School bells, training camp, and a dark reminder

Ted Woodward and John Whitmire. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNS, Wichita's number one talk. Good morning. It is Tuesday, August 11th, here on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly clear as we await the sunrise. It is 78 degrees. Here on this Tuesday morning, August 11th, it was 50 years ago on this day. August 11th, 1976. Terror gripped downtown Wichita for 11 minutes during a deadly shooting spree. A gunman, 19-year-old Michael Soles, distraught over a breakup with a girlfriend and the loss of his job, went to the top of the 26-story Holiday Inn Plaza in downtown Wichita. At that time, the tallest building in Kansas. He was armed with two rifles, and he fired randomly at people on the streets below, killing three people and wounding others before police shot him and took him into custody. Former longtime KNSS News host, Steve McIntosh, was on the scene downtown that day, reporting live during the gunfire. I talked to the sheriff of Frederick County, Johnny Dar. He was one of a small army of... Lawmen and news reporters and ambulance technicians down here. And it was an utterly terrifying situation for a few minutes there. We have had, according to Sheriff Dar, eight persons wounded. A total of eight wounded, it looks like. At least two of them are dead. Two, it looks like they were workmen were shot. We don't know how serious they are. And I understand that one of our news media reporters from here in Wichita is one of the fatalities, has been shot and killed. I'm not at liberty to say who it is at this time. Sheriff Dar asked me to keep it off the record, and I'm going to respect his wishes on that, but one of our news reporters was shot through the heart and killed. Souls is still serving time in prison for multiple convictions of first-degree murder. He's currently being held in Winfield. Kids in Wichita are heading back to school this week, and schools are preparing for the triple-digit temperatures. The heat has parents concerned about their children's safety. Wichita Public Schools spokesperson Susan Arnsman says the district's biggest challenge comes from their facilities. Some of the school's gyms are so old, they still don't have air conditioning, causing major issues for PE classes when it gets this hot outside. The gym is your classroom. And if that's not comfortable, you know, there's no learning going on. Arnsman says that dealing with the August heat is something they're used to doing and something they prepare parents for. Be prepared for that, if that is bringing a water bottle with them and they walk to school or on the bus. Each school has a different...

method for water bottles, so just be aware of that. Some allow them to take them into the classroom. Some do not, but they will allow water breaks. The excessive heat is expected to continue into the upcoming weekend. Phil Hildebrand, KNSSS News. Two people were hospitalized in extremely critical condition after a house fire destroyed two homes late last night in West Wichita. A neighbor called 911 after 9.30 p.m. reporting that fire in the 9,800 block of West Savannah in a neighborhood near Pawnee and Mays Road. When fire crews arrived, they found two homes engulfed in flames. One home caught fire and spread to the second house. A second alarm was called to bring in additional crews to the scene. Two people were found unresponsive inside the first home, and they were hospitalized. That fire also compromised a gas meter or a gas line at the scene. Both homes are considered total losses. Several investigators, including personnel from the state fire marshal's office, were called to the scene. The Wichita City Council will discuss a grant application at today's 9 o'clock meeting. Wichita Police hope to apply for a grant from the Department of Justice's School Violence Prevention Program. They intend to use the funding to purchase and implement a school safety and public notification technology program. It would cover all secondary schools and alternative education centers. Iranian funds are reportedly dwindling. Officials say if peace isn't made, the Iranian economy is facing collapse. The misery index in Iran actually hit a record high of 91.1%. That, of course, due to rampant inflation and unemployment. And the economic strain is likely to get even worse as the U.S. naval blockade continues. For the record, the country has an inflation rate of 82%. And an unemployment rate of 9.1%. We're just going to keep on applying the pressure that we can apply and getting as much oil and gas out of the Middle East so that Americans can enjoy lower gas and energy prices. The vice president speaking there, of course, this is all part of the president's strategy to crush the regime in order to secure a safer region, a non-nuclear Iran, and yes, a safe and toll-free straight-of-hormuz. And that's Fox's Kevin Cork with that report. The State Department is taking action to get foreign nationals who commit crimes in the United States while holding visas out of the country. The State Department tells Fox News officials have revoked a record-setting 175,000 U.S. visas from foreigners since the beginning of President Trump's second term. Quote, the majority of these visas were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity with assault driving under the influence, theft, and drug crimes being the leading causes.

