Negations over and the costs of the war in Iran

I've seen firsthand the important work these agencies are doing in my home state, whether it's ATF expanding crime gun intelligence through its partnership at Wichita State University, DEA's effort to combat fentanyl trafficking and support law enforcement and rural communities across Kansas. This year's staggering request follows a roughly $2 billion increase made last year. U.S. hotels say the promised economic boon from the World Cup soccer tournament hasn't materialized yet. The American Hotel and Lodging Association recently released a report found room bookings are lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. host cities with about a month ago before the start of the most watched sports tournament in the world. In several cities, including Kansas City, a majority of hotel operators said bookings were actually running behind typical seasonal demand. In the KC metro area, some fans have already got cheaper lodging farther from the stadium or through Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. In Kansas City, 90% of respondents to the survey reported bookings below expectations. Vice President JD Vance says the government's anti-fraud force will put the focus on his home state of Ohio. A state audit found almost 40% of Medicaid's home health services dollars spent in Ohio went to just one county. Franklin County, of which Columbus is the seat, and more than 40% of that money went to just two zip codes. The addresses are all within four miles of each other. The overall tax dollars in question run into the billions. Home health care providers are supposed to care for people in the dignity and comfort of their own homes. Fox News tracked two buildings within the Franklin County zip codes that have... house a total of more than five dozen home health care businesses between them. The suspicion, like other Medicaid fraud cases, is that services are billed but under-delivered or not delivered at all. That was Fox's Mike Tobin with that report. Another recall for self-driving vehicles. There's another problem. And one of the world leaders says he's got the biggest nuclear missile ever. And they're going to... We'll be ready for you soon, so the claim is. And we do have a weather forecast coming your way as we find out what's going on on this Wednesday in the middle of May. We'll get our weather forecast from Storm Team 12. Hey, we're off and running. It's Wednesday morning. It is 605 here with Woodward and Witt 987 and 1330, KNSSS.

It is 609 here on this Wednesday morning, May 13th, with Woodward and Witt. Waymo is recalling its massive fleet of autonomous vehicles, another defect that might pose a safety risk. The recall ordered after a driverless vehicle failed to come to a complete stop while approaching a flooded high-speed roadway. 3,800 vehicles equipped with Waymo's fifth and sixth-generation automated driving systems are being recalled. Waymo offers driverless rides in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin, and recently announced plans to expand to Chicago. Gary Baumgarten, Fox News. Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will deploy the world's most powerful nuclear missile later this year. President Vladimir Putin claims the Sarmat missile has a yield more than four times that of any Western equivalent. He says it has a range of more than 21,000 miles and will be able to penetrate any existing or future missile defense system. Russian State TV reports the Sarmat was tested successfully yesterday. The weapon is due to be deployed, placed on active combat duty at the end of the year. It has faced years of setbacks and delays. An analysts say President Vladimir Putin has a history of exaggerating the capabilities of his country's nuclear arsenal. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. It is 610 here on this Wednesday morning, May 13th. As you get your Wednesday traffic commute underway, Chad Chambers will keep you updated all morning long with your traffic updates, Chad. And right now the traffic conditions out there are... Fairly good. And so right now on the highways, looking at those traffic cameras, things are looking pretty good. Traffic volumes, again, light, and the condition's good. We do have one thing to watch out for. Stalled-up vehicle, westbound Kellogg, right around Meridian. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSSF. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Chad Chambers. And let's get our weather forecast here midweek. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Sunny and not as hot today, though a high of 84 keeps us well above average. Southeast wind 5 to 15. Becoming partly cloudy, 59 tonight, staying partly cloudy, windy and hot on Thursday, a high of 92. Small chance of an afternoon storm. Mostly sunny on Friday with record high temperatures in the middle 90s. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we do have a mostly sunny sky.

A, and it is 61 degrees here on this Wednesday morning at Wichita's severe weather station, 98, 7 and 1330, KNSSS. Here we are, and it's a day to have a slice. You know the saying as American as apple pie? America loves apple pie. We love apple pie. I never had it. I never had it. You never had it. You've never had apple pie? I never have. Well, today's the day. Today is National Apple Pie Day. Sweet as Apple Pie. National Apple Pie Day. What pie? The apple pie. You get the apple pie? I'll go by the ice cream. Oh, let's make a day of it. Showtime. There you go. It's National Apple Pie Day. Yum. Hard to get more traditional than that. No, yeah. A little vanilla ice cream. Tom Luffler will be happy. I think I might win on this one. The apple pie is not an American invention. Really? It's ordered in England in the 1300s. It's been around a while. It became a staple American dish by the 1700s. And we like to kind of claim it as part of our... Part of our heritage. I think it's just something we like, something we like to eat and popularize. You mentioned ice cream. Yes. Nice to warm slice with some ice cream. Oh, yeah. Some people put cheddar cheese on their apple pie. I've never ever understood that. I've never understood that either. I've heard of it. Not a fan of the idea, but hey, you know, I guess. Yeah. If you want it, you know. The first apple pie recipe that we know that was printed was in the year 1381. The list of ingredients included good apples, good spices, figs, raisins, pears, saffron, and coffin, a type of pastry crust. Got to use good apples, not bad apples. The apple pie, of course, the pilgrims landed on the eastern shores. Americans wax poetic about how American apple pie is. And during the turn of the 20th century, when whole toasted cereals were becoming the health food fad, pie kind of got a bad reputation for a while in the 20th century. That's completely... That's bad form on their part. Come on now. Apple pie has saved the day now. It's more nutritious than other pies, according to some. I mean, yeah, there's some sugar in there to make it taste a little sweeter. But, hey, who doesn't like that? Teddy Roosevelt was impressed to have a taste of home when he was served American apple pie when he was traveling in Africa. In Africa of all places? Wow. Soldiers during World War II were often quoted saying they were fighting for mom and apple pie. And, of course, in the 1970s, Advertisers use the patriotic connection. You remember the Chevy commercial, baseball hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. Sure. Oh, yeah. So it's naphtonle Apple Pie Day. There you.

If you don't want to talk about it, we don't talk about it. But something happened to you this morning. Yeah. And something similar to that happened to me a few years ago. And I never was fine the rest of the day. I was angry. No, that's the way I am right now. Yes. If you don't want to talk about it. No, no. Okay. You talk about my computer. Yes. I came in this morning, you know, ready, raring to go at, you know, four. Right. Which is hard to do 4.30 in the morning to be ready and raring. But I came in and my work laptop somehow. And, Chad, you're the expert here. You see if you explain how it happened. But somehow my computer has, what would you say, factory reset itself? Well, that's the thing, though. It couldn't have factory reset because it has all of the software on it that are. our company uses. Right. It has the infrastructure of our company stuff, and the only way that could have been installed in a reset is if you had it plugged into one of two places in my office. I don't know how it did it, but somehow it literally, and I've had, you know, years of monologues and commentaries, all of our sales files, because, you know, I do part-time sales, other files and folders. gone. Yeah, and I just, there should have been no way that happened. I mean, if it factory reset, then it should have factory reset to Dell's settings, and it wouldn't have had any of our stuff on it, it wouldn't have been able to recognize our network at all, but there it was. I have no idea how it did it. I'm literally sitting here as we talk, trying to figure out. Where some of these went, where some, I'm trying to find links, you know, favorite favorites on web links and things like that. Trying to reek, I have no idea where things went. So, yeah, it's, and it is frustrating. You don't. Incredibly frustrating. Yes, and you don't realize how dependent you are on these items until they go away. And then you're like, holy cow. Great. You know, like, for example, Even things as simple as password, I'm going to have to, over the, you know, when we're off the air, I'm going to have to go home and get the little book that I have that has all little passwords in it because obviously you don't use the same password for everything. Right. I have to go home and get the password book. So, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's. Oh, well, I know. You've got to move on with your life, but it's very frustrating. Yep, yep. Well, could be worse. Just a couple of suggestions. Oh, here he goes. Go ahead. Well, we do have, we do have cloud storage here. That is true, yes. You could have been using that to save your stuff. And I should have saved it. I should just, you know, make it real simple and use the same password for everything. No, no, that is. That is incorrect. That's what you were going to say. Use the word password for everything, and that would be simple. I was going to say something that no one ever does. Never save your passwords on your machine. Type them in every time you're prompted for it. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. No, because then you memorize all of them. Yeah. And then they're in your head always. How about if I just use the same password?

Well, that's because if one of them gets lost in a data breach of some sort, then you've lost all of them. I'll just, I think the simple, simple, like one, two, three, four, or password. But no, that's, I don't know, nobody, nobody ever. Nobody ever takes my advice, but I always say, never save your passwords to a machine, type them in manually each time you're asked for them. Hold on, let me write this down. And let me tell you, you memorize it when that happens. You will remember all your passwords. W-O-R-D. Wait. Pound sign there. Now it's secure. Now, nobody will figure that out. No one will figure that one out. I mixed it up. Yeah. I threw in a pound sign. Well, I'm sorry this happened to you because it makes for a frustrating day. It makes for a very frustrating morning, yes. And unfortunately, I'd love to be able to help you with this after the show, but... I've got a bunch of equipment to deliver a transmitter site, so I know. I'm pretty much taken for the rest of the week and trying to get the rest of this stuff done. It is what it is. What can you do? It is 619, here with Woodward and Witt. On this Wednesday, May 13th, let's see what's going on in sports. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at sirtapro.com. We'll start with hockey. And the Wichita Thunder has a new hockey coach, and it's a familiar name. Travis Jay Clayton is the new Thunder coach. Becomes the 15th coach, his franchise history. Of course, he played for 11 years with the Thunder. This is his first professional head coaching position at the age of 50. He's been the assistant coach for the Thunder the last couple of seasons. Of course, as a player, all-time leading franchise. Top of the list for the Thunder in power play goals, short-handed goals, game-winning goals, and plus minus. He played the most games ever in the Central Hockey League of any player. And, of course, his retired jersey number 38 hangs from the rafters during Thunder games at... in trust bank arena. All right. So Travis Jay Clayton is your new head coach of the Wichita Thunder. Some of those stats you mentioned are some of the most important in hockey. Most importantly, things like short-handed gold and plus minus. If you're a leader in plus-minus, that means you're a significant help no matter who is on the ice. You are out there. He is a thunder legend. And now he's the head coach. Let's go to Major League Baseball. Last night, Kansas City Royals, beginning a week on the road on the south side of Chicago, taking on the second place White Sox on KFH.

