Extreme temperatures this week in Wichita

This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS, Wichita's number one talk. Good morning. It is 7 o'clock here on this Monday, August 10th, here on KNSS. Currently in Wichita, we have a mostly sunny sky. It is 78 degrees here on this Monday morning here at KNSS. One person is in critical condition after a motorcycle crash. This was in West Wichita Saturday night. 10.30 p.m. south of the intersection of Maple and Tyler. A 20-year-old man was on a motorcycle south on Tyler when a vehicle turned left in front of him and they crashed. The motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical condition. The driver of the vehicle, 27-year-old Joey Hogan from Wichita, was arrested for aggravated battery and DUI, and she's being held on a quarter million dollar bond. President Trump posted on true social yesterday that there was a witness to a vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Fox's Jill Nato is in Washington with the details. The president was outraged when Janine Piro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, dropped charges against David Hearn. Hearn was accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool, but Piro's office said the pool was damaged by shoddy work done by contractors, not Hearn. President Trump is pushing Bureau to reinstate the charges. Posting on Truth Social, a National Park Service career employee, a highly credible witness, saw David Hearn, Act Blue, in broad daylight, vandalize the reflecting pool. The president also said there was a contractor error, but it was very small. By the way, Act Blue is a Democratic political action committee. Jill Nato, Fox News. The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma opened its new Harrah's branded casino back in April, but plans for Harrah's to take over casino management are stalled because of a vacancy at a federal watchdog. The National Indian Gaming Commission hasn't had a chairperson since the new year. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement. That leaves the commission unable to carry out enforcement duties or management deals like the one in Oklahoma. Industry leaders say the vacancy risks delaying business deals and weakening oversight. It also deprives the tribes of a key advocate as prediction markets threaten to encroach on the $46 billion tribal gambling industry. The Hutchinson School Board is signing off on a $36 million proposed school bond. The decision comes one year after a nearly $110 million bond was rejected. with almost 75% of voters voting against it. This year's proposed school bond would pay for district-wide upgrades, including H-FAC systems, safety and security upgrades, storm shelters, and playground improvements. The district said that the state will chip in some capital improvements, aids, and to help with principal and interest payments on the bonds. For about 50 years, there was a bronze plaque.

on Wichita's Manissa Bridge by North High School, spelling out the bridge's history. But sometime late last month, somebody stole it. The bridge was built in 1932, stretching over the Little Arkansas River along 13th Street. When the bridge received its local historic designation in the late 1970s, a bronze plaque was installed. Identifying the year it was built, and its Zuni tribe, name and translation, Red Water at Sunset. The plaque, it's worth about $2,000, but somebody pried it off the historic bridge's facade sometime around July 23rd. The city is trying to keep in touch with local scrap metal dealers and pawn shops to see if they can recover it. The Pueblo Deco-style bridge did receive a national historic designation earlier this year. It is currently closed to vehicle traffic since the middle of July as construction crews are giving it a big-time repair. Californians are showing a growing preference for hybrids over EVs. New data for the first half of the year shows hybrid vehicle registrations in California, surpassing battery electric vehicles for the first time in a shift that industry analysts say reflects buyers looking for better fuel economy without concerns about charging infrastructure or driving range. Even with a change, California remains the nation's largest market for electric vehicles under the state's 2035 new car zero emissions mandate. Nationwide, EV sales have also fallen some 25%. with hybrids reaching a record share of the U.S. light vehicle market. Jeff Monoso, Fox News. A basketball coach who won a lot of games has passed. And, you know, it's only August 10th, but a lot of places, school is back in session already. We'll talk about that coming up. And, of course, we will get our extended weather forecast here on a hot... August week. We'll find out the latest from Storm Team 12 Chief Meteorologist Ross Jansen. They'll want to be here for that with Ross coming up next on KNSS. Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS. 708 here on this Monday morning, August 10th on KNSS. Some sad news from the basketball world. Don Nelson, the second winningest coach in NBA history, has died at age 86. Nelson won five championships as a player with the Celtics. His death was announced by the Golden State Warriors, one of the teams he coached. They did not release details. Nelson is one of two coaches in history to have at least 250 wins with three different franchises, Milwaukee, Dallas, and Golden State. He also served as GM for all three franchises. He was a three-time coach of the year and made the playoffs 18 times in 31 seasons. He went to the conference finals three times with the Bucks. Once with the Mavericks, he never won a title.