A significant share of these 175,000 visas were revoked for sexual assault, child abuse, fraud, embezzlement, and reckless driving. Right now, the FBI is working to extradite a 20-year-old Indian suspect back to the U.S. to face first-degree murder charges. That was Fox's Jillian Turner with that story. Well, we'll get you the latest on the Powerball drawing. See what's going on there. And if you think it's hot, well, you're right. And we have the numbers to prove it. And we will also be getting our weather forecast coming up on this hot August week. I think you can pretty much guess what it's going to be. But it's good to hear from them anyway from Storm Team 12 and find out what's going on in the weather. Hey, we're off and running here on this Tuesday morning. Glad you're with us here on 987 and 1330, KNSS. It is 610 here on this Tuesday morning, August 11th on KNSS. Well, no jackpot winner last night's Powerball drawing, so the total will keep climbing for tomorrow night. The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were 6, 37, 54, 55, 65, and the Powerball was 10. A winning $2 million match five-less power play ticket was sold in Tennessee. and two $1 million tickets that match five numbers, but not the Powerball, were sold in California and Maryland, including a ticket sold at a 7-11 on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The jackpot for Wednesday night now grows to at least $975 million, where a winner could choose a lump sum cash option of about $422.4 million. Ted Lindner, Fox News. All right, so I've got a quick question for you on that, Ted. If you want it. Would you take the lump sum or would you take it slow overtime? I don't know. I mean, it seems like everybody takes the lump sum, so there must be some kind of logic to that. Yeah, yeah. Jad, what would you do? Probably that. It's mostly because if you take the overtime, it basically goes into an annuity. Correct. Whereas if you take the lump sum, you can actually... earn on it yeah yeah yeah and you're in control that way instead of instead of yeah that that's i'm with you i'd take the i'd take the pay me now let me be in charge of it so in fact i've never heard a news story where it said the winner decided to take the annuity you're right they always say oh they took the little give me we're especially here in the united states the u setta A new heat record confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Oh, great. That's just what we wanted to hear. In records dating back to 1895, this July now holds the title of hottest month ever for the contiguous United States, averaging 76.89 degrees, which beats the Dust Bowl record from July of 1936 by an eighth of one degree. Government scientists say the biggest driver of the record heat was higher nighttime lows in NOAA calculations based on 24-hour averages, not just highs or lows. One official noting the heat was so widespread that every one of the lower 48...

states was at least one degree Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average. Some scientists and peer-reviewed studies blame climate change and say hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused changes. Lisa Brady, Fox News. It is 612 here with Woodward and Witt on this Tuesday morning, August 11th. And as you get your commute going here on this Tuesday morning, of course, Jad Chambers, we'll be keeping you up to date on what's going on in Wichita traffic, Jad. There isn't very much right now going on in traffic. The traffic conditions are good. I'm just not really seeing very heavy traffic volumes on the highways out there. So things in the city looking good at this time. It's just going to be another hot and miserable out there today. That's going to be pretty much it. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNS. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. And let's take a look at that weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Mostly sunny, continued, breezy and very hot. Southwest winds 15 to 25 and a high of 105. Mostly clear and uncomfortable. 80 degrees is our overnight low. Sunny, breezy and continued hot on Wednesday, high 106. I know it's a broken record. More sun, more heat, more wind. Thursday's high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist, Jake Dunn. Currently in Wichita, as we await. the sunrise. It is mostly clear. And we have a breeze out of the south. It is 78 degrees here on this Tuesday, August 11th, Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNS. Yesterday's high was 104 degrees. All right, here we are on this hot Tuesday, August 11th. Three, two, one. Trust me, you're going to love this. Today is Tuesday. I hear voices. Happy Tuesday, everybody. I hear voices is somebody there? What you're hearing is the radio. The radio? Yeah. You're just listening to the radio. Oh, I guess so. I was listening to the radio. I'm glad we were able to come to an agreement on this. Great. So when can we start? Now, showtime. Now, here we go. It is 614 on this Tuesday morning. Welcome, John. Good morning. Last night, you had some fun last night I saw from your Facebook post. Looks like you not only did you have fun, but you came out the victors. Went out with my siblings and did trivia night. We were out of Bronx Pizza. Big winners. Yeah, and we ended up in first place. So what do you get for first place? I think we got a $30 gift card. Hey, that's pretty good. See, now you know what's going to happen, much like when we talked about going to WBC for trivia night. Yeah, they do Wednesdays out west. Next time you go to Bronx Pizza because we talked about it here, they're going to be packed now.