White Sox pinch hitter Derek Hill hit an eighth inning solo homer to break a 5-5 tie and give the White Sox a 6-5 lead. The Sox held on to win by that 6-5 score. Royals got homers from Bobby Wood Jr. and Salvador Prez in the first inning to go up 2-0. Chicago put up 5 in the 5 to take a 5-2 lead. But KC tied at 5-5 with 3 in the 6th on a double by Nick Lofton and an RBI single by Michael Garcia. But the Royals fell one run short. We're on tonight with game 2 beginning at 6 on the Royals. Baseball Network. And, of course, that'll be over on 97-5 and 1240, KFH. Little football, Monday night football. The opening Monday night football game this season will be in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs and their division rival, the Denver Broncos, the conference champs. Of course, these are the two teams that have combined to win the last 16 division titles in the AFC West. And don't forget, on that Monday night in September, you'll be able to listen to the game live. Mitch Holtes will have the call, and it'll be right here on the Chiefs Radio Network, 987 and 1330, KNSS. In college women's golf, NCAA regional in Louisville, after round two of three yesterday, K-State ranked 40th in the nation. Nice round yesterday at two under par. However, K-State women are still seven strokes behind the cut line, and the final round is today. Still got ground to make up if K-State women want to advance into the NCAA tournament. And we have a birthday today. How about the Honey Badger? Tyron Matthew of the Kansas City Chiefs, formerly Chiefs. It's his birthday. He's 34 today. He was the starting strong safety for the Chiefs when they won the Super Bowl 54, 2019 season. And he had a pretty good Super Bowl, too. Six tackles. He played all 58 snaps for the Honey Badger, who played 12 years in the NFL, three of them with the Chiefs. He was a two-time all-prone pro during his three years with the Chiefs, named of the NFL 2010s, all-decade team, 838 career tackles, 100 career deflections, $97 million in career earnings. The Honey Badger, the former Kansas City Chief, he got his Super Bowl ring while playing with the Chiefs. It's his birthday. He's no longer playing football. He's retired and enjoying life. The Honey Badger, Tyron Matthew. It's his birthday. He's 34 today. That is Sports with Woodward and Witt. And sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring the seasonal release, WBC Light, your go-to local light beer. Take WBC Light with you when you go to the barbecue, the lake, the backyard, or just lighten up your day and light up the night. Now available in six-packs, in stores, and on draft at all three WBC pubs. WBC Light, Light Beer, craft character.

623 with Woodward and Witt. Traffic and Weather Update is next. And kids getting landlines for phones at home. Really? More on that, on A Better Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. That's next on KNSS. Good morning. It is 632. Here with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you on Wednesday, May 13th. Currently in Wichita, we have a sunny sky. It is already 62 degrees here on this Wednesday morning. Military leaders are facing questions over the cost of the war in Iran. Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back on characterizations that ammunition is being depleted in Iran, but says the Pentagon is trying to ramp up weapons production. We know exactly what we have. We have plenty of what we need. And the reason we're... accelerating a lot of this is because the department's been static in how it does this kind of business. Pentagon's comptroller told a Senate panel the latest estimate for the cost of the Iran war is $29 billion, a figure mostly covering munitions and repairing equipment. But that estimate does not include repairing or rebuilding U.S. bases damaged in the region by Iranian attacks. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. President Trump has departed the White House for Beijing, where he'll meet personally with China's President Xi Jinping. The meeting was originally scheduled for March, but got pushed back due to the war with Iran. Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt spoke with Fox's The Ingramangle. My hope is that he'll open up markets for agriculture. That would be a good thing. You look at what he did was stopping the precursors of fentanyl coming into this country through by way of Mexico. Fentanyl deaths are way down.

And Senator Schmidt said he wants the two leaders to get a good deal for farmers since China has slowed down on buying American soybeans. The Kansas Corporation Commission voting unanimously to approve part of Everge's proposed construction of a 133-mile transmission line. However, Evergee will have to reconsider part of the line. The line will begin their garden plane and end in northeastern Oklahoma to the south of Coffeyville. The KCC determining the route from Garden Plain to where the line crosses U.S. Highway 77 in Calais County is reasonable. That was approved. But not enough evidence to determine if the proposed line east of Highway 77 to the Oklahoma border was reasonable. That portion of the line not approved. Landowners in the area concerned about the size and impact of the project, that line will send electricity to Oklahoma and Missouri, the primary benefitters of the project. While Kansans help pay for the nearly half billion dollar project, that proposed line would go through Western Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cowley counties. Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Jeff Bluebaugh says with Monday's Boeing Backs America event in Wichita, it's all about the letter B. It was Boeing. It was a $1 billion investment. It's $1.2 billion worth of annual payroll. It's a backlog of 600 aircraft. I mean, it's a lot of exciting things with that B word. You know, we've been a benefit of Boeing from years ago. I'm glad to have them back. Chairman Blubaw joined us yesterday with his regular appearance on Tuesdays with the chair on KNSS with Woodward and Witt. Republicans are celebrating the Virginia Supreme Court, striking down Democrats proposed gerrymander. The one-two legal punch energizing Republicans about their chances to hold the House. Their questions if Democrats committed a fatal error in Virginia. Democrats even mold swapping out members of the Virginia Supreme Court for justices who would rule in their favor. Democrats demand punishment for Virginia Republican Jen Kiggins. Richmond radio host Rich Herrera warned House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to, quote, get your cotton-picking hands off Virginia. Kiggins responded, ditto, yes, to that. Later, Kiggins said Herrera should not have used that language. House minority whip Catherine Clark wants Kiggins to resign. And that's Fox's Chad Pergram with that report from Capitol Hill. Texas public schools saw a massive decline in enrollment. 76,000 fewer students enrolled in the Texas public schools last year. Despite major population growth in the state, Texas is the second most populous state in the country. 2.6 million new residents since COVID. Here are some reasons why this could be happening. Even though more people are coming to Texas, more families aren't necessarily birth rates historically at a low nationwide. And then you have this.

students might be opting for private or religious education or homeschooling. The problem is enrollment in the public schools could drop further this upcoming school year because they have this new program in Texas. It'll give families money for private education. That's Fox Businesses Lauren Semenetti with that report. A Florida woman is stabbed multiple times following a dispute over Mother's Day dinner preparations. That's a dinner went gone wrong. Kio Notting is in a Palm Beach County jail charged with first-degree attempted premeditated murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The victim, Notting's 74-year-old grandmother, told police a fight started when Notting's cousin asked him to take in groceries bought for Mother's Day dinner. It was then, the victim said, Notting got angry and grabbed a knife from the kitchen threatening to commit murder. After that, police say he stabbed his grandmother multiple times. She is hotbed. hospitalized in critical condition following surgery. Notage is being held without bond. Grinnell Scott, Fox News. 637, here with Woodward and Witt. Let's check our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning. Sunny and not as hot today, though a high of 84 keeps us well above average. Southeast wind 5 to 15. Becoming partly cloudy, 59 tonight, staying partly cloudy, windy and hot on Thursday, a high of 92, small chance of an afternoon storm, mostly sunny on Friday with record high temperatures in the middle 90s. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we do have a breeze out of the southeast. The sunny sky, it is 62 degrees here on this Wednesday at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. It is 638, and now it's time to get the commodities update with Tom Kelly Loeffler of Kelly Loeffler Commodities. Good morning, Tom. Well, good morning, Ted and John. Well, news back on Monday evening was priced positive for the cattle, as for now there will not be any lifting of tariffs or quotas on U.S. beef imports. The cattle complex opened yesterday higher than once again turned negative and closed negative. The closes were near the session lows. There has been some $260 cash cattle trade in our feed yards this week, and lean hogs traded negative and made new lows for the week and closed with triple-digit losses yesterday. June live cattle were down $1.70 at $24. 4770, August feeders, $5.75, lower $356.55, and June lean hogs down $1.80 at 9842. Now, Tuesday's WOSDI report was priced positive for the wheat as it closed up the 45 cent daily limit due to the U.S. wheat crop being estimated as the smallest since 1972 and the hard red winter wheat crop to smallest since 1957. Now, corn numbers were neutral, soybeans were slightly friendly. The wheat's daily limit will be 70 cents today. The Kansas Wheat Tour started yesterday. It has about 60 people on the tour from 16 states and three countries checking 187 fields yesterday. The first day of the tour found an average yield of 38.3 bushels per acre. Last year's first day was 50.5 bushels per acre. And the five-year average is 45.7 bushels per acre. At the moment, the July Kansas City wheat is 17.5 cents.

hire at 7, 48 and 3 quarters. July corn, a penny and a quarter hired 481 and a quarter. July soybeans up 2 and 3 quarters at 12, 29 and a half. June crude oil trading 37 cents lower, 101.80. June gold, down $25. I'm meant to say, up. $25 at $4,712. The July silver is $2.56 higher at $88.18. The June S&P, 15 points higher, trading at $742. June dollar index 18 cents higher, $98.36. And June Dow Jay Jones futures 122 points lower at 49,747. For commodity trading, egg marketing or managed trading programs. Contact love for commodities on the phone or on the web by using it. 866, go to Tom. Well, I'm feeling pretty confident on today's, Tom. So today, May 13th is National Apple Pie Day. Apple Pie is America's favorite dessert is observed annually on May 13th. It's not only delicious, it's one of the oldest traditional foods. Everyone serves at every holiday. It is, while the apple existed well before the pilgrims landed on the eastern shores of what is now the U.S., Americans wax poetic about how the American pie is, how America the American pie is. The phrase, as American as apple pie, has been around for more than 100 years. During the turn of the 20th century, when whole toasted cereal became the health food fad. Pie gained a bad reputation, and yet it still saved the day for sports, being more nutritious rather than pies to some people. Teddy Roosevelt inspired the taste of apple pie soldiers during World War II. We're known to, you know, basically fight for mom and apple pie. During the 70s, it regained some of its splendor. And, of course, today is still known as America's favorite dessert. So today is... National Apple Pie Day. The question, of course, then for you is, are you a fan of Apple Pie? Yeah, I like Apple Pie. I like Apple Pie. I like Apple Crisp, but Jerry is still my favorite. I knew that. But now, if we put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it, of course, now I can sell you a piece. I need almost anything of ice cream on it. And I knew, especially vanilla. Yes. I got a feeling I could put vanilla ice cream on most anything and you'd eat it. That's about right. He's predictable, isn't he, Ted? Yes, but in a loving, in a great way. Yeah, yeah. At least we know Tom Kelly Loeffler's simple but easy buy point. I can get Tom Kelly Loeffler to basically buy into most anything with that apple pie or with that vanilla ice cream. All right, brother. Well, we appreciate you, as always. I'm looking ahead here to see, oh, I got some good ones coming up this week. So I think I'm going to do fairly well this week on National Days. Okay, doke. All right, brother. Yep, Tom's ready to go. And he's ready to go, literally. Bye. That is. Hey, that's Tom Kelly Loeffler of Kelly Loeffler Commodities every morning with Woodward and Witt right here on KNSS. Hey, we have a, we have a traffic and weather update on the way.

