical head injury and a severe lower leg injury. Kansas Congressman Tracy Mann spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, marking 70 years since President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act. It helps farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and first responders move through the center of America while serving as a lifeline for Kansas. 70 years later, President Eisenhower's legacy still reminds us that common sense infrastructure strengthens our economy, improves our national security, and connects America's families. I'm proud that the father of the interstate highway system called Abilene, Kansas home, and I look forward to getting America back to building again. Eisenhower authorized the project to build 41,000 miles of the interstate highway system across the nation during a 13-year period for a budget of $25 billion. Commerce Bank reporting second quarter earnings of nearly $160 million. Those results surpassing Wall Street expectations. The bank holding company, Commerce Bank, posted revenue of $591 million in the period. The hurricane watch is on as Tropical Storm Elida in the Pacific picks up strength. The storm close enough to potentially whip up large ocean swells along the Southern California coast, expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane sometime today. The storm remains well offshore, but San Diego County beaches are expected to feel its effects with dangerous surf conditions projected.

Gary Baumgarten. Fox News. The city of Nashville, Tennessee, still gaining in popularity. Everything from music lovers to business travelers to bachelorets. Now it's going to be easier to make at the getaway. Southwest Airlines is adding a direct flight from Wichita to Nashville. That will begin in March. People struggling with high cholesterol will soon have a new way to treat it. The FDA approves the first cholesterol-lowering pill that works like a powerful class of injectable drugs. Mark's new medication lipphendra is designed for patients whose LDL or bad cholesterol remains high even after taking statins. In clinical trials, the once-daily pill lowered the artery-clogging cholesterol by more than 55% when added to standard treatment. Experts say the approval could expand access to treatment. that's previously only been available as costly injections. Carmen John Roberts, Fox News. The members only takes on kind of a new meaning in Florida hurricane prep. It's your insurance against travel chaos, a hurricane membership. The Florida company Priority Evac offering a hurricane season membership that guarantees the seat on evacuation flights out of Tampa and Sarasota airports to Atlanta. $1,250 per person. You're guaranteed two storm evaks per year. Pets two for an extra $125. The return flight from Atlanta is on you. The company has a former Air Force NORAD colonel, track the storms, preposition the planes, Project Dynamo, handles logistics and communications. No hurricanes, no refunds, but at least you were insured. Teresa Crowley. Fox News. The identity of Britain's next prime minister should be confirmed today. Fox's Jonathan Savage reports from London. Andy Burnham's rise to the top of British politics has seemed as inevitable as it has sudden. Making no secret of his ambition, the Mayor of Manchester manoeuvred himself back into Parliament while Prime Minister Keir Starmer struggled to hold on to power. When Burnham won a special election last month, Keir Starmer announced within days that he would resign. Only one name was put forward as a potential replacement. That means today's special Labour Party conference is a formality. Andy Burnham will be a... pointed party leader. On Monday, Burnham will achieve his ultimate goal and receive the keys to 10 Downing Street. In London, Jonathan Savage, Fox News. It is 734 here on this Friday, July 17th. Let's take a look at our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning and happy Friday. Mostly sunny today. High 92 with once again a very small chance of an afternoon storm. South winds 10 to 20. A few clouds and 72 tonight. Mostly sunny. 94 on Saturday. Then we really turn up the heat. Highs in the upper 90s on Sunday and 100 on Monday. Both days will feel like 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn.