They're already packed. Well, that's good. So good. So, yeah. Good crowd last night? Yeah. That's awesome. It was full. They were like 17 teams or at least. Wow. Yeah, it was a big. These trivia nights seems to be popular. It seems to be very popular right now. That's great. I don't know if it fizzles out when school starts or if this is just a thing right now. Well, if that's the case, it's going to start fizzling because school's starting. I don't know why I say that because there's not a lot of kids there. It's all adults. Parents. Or, you know, or millennials without kids enjoying the time away. I didn't see a lot of millennials either. Really? It's older folks. Getting away. Yeah, just doing something on a Monday night. That's great. It is 615 here with Woodward and Witt. Of course, we mentioned in our newscast, the Holiday Inn sniper shooting in downtown Wichita was 50 years ago on this day. So it's a day that we remember in Wichita history and, of course, our personal connection to it because somebody I worked with a long, long time. Steve McIntosh was working in radio early on in his career when that happened, and he was down there on the scene during the gunfire on Waco Street. A very frightening situation. By the way, we're going to talk with Steve an hour from now in the 7 o'clock hour and have him on live and talk about his memories. But here's some longer form coverage of some of the reporting that Steve did on that day 50 years ago on this day. A sniper had positioned himself up on top the... Up on top the Holiday Inn Plaza this afternoon, and Steve McIntosh was there. He's in the studio with me now. Steve, can you give us any other details on what exactly happened downtown this afternoon? Well, as we've been able to piece the story together, at least eight persons injured, possibly including the sniper, 19-year-old suspect, wounded and captured by police within 30 minutes after the shooting started, I would say that that is accurate. We now have a report that two persons are dead, six others injured. uh... which at all police uh... give us that information two rifles have been recovered at the hotel uh... i think uh... if you have that one uh... that one piece of tape ready rob i was there and talk to uh... sheriff johnny dar at the scene and here's what the sheriff dar had to say about of course i would know at this time there's a sniper we believe on a 25th floor uh... i believe he'd been wounded himself now with the police officer but uh... I understand that we've had eight shot, and I've been checking around and see how many. We found two on the roof right above us, as we crawled up at ladder. We see one of those still moving around, but seriously winded. Another person was DOA when we got up on the roof. And there's one news media person that was shot that's south of us, and two girls. They were in a car, one was shot in the neck, and the other one somewhere else, and then another person, I believe, a total of eight people have been wounded, and at least two that I know of that's killed, maybe more than that. We haven't had time to check it all out yet.

It was a situation of terrifying. Well, it was just terrifying. It's the only way you can put it. A lot of people in the buildings down there. We heard the shots and they were taking cover. We saw a bunch of bystanders down in front of the Fox Theater down on Water Street. That's where one or two of the victims were. There was, I understand, one up on Douglas or more up on Douglas Street. uh... this news reporter shot in his car through the chest he was in his car for about fifteen minutes in the middle of the street of course with all that sniper fire the police couldn't get over and get to him and he was dead uh... at this time rob we don't have uh... we can't release the name of that person we understand the next of ken are being notified that the reporter i can tell you is a freelance photographer was not a radio or television uh... person but a freelance photographer i don't think he worked for the paper either uh... i personally came uh... from Waco down into the area and about two blocks away, stopped behind police barricades and ran to a building. We heard one shot from there, and then pretty soon it was all over with, and I ran a couple blocks over to the action, and that's where I got in on the story. Steve, I'm sure that you could back me up on this. We understand that sniper was shot several times. He has been taken into custody. At least two persons, possibly three dead as a result of this sniping incident, and eight persons injured in downtown Wichita this afternoon. The first call came in. around 3 o'clock and that sniper was in custody by 3.30. So right now we'll be trying to get up to date on the identities of the persons who are injured this afternoon, and we'll try to bring those to you as soon as possible. Rob Dean, K-E-Y-N News. There you go. Some of the actual coverage of that from Steve McIntosh and K-E-Y-N from 50 years ago on this day, the sniper shooter in downtown Wichita. Once again, we'll talk with Steve McIntosh live in the 7 o'clock hour, about 7.12 this morning, so make sure you're here for that. Fascinating, that historical perspective. It's very interesting. All right, we'll move on. It is 620 here with Woodward and Witt. Now let's see what's going on in sports. Sports brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at sirtapro.com. And we do have minor league baseball at home this week for the Wichita Wind Surge. After two weeks on the road, finally back home, the Wind Surge hosting the Corpus Christi Hooks, making their only visit to town this summer. The AA affiliate of the Houston Astros, six-game series, and it all takes place this week. There's only three home series left for the wind surge in the season. Downtown at Equity Bank Park.