Don Nelson, 86. Jay Berman, Fox News. Well, sound the bell. School is back this week for much of the country. The idea of school starting in September and even more specifically after Labor Day isn't as normative as Americans in the Northeast may think. In fact, outside the Northeast, it's unheard of. Students in Florida head back to classrooms on various days this coming week from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to Tampa to Orlando to Jacksonville to Pensacola. 43 states in total and Washington, D.C. will see students begin their new term at some point this month, but students in Arizona, Arizona have already been back to the books for a couple of weeks now. The Chandler, Arizona District had kids report to class on July 15th in Miami-Ebb and Brown Fox News. Man, it's August 10th. Yeah, I know. It's... I don't like that, but the school districts didn't ask me. No, no, they didn't ask my opinion either. It is 710 here on this Monday, August 10th at KNSS. Traffic right now in the Wichita area, really starting to pick up, starting to see some heavier traffic on the roadways, and we've got plenty of problems cropping up now. Eastbound Kellogg at... The ramp to West Street. We have a stalled out vehicle there. You'll want to watch out for that. And then looking over at southbound, an I-235, right around K-96, up in the northwest corner there. We've got another stalled-out vehicle there. Again, that's southbound on I-235 right there. And we've got an accident at the North Junction, stalled-out vehicle westbound at K-254. But that's right there at Hydraulic. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSSS and the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Chad Chambers. And let's take a look at what's going on. Let's get our extended weather forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen is with us. Good morning, Ross. Well, good morning to you, Ted and John. I was hoping to join you this morning with some good news. And I got a little bit of it. And then some news that's probably not going to be so welcome. As we've got triple-digit temperatures that are going to be with us pretty much all week long. So bad timing for kids heading back to school this week. It's hot. It's very hot. So we hit 107 yesterday. It's our hottest day we've had all summer. And today I don't think we're going to be too far off of that mark. Of course, I feel like once you get above 100 degrees. We're all just kind of sitting here going, yeah, when do we get out of the triple digits? But it's going to take a while this week. The cold front that we thought might be coming in here on Thursday now looks like it may not reach us until we get into the weekend.

So we've got 107 yesterday, 104 today, and then 104 tomorrow, 103 on Wednesday. This heat dome is going to be very, very stubborn. I do think western and parts of northern Kansas will start to see some chances for storms and the heat starting to break down a little bit sooner there. But south central Kansas, unfortunately, probably not in the right spot for either rainfall or cooler temperatures over the next several days. So hang in there as we deal with this prolonged. heat wave, it's probably going to be with us until we get closer to the weekend. And then once we get Closer to Saturday and Sunday, things may start to change a bit with the front starting to wobble into our area. So heat alerts are up. Got to be extra careful with this kind of stuff. The good news that I can bring to you this morning is that we have a meteor shower that's going to be peaking in a couple of nights, the Perseid meteor shower. And this is one of the better ones that we have during the course of the year. Now, what makes this one extra special? is that we're approaching new moons, so we're not going to have extra moonlight to wash away some of the meteors. So assuming the weather stays nice and quiet this week, which we anticipate that it probably will, starting tonight, and really the next three, four, even five nights, may be worth venturing out to try to catch a few meteors, if you will, because the Perseid meteor shower is set to peak Wednesday night into Thursday. And I think this one is going to be a pretty good one this year because, again, we have new moons. So next, no extra moonlight to wash away those faint ones. 76 right now in Wichita, we've got a clear sky and a very warm start here to a Monday morning. That's your Storm Team 12 forecast. I'm chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. And Ross, last week you hinted that after this week you thought the heat dome might break. Mike? Go away? Is that in the next week or two? Is that still your hope, your prognosis? That's still what I'm seeing. Now, I'm not saying that we're not still going to have some hot days, like where we reach the upper 90s and maybe one or two triple-digit days mixed in. But I think this is definitely the core of the heat for this summer because we do see some cooler days coming up next week. And then the second half of August still looks hot. Don't get me wrong there. We are starting to see signs, and a lot of farmers are asking us about this, too, the rainfall. We haven't had a whole lot of that here in the month of August, but signs are still pointing to the end of the month and right around Labor Day for the rain to start picking up across the plane. So we're almost there, but let's face it, when you've got a week of 100-degree temperatures in front of you, it feels like summer is never going to end. Yep, we just bake this time of year.