Currently in Wichita, we do have 91% humidity. It is partly cloudy, 72 degrees, here at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. It is 734, and every other Friday we take a few minutes to talk with our elected representatives in Congress. This morning we have the pleasure of joining our senator from Kansas. Dr. Roger Marshall with our DC update, brought to you by Watkins Public Strategies. Good morning, Senator. It's a pleasure to have you with us this morning. Hey, good morning, John. Why can we get that walk-in music back on the Johnny Cash walk-in music? Then I'll know it's really you and you're not a bot I'm talking to. We save that for the Sunday shows. All right, all right, all right. Yeah, that is true. Yeah, you usually do have my intro music for you. But Doc, last night, the president did his primetime news coverage, a primetime speech. Talked quite a bit about election integrity and the importance of passing the Save America Act. And I know that right now Congress is working on the Save America Act as part of reconciliation 3.0. Can you walk us through where we are in that process? Because I think a lot of us recognize that we must have confidence in our elections. And yet it seems to be stalled because of your colleagues across the aisle. Where are we in that process? Yeah, well, John, it's, it is interesting why we cannot get 10 Democrats to vote for voter ID, to vote for proof of citizenship when you register, and then some type of reasonable guardrails around mail-in ballots. So that's what the Save America Act does. And by the way, Kansas does two out of three of those already. You know, we, we have voter ID. And then. On mail-in balance, we don't do the unsolicited balance. So I think they could be tightened up a little bit more. So thank goodness, Ty Masterson and his team the last several years at our statehouse. But, of course, that doesn't help us with California or Illinois or New York and these purple states that have no, or blue states that have no rules to speak of as well. So I just want to emphasize how important this is. President Trump, myself, both been fighting to get this some type of vote on the Senate floor. I think we should just vote on them one at a time. Let's make every Democrat, every Senate Democrat vote against voter ID. They always have some reason when you show them a big bill. But let's do just that one piece and then come back in a week and let's vote on.

getting questioned, but I bet he'll take the fifth on everything. So we need a full-throated investigation. There needs to be accountability so this doesn't happen again. There's still, you know, people forget that the last time we were able to come out of a potential shutdown, you know, we still had a partial shutdown. There's still a possibility of another Chuck Schumer shutdown coming up possibly as early as the end of September. What are you hearing from your colleagues across the aisle? Is there a chance of another Chuck Schumer shutdown coming up? John, I would bet a lot of money that it's going to be another Chuck Schumer shutdown. You might as well just put it in the bank and start planning on September 30th will be the last day the government is funded. And they're not going to let us do anything. I'll give you an example. We're trying to get through these appropriations, which leads to funding the government, right? The NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act. came out of committee with large bipartisan support. Every year this is, you know, passed by us. This is what funds the military, had to raise this from the military. And we couldn't, and the Democrats then, even the ones that voted for it in committee were not allowed to vote for it on the Senate floor. I can give you example after example of the same thing and how they switch their votes when it gets to the floor. So Chuck Schumer running for his political life. They're being pulled. That party's being pulled far to the left, far far to the left by these socialists. And they readily admit they're Marxists as well. These radical Marxist leftists are out there pulling the party to the left. One of the reasons they gave for the NDA votes being switched is that it supported Israel. There's funding in there for Israel as they're almost, as their husband every year. So it's a new day in Washington. And all I can tell you is I'm just going to keep fighting, and we'll figure a way out through this. But right now, the Democrats hate Donald Trump so much, they're not going to let anything get done. We're talking with Senator Roger Marshall as part of our DC update, brought to you by Watkins Public Strategies. Dr. Marshall, one of the bills that is currently working its way through the system is a price tags bill. Can you tell us a little bit about that? Ah, something positive. Here we go. So this, patients deserve price tags, not surprise bills. So this is a bill that I've been working on now since I got to Congress eight, nine years ago. We've improved it every year, of course, as health care providers to show you the costs up front. So when you need that hip replaced, you need an MRI, whatever it is, you can look at the cost difference, and then you can choose. An MRI for your knee at one place may cost $3,000. That same MRI, the same doctor reading at another imaging center, maybe it's $600. The difference on hip surgeries I've seen anywhere from $15,000 at one hospital to $60,000, $80,000 in another hospital. And by the way, the one with the less, lower price has better outcomes. So we patients deserve price tags, and we're going to mark that bill up next week in committee. And I do have a large amount of bipartisan support for it. John John Hickenlooper and Lumber.