Wichita has won six of its last seven home games. They've been playing well at home before that long road trip. So baseball tonight downtown, 635 game time. Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals in Los Angeles for the next six days. First up, three games set with the Dodgers in the place that the Royals have visited the least in franchise history, Dodgers Stadium. Only the 10th game ever for the Royals in Dodgers Stadium last night. And you heard the game. It ended right before midnight. Late night with the Royals and the Dodgers on 975 and 1240, KFH. 6-5 Dodgers, 1 and 2 on Isbell and the pitch. And a swing and a ground ball right to Freeman at first. He'll take it to the bag himself, and the Dodgers win it here on this Monday night. A 1-2-3-9 for Edwin Diaz and the Dodgers wrap up a victory there. 71st of the year. They're now 71 and 48th. The Royals fall to 49 and 71. They're happy here in Dodgerland. A 6-5 win over the Royals. All right, there you go. The Royals did have a 3-0 lead in that game in the third inning. Didn't hold on. 51,000 at the game in Dodgers Stadium last night. The Royals and the Dodgers again. Late night baseball for you. Live coverage at 830 of that one over tonight on 97-5 and 1240, KFH. Happy birthday today. Happy 73rd birthday to former Wichita Arrows pitcher Dennis Llewellyn. The former big leaguer had a season to remember out of the bullpen for the 1981 Aeros. Eight wins, 25 saves. Pitched in eight seasons in the big leagues. Five with the Dodgers. Never really could catch on, though. Huge numbers in the miners. 112 wins, 85 saves. Use the number eight overall draft pick in the 1972 by the Dodgers. Great year in Wichita, 81. Dennis Llewellyn, the former big leaguer. He is 73 today. That's Sports with Woodward and Witt. And sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, celebrating the... Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Keepers Heart Irish American Whiskey with Keepers drink specials all day. Well, in fact, let's move on to another one. I need to talk about that some other time. How about Oz Toberfest? Brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company featuring Oz Toberfest, the deeply copper-colored German-style brew that'll make you click your heels, grab your Stein, and follow the copper brick road to the land of Oz Toberfest. Wichita Brewing Company pizza and beer made here. It is 623 here with Woodward and Witt. And we have a better life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Great advice. And that is coming up next here on 987 and 1330, KNSF.

Wichita's number one talk. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSSS. Good morning. It is 632. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Tuesday, August 11th. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly clear, sunrise just underway. It is 78 degrees here on this Tuesday morning. Today, Wichita Marks 50 years since the deadly shooting rampage by a sniper atop the Holiday Inn Plaza Hotel downtown on Douglas. At the time, it was the tallest building in the state. It was on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon. 19-year-old Michael Solz, distraught over the loss of his job and a broken relationship with his girlfriend, made his way up to the 26th floor, armed with two rifles, and began firing at victims on the streets below. Shooting spree lasted for 11 minutes. Former longtime KNSS News host, Steve McIntosh, was on the scene that day, downtown, providing live radio coverage. It was a situation of terrifying. Well, it was just terrifying is the only way you can put it. A lot of people in the buildings down there. We heard the shots, and they were taking cover. We saw a bunch of bystanders down in front of the... Fox Theater down on Water Street. That's where one of the one or two of the victims were. There was, I understand, one up on Douglas, or more up on Douglas Street. This news reporter shot in his car through the chest. He was in his car for about 15 minutes in the middle of the street. And, of course, with all that sniper fire, the police couldn't get over and get to him, and he was dead. We'll have Steve McIntosh on with us live in the 7 o'clock hour at about 712 this morning. Three men were killed that day, lone officer Mark Phelan, freelance photographer Joe Gulart, who was covering the shooting, and Glass Company employee Elmer Hensley, and multiple others were wounded. Responding law enforcement officers made their way to the top of the hotel and shot Souls, taking him into custody to end the siege. Souls is still incarcerated on multiple convictions of first-degree murder. He's currently being held in Winfield. Today is National 811 Day. And as home improvement projects continue during the summer, Kansas Gas Service is reminding homeowners to dial 811 before digging to help prevent damage to underground utility lines. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, calling 811 before digging gives homeowners a 99% chance of avoiding damage to underground utility lines. Sean Engstrom, operations director for Kansas Gas Service, said even small projects can pose a risk if homeowners don't know what's below the surface. While you're working your home project, the last thing you want to do is damage in underground pipeline. Engstrom says homeowners should call 811 before projects, no matter how small they may seem. Whether you're... Installing a tree in your yard, whether you're repairing your, maybe it's your mailbox or building a new fence. Call 811. It helps keep the community safe and protect what's underground. National 811 Day was brought about to raise awareness about the importance of contacting 811 before getting started with any digging projects. Phil Hildebrand, KMSS News. Mayor Lily Wu says she's excited about National Night Out activities in Wichita neighborhoods this evening.