Yeah, we do. It's really, really difficult. I mean, yesterday felt like walking around in an outdoor oven. It's going to dry things out pretty quick, and we've been fortunate to catch a little rain last week where other areas have not. So this is going to be taking us from dry to even drier with the wind and the heat that we have over the next several days. I would love to deliver some different news, but that front is going to get hung up in northern Kansas, and we're just going to sit here in the 100s for at least the next four days. All right. Thanks for the update. We appreciate it. And we'll check in every day, of course, as we do and get the latest. The extended weather forecast, Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen right here on KNSSS. And, of course, Storm Team 12 weather updates all day, every day, right here on KNSS. Lovely. Just what we wanted. Hey, it's the second week of August. I know. It's like this every year. And Chad warned us. He kept saying, well, wait until we get to August. Yeah. Well, it's true every year. It's not. I know. Not hard to predict. I just, you know, it's not my time of year. I like it cooler. I'll take snow over hot any day of the weekend. It is 716 here on KNSS on this Monday morning, back from the weekend, and back at it here on Woodward and Witt. Glad to be back. Yeah, you know, it was a good weekend. It was nice, lazy weekend, more or less. And now we're back for another busy week that actually we've got one of the things that's kind of cool, you know, the Beards station right up the street from that old Beards Philip 66. Yeah. Today they are doing their soft opening as the new jump start. this evening. So I'm going to hit over there and check it out. Cool. Their little soft opening. So I'm going to go check that out this evening. So. They've got new bright lights. Yeah. Well, it should be they're doing their little opening tonight. So that should be kind of, I mean, their locations are all over town. And I'm looking forward to seeing what they've done with it. I love the fact that they kept the facade. Yeah. So it's still got that old historic look, the stonework out front. I knew Gary Beard, the original owner, and Mike, who bought it from Gary. And I think that the Nears who owned Jumpstart had to tip to them for keeping the historic look of the building. And from what I understand from the Nears, they really wanted to maintain that look in the decor from the inside. They're really good people. Faith.