We'll also be telling you about artificial intelligence. Is it taking away your job or not? We'll also get great stories from soccer ahead of the World Cup. And we'll take a look at how the stock market fared yesterday on a Tuesday. It is 644 with Woodward and Witt, 98, 7 and 1330, KNSSS. It's 648 with Woodward-Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Time now for Big Thing. Three. Man killed in Wichita tree trimming accident was a Mitch McConnell Airman. Two. Israel launched a new wave of drone strikes targeting cars on a major highway south of Beirut, killing at least eight people. One. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejects intensifying calls to resign with dozens of his own labor lawmakers pledges to continue governing. That's three big things with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 98. 17-1330 KNSS. Take a look of traffic with Chad Chambers. The traffic volumes here in the Wichita area really picking up now, starting to see more activity on the traffic cameras out there at this time. And we'll want to watch for a little bit of a slowdown right now, especially in that Boeing area, K-15, right now, especially northbound approaching the road construction at I-135. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNSS. The accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Chad Chambers. Sunny, not quite as hot today with a high of 84 degrees. Tonight, increasing clouds, low of 59 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy, hot, isolated storm chances possible, and a low of 92 degrees. That's Woodward-Muett on 987 and 1330. Payness. It is 6.15 here on this Wednesday morning on May 13th on KNSS, artificial intelligence. Maybe it's not taking as many jobs as originally thought. Despite concerns that AI will wipe out much of the workforce, new data suggests that's not exactly happening. The 26th Global Intelligence Crisis Report from Citadel Securities argues that AI will be a complement rather than a substitute for labor in many areas. They found that postings for software engineers were up 11% year over year. This is counter to the narrative that CEOs are putting out there, that job cuts are a result of AI advancements making it so less workers are needed. For instance, Block founder Jack Dorsey announced plans to fire more than 4,000 workers, citing gains in AI productivity. But analysts noted that those cuts came after Block grew its headcount from 4,000 in late 2020 to 13,000 by late 2023.

Fitness Wearable Company, Whoop, says they're growing their headcount by 600 this year. The CEO writing the AI layoffs are, quote, companies underperforming or lacking a bigger market opportunity. For Fox on Tech, I'm Madison Allworth, Fox Business. We are 29 days away from the World Cup here in North America. This is Stories from the Pitch. Brought to you by the first ever Infinity QX65. And by Lowe's, give your yard its own moment with new limited time deals from Lowe's. Hours before the final, the Brazilian team sheet went out without Rinaldo's name. Then a second sheet arrived with him on it. In the dressing room, the 21-year-old Rinaldo, the best player on earth, had suffered some kind of seizure or convulsion. Teammates carried him to a hospital. Cass came back clear. Coach Mario Zagallo, under pressure no one fully understood, started him. Rinaldo wandered the pitch like a ghost. France won 3-0. Zinidine Zadon scored two headers. Dad to France erupted. To this day, no one knows exactly what happened to Ronaldo that afternoon. Sponsors, doctors, conspiracies, every theory contested. The greatest striker of his generation, swallowed by something he couldn't name. Stay tuned to this Odyssey Station for more Stories from the Pitch. Let's go back and take a look and see what happened on the stock market yesterday. I'm Damien Troisi, and this is the AP Markets Report. Stocks finished mixed on Wall Street Tuesday, ending a record-setting run. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The Dow rose 56 points or 0.1%. The NASDA composite fell 0.7%. Rising oil prices weighed on the market. Crude oil prices rose more than 3% as the war with Iran threatens to drag on. A report released Tuesday showed that inflation worsened in April because of rising energy costs. Big technology stocks lost ground and also weighed down the broader market. Treasury yields rose in the bond market. Danny and Troisi, New York. 653 with Woodward and Witt. A mom on Instagram is going viral for explaining how her daughter has car ranch. We were having dinner and my 17-year-old daughter says to me, there's no ranch. And I said, I'm sorry. I guess we're out of ranch. So she says, hold on. And she gets up and she walks out of the house. And she walks right back in. And she goes, I just remembered I have car ranch. When I go to Chick-fil-A, I just get extra packets of ranch and I just keep them in my car. I said, how long has that ranch been in your car? She's like, I don't know, months. You can't just eat ranch that's been sitting in a view. We live in Florida. And that is a recipe for explosive diarrhea. She goes, it's fine. Open that up. Dunk eat. Car wands. I agree with the daughter. It's fine. Oh, yeah, sure. What? Stuff in that little pouch? That'll keep forever, man. Sure, yeah. As long as it's, oh, I don't know, 60 degrees out. Better hope it's not in the 90s. Ah. Yeah. What's the worst could happen? I don't know. Salmanilla. I'm with the daughter. Okay. Stuff in those packets. That's all chemicals anyway. Yeah. You're right. Yeah. Okay. Wait that your intestines start exploding on you. I'm with the daughter. Okay. The car ranch is fine. Car ranch. Yeah. Great. Okay. A commencement speech at the University of Central Florida took a bit of an awkward turn when the speaker started talking about AI as the next.

industrial revolution. The rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution. Oh, what happened? Okay, I struck a chord. AI was not a factor in our lives. How about that? Wow. College kids booing AI. Apparently, they're not. And the plotting of the time when there wasn't AI in our lives. I guess. I mean, those times are over. Chad Chambers, they're not fans of AI. There you go. Actually, me dealing with my computer right now, I'm not fans of AI either. Well, that was the commencement speech there at Central Florida. Wow. Kids booing AI for the next industrial revolution. Oh, she may be right. She may be. Hey, the 6 o'clock hours in the books, check. Nice. Now we move on to the 7 o'clock hour here with Woodward and Witt. We have more business, sports, news, weather, and traffic coming your way. And we've got our oil and gas update coming up at 735. We'll get the latest on how the Strait of Hormuz might be impacted. What's going on in the Gulf might impact us here in Kansas. Very good. Looking forward to that at 735. It is Woodward and Witt right here, 98, 7 and 1330, KNSS. Good morning. It is 7 o'clock here on this Wednesday, May 13th. Woodward and Witt. Currently in Wichita, we do have a mostly sunny sky, and it is 16 degrees here on this Wednesday morning. President Trump traveling to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East. The president is bound for Beijing. For those face-to-face talks with President Xi Jinping, Trump says he does not need China's help to get a deal done with Iran, but he sent mixed messages. The touchy subject of Taiwan is also on the table with the ongoing threat of a possible Chinese invasion hanging over the world's largest chipmaker. The president says the two leaders will also discuss tariffs, AI, rare earth minerals, and China's purchasing of soybeans produced by American farmers. So Trump is also bringing with him sick. 16 tech and business CEOs. That does include Elon Musk and Apple's Tim Cook. And that's Fox's Ashley Strohmeyer with that report. FBI director Kash Patel testifying before members of the Senate yesterday in defense of a new request for the agency's budget as he faces ongoing allegations that his performance has not been meeting the mark. U.S. Senator from Kansas, Jerry Moran, says he sees the effect of the Bureau within our home state and beyond. The FBI's coordination with state and local partners.

as Kansas City prepares to host soccer matches during the FY, during the FIFA 2026 World Cup, or the marshals working alongside local law enforcement through fugitive task forces across the District of Kansas. This year's staggering request follows a roughly $2 billion increase made last year. The man who died after he was accidentally electrocuted while trimming trees in West Wichita was an airman from Mitch McConnell Air Force Base's 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. 38-year-old Tech Sergeant Thomas Gillen was shocked and killed Monday afternoon in a neighborhood near Douglas and Meridian. He served as the flight chief for the Atlas Support Flight at Managers and Supplies Equipment and Tools for Mitch McConnell's Aircraft Maintenance. Gillen had been at the Air Force Base for nine years, originally from Massachusetts. Gillen was hospitalized after a 911 caller reported seeing a tree tremor unconscious in the aerial bucket of a 50-foot lift and a tree on fire. Initial indications from detectives are that Gillen was electrocuted after the bucket touched power lines. California State University has decided to allow campuses to offer three-year bachelor's degrees to attract more working-age students. then boost job prospects. These degrees aim to reduce the time needed to graduate and provide more immediate access to economic mobility. There are a handful of universities now offering these quicker degree types, including the University of Kansas and Cornell. Wichita-based Textron Aviation says the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, has ordered three Cessna Caravan aircraft to support the sterile insect release program, protecting citrus crops along the Rio Grande River in southern Texas. Those new planes expected to be delivered next year. APHIS will use the caravans to carry and release sterile insects to help prevent the spread of destructive pests, including fruit flies. The environmentally friendly technique helps safeguard fruit-bearing trees, reduce citrus crop damage, and protect agriculture industries that rely on healthy harvests. This approach reduces pest populations without the use of chemicals. Another day, another alleged fraud case in Minnesota. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office filing felony charges against a Minneapolis grocery store owner, alleging a massive EBT card scam that Abdeed Waheed Mohammed spent over $1,140,000 in fraudulent snap benefits from other people's cards to purchase food and drinks from Costco and Sam's Club to resell at his store. Investigators say they tracked Mohammed's alleged scam that dates back to 2021, seeing it's part of a larger EBT trafficking scheme. in Minneapolis. Mohammed's due in court later this month. Jeff Monasso, Fox News. There it is. We'll be taking a look at falsely accused suspects in Texas. And a trailblazer in the sports world has passed. And we will get our extended forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansom coming up in just a few minutes. KNSSS News time is 705.