I encourage you, even if you didn't sign up for one of the neighborhood nightouts, 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 and 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. Wu, appearing on Mondays with the mayor with Woodward and Witt on KNSS. This summer's solar eclipse to the pure CDI meteor showers. The Perseid meteor shower is about to put on one of this year's best celestial fireworks displays, peaking Wednesday night into Thursday morning. At its peak, you can see 50 to 100 meteors an hour under dark skies. The Perseids are especially popular. They're bright, fast, and leave glowing trails. No telescope needed. Find a dark spot, get comfy, and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust. Then watch the sky, especially toward the northeast for those big, bright streaks. The best part? Nature's fireworks are free. Roxanne Evans, Fox News. Well, the longstanding question of what makes a woman a woman is plaguing the WNBA, with former NBA players signing up for the Women's League. Former NBA player, Annes Cantor Frieda, making it official submitting a letter declaring for the 27 WMBA draft, challenging the league over who qualifies to play. If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WMBA. Former NBA player and Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White also says he wants his shot at playing in the WMBA, posting this photo of himself in a wig with the hashtag letter play. The WMBA says only women are eligible to play but doesn't define what constitutes a woman. Now pressure is building on the league to clarify exactly who can play. And that's Fox's Brooke Taylor with that report from Dallas. It is 637 here at KNSS. Let's check our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Mostly sunny, continued, breezy and very hot. Southwest winds 15 to 25 and a high of 105. Mostly clear and uncomfortable. 80 degrees is our overnight low. Sunny, breezy and continued hot on Wednesday high 106. I know it's a broken record. More sun, more heat, more wind, Thursday's high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn.

And currently in Wichita, we do have a mostly clear sky, sunrise underway, a breeze out of the south. Temperature 77. At Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KENSS. 638 here with Woodward and Witt. here on this tuesday morning glad you're with us as we get things going here on a tuesday on another hot day yeah there's the same every day so you know i've you know it'll cool off hopefully in a week or so unfortunately yeah it's going to take a little take a couple of days but it'll get there it'll get better so now it is time for the commodities update so let's check in with tom Kelly Loeffler of Kelly Loeffler commodities good morning tom Well, good morning, Ted and John. The live cattle and the feeders traded with most contracts having two-session highs on Monday. The live cattle closed with triple-digit gains. The feeders were mixed on bear spreading action. Now, the five-area feed yards last week sold nearly 84,000 head of cattle. The Kansas average price was $2.35 at one penny. That was up $2.21 from the previous week. On Nebraska's average was $2.309 up $2.67. Lean hogs closed with triple digit gains yesterday. After seeing the October lean hogs back on Friday have a 23 session low. At the close yesterday, October live cattle, $1.62 higher at $2.26.90. September feeders down $65 at $3.44.57. In October, lean hogs, $1.45 hired $83.67. Now, weekly export inspections. are still higher than a year ago for the corn, but lower for wheat and soybeans. Now, Monday, only the corn, closed negative after corn soybeans and wheat all traded higher, but came well off their highs of the session. The U.S. corn crop, good to excellent rating, is 61%. That's unchanged from the last week. Kansas is at 47% up one point. U.S. soybean rating at 62% down one point, while Kansas at 59% was unchanged. At the moment, September 10%. Kansas City Wheats down $3.5.0.10. a quarter cents. December corn is down a half a penny at 4.61 and a quarter. November soybeans down a penny in three quarters at 1177 and three quarters. September crude oil, 22 cents lowered, $81, 91. December gold up $23.5 at $4.43. September silver, six cents higher at $65 and $34. September S&P, 10 points higher at $7,700. 87, September dollar index, two cents higher at 9972, and September Dow Jay Jones futures up 26 points at 54,089. For commodity trading or ag marketing, contact love for commodities on the phone or on the web by using 866. Go to Tom. So Tom typically held on the first Tuesday and August. Today is the annual National Night Out. It's a community. building campaign that promotes police community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie

The goals and the purpose is usually to build trust, you know, connect neighbors and police officers outside of crisis situations. It's designed to raise awareness, you know, increase local crime and drug prevention awareness, uniting communities and fostering neighborhood, spirit, and safety teamwork. Typically, these involve block parties or porch visuals. public safety exhibits, family entertainment, you know, games and musics and that kind of stuff. And I'm just curious, what do you like to do on a night out if you, obviously, it's going to be hot. But on a typical night out, what's the, what's the Tom Lefleur sitting on the porch activity on a night out? Well, it's a good question. I don't really sit outside on a night app to do anything off top of my head. See, because I could vision you and the misses sitting on the porch with a bourbon and a cigar. I could just picture that. Spacious veranda. Yes. Or a mint julep or something. Yeah, we don't do that anymore. I made Patty quit smoking cigars. Oh, okay. All right. I made Patty quit smoking cigars. Got it. But, yeah, we do have a nice view from our deck of the lake. You know, Patty really enjoys, you know, taking advantage of our pool, especially with this heat. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. See, now, Ted, I'm thinking you and I need a visit out to the, out to the Kelly Loeffler enclave there, to the, you know, the retreat. And we could crash his pool party, is what I'm thinking. And I'll bring the cigars. You bring to bourbon. Sounds like a deal. That may be the only thing that gets us on the property. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Well, I've got plenty of cigars in the humidor, and you bring the bourbon, and as long as you make martinis, I'm not a bourbon drinker, but I'll drink a martini or two or three, and then we'll have to have somebody Uber us home for sure. Sounds like a date. Yeah. Tom's not putting us up in the pool house, the guest house. He may have to if we have too many martinis. All right. Well, Tom, it's national night out. So go, you know, visit your neighbors and say hello and at least pretend like you like them. Or better yet, pretend that sounds like a deal. Pretend that they like you. All right, my friend. Enjoy the, well, pretend it's cool weather. How's that? Okay. It's about the best we can do now. By the way, tomorrow is another round of truth to tell the truth. So go get your trivia book up and be prepared, my friend.

I'll be ready. All right. We'll talk to you then. That was Tom Kelly Loeffler with our Commodity Update. From Kelly Loeffler Commodities. It is 64 here on this Tuesday. We will look back and see what happened on the stock market yesterday. We'll also be checking in on an Air Force base that now has a new name. And another installment of the Summer of Gaming is on the way as well. KNSS News Time is 644. It's 648 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Now it's time for three big things. Three. Global shipping traffic dropped sharply after Iran rejected a new deal mediated by Oman. Two. Analysts predict that the highly competitive U.S. Senate race between Marshall and Hamilton is likely to consume more than $50 million in total campaign spending. One. Two people remain in extremely critical condition after a late-night house fire on Savannah Street in West Wichita, Detroit, destroyed two homes. The Kansas State Fire Marshal's office is investigating. That's three big things with Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330. KNSSS. Let's get a traffic report. Chad Chambers. A couple of things going on right now in traffic. We have a little bit of a traffic slowdown starting to form now. Southbound on I-235, and this is up there on the northwest side. It's basically right around 25th Street North. That's the area that we're talking about. Southbound I-235 at 25th. We've got a stalled-out vehicle, and things are starting to slow down there. We've actually got police on the scene of that one. We also have a stalled-out vehicle. South, or we have a stalled-out vehicle. This is on Kellogg, westbound, and the traffic is starting to pick up there. It's westbound on Kellogg, right at Meridian. Traffic Update, 987, at 1330KNS. NSS, the accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Chad Chambers. Dangerously hot and breezy today with a high of 104 degrees. Tonight, mostly clear and warm, below 78 degrees. Tomorrow, dangerous heat again. Sunny, breezy, a high of 104 degrees. Right now, Wichita, it's clear in 75 degrees. At Wichita, Severe Weather Station, 98, 7 and 1330, K.m. It is 651 here on this Tuesday, August 11th. And Air Force Base is getting a new name. The squadrons that comprise Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina are now under a new name. Welcome to Joint Base Lindsey Graham. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth joined dignitaries for the official base renaming for the late U.S. Senator who died in July. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said all who serve at Joint Base Lindsey Graham will embody its namesake. He would not quit. And from time to time, he buried his fangs when necessary. Fellow South Carolinian and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, like the cargo planes based there that take equipment around the world, the late Senator conducted diplomacy that same way. Senator Graham was the American people's workhorse. Senator Darlene Graham said the honor is fitting.