people, people of faith, a good Christian people of faith, and they really wanted to maintain that authenticity. And so I credit them for the respect of the neighborhood. Yeah. There is one thing you're going to have to tell me, though. When I was fairly recently, I was up at our Colwich transmitter site, and I hadn't actually gone to that jumpstart in Colwich. I needed to fuel up a vehicle, so I went ahead and went over there. And I was in Colwich, the Jumpstart has these interactive displays on the pumps. Yeah, most of them do. Most have those interactive pump displays. Yeah, you see, I wasn't familiar with that. Even the jumpstarts I've been to haven't had that particularly yet. Yep. A lot of them do have that interactive display. You can watch videos, you can do it. Yeah. Which is really pretty cool, actually. You can, I'm telling you, the technology that they've incorporated into their pumps and all throughout their stations is really cool. You've got to go check them out. Well, and the thing I liked about it is, is it does play ads at you. That's true. Sure. But they're skippable, like a YouTube video. Yeah. Yeah, you can just palm right through them and then go to whatever you want to look at. Yeah. It's kind of fun. Give you something to do. While you're filling your tank. It is 719 here with Woodward and Witt on this Monday. Let's see what's going on in sports. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at surtapro.com. Let's go to minor league baseball where the Wichita win surge. Had a good week, winning four out of six in Springdale. Beat the Northwest Arkansas Naturales yesterday afternoon, six to three. Good way to finish up a 12-game road trip as three Wichita pitchers combined on a four-hitter. Wichita has won four of its last five. Heading into a day off today, traveling back home after two weeks on the road. Time to come home and do some laundry and get back at it for a home week that will begin tomorrow night. Wichita is seven games behind for a playoff spot. Still a lot of ground to make up with one month to go in the season. Right fielder Caden Kindle, though, had three more hits last night, including he's now hit a home run back-to-back games. He's batting 398 here in Wichita, AA. Pretty good stuff right there. Let's go to Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals, trying to get a series win over the Chicago Cubs in the deciding game yesterday afternoon, but it was not even close. The Royals and the Cubs, all the visitors on this day. Denny Matthews, of course, with some of the post-game analysis on 97-5 and 1240, KFH. Cubs win the series, two games to one, and their offense was in full gear today. They had runners in every single inning except the second. They finished up with 18 hits.

It was just constant traffic on the base path. They scored one in the first. They scored two in the third, one in the fourth, two in the sixth, three in the seventh. And that was all they needed. And they just put constant pressure on the pitchers. 10 to 2 was the final score. The Cubs won that game. The Royals this year are 13 and 25 in series finale. So it comes down to that final game of the series, and the Royals gotten beat quite a bit this year. Now the Royals are on the road out on the West Coast, six games all in the same city. Los Angeles, three against the Dodgers, three against the Angels, starting out with the first place Dodgers tonight. A top four team in the big leagues, and the Royals are a bottom four team in the big leagues. 830 live covers tonight, Royals Dodgers, and that is on 975 and 1240, KFH. Let's take a look at a birthday today. How about former Wichita Pilots outfielder? Gerald Clark is 63 today. He was a big star for the Texas League champion Wichita Pilots in 1987. Then he played seven years in the big leagues, five of those with the San Diego Padres. Pretty good player. Gerald Clark, his birthday. He's 63 today. League champion Wichita Pilots. And you might remember what we were talking about 10 years ago on this day. 20-year-old Nico Hernandez of Wichita at the Summer Olympics down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nico had pulled off a couple of upsets, and he was competing now in the quarterfinals, and he won again. Defeated Carlos Eduardo Kippo Palaxti of Ecuador, unanimous decision, and that guaranteed Nico at least a bronze medal. That was pretty cool. 20-year-old Wichita, Nico Hernandez in the quarterfinals at the Olympics. Another win that was 10 years ago on this day for Nico Hernandez. That is Sports with Woodward and Witt. Sports brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring America's Day American Pale Ale. For 250 years, Americans of Brewed Beer. And in 2026, WBC's America's Day, Pale Ale, carries the flag as we toast the red, white, and blue with a taste of freedom, reminding us that it's America's Day, every day, at WBC. It is 723. Let's take a look at traffic and weather coming up, and back to school, back to school eye exams. That's House Call for Health next on KNSS. This is 987 and 1330 KNS. Wichita's number one talk.