It is 708 here on this Wednesday, May 13th. Four men falsely accused of four murders in a Texas yogurt shop are awarded $35 million. The settlement with the city of Austin. They were wrongly accused in the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls finally declared innocent after investigators determined the real killer was a man who died in 1999. The four were teenagers when the girls were killed. Two were convicted on course confessions. The other two were held for some time but never convicted. New DNA testing exonerated the four. Gary Baumgarten. Fox News. A trailblazer in the world of sports passes away. While he played 13 seasons in the NBA, Jason Susan Collins will be most remembered for what happened at the end of his career when he publicly came out as gay in a 2013 Sports Illustrated article. The next year, he made history, signing with the Brooklyn Nets and becoming the first openly gay, active male player to suit up in any of the four major sports leagues. Now, Susan Collins retired after that season and since worked with the league as a Goodwill ambassador. He announced in late 2025 that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer. And in a statement, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said, quote, Susan Collins' impact extended far beyond basketball, that he'll be remembered not only for breaking barriers, but also for the kindness and humanity that defines his life and touched so many others. Greg Thompson, Fox News. 709 here on KNS with Woodward and Witt. Traffic in the Wichita area right now looking pretty good. Not really seeing too many issues out there. Definitely seeing more traffic on the traffic cameras here in the Wichita area. The volumes are increasing. Got some fairly heavy traffic in a couple of places right now along K-15, especially approaching that road construction at I-135. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSS. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. And it's time to get our extended weather forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Hello, Ross. Well, good morning to you, Ted and John. Happy Wednesday. I guess we made it the middle of the week. And it looks like we're going to be seeing the temperatures cool off just a little bit for us today. We did hit 90 yesterday, and that, of course, came up a little bit shy of the record. Well, today, all the way down to 83.

So a little bit cooler, but not really anything drastic. We'll have sunshine throughout the day and a break from the Kansas wind. That'll be kind of nice too. But be on the lookout for record high temperatures Thursday, Friday, and Saturday because this time of the year we shouldn't be reaching mid-90s. And that is the direction that things are moving as we head toward Thursday. We're going to be back up around 90 tomorrow. The record happens to be 94, so we may just be a little out of reach there. But Friday looks like a slam dunk. 94 is our forecast. The record is 92. And then Saturdays, we still reach highs in the lower 90s. The record happens to be 91. So there's plenty of early summer-like weather coming up. I saw yesterday that they're starting to fill the pools now at local Y's. So we're getting closer to the start of summer, and I guess this hot weather is one way to start warming up some of that water, but definitely heating up as we approach the end of this week. Now, when it comes to thunderstorm chances, because you're going to hear a lot of chatter about this online, I don't think we're going to see that much rain or too many severe storms around here tomorrow. There is a level two just north of Wichita for severe storms, but it looks very, very limited on any chance for rain Thursday. Friday looks like a slightly better chance that we'll see some storms, still on a very scattered scale for South Central Kansas, and then looking ahead to the weekend because we know this is a busy one for graduations. Saturday evening will have a storm chance. And then early next week, maybe some rain coming back our way. So right now, what I can tell you about the possibility of rain as much as we need it, the chances over the next two to three days are going to be pretty spotty. Not everybody is going to get rain. Right now in Wichita, 63 degrees, that's your Storm Team 12 forecast. I'm chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Yeah, we take a, I saw May the Weather Dog on TV. She looked exhausted. Well, she had a trip to the vet yesterday morning and had to get a vaccine, and so she was feeling a little bit out of it last night, so that was why she looks at Arn't tired. Got it, got it. That explains May, the Weather Dog. Why does it explain, why did Michael Swanky look exhausted? Well, because he's about 50. You guys, that's just wrong. You know, you pick on him so much. Poor guy. He loves it. Yeah, sure. Oh, I'm sure. He's a big-time TV news anchor. He likes the attention. One of these days, we're going to have him sub in for you and let him pick on you for a while. And he's been at the station over 25 years after that amount of time. You develop some very, very, very thick skin. So nothing we say could face him. All right. That explains everything. We'll let you get going. Thank you, Ross. Good stuff. And we'll check with him with you again tomorrow, of course, on the extended forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. We're coming up on 714 here on KNSS. Hey, we have a caller on the line. We're going to get to Brad, and apparently it's a big day for Brad. Good morning.

Good morning. What is going on in your life? Well, I'm retiring today after 28. Well, actually 37 years as an elementary school teacher. But for the last 28, I've been driving from Augusta to Douglas. And I listen to you guys every morning. So I know if I don't hit the train tracks by the weather report, I'm running late. So I'm running late, but that's okay. Well, you know, yeah, you get those little benchmarks every day so you know where you are and where you're at and what time it is. But, Brad, that's just great news, and we thank you for listening to us because it means a lot to us. Congratulations on retirement. Thank you very much. Thanks for being a part of my drive every day. So I'm going to pry into your personal line. What do you do now that you're retired? What's next? Well, I have a half day of school today. baseball regionals this week, and then we're going to start building our retirement home. Oh, nice, nice, nice. And we'll go from there. What baseball team are you with? Douglas High School. Okay, so we'll root for Douglas as we get going into this postseason time of the play in the regionals. Brad? Yeah, that'd be great. Yeah, go good. Hey, Brad, thanks for listening to us, and we appreciate it, and best of luck with everything in your future endeavors. I appreciate it. Thank you guys. Thanks, Brad. Hey, that's pretty cool. We had a listener call, a guy that listens every day, every day when he's driving to works. We appreciate that. That's awesome. Love that his drive is timed. Yes, yes. We love hearing from listeners. Yeah, well, and we're glad that he relies on us for his traffic and weather updates. That's good stuff. Hey, thanks, Brad. It is 715 here with Woodward and Witt on this Wednesday morning, Wednesday, May 13th. Of course, we talked a lot of retirement last December when Steve McIntosh quit and went into retirement. So it's always good when somebody is out there and moving on to the next chapter in their life. Have a great time. We're a little ways from that. Yeah, you've got a ways to go, but, you know, that's why we're here. We're getting you that information every morning. Apparently my laptop decided to do it overnight. Yeah, take early retirement, but you still need that. If I'm going to take it out back and retire in here in a few minutes. Let's see. How about birthdays today? Morgan Wallen is 33, country music singer. Oh, yeah. Sometimes likes to throw chairs off of rooftops. But he's had a lot of hits lately, very popular. How about actor Robert Pattinson is 40 years old today? Twilight, Vampire, Edward Cullen, Team Edward. Oh, yeah. The Bad Guy in a couple of movies coming out this year in The Odyssey and in Shapefisher in Dune Part 3. Robert Pattinson is now in his 40s. He's 40 years old today. Lena Dunham, same day. She is 40 years old today. Actress as she was the star of Girls. Darius Rucker is 60 today. You know, he's doing country music. He's been doing country music for a long time. But everybody still refers to him as Darius Rucker, Hootie, from Hootie in the Blowfish. It's his birthday. He's 60 years old today.

And remember Dennis Rodman? Remember the guy, the basketball star, all the tattoos and the piercings and everything, and sometimes ambassador to North Korea? Dennis Rodman is 65 today. Yikes. That doesn't seem right. Of course, he played some of his pre-professional basketball down in Oklahoma. Juko ranks. Dennis Rodman is 65 years old today. It is 717 here with Woodward and Witt on KNSSS and... Let's check in and see what's going on in sports. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at surtapro.com. Will you have some hockey news to pass along to you? We have a new coach for the Wichita Thunder. That's a name you should be familiar with. Travis Jay Clayton is the new head coach of the Thunder, the 15th coach in franchise history for Wichita. Why do you know the name Travis Jay Clayton? Well, he's a Thunder legend as a player, and his retired number is in the rafters at Intrust Bank Arena. Number 38 for the Thunder, retired for all time. Why not? A guy that played more games than any other player in the old Central Hockey League. Still number one, still number one in franchise history in plus minus, game winning goals, short-handed goals, and power play goals. Travis Jay Clayton, how about that? He is at the age of 50 here. He is getting his first professional head coaching gig. He's been an assistant with the Thunder the last couple of years. And, of course, like we said, 11 years as a player with the Thunder. Travis Jay Clayton is your new head coach of the Wichita Thunder hockey franchise. Take a look at pro football, Monday night football. The first Monday night game of the season is going to be right up the road in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium. It will be a division rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos going at each other. And, of course, the Chiefs hope that quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be back under center for that game. Denver Broncos, the defending conference champs, these two teams have combined to win the last 16 division titles in the AFC West. And they go at it on Monday night football. Wow. Of course, you'll be able to hear that game live. Mitch Holtes will have the call in that Monday in September right here on 987 and 1330, KNSS, your home of Chief's football coverage. So circle that and tune into that in September. Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals lose 6 to 5 at Chicago against the White Sox last night on a pinch hit home run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Back-to-back losses for the Royals who drop into last place. The Royals at Chicago again tonight. Live coverage of the Royals at 6 o'clock this evening. It's over on 97-5 and 1240, KFH.

College men's tennis NCAA Regional Championship match yesterday in Topeka. And those Iqabods win again. 11th ranked Washburn, beat number 41 ranked Washita Baptist 4-0. The Washburn men's tennis team advances to the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year. Iqabods, one of the elite men's tennis teams in the nation. In college, men's golf, the 74th annual NAA national tournament underway yesterday at TPC Deer Run course, one of the great courses in the nation in Illinois. And let's see, Friends University is ranked 12th in the nation in men's golf. And in the first round yesterday, Friends went out and finished in the top six. Top 15 after the second round today will advance into further play at the NCAA Championship. So the Friends Men's Golf team. Already elite, and they're in great shape, heading into the second round of the National Men's Golf Tournament in Illinois today. And I'll go back a little bit in history for you, shock a baseball fan. This is something that happened 30 years ago on this day when Wichita State third baseman Casey Blake was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Went on to a nice long career in the big leagues, too. Blake was joined by catcher Nathan Reese, utility player Ben Thomas, outfielder Travis Wyckoff, and relief pitcher Brayton Looper on the all-MVC team. Of course, Leuper went on to play many years in the big leagues too. That was 30 years ago today for Shocker Baseball. Third baseman Casey Blake, the Valley Player of the Year. That is Sports with Woodward and Witt. Sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company Delano featuring live music. Coming up this Sunday, you can get details on Wichita Brew.com. Send off your Sunday with live tunes, tasty treats, good times at WBC Delano. That's your spot for spring Sundays. Visit Wichita Brew.com for more info. Wichita Brewing Company. That's where groups gather. 722 with Woodward and Witt, traffic and weather is next. And a study finds you need to get your steps in every day, and that could help you with something. Find out what that is on the House Call for Health. That's next on KNSS.