for her late brother. A man who loved his country, loved his state, and loved the United States Air Force. Garnal Scott, Fox News. Another day here in the Summer of Gaming. Fox on Games, Summer of Gaming. Atari. The new Atari. It was the wood panel box that brought the arcade into the living room. Released in 1977, the Atari 2,600 changed everything with one innovation, interchangeable cartridges. It comes with 27 games, but that's just the starters. You can get nine cartridges, 187 games. Instead of buying a machine that only played one game, players could swap out cartridges to play Pac-Man, Space Invaders, or Pitfall, Atari creator Nolan Bushnell. You know, I really, really loved Kong. Then I loved breakout, and then I loved a game called Tempest, and then I loved a game called Centipede. Atari dominated the early home market, selling over 30 million consoles. The new video computer system by Atari, more games, more fun. But that massive success would lead to the industry's biggest disaster in 1983. Amen Dignam, Fox News. God, I remember that old Atari system. I had that little black with the run orange button. Gosh, I spent hours playing on that when I was a kid. Yeah. I very first learned how to repair certain things, repairing controllers for an Atari. I never repaired it, but I broke one more than one. Chad will fix it up. Yeah. Hey, let's see what happened yesterday on the stock market. I'm Seth Soutelle, and this is the AP Market Report. Stocks slipped below their latest all-time high on Wall Street, while crude oil prices rose again. The S&P 500 fell one tenth percent Monday. The Dow fell 60 points. That's also a tenth of a percent. The NASDAQ composite lost three-tenths percent. Intel dropped 4.1%. The chipmaker said it may sell $15 billion of stock amid booming demand for AI computing power. Berkshire Hathaway rose 1.8%. The company formerly led by Warren Buffett became the latest to beat profit forecasts in the latest quarter. Brent Crude rose 5%. Treasury rose in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.70%. That's retail in New York. 654 uh yeah okay uh okay star wars folks okay uh r2d2 the droid sure uh yeah where did his name come from Oh, you know, I used to know this. I know who was inside the bot. I've met Kenny Baker, but goodness, who was? Sound editor Walter Merch. Here's what happened. During the post-production of George Lucas's American graffiti, when merch asked for Real 2, Dialogue Track 2, he referred to it as R2D2. George Lucas was in the room. He was working on the script for Star Wars at the time. He heard the request.

asked merch, what did you mean by R2D2? He explained it and he said, that'd be a great name. That's how it got used. That's how it came up. Wow. It had to do with a dialogue track from American graffiti. And a sound engineer, fast sound editor. How about that? Had no idea. I know, there you go. There's your little Star Wars trivia for the day. Hey, it's 655. Here with Woodward and Witt, we have finished up the 6 o'clock hour. Now we move on to a big 7 o'clock hour. That does include our Tuesday feature, of course. Tuesday's with the chair. Jeff Bluboff, the Central County Commission. And we will be speaking live with Steve McIntosh, former host of the show here on KNSS, the morning show. And, of course, Steve was downtown live covering the Holiday Inn Sniper. shooting that happened 50 years ago on this day. So we'll check in live with Steve and get his thoughts. Fascinating story. And, of course, we'll get the in-depth weather forecast. We'll be visiting with Storm Team 12 cheek meteorologist Ross Jansen. We've got a packed lineup coming up in the 7 o'clock hour right here. Glad you're with us on KNSSS.