It's 725 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Now it's time for three big things. Three. The Ukrainian drone attack reportedly killed at least 13 people in Russia's Tarstan region, one of the deadliest such strikes inside Russia. Two. The United States Senate leaves town for recess after passing stopgap spending bill fails to pass the Save America voter ID bill. City of Wichita is opening cooling centers and offering free transit rides as dangerous extreme heat grips the area. That's three big things with Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330. KNSSS get a traffic update with Chad Chamber. Several areas in traffic that could be causing just a little bit of concern. We've got a stalled out vehicle eastbound on Kellogg, and it's right there at West Street. The traffic volumes right there do look to be fairly heavy, but it isn't really causing much of a slowdown, so that's definitely some good news in that area. We also have a stalled out vehicle, and this is all the way up on K-254, but it's right there. at the, right there at the North Junction, westbound K-254, pretty close to hydraulic. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNS. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. Mostly sunny, dangerously hot today and gusty with a high of 103 degrees. Tonight, a few passing clouds, otherwise clear and muggy, a low of 78 degrees. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, very hot and breezy. the high of 104 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it's 75 degrees and clear at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330 KMSS. Coming up, Mondays with the mayor with Wichita Mayor Lily Woo. That's next on Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330, KNS.

This is House Call for Health. August is children's eye health and safety month. It's a time to promote back-to-school well check exams and vision screenings for young children. The American administration of ophthalmology offers guidance and the importance of child's eye health. Newborn to two-month-olds are adjusting to light and learning to focus. They take interest in objects very close to them. Two to four months, the eyes are learning to work together and track a moving object. Watch for inward or outward turning eyes and delays in tracking moving objects. Five to eight months, your kiddos have developed 3D and color vision. Watch for reaching, recognizing, and recalling an object from across the room. Nine to 12 months, babies should be judging distance very well. And from two to six years, they should have normal vision milestones, like enhanced hand eye coordination, ability to read an eye chart, letter and object recognition, improved visual memory, and advanced reading skills. For more health news, go to Fox NewsHealth.com. House Call for Health. I'm Anna Eliopoulos. Fox News. Did you know you can order Agco Parts from Schmidt & Sons 24 hours a day, seven days a week, right from your phone or computer? This is Nancy at Schmidt & Sons with a great way to save money and get the parts you need fast. Just visit Schmidtink.com and click on the box on the upper right corner to access our Agco Parts e-commerce store. When you order online, you'll receive free freight on orders over $250. Plus any Agco Parts discounts Schmitt and Sons' offering throughout the year are automatically applied. at checkout. Schmidt and Sons and Agco Plus rewards can also be used through the site. You'll be able to see current inventory and pricing at both our Mount Hope and Winfield locations. You need your order delivered to Billings, Oklahoma, or one of our convenient drop boxes. Just added in the notes when you place your order. Give it a try and start saving today. Visit Schmidtink.com and shop the Schmidt & Sons and shop and shop and shop and shop and shop and shop.

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The other four, Wichita Public swimming pools, closed for the season later on on Sunday, September 6th on Labor Day weekend. As the debate continues concerning the level of America's munitions stockpile following the months of military action in Iran, the U.S. military is taking steps to try and decrease the amount of time it takes to develop weapons. The Army is now opening four stateside military test ranges to private defense companies and to site in Morocco in order for companies to test their equipment, including drones, counter drone systems, long-range fires, and low-cost interceptors. Companies can sign up and be given a site to test on within 30 days. The normal wait time is typically about 18 months. During a call with media, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said, a company with a good idea shouldn't need a team of lawyers in a program of record just to prove their equipment works. Companies do not need an existing federal contract or a prior relationship with the government to apply. Kevin Uretzky, Fox News. As Americans rethink what they want from their neighborhoods, a growing housing trend is proving that smaller might be better. They're called pocket neighborhoods, small clusters of homes built around a shared green space instead of a traditional street. The design encourages neighbors to bump into each other, kids to play in common areas and cars to stay on the edge of the community. While still relatively uncommon, housing experts say interest is growing as communities search for creative ways to add homes without building large apartment complexes. Supporters say pocket neighborhoods can help foster a stronger... sense of community and make better use of limited land, though critics note the homes aren't always as affordable as their smaller size might suggest. Matt Murphy, Fox News. Mark Zuckerberg's $300 million super yacht is under scrutiny. After it reportedly failed to help a small boat stranded in Alaskan waters, while a much smaller cruise ship came to the rescue. The distress vessel, a 21-foot skiff, ran out of fuel Monday night while traveling between Petersburg and Juneau, Alaska, prompting the Coast Guard issue a marine assistance request. According to the Alaska beacon, Mark Zuckerberg's 387-foot yacht launch pad was closer to the stranded boat, but did not respond. Instead, the cruise ship Wilderness Legacy came to the rescue and towed the skiff to safety. Mark Zuckerberg spokesperson says the META CEO and his family were not aboard, and the yacht's crew was monitoring a different radio channel. Ted Lindner, Fox News. It is 736 here on this Monday. Let's see what our weather forecast holds. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Mostly sunny and continued very hot today. High 105. South breeze 15 to 25 in gusty will offer some heat relief and the humidity will be low. Mostly clear, very warm. 78 tonight. Mostly sunny, more heat, more wind on Tuesday, high 106. Sunny, breezy and hot on Wednesday, high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn.