Good morning. It is 729 here on this Wednesday morning, May 13th. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you currently in Wichita. We do have a mostly sunny sky. It is 60 degrees here on this Wednesday morning. President Trump heading to Beijing for a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This comes as China looks to expand its global influence. Foreign ownership of American farmland is growing. That's why it's a problem. Nearly 46 million acres of American farmland are owned by foreigners. China's share, they own almost 250,000 acres nationwide. That is less than 1% of all foreign-owned farmland. It's the concentration of that ownership in just a handful of states. And by a handful of companies, there are five companies that account for roughly 92% of Chinese-held farmland in the United States. That's outsized influence. And that's Fox Businesses Lydia Who with that report. A federal judge says ICE agents have violated a court order. Fox's John Sossier explains. U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson ruling in a November order that immigration and customs enforcement agents could only arrest people with a warrant or with probable cause that that person is in the country illegally and they might escape before the warrant is issued. The judge says the ICE agents aren't getting that probable cause and are still arresting people without warrants. The case comes from a lawsuit by the ACLU of Colorado, which accuses decisive targeting Latinos to meet enforcement goals. John Sosier, Fox News. Century County Commission Chairman Jeff Bluebaugh says several county departments have already submitted their spending proposals for the upcoming budget. We've sent the message to them that we want to continue with around that 4% increase because that's what we've done year over year. The county has no intention on capturing that full assessment value. And hoping the cities and school districts can follow our lead in that. Bluebaugh making his weekly appearance on Tuesdays with the chair. With Woodward and Witt here on KNSS. Missouri's highest court upholds changes made to the state's congressional map ahead of the November midterms. Here's Fox. The Missouri State Supreme Court ruled the new map meets state constitutional standards and can be in effect for this year's primary election. Those contests are set for August 4th. Missouri's eight U.S. House seats are filled by six Republicans and two Democrats. The new map splits, a western district that for decades contained nearly all of Kansas City to potentially gain a seven-to-one GOP advantage. An activist group, people, not politicians, Missouri, collected hundreds of thousands of signatures hoping to force a statewide referendum. Missouri's Secretary of State has not decided if that vote will happen.

Grinnell Scott, Fox News. The one person was arrested after a fight broke out following a graduation ceremony in Wichita last evening, outside Century 2. Wichita police were working at the Chester Lewis Learning Academy graduation when the disturbance occurred. After the ceremony, a fight broke out among several people outside who knew each other. Officers from Wichita and Derby intervened, deploying pepper spray, had to use a taser on one person. And one person was arrested. The others ran from the area blending into the large crowd. Kansas Congressman Derek Schmidt has co-introduced the Bipartisan Criminal History Access Act with Representative Deborah Ross of North Carolina. Schmidt says the bill ensures that state law enforcement training and certification agencies can access the criminal history information they need to properly screen and certify police officers by improving background checks. The bill passed in the House of Representatives here during National Police Week. During separate hearings before House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees yesterday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Cain testified about the Pentagon's proposed $1.5 trillion budget for the coming year. As Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons put it, what's the cost of the war we're in in Iran? Acting Pentagon Comptroller, Jules Hurst previously testified that number as $25 billion last month. Now? So now we think it's closer to 29. That's because of updated repair and replacement of equipment costs and also just general operational costs, keep people in theater. He said that doesn't include repairs to American facilities. Some senators and representatives ask for more specific breakdowns. Secretary Pete Hegseth promised the Pentagon will keep Congress apprised of costs as Operation Epic Fury continues. When it's relevant and required, we will share it. Kevin Ureskes, Fox News. You know, they say good fences, make good neighbors. Apparently this guy doesn't have a good enough fence. A California man is accused of stealing his neighbor's cat and abandoning it in the wilderness. Antonio Preciado of Hayward, California is charged with animal cruelty and petty theft. He told police he stole his neighbor's cat named Silo and left it in a remote area where it was found dead because it had eaten his chickens and rabbits. Silo's owner says he put a GPS tracking collar on the cat after him. He suspects the neighbor shot it with a BB gun in December. On the day the cat went missing in January, the GPS showed it on Presciato's property, then moving at vehicle speed and stop, where the owner found the tracker discarded by the road. Silo's body was found in the same area two weeks later. Police have not said how the cat died. They say there were also animals living in deplorable conditions at Preciado's property. Chris Foster. Fox News. Yeah, it's just worse and worse as we heard that story. It is 735 here with Woodward and Witt, and let's take a look at our weather forecast. Here on this Wednesday, Storm Team 12 meteorologists, just Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake.

Good morning. Sunny and not as hot today, though a high of 84 keeps us well above average. Southeast wind 5 to 15. Becoming partly cloudy, 59 tonight, staying partly cloudy, windy and hot on Thursday, a high of 92, small chance of an afternoon storm, mostly sunny on Friday with record high temperatures in the middle 90s. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we have a breeze out of the northeast. It is mostly sunny and 62 degrees here on this Wednesday at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. Well, as we do every other Wednesday at this time, we sit down and take a few minutes to get a check up on oil and gas prices in Wichita and around Kansas with our oil and gas update. with Warren Martin from Kansas Strong. Good morning, Warren. Nice to you to join us this morning. It's great to be with you, John. So, you know, as I was looking around, I just thought I'd kind of take a look here. The average price of regular gas in Wichita is just hovering around $3.99 per gallon. You know, one thing I did want to ask you, and I don't know how they do this. I was driving in yesterday, and I drove by on West Kellogg, and quick trip. $3.99 of one quick trip. It was like $4, another quick trip. And then I pass a jump start. and it's $3.57. And I've been meeting to actually call Phil Neer at Jumpstart and have him on the show. How do they do that? I mean, how does Jump Start have it 40 cents less? Well, there's a lot of things that can go into that coming from the company, but predominantly the gas price is set by the load, how much it costs to buy the load. And until you sell through that load, that's what that price really is. The exception to that is like where we're going through right now where gas prices start to go up. because they have to make enough off of this load to be able to buy the next load. Because gas stations really make no money hardly at all, maybe a penny or two off of every gallon of gasoline that sold. The gasoline is just there to really get you into the store to buy the stuff that they really make money off of. Buy the soft drink or the snack or whatever. So gasoline prices are predominantly set in order to be able to buy the next load to keep it stocked as it goes forward. So as you have different loads come in, that's generally when you see the biggest. changes in gas prices. So when you see a jumpstart that's 40 cents a gallon less, it's because whenever they bought that... theoretically they got a good deal or something theoretically they got a good deal or uh they're trying to boost their cells by getting more people into that store okay um so they can take a loss on the gasoline in order to get more people into the store so i mean they do have some price adjustments but it's generally the gas uh you know the the load that comes in that is what sets the price well sounds like i need to call my friend phil neer and have him on the show again uh you know one of the other things that's come up recently there's been conversations

particularly about diesel. But there's also been some rumors about price gouging in gasoline. Is that really an issue or is that more scare tactics and rumors that are going on? Well, I think it is rumors and it's social media. There's a lot on social media right now about how the Trump administration should investigate oil companies for price gouging. Yeah. And anytime the price goes up, that's the claim that starts coming out. Demonizing things. Demonizing. You know, and what you have to realize is that oil and gas companies were price takers. Not price makers. We don't get to set the price. If you go back to 2020, in 2020, the price went to minus $37 a barrel. If we were able to control the price, we would never let it go to minus $37 a barrel. You're not going to make any money at that. So we don't get to set the price. All we do is get to take the price. The price is really determined by supply and demand. We're having a huge impact from the supply chain right now. Supply right now is down. Over 6 million barrels. a day around the world. That's eaten into our supplies. It's eaten into our stocks. That means that the demand is increasing because our supply is diminishing. And so it's really set by that supply and demand that's there. And the only part the producer can play in that is by... addressing the supply side. And here in the United States, we're the number one producer of oil. In fact, we have set month over month, over month records in oil production. We're doing our part to produce the supply, but other parts of the world, that supply is not there. Therefore, that... artificially creates an increased demand, which raises that price. Last time we had you on, you know, we talked about the Gulf, about them trying to get ships out of the Gulf. There were one or two that had actually made it through the Strait of Hormuz. Has that traffic picked up at all? That traffic was really not picked up. There was a one Chinese super tanker that left the strait today and was able to sneak through. It's very rare right now. Very few ships are getting through there. We're pretty much in the same situation there. Kind of think maybe the Chinese tanker, they escorted that sucker through because Trump was going over to China. I don't know, maybe. Because that's where China gets almost half of its oil is through the Strait of Harmoos. And so, you know, last week, We set all-time records in exports from the United States because there was an entire fleet of tankers that came from Asia to the United States, and we exported more oil than we became a net exporter last week. It only lasted one week, but we were a net exporter for one week because there were so many ships coming from Asia trying to get oil to China. And so that's where our demand is greatly increased, even though that's all the way around the world, our demand is increased. because other countries want our oil and they're competing for our oil with us. Well, hopefully that will have...