Good morning. It is 7 o'clock here on this Tuesday, August 11th at KNSS. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly clear. Temperature 77 on this Tuesday. It was 50 years ago on this afternoon, August 11, 1976, terror in downtown Wichita. A 19-year-old man distraught over the loss of his job and troubles with his ex-girlfriend used a rifle and shot multiple people on the streets below from his perch on the 26th floor of the Holiday Inn Plaza Hotel near Douglas and Maine. At the time, the tallest building in Kansas. Former longtime KNSS News host, Steve McIntosh, reported live that day in downtown Wichita with radio updates from the chaotic scene. I've just been running to get back in the car. As I said earlier, I pushed from Waco Street, and I had to run about two or three blocks to get over to the actual scene. It looks like several of the people were shot in their cars. One person shot through the neck. It's just a very, very brutal situation in downtown Wichita. Later, after things had calmed down, we had unconfirmed reports of shots being fired over on the west side of the building. But that turned out to be backfires from a meter maid's vehicle and nothing more. And everybody breathed a heavy sigh of relief after all this tragedy this afternoon. Now, where the sniping occurred primarily was on Water Street as it runs just to the east of the Holiday Inn Plaza. And to keep a ball right there in front of the... At least there was one on the first floor roof up there, and that's where the man was shooting from. It looks as if right now as if the sniper is one of those who has been wounded. Sheriff Dar said he and some other law officers were trying to get up in that area, and he said there was a pretty good hail of gunfire coming from up on the 26th floor of the Honoday Inn Plaza. Steve will be joining us live in about 10 minutes from his memories of that day. The shooting, of course, resulted in the deaths of three people, injuries to others. The shooter Michael Soles was wounded by law enforcement personnel and arrested at the scene, ending the rampage of 11 minutes of gunfire. Souls is still in prison on multiple murder convictions. He's being held in Winfield. President Trump and the Iranians are engaged in a tense back and forth, both demanding reparations for damage done during the conflict. Fox's Mike Emanuel with more from the White House. In the war of words between the Iranian regime and President Trump, the Iranians say they want compensation for damages. President Trump fired back from the Oval Office. Well, we're going to ask for money for the damage they've done over a 50-year period.

Whether you go SS Cole or whether you go all of the people that were so badly hurt, so badly wounded or killed, many thousands of people. Vice President JD Vance over the weekend signaled there's no short-term timeline. The administration suggesting this conflict isn't going to end anytime soon. At the White House, Mike Emanuel, Fox News. An air safety bill passed by the House of Representatives has drawn some pushback from critics. over an amendment that would stop local governments from using an air traffic safety measure for tax collection. ADSB is like a GPS that broadcasts an aircraft's location, speed, and direction, not just air traffic control, but every other plane in the area. Six years ago, the FAA required every plane to install ADSB. Unknown to pilots at the time, however, businesses collect and sell that data. The National Pilots Association supports ADSB, but opposes letting the government use it to tax them. Republicans and the NTSB agree, but some Democrats oppose... amending the air safety bill, arguing wealthy owners register their planes in one place, but store them elsewhere to avoid taxes. That's Fox's William LaJunez with that report. The bill is designed to prevent crashes like the mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and a Wichita to D.C. passenger jet over the Potomac River last year. Syria's former president has been sentenced to death despite having fled to Russia. Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother Maher have received death sentences in absentia for crimes against humanity. The charges relate to Syria's 14-year civil war in which about half a million people died. They include the premeditated murder of multiple people, including children, as well as torture and arbitrary detention. The same case saw the former president's cousin also sentenced to death. Atif Najib, who is in custody, oversaw a brutal crackdown. Bashar al-Assad and his brother fled. to Russia after insurgents marched into the capital Damascus in December 2024. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. There is some new road construction today in which it's on eastbound lanes of Highway K-254 at the 45th Street Bridge. One lane will be closed during some construction today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We'll be taking a look at some possible new rules for pre-packaged foods. And it used to be the nation's largest reservoir. There's not a lot of water in it right now. Find out what's going on there. And, of course, our in-depth weather forecast, Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen, and Steve McIntosh on the 50th anniversary on the sniper shooting in downtown Wichita. It's all next here on KNSS.

709 here on this Tuesday, August 11th, the Trump administration proposing new rules to curb the additives included in prepackaged foods. A new rule proposed by the FDA would close a loophole at Health and Human Services Secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. says has allowed companies to add chemicals to food without notifying regulators. The proposal will give the agency greater visibility into the substances that are entering our food supply. For years, food companies have been able to self-certify some additives known as grass or generally recognized as safe. Another new rule, those companies are required to notify the FDA and include a basis for concluding the chemical safety. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. The nation's largest reservoir has fallen to a record water level low. That's Fox's Kristen Goodwin has more. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, revealing Lake Meade's water levels hit 1,040.4 feet above sea level, the lowest water level since it was filled about 90 years ago. The reservoir along the