And currently in Wichita, we do have a partly sunny sky, a breeze out of the south-southwest. It is 76 degrees here at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNS. KNSS. KNS News Time 737. And as we do every Monday, it's at this time that we sit down with Wichita Mayor Lily Wu for Mondays with the Mayor, which is brought to you by the Wichita Packaderm Club. Good morning, Madam Mayor. How was your weekend? Good morning, Ted and John. I wanted to give a shout out to Pastor Odell Harris and several partners, including the Wichita Police and Fire Foundation, for hosting the party with a purpose for youth this past Friday. It was an alternative location for people to go and have a good time if you were a youth before going back to school. I also heard that it was a packed house over at NASCAR Park for the summer concert series, which is great. And then on Saturday, I had the opportunity to give a leadership and motivational speech over at Shields and ended the night at the Bourbon Salute. I want to congratulate the organizers for having the eighth annual event. That event helps the First Sargent's Club over at Mitch McConnell Air Force Base. They help the airmen with any assistance that they may need. So that fundraiser was fantastic. really appreciate our airmen here at Mitch McConnell Air Force Base. But what I'm looking forward to is tomorrow. Tomorrow is neighborhood night out. And so I encourage you, even if you didn't sign up for one of the neighborhood night outs, gather with your neighbors, go and chat with the neighbor that you haven't met yet in your own neighborhood. It is an opportunity just to get to know one another. connect and also know that the school year is about to start. So it does take a village to make sure that kiddos are doing well. They're walking to school or getting picked up at the bus station. So just make sure that we're being good neighbors. Yeah, it sounds like that bourbon event was kind of fun. And now we got Wichita, the neighborhood night out, which is always a great opportunity for neighbors to come together. Hopefully it'll cool off a little bit by then. I know you guys with the city are certainly working towards resolving the budget issues. That's been the big issue. I know coming up on, I think it's the 18th is another opportunity for. citizens to give their feedback, correct? Absolutely. So as you know, last week on Tuesday, we had our budget hearing, which allows us opportunities to ask questions and try to see if there's any way to look at the budget and help close the gap. For those that don't know, this budget is only balanced because we're taking $3 million from the savings account. That's what's called the Stabilization Reserve. So really, we're not having a balanced budget.