ripple effects on the economy. We can get the price of gas down at some point. Well, once the straits opened up, once everything kind of settles down, you know, the EIA and the IEA, we're both predicting oversupply by the end of this year because of how much oil the United States was producing. So there's a lot of oil that's still stockpiled. There's a lot of inventory that's still out there. We really just need to see everything calm down and shipments be returned. to a regular schedule, and you'll see those prices begin to fall. I don't think they'll go back to where they were this time last year, but you will see them fall pretty significantly. Well, let's hope that's from your lips to God's ears, my friend. Warren, we appreciate you. That was Warren Strong, Warren Martin from Kansas Strong. If folks are interested, if they have questions, if they want more information, they can find you at Kansasstrong.com, correct? That's correct. Have you ever thought about rebranding yourself as Warren Strong? I was just sitting here thinking about it. I said not a bad idea. Of all the names I've been called, Warren Strong is not a bad one. Warren is not a bad one at all. If I'm going to screw up, that's a good way to do it. That's a good way out there. Hey, we'll see if that gets any traction. Who knows, two weeks from now when you come back? I might be Mr. Strong. There we go. That's right. Warren Strong with our Kansas Martin Minute. There you go. I don't seem like I can mess it up anymore. That's our oil and gas minute with Warren Martin from Kansas Strong. Warren, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Good to have you here in the studio. Thank you. And we do have traffic and weather coming up. And our local business update from editor Kirk Semenop, the Wichita Business Journal. And Kirk will tell us about a big-time construction company here in town that is expanding. KNSS News Time is 743. It's 747 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire. Coming up, our Wichita Business Journal update with Kirk Semenoff. Now it's time for three big things. Three. Man killed in Wichita tree trimming accident was a Mitch McConnell Airman. Two. Israel launched a new wave of drone strikes, targeting cars on a major highway south of Beirut, killing at least eight people. One. Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejects intensifying calls to resign from dozens of his own labor lawmakers, pledges to continue governing. That's three big things with Woodward McWhiff on 98-7 and 1330 KNSSS. Let's take a look of traffic with Jad Chambers. Traffic in the Wichita area, still looking fairly heavy on the highways when you take a look at those traffic cameras out there. Watch out right now, especially. This is southbound I-235, starting about Central. We have a big backup forming there. That backup goes from Central all the way past Zoo Boulevard. Again, that's southbound I-235. A big slowdown between Central and Zoo Boulevard. Traffic update.

From 987 and 1330K in SS, the accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Chad Chambers. Sunny, not as hot today on a high of 84 degrees. This evening, increasing clouds in a low of 59 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy and hot, some isolated afternoon storms and a high of 92 degrees. It is clear and 64 degrees at Woodward and quit on 987 and 1330. 8.S.7. 749 here with Woodward and Witt on KNSS. Some people don't know what to do with your hands when you get your picture taken. Some people make the peace sign, you know, the bunny ears behind somebody else. The president does the thumbs up a lot. You know, putting the bunny sign behind someone's head, you know, younger crowds seem to like that. And scammers. According to a new report, cell phones are able to capture such high-resolution images. It's possible your fingerprints could be extracted from them. Really? Gosh. Yeah, it seems... For this to work, you need to be pointing your fingers outward, obviously. So if you do the bunny ears behind someone, guess what? Your fingers are facing forward. So here's a... This would make a... This would take a... Using advanced AI-powered software. But, you know, it is worth mentioning. We're moving... It's a speed of light with this stuff. Mostly for close-up selfies with your fingers in the forefront near your face. Basically only a few feet away. Even with all the tools and software, identity thieves would probably still need multiple images to try to reconstruct your fingerprints. There would have to be some good lighting and good focus on that too. And then what do you do once you have somebody else's fingerprints? Well, if you really want to be careful, I guess you could blur your fingertips before posting all that stuff online. Seems a bit much, but in this day and age, you never know. Someone could be trying to steal your fingerprints. I guess. I never heard of that. Let's get in on your identity. I guess. Wow. It is 751 here with Woodward and Witt, and it is time for a local business update. Oh, we do need to check in and see what happened on the stock market yesterday. Stocks finishing mix with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling as the AI trade retreats and inflation picked up faster than expected in April. Consumer prices climbing in April and hitting the highest level in three years as the Iranian war delivered higher gas prices. The consumer price index rising 6 tenths of a percent on a monthly basis and up 3.8 percent annually. Tech was the worst performing sector while health care and consumer staples gained. The Dow winners United Health Group Amgen and J.P. Morgan Chase, the Dow decliner's,

Pillar, Salesforce, and Microsoft. The Dow rising 56, the NASDAQ lower by 186, S&P 500 down 12. Hillary Barski, Vox News. Now it's time for the Wichita Business Journal update, brought to you by Mr. Electric, lighting up the path to your success. And here is editor at the Wichita Business Journal of Kirk Seminoff with the update. Hello, Kirk. Hello, Ted. You know, when you start the throw to me and then you switch off and go to Hillary Barski, that hurts me deeply. Well, it's all a play on your ego. And, you know, if I can upset the Apple card a little bit there, I guess I'm doing my job, right? You're keeping me on my toes, and that's tough to do. Well, here's the business news locally. Wildcat Construction is planning a $5 million expansion at its south Wichita facility near Eisenhower National Airport. The project includes a new shop and warehouse building along with an office remodel and addition. to bring more employees and equipment into one location. The company leaders say the upgrades will create more efficient workspace and support its continued growth. Construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks and wrap up by early 2027. And a Wichita-based developer is moving forward on a long delayed residential project in the Kansas City area. Petra has acquired more than 60 acres in Lee's Summit on the Missouri side and plans to build 235 single-family homes as part of Kensington Farms development. The project provides a master plan that stalled during the Great Recession with home builder D.R. Horton set to construct the houses. Groundwork could begin this summer with the first lots ready by early fall as the development moves ahead in phases, a 15-year delay in that project. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Semenoff. Man, a 15-year delay. That sounds like a project at my house. The blueprints have been gathering some dust. Oh, boy. No kidding. See if they can get on that. Miners in Myanmar have discovered a massive ruby. The second largest by weight ever found there. It weighs about like a ruby that weighs like five pounds. Unearthed near Mogok in Myanmar. It's considered very valuable because it has superior color and quantity, and it's big. Myanmar, by the way, produces about 90% of the world's rubies with gemstones one of their major revenue sources. I guess the other 10% would be in Dorothy's slippers here in Kansas. I'm just disappointed that Jad didn't have Donald Fagan or Steely Dan Sullivan Ruby Ruby Ruby Baby.

Ready to go. Wow. Also Ruby Tuesday, the Rolling Stone. Oh, that's a, yeah, okay. Anyway, so that's what's going on. If you want a five-pound ruby, you know where to find it. Me and Mars, the place to go, I guess. Yeah, or the bottom of a cracker jack box. It might have a piece of that ruby somewhere for your perusal. All right. Hey, Kirk, we appreciate your update. And we will again talk to you in next hour as well. Get another local business update from editor Kirk Seminoff at the Wichita Business Journal. Hey, the 7 o'clock hour is finished up, and now we turn our attention to more voluminous information coming your way in the 8 o'clock hour. That does include entertainment news in the blur. Yep. So we'll be, we got a pretty good musician birthday today to hit on in the blur. And Tanya Powers from Fox News Radio will join us. Could a former TV reality star become the next mayor of Los Angeles? Spencer Pratt. is trying to take down incumbent mayor Karen Bass. We'll talk to Tanya here coming up in just a few minutes. I didn't know there was such a thing as a former TV reality star. I thought once they're in that biz, they're there forever. Pretty much. Once you get the bite, you kind of get the bug. But yeah, we'll talk to Tanya here in a few. Sounds good. Hey, the 8 o'clock hour is on the way. We're glad you're with us here on 98, 7 and 1330, KNSSS. Make the Neighbors' Challenge. Good morning. It is 8 o'clock here on this Wednesday, May 13th. We'll be telling you about more military action in Iran. I'm Rodney Price. The city of Wichita hopes to save more money when ordering products online. We'll have the details just ahead. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny and 62 degrees here on this Wednesday, May 13th. A man suffered extremely critical injuries early last evening after his shooting in South Wichita. Police recalled to the report of a shooting at Emory Gardens Apartments near Hydraulic and MacArthur. Police found a man inside the driver's seat of a vehicle. He had multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Investigators believe this incident was targeted. Police Chief Joe Dan Sullivan said the event traumatized nearby neighbors. There were children playing outside during the shooting. President Trump weighing the resumption of military action in Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. President Trump told reporters very, very firmly, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. He also says Tehran has a choice, either make a deal or he says we will finish the job. So far, Trump has not been able to press President Xi Jinping to use China's leverage to get Iran to agree to end to the war or at least reopen the strater hall moves. Reports suggest the administration at the same time is growing more and more frustrated with Iran's negotiating tactics. and the impact of the blockade in the strait on the U.S. economy. That was Fox's Ashley Webster with that story from Tel Aviv. City of Wichita departments will be able to order high-volume, low-cost items from five online vendors. This after a new contract approved by the City Council yesterday. That includes Amazon.com services, Staples, Lowe's, W.W. Granger, and MSC. Industrial Supply.

These vendors have discounts between 5% and 63% and a couple of them allow for rebates as well. Mayor Lily Wu said the contract will allow the city to be more efficient. This is helpful for the city of Wichita as then we can buy more product or more helpful product. And so the intention is to, again, provide greater efficiency. So good job to the finance department and purchasing department. The council also approved the contract with Halk advertising. to handle a variety of ads in and on Wichita transit buses and in several bus stop shelters. The three-year contract with two one-year options guarantees revenue of at least $100,000 per year for the city. Rodney Price, KNSS News. FBI director Kash Patel testifying before members of the Senate Tuesday in defense of a new request for the agency's budget as he faces ongoing allegations that his performance has not been meeting the mark. U.S. Senator from Kansas Jerry Moran says he sees the effects of his agency in his community. I've seen firsthand the important work these agencies are doing in my home state. whether it's ATF expanding crime gun intelligence through its partnership at Wichita State University, DEA's effort to combat fentanyl trafficking and support law enforcement and rural communities across Kansas. This year's staggering request follows a roughly $2 billion increase made last year. U.S. hotels say the promised economic boon from the World Cup soccer tournament hasn't materialized yet for them. The American Hotel and Lodging Association recently releasing a report found that room bookings are lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. host cities with roughly a month to go before the start of the tournament. In several cities, including Kansas City, a majority of hotel operators said bookings were actually running behind, typical seasonal demand. In the KC metro area, some fans have already secured cheaper lodging by staying farther away, and also through Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. In Kansas City, 90% of the respondents for the survey reported bookings below expectations. Vice President JD Vance says the government's anti-fraud force will put the focus on his home state of Ohio. A state audit found almost 40% of Medicaid's home health services dollars spent in Ohio went to just one county. Franklin County, of which Columbus is the seat, and more than 40% of that money went to just two zip codes. The addresses are all within four miles of each other. The overall tax dollars in question run into the billions. Home health care providers are supposed to care for people in the dignity and comfort of their own homes. Fox News tracked two buildings within the Franklin County zip codes that have... How's a total of more than five dozen home health care businesses between them? The suspicion, like other Medicaid fraud cases, is that services are billed but under-delivered or not delivered at all. That was Fox's Mike Tobin with that report. Another autonomous vehicle recall and touting a big missile.