Senator from Colorado, Democrat Senator from Colorado's helping me lead that bill. So we will get it through the committee next week. And then we'll see if we can find a way to sneak it into the floor and Chuck Schumer let people vote positive on it. This will save consumers can save patients $1,000 a month for a family on their insurance. If you have transparency, letting patients become consumers again. I want to ask you real quick, and I know I'm running up against a break here, but I do want to bring something up. There's been a nonsense story that's been pushed by the lamestream media about this absolute nonsense about a potential appointment to the Trump administration. And you came out with a very forceful statement. about that you would not accept an appointment in the Trump administration stating that, you know, when you are reelected, that you're going to, you know, stay in the Senate. Would you care to address that? The answer is no. I mean, the answer to your question is, yes, I'm going to address it. But no, I will not accept something from the Trump administration to go to go work for him. I'd be honored. There's, you know, obviously having ran a hospital, a physician, overseen health departments, now a legislator for nine years. I do have a good breadth of knowledge of health care. But nobody's going anywhere. Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s doing a great job. He's right where he is. Dr. Oz is doing a great job as CMS director. I'm very honored to represent the people of Kansas. I have no intention. I am not going to go to the President Trump's administration and just would be honored to represent the people of Kansas again for another six years in the United States Senate. I know I'm pushing my time here real quick, but I wanted to let you just comment briefly on the death of Senator Graham. Oh, gosh. Lindsay was a dear, dear friend. One of my besties up there. Our desk are 10 foot apart. And Lindsay just, he kept me laughing. Every time I saw him, he made me laugh, very witty. And the interesting thing about Lindsey Graham is, I bet there's 98 other senators who would say they were one of his best friends as well. He had the gift of hospitality. He made everybody feel welcome. We're going to miss him dearly. We get really tight. There's only 53 of us. We have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. So I lost a teammate, a friend. You know, the great thing is, Lindsay was a godly man. Sometimes he had a little rough mouth, but he had an encyclopedia knowledge of the Bible. And, you know, there is a, you know, we'll get to see him again someday. So we're going to, we will miss him. It's just now all starting to sink in. Doc, we're all entitled to have a little harsh mouth once in a while. I guess so. Dr. Marshall, if folks want to connect with you, they can find you on X at Roger Marshall MD and marshal.com.com, correct?

You bet. Sign up for our newsletter. Go to our website. Sign up for the newsletter. We try to take all the D.C. news there is in a week and say, here's what's important to Kansas. At Roger Marshall, M.D. for Twitter and then X. as you call it. And Marshall.com. For the website. Dr. Marshall, we appreciate you joining us. Thank you again, sir. That was our D.C. update brought to you by Watkins Public Strategies. 746 here with Woodward and Witt on this Friday morning. We do have a local business update coming up from the Wichita Business Journal. We'll find out about a big-time apartment building downtown with a new owner. Editor Kirk Semenoff from the Business Journal next here on KNSS. Our Wichita Business Journal update is on the way. Now it's time for three big things. Three. Wichita secures the top spot in a new national ranking for aerospace and defense manufacturing. Two. The Kansas Chamber Pack, KNEA. and Kansas State Rifle Association's political action committees have all announced their endorsements for the 26th election. The Kansas Department of Revenue says it has stopped more than $230 million in fraudulent tax refunds since 2019 through enhanced fraud detection processes. That's three big things with Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNS. Let's get a traffic update with Jad Chambers. Traffic on the Wichita highways still fairly heavy, but not really seeing it causing any slowdowns. Things are moving along pretty well out there for as heavy as the traffic volumes are. The only real slowdown just northbound on K-15 approaching I-135 and that road construction there. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNS. In the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center, I'm Jed Chambers. Mostly clear today with an isolated storm or two in a high of 92 degrees. Tonight, clear, low of 72 degrees. Tomorrow, mostly sunny and hot with a high of 94 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it's clear and 72 degrees at Wichita's Severe Weather Station, 987 and 1330 KMSS. 7.53 here on this Friday morning. Let's take a look yesterday and see what happened on the stock market. Stocks ending lower as investors digest key earnings reports and as the artificial intelligence trade continues to lose momentum. Semiconductor stock slid after Taiwan's semiconductors' robust earnings fail to impress investors at stock falling over 2%. Shares of alphabet fell nearly 5% on reports that its months behind schedule on the release of its most powerful Gemini AI model as the tech giant works to improve its capabilities. The Dow winners Amgen Visa and McDonald's, Decliners, Goldman Sachs, Caterpillar, and Alphabet. The Dow down 106 points, the NASDAQ lower by 387, S&P 500 down 39. Hillary Barski, Fox News. There's a big-time apartment building downtown, and there's a change going on, so we'll find out more about that. Let's get a local business update. It's editor Kirk Seminoff from the Wichita Business Journal. Hello, Kirk.