if we did not take that savings money. So therefore, we really need to think about our expenses. And so I brought up multiple things because that is what we can control because, again, raising taxes is not my priority. That is what I don't want to do. And so therefore, we have to look at expenses. So if we're looking at expenses, our expenses... have anything to do with new programs that the city manager is proposing, I believe those need to be delayed. And when it comes to pay raises, I think we need to talk about that. I'd like to hear from our community, how much of a pay raise do you get every year? Usually, people get pay raises based off of inflation or cost of living adjustment, which is about 3%. Currently, the city has a 5% policy. I'd like to hear from our community. Let me know what you have as a pay raise each year in your industry. And remember, what we pay within the city of Wichita is only paid for through taxpayers. So therefore, we have to be very cognizant that we have to be better stewards of those taxpayer dollars. You know, one of the things that was interesting is during the, you know, the conversations I remember back when the city manager candidates were applying for the job, a number of them vowed not to exceed the revenue neutral rate. And now here we are at this time. And, you know, this manager's budget exceeds the revenue neutral rate. I know that's been an issue that you've brought up time and time again. As you know, even if you raise $1 more than last year, that exceeds the revenue neutral rate. So I am in favor of raising just... to the level of inflation and new construction. And so that means we have to look at the budget and still shave off an additional $4 million if we just want to do new construction and inflation. So again, I have proposed some things that I know have gotten the community conversation started, but someone needs to start that conversation. And again, the way that anything passes or fails in a budget or a line item is when... for council members and the mayor's vote is exactly the same as any other council member. So if you have a strong opinion, I encourage you to get to know who your council member is and contact them and then share your feedback to the entire council because, again, the decisions we make as a council are decisions that affect you. One of the things that you guys did last week was made the Delano Common Consumption Area permanent, correct? Yes, so the Delano Common Consumption Area has had no issues, and so Councilmember Maggie Ballard and Vice Mayor Dalton Glasscock both were very much in favor of this, so it passed unanimously.

Yeah, I mean, it seems like that's been a positive area for the community. And I think it's something that when I was in the legislature, that was something that we considered. And I was glad to see the state created those areas for municipalities if they want to embrace them. And I think it's been a positive for the area. It has. We want more vibrancy, not just in Delano, but around our downtown core and other areas of our communities. So I love seeing, again, development as well as people opening businesses and gathering together as friends and neighbors. Mayor, I'm thinking about coming to the meeting tomorrow because I've heard that City Hall is well air-conditioned. Very good segue there, Ted. I appreciate it because the city of Wichita is opening up multiple locations around the community to cool off. As you know, we're going to have some extreme heat this week, and so we want to make sure that people are safe, and that includes here around our community. But I want to encourage our community members to check on one another, check on families and friends, and especially your older adults. they can be vulnerable in this extreme heat. So be a good neighbor again. I think it does not take much to just say, hey, I'm thinking about you're you okay. And so let people know that there are opportunities to cool off or just, again, check on your friends and neighbors. That's why we always ask Chad about his air conditioning every morning is because we always worry about his AC. Lily, we appreciate you joining us, and we will check in with you again next Monday at this time. Sounds great. Thank you. That was Mondays with the mayor, and that's brought to you by our friends at the Wichita Packaderm Club. And, of course, the Packardom Club meets every Friday downtown at the 9th floor club and venue. That's located right there at the corner of Douglas and Broadway. They meet every Friday at 1130. Yeah, they have good AC too. They do have good AC and they've got a really good lunch. So if you want to go down and have lunch, they've always got good speakers. This week, for example, Kansas State Treasurer Stephen Johnson will be speaking to the Packaderm Club. And they've got great food, great AC, and a great program. And if you want more information, you can visit them at Wichita Packaderm.org. Find out all about the organization and about their programs and join them. It's a great program. group, great organization. Again, it's Wichita Pachyderm.org. Check them out and go have lunch with the Wichita Pachyderm Club. It is 746 here on KNSS on this Monday morning. We'll be checking in shortly with editor Kirk Seminoff from the Wichita Business Journal. Get a local business update. Kirk will tell us about the Boeing 737 Max and the FAA. What that means for Wichita. Talk about that coming up. KANSS News time is 746. This is Wichita's number one talk, 987 and 1330 KNSSS.