Foreign nation. And we'll take a look at our weather forecast from Storm Team 12. Coming up, 987 and 1330, KNSS. It is 808 here on this Wednesday morning, May 13th. Waymo is recalling its massive fleet of autonomous vehicles. A defect might pose a safety risk. The recall ordered after a driverless vehicle failed to come to a complete stop while approaching a flooded high-speed roadway. 3,800 vehicles equipped with Waymo's 5th and 6th generation automated driving systems are being recalled. Waymo offers driverless rides in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin, and recently announced plans to expand to Chicago. Gary Baumgarten, Fox News. Vladimir Putin says Russia will deploy the world's most powerful nuclear missile later this year. President Vladimir Putin claims the Sarmat missile has a yield more than four times that of any Western equivalent. He says it has a range of more than 21,000 miles and will be able to penetrate any existing or future missile defense system. Russian State TV reports the Sarmat was tested successfully yesterday. The weapon is due to be deployed, placed on active combat duty at the end of the year. It has faced years of setbacks and delays. An analysts say President Vladimir Putin has a history of exaggerating the capabilities of his country's nuclear arsenal. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. It is 810 here with Woodward and Whit on 987 and 1330, KNS. Traffic right now in the Wichita area? Well, the traffic volumes are starting to look a little bit better out there. Right now, we still have some slow-moving traffic, though, after a crash. This is southbound I-235 right around central. This is southbound I-235 right at Central, and the backup now goes all the way back to about 25th Street North. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNSSS in the accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Jed Chambers. And let's get our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Sunny and not as hot today, though a high of 84 keeps us well above average. Southeast wind 5 to 15. Becoming partly cloudy, 59 tonight. Staying partly cloudy, windy and hot on Thursday, a high of 92. Small chance of an afternoon storm. Mostly sunny on Friday with record high temperatures in the middle 90s. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn.

And currently in Wichita, we have a breeze out of the northeast. It's mostly sunny, 62 degrees at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSX. Well, could Hollywood-style celebrity politics be coming to Los Angeles? I suppose if it goes to the city hall, it's where it belongs. After all, it is L.A. With us now with Tanya. Powers with Fox News Radio. Tanya, so Spencer Pratt built his name in reality television. Now he's running against Mayor Karen Bass. Celebrities translate into political credibility. Maybe in L.A. What do you think? Well, it's an interesting race for sure because you've got more than a dozen people running in this. The front runners appear to be, at least the ones that we've heard the most about, appear to be the incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, as you mentioned. There is a city council member that is also doing really well in the polling apparently and also. Spencer Pratt, who of course is known for being on the show The Hills back in from 2006 to 2010. I can't believe it's been 20 years since that show came on the air, but it has. And he announced his candidacy. On the anniversary of the wildfires in L.A. that left so many people without homes and businesses, he is one of the people who lost his home there with the Palisades fire. And that seems to have motivated him to want to run for office to lead the city. In Los Angeles, here's how they do their elections. A candidate who wins 50% or more of the vote in a primary wins the election outright. If nobody gets 50% or more of the vote, The top two vote getters will advance to the general election on November 3rd. So that's the reason that, you know, you could have two Democrats running in the general or two Republicans or one of each or whatever. It's a little different than they've done in other places. Where is he polling right now? Is there, I mean, is it right now, is there a chance that he makes it to over 50 or at least on the ballot in November? I don't know. I'll be honest with you. I've seen some polling. It's not necessarily from some of the outlets that we generally will quote and rely on only because they may be like smaller polling because it's a mayoral election. What I have seen, though, is, you know, in the 20s for him, in the 20s for, you know, Karen Bass, as well as, you know, the city council member that, you know, is also running that, you know, gotten some attention. Like I said, there's a lot of people in this race. So it could be a situation of, you know, you have so many candidates and support gets siphoned away from other people because, you know, you have people who are, they can vote for, you know, any of those, I think it's like 14 people. So that should be, it should be very interesting to see how things go. If anybody, I think I would be kind of surprised if one person gets more than 50% of the vote and it's over with.

It's unlikely that we get somebody with 50, in which case, likely that we get to a November election in Los Angeles. Tanya, we appreciate you joining us, and we'll keep an eye on this story as we move to November. That was Tanya Powers with Fox News Radio. You know, Ted, I mean, it's an interesting story, and outsider candidates have succeeded before. I mean, you think of Donald Trump or Arnold Schwarzenegger. The guy, I don't know if you've seen any of his viral campaign videos, but they've been fast, I mean, just absolutely amusing the way he's been on all over YouTube, Twitter, and X, and TikTok. He's got some funny videos. Well, that's how you get yourself out there these days. Yeah, absolutely. And he's taking it to her. I mean, he does have a compelling story. having been a victim of the palisade fire, and he's literally living in a trailer in the burned out lot that his house was in. Meanwhile, the mayor still has her mansion. So, you know, there's a compelling story to be told there. Certainly. Yeah, it's fascinating. See, that plays out. Of course, it never hurts, you know, when you have name recognition, man. Yeah. You are, you're in the catbird seat. Well, and, you know, it's, it. Right now, who knows, this is just a kind of a bizarre election cycle. It's going to be interesting to follow. And, of course, his videos are amusing. If you haven't seen them, you might check them out. They're definitely worth watching. It is eight, uh, coming up on 816 here with Woodward and Witt. You know, John, I wanted to go back to one of our news stories. Uh-huh. The one about Evergey is going to build that huge transmission line, stretching from Garden Plain down to Coffeyville. Yes. And, yeah, and Cansans basically are footing the bill on this for a half billion, or whatever it is. I saw that. Some people weren't too happy about it coming across some of their property. Yeah, of course they're not. And, you know, and then the purpose of this whole thing is just so we can sell electricity to Missouri and Oklahoma. Right. Yeah. So we have all this electricity and wind power that belongs to Kansas. Right. And we're going to sell it. And we're selling it to other states. Of course we are. That burns me so bad. Yeah. That ticks me off. I get it. And every time you get your power bill, it's like, well, why aren't they using this? electricity and power that we have here in Kansas to lower our bills. No, no, we can't do that. Well, because they can, probably because they make more money. Exactly. Selling it to other states. I guess the heck with your citizens and your residents and your customers. Even though we're the ones paying to build it. We're the one payings to build this dang thing. Right. Preaching the choir, brother. I know. It ticks me off. And, of course, I always think of Alaska. Alaska has all that oil. And every month, residents of Alaska get a check. Yep. Well, and here's another music one. We have all this wind power. Why don't this?

Residents of Kansas get a check if we would harness that and use it for our own purpose. There are at least two that I can think of, members of the legislature, actual elected representatives who work for Evergy. Yeah. So, you know, it's like you guys are actual employees of Evergee and your elected members of the state legislature. You know, why don't you guys go up there and tell your bosses that maybe before we start building them power lines, they need to turn around and sell some of that power to Kansans and lower our rates a little bit. Wouldn't that be nice? A novel concept. What do I know? I know. You and me both. One of them used to sit in front of me on the house floor, and it always used to bother me. Every time we'd have a rape, something electric or something, I'd sit there and I'd think to myself, you know, how can you vote on this? That's a great question. Conflict of interest. Oh, well. Well, I guess. What do I know? I'm just a, you know, now I'm just a Joe Schmo. taxpayer like everybody else right there with you all right it is 818 here on woodward and wit on this wednesday morning may 13th generating all this wind power that eventually uh hot air Missouri and Oklahoma end up with all the benefits from it all right it is uh let's see what's going on in sports sports is brought to you by surta pro painters and schedule your free estimate online at surta pro dot com We have some hockey news to start out with as we have a new head coach for the Wichita Thunder hockey franchise. Becoming the 15th coach in franchise history is a familiar thunder name. Travis Jay Clayton, the great Thunder player, is now the franchise's head coach. Of course, Travis Jay Clayton was a player for the Thunder for 11 years. This will be his first professional head coaching position. He's 50 years old. He's been an assistant with the Thunder the past couple of seasons. You, of course, remember Travis Jay Clayton's Time on the Ice. Still, the franchise leader in power play goals, game winning goals, short-handed goals, and plus-minus. And no one ever played more games in the Central Hockey League than Travis Jay Clayton. And, of course, his retired jersey number, number 38, is in the rafters at Interest Bank Arena. When you go to a Thunder game, look up and see Travis Jay Clayton's 38. Now he's going to be on the sidelines as your new head coach of the Wichita Thunder, the great Travis Jay Clayton. Let's go Major League Baseball last night. The Kansas City Royals beginning a week on the road, starting on the south side of Chicago. You heard the game over on 975 and 1240, KFH. White Sox pinch hitter Derek Hill hit an eighth inning solo homer to break a 5-5 tie and give the White Sox a 6-5 lead. The Sox held on to win by that 6-5 score. Royals got homers from Bobby Wood Jr. and Salvador Perez in the first inning to go up 2-0. Chicago put up 5 in the 5 to take a 5-2 lead. But KC tied at 5-5 with 3.