Hello, Ted. You're right. It's the Spaghetti Works apartment property near Napster Park, and Wichita's Crane Company is the new owner. It plans to continue operating it as apartments while making upgrades over time. The 41-unit building was converted from a former warehouse into upscale housing in 2019 and was fully occupied at the time of this recent sale. Graham Crane says the acquisition reflects their confidence in downtown Wichita's momentum. Equity Bank reported a strong second quarter as the Wichita-based bank continued to benefit from its acquisition of Omaha's Frontier Bank earlier this year. Net income climbed to $26.4 million or $1.27 per diluted share, up $9.4 million from the previous quarter. Total assets remain steady at $7.7 billion. Bank leaders say the costly integration work from the frontier merger is largely complete, allowing the company to focus on organic growth across its expense. expanded six-state footprint. A bright spot was loan production, which reached a record $315 million for the quarter driven by growth in markets that included Kansas City, Des Moines, and Western Kansas. And developer Jeff Lang is proposing another industrial project in South Wichita as his companies continue shifting more attention towards the industrial market. Triple Crown Realty Trust wants to build a 100,000 square foot speculative warehouse near Seneca and MacArthur, with an estimated development cost of between $8.5 and $10 million. The building would be constructed within the larger Crossgate district there and is designed to attract warehouse manufacturing or distribution tenants. The developer is seeking tax incentives through IRBs, including a sales tax exemption and a phased property tax abatement. And the city council is scheduled to consider that request later this month. If approvals and financing are finalized, construction could begin soon and be completed within roughly a year. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita BusinessJournal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Seminoff. I must confess, Kirk. I didn't hear much of what you said after I heard spaghetti works. Yeah, me too. I was wondering if the apartments were going to open up a spaghetti warehouse on the bottom floor. That was pretty good food back. We were trying to think when that restaurant was open. Was that late 90s, early 2000s? Yeah, sounds about right. I don't know, but I used to like to go in there and eat in the trolley. You had to eat in the trolley. That's right. Yeah. I had lunch with Jim Shouse in the trolley. It's the first time I ever met Jim Shouse. The former Shocker Athletic Director, yeah. Yes. Did he choose the location or you? I probably did because that meant I could have walked there from the paper instead of driving somewhere. They had meatballs there that were just to die for. Yeah. That was good stuff. All right. That's it. You need to reopen the spaghetti warehouse in the trolley. Just get on that. Add that to your list. And we'll make sure they have some good chicken dishes. See? All right.

Kirk, we appreciate it. Thank you much. And we'll check with you again an hour from now and get some more great local business updates from Kirk Semenoff, editor at the Wichita Business Journal. Hey, 7 o'clock hours finished up. Now we hit into the big 8 o'clock hour. Yep. We'll talk with the Tanner Temple from Americans for Prosperity about a review of campaign finance records that show that more than 81% of political donations. made by current members of the Supreme Court nominating commission went to Democratic candidates, though they're supposed to be nonpartisan. Talk with Tanner coming up here about 10 minutes. And entertainment news in the blur at 835 this morning. You do not want to miss that heading into the weekend. It is 757 here at 98, 7.30, KNSS.