It's 750 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Our Wichita Business Journal updates on the way. Now it's time for three big things. Three. More than one million people have been evacuated as typhoon dolphin breaks, several flooding and major disruptions to eastern China. 20-year-old man is critically injured after a crash near Maple and Tyler with a 27-year-old arrested on DUI and aggravated battery charges. Field Station Dinosaurs will close for six weeks for repairs and restoration following environmental and security setbacks. That's three big things with Woodward Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSSS. Let's get a traffic update with Jad Chambers. All right, we have a stalled out vehicle, and this is causing a little bit of a problem on Kellogg right now. So what we're looking at right now is westbound Kellogg pretty close to Woodlawn. Westbound Kellogg fairly close to Woodlawn. So if you happen to be just passing Rock Road or so, you're going to start running into a little bit of a backup due to this problem that we're having on Kellogg right there at Woodlawn Westbound. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNS in the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Chad Chambers. Mostly sunny, dangerously hot and gusty today with a high of 103 degrees. Tonight, a few passing clouds, otherwise clear and muggy, below 78 degrees. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, very hot and breezy, a high of 104 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it's clear and 75 degrees at Wichita's Weir Weather Station, 987 and 1330, KMSF. It is 752 here on KNSS. Let's go back last week on Friday and see what happened last time the stock market was open. The major averages ending higher for the day and week with the S&P 500 notching its 26 record close of the year after the July jobs report was softer than expected with investors rethinking whether the Fed will raise interest rates anytime soon. Employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month. Economists were expecting that 80,000 jobs would be added during the month. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1% only because workers left the job market. The Dow winners Goldman Sachs, Amgen, and Sherwin Williams, the Dow decliner's, Caterpillar, Visa, and Chevron. The Dow up 152 points, the NASDAQ hired by 342, S&P 500 up 48. Hillary Barski, Fox News. It is 753. Let's see what's going on with one of the big-time airplanes at Wichita is involved with. Let's find out more from editor Kirk Semenoff at the Wichita Business Journal. Good morning, Kirk.

Good morning, Ted. Yes, the FAA is requiring inspections of hundreds of Boeing 737 max aircraft after reports of cracking in a structural reinforcement component near a forward galley door. The development is particularly significant here in Wichita where Boeing manufactures the 737 max fuselage and other major components. The directive affects 471 U.S. registered 737 Max 8, Max 9, and 8200 aircraft, and takes a September 10th. Regulators say the inspections are intended to identify and repair any cracks before they can affect the aircraft's structural integrity. Boeing noted is not observed cracks in the Max fleet itself. Instead, the inspection requirement stems from a similar cracking issue first identified on older 737 next-gen aircraft six years ago. And the Wichita Office of Commercial Real Estate Company CBRE is continuing to grow its presence locally. with the addition of broker Abby Boyd Morris. The Wichita Native joins the global brokerage as an associate and work alongside Bo Hudson, who launched CBRE's local brokerage operations two years ago. Morris previously worked in accounting for Walter Morris companies and says she was drawn to commercial real estate by the opportunity to work with clients and tap into CBRE's national network and resources. The hire comes as competition among CRE firms in Wichita intensifies with several brokerages. is expanding their local teams to capitalize on growing activity across the market. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Semenoff. How did the big Kirk Semenoff weekend go? Well, you know, that storm that we had come through Friday morning knocked a part of a pear tree down. So I spent much of the weekend slowly tearing apart that dead limb and branch into one million little pieces. I would assume that you had a whole lawn care team of people that did that for you. Nah, I just want to go do it myself and him and ha and grumble and complain about life. So that's what I did all weekend. Hey, Kirk, just tell us one thing. Was the partridge okay? Oh, my. The turtle doves, however, took a nasty story. Oh, no. It's way too early for that. Well, we have four months to figure all that out now. Well, we appreciate it, Kirk. Thanks very much. And we'll talk to you again one hour from now and get another local business update. Editor Kirk Seminoff from the Wichita Business Journal. Hey, the 7 o'clock hour is finished up. Now we look ahead to a big 8 o'clock hour. And that, of course, does include our daily... Visit from Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp with Mitch Holtus. Talk about one of the linemen. We'll be focusing on today. And entertainment news in the blur at 835. It's got a big 8 o'clock hour heading your way. You need to be right here with us on 987 and 1330, KNSS.