and the 6th on a double by Nick Lofton and an RBI single by Michael Garcia. But the Royals fell one run short. We're on tonight with game two beginning at six on the Royals Baseball Network. Yeah, listen to that. Royals White Sox game tonight over on 975 and 1240. A.F.H. Let's take a look at... Monday Night Football. We're just a few months away from the first Monday night football game of the season in the NFL. It's going to be right up the road in Kansas City. The first Monday night game of the season will feature the Kansas City Chiefs and their division rival to Denver Broncos. The two teams that have combined for the last 16 titles in the division. And they go right up against each other on week one. Of course, don't forget that Monday night football game, Chiefs Broncos, coming up in just a few months, right here on your home of the Chiefs. Mitch Holtus will have the call on 987 and 1330, KNSS. We will look forward to that in about four months in September. We do have a, oh, it's a little good Major League baseball yesterday. The Philadelphia Phillies win on the road in Boston in Fenway Park, a two-to-one win over the Red Sox. Starting in third base for the Phillies, former Wichita State Shocker, Alec Bohm, one for three at the plate in the game yesterday. He's batting 300 in the month of May. As the Phillies have won their third in a row, former shocker Alec Boeom, helping the Phillies to a road win in Fenway, two-to-one yesterday, over the Red Sox. And a happy birthday today to the Honey Badger. Former Chief's starting strong safety. Tyron Matthew is 34 years old today. He was the starting safety for the Chiefs when they won their first of this recent run of Super Bowls in Super Bowl 54. Seven years ago, he had a pretty good Super Bowl, too. He played it all 58 snaps. Six tackles along the way for the Honey Badger, who played 12 years in the NFL, three of those with the Chiefs. Two of his three years with the Chiefs were all pro season. He's on the NFL 2010's all-decade team. 838 career tackles, 100 past deflections, 36 interceptions in his career, and $97 million in career earnings. The Honey Badger, the former Chief Safety, his birthday, he's 34 today. That is sports. Sports brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at surtapro.com. And sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company. Now featuring Caddy Snack. Wichita's golf beer. Caddy snack, blonde ale, refreshingly crushable. Makes the perfect pairing from the first tee to the 19th hole. No matter the score, Caddy Snack reminds you to beer the ball. Wichita Brewing Company, pizza and beer made here. 823 with Woodward and Witt, traffic and weather is next, and judges in Virginia and lowering the retirement age. Some thoughts on the Sean Hannity Morning Minute coming up next on KNSSS. Wichita's number one talk. This is Woodward and Witton on 987 and 1330 KNSS.

Good morning. It is 831. Here on this Wednesday morning, Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you on May 13th. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny, 62 degrees. Here on this Wednesday morning. Military leaders are facing questions over the cost of the Iran war. Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back on characterizations that ammunition is being depleted in Iran, but says the Pentagon is trying to ramp up weapons production. We know exactly what we have. We have plenty of what we need. And the reason we're... accelerating a lot of this is because the department's been static in how it does this kind of business. Pentagon's comptroller told a Senate panel the latest estimate for the cost of the Iran war is $29 billion, a figure mostly covering munitions and repairing equipment. But that estimate does not include repairing or rebuilding U.S. bases damaged in the region by Iranian attacks. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. President Trump has departed the White House for Beijing, where he'll meet personally with China's President Xi Jinping. The meeting was originally scheduled for March, but got pushed back due to the war with Iran. Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt spoke with Foxes, the Ingramangle. My hope is that he'll open up markets for agriculture. That would be a good thing. You look at what he did was stopping the precursors of fentanyl coming into this country through by way of Mexico. Fentanyl deaths are way down. When Senator Schmidt says he wants the two leaders to get a good deal from farmers since China's slowed down on buying American soybeans. The Kansas Corporation Commission voting unanimously to approve part of Everge's proposed construction of a 133-mile transmission line. However, Evergee will have to reconsider a portion of the line. That line begins near Garden Plain. It ends in northeastern Oklahoma to the south of Coffeyville. The KCC determining the route from Garden Plain. to where it crosses U.S. Highway 77 in Cali County is reasonable. That was approved. But not enough evidence to determine if the proposed line east of K-77 to the Oklahoma border was reasonable. That portion of the line not approved. Landowners in the area are concerned about the size and impact of the project. That line will send electricity to Oklahoma and Missouri, the primary benefitters of the project, while Kansans help pay for the nearly half-billion-dollar project. The proposed line would go through Western Sedgwick, Sumner, and Cali counties. Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Jeff Blubaw says with Monday's Boeing Backs America event in Wichita, it's all about the letter B. It was Boeing. It was a $1 billion investment. It's $1.2 billion worth of annual payroll. It's a backlog of 600 aircraft. I mean, it's a lot of exciting things with that B word. You know, we've been a benefit of Boeing from years ago. I'm glad to have them back. Blue Ball made his weekly appearance on Tuesdays with the chair on KNSS with Woodward and Witt.

A massive decline in enrollment in public schools in Texas. 76,000 fewer students enrolled in the Texas public schools last year. Despite major population growth in the state, Texas is the second most populous state in the country. 2.6 million new residents since COVID. Here are some reasons why this could be happening. Even though more people are coming to Texas, more families aren't necessarily birth rates historically at a low nationwide. And then you have this. Students might be opting for private or religious education or homeschool. schooling. The problem is enrollment in the public schools could drop further this upcoming school year because they have this new program in Texas. It'll give families money for private education. That's Fox Business's Lauren Simonetti with that report. A Florida woman is stabbed multiple times following a dispute over Mother's Day dinner preparations. Kio Notting is in a Palm Beach County jail charged with first-degree attempted premeditated murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The victim, Notting's 74-year-old grandmother, told police a fight started when Notting's cousin asked him to take in groceries bought for Mother's Day dinner. It was then, the victim said, Notting got angry and grabbed a knife from the kitchen threatening to commit murder. After that, police say he stabbed his grandmother multiple times. She is hospitalized. hospitalized in critical condition following surgery. Notage is being held without bond. Grinnell Scott, Fox News. It's 849 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Time now for three big things. Man killed in Wichita tree trimming accident was Mitch McConnell Airman. Israel launched a new wave of drone strikes targeting cars on a major highway south of Beirut, killing at least eight people. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejects intensifying calls to resign from dozens of his own labor lawmakers and pledges instead to continue governing. That's three big things with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNS. Let's take a look at traffic with Jad Chambers. We still have a slowdown due to a traffic accident. Southbound I-235, and it is right at Central. However, it does look like they've got that cleared, and so here in a few minutes, as the traffic volumes are decreasing, that's going to start to look quite a bit better, but for right now, still a bit of a slowdown. Southbound I-235 at Central. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNSSS. The Axnet Recovery Team Traffic Center, I'm Jed Chambers. Sunny, not as hot today with a high of 84 degrees. Tonight, increasing clouds, a low of 59 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, windy and hot, some isolated evening storms possible, and a high of 92 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it's clear in 70 degrees. At Wichita, Severe Weather Station, 987 and 1330, KNSSS.

It is 851 here with Woodward and Witt. Of course, after us, we have two hours of the Glenn Beck program from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. every morning. Look at who the special guest is at 9.30 this morning. Ambassador Sam Brownback, the former Kansas governor. Yeah. Or as the Glenn Beck program calls him Samuel Brownback. Is he going by Samuel now? I don't think so. I don't think so either. But Sam Brownback is going to be the special guest at 9.30 this morning on the Glenn Beck program talking about, of course, the former international religious freedom ambassador at large. And Brownback will be talking about how China is waging a war on faith. So you probably want to get tuned into that. That'll be at 9.30 this morning, Sam Brownback on the Glenn Beck program. And the stock market is open for the day. It's down at the moment. Not too much, but, you know, the Dow Jay Jones Industrial average is down by a third of a percent right now. As the Dow has been sliding a little bit, the PPI inflation report came in pretty hot. So the stocks are down a little bit. This morning just underway on the stock market. It is 852 here with Woodward and Witt. Now it's time to get a local business update from the Wichita Business Journal as we check in with editor Kirk Seminoff. Hello, Kirk. Good morning, Ted. Wildcat Construction is planning a $5 million expansion at its southwest Wichita facility near IASO Airport. The project can include shop and warehouse building, along with an office remodel and addition to bring employees and equipment into one location. Company President Roger McClellan says the upgrades will create more efficient workspace and support more continued growth. Construction is expected begin in the coming weeks and wrap up early in 2027. A Wichita-based developer is moving forward with a long-delayed residential project in the Kansas City area. Petra has acquired more than 60 acres in Lee's Summit and plans to build 235 single-family homes as part of the Kensington Farms development. The project revives a master plan that stalled way back during the Great Recession with home builder D.R. Horton set to construct the houses. Groundwork could begin this summer with the first lots ready by early fall as the development moves ahead. in phases. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Seminoff. Yesterday you had a report that contained things like oils and lubricants and emoluments and none of that today. So I guess that was just a one-day streak on that. We'll have to see what's going on.

And no coffee or chicken news today. I'm very sorry. We're disappointed. We're still got two more days this week. Hey, by the way, today, Kirk, it's National Apple Pie Day. So how can you get more All-American than that? Any thoughts from Kirk Seminoff on Apple Pie? Well, as I told John last week when it was Coconut Cream Pie Day or something like that, apple pie is my favorite, put some cinnamon on it. And I am happy as a clam. Ooh, some cinnamon. Nice. Mm-hmm. A little, bam, like an emerald, bam, knocking things up a little bit on the apple pie there. Curry, you know, we have the, I don't even why bring this up. Some people put cheddar cheese on their apple pie. I just, I just cannot fathom that, Kirk. I have heard that. I have never had the guts to try it. Yeah, I haven't either. Somebody's got to be just playing with us here. Yeah, I kind of agree with that. I like you. Maybe some cinnamon on top. And if you have the whole apple pie, if someone has taken the time to put the latticework crust over the top of it. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's good. That damn there's some good eating. Oh, yeah, I'm taking all the leftovers home for myself. Yep, yep, yep. What leftovers? Well, there's nothing more All-American than Apple Pie and Kirk Seminoff as we send him off into another great day here, and we thank him for a local business update from the Wichita Business Journal. That's editor Kirk Seminoff. Bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Yeah. See what I did there? I did. Very nice. You're welcome. Hey, thanks for being with us today on this Wednesday. Stay tuned for Glenn Beck and then The Dana Show with Dana Lash, Sean Hannity Show. Right here, thank you, John. Thank you, Ted. Thank you, Chad, and thank you for listening. And we'll do it all again tomorrow. So be with us here at 6 o'clock on Woodward and Witt, 987 and 1330, KNSSS, Wichita. Have a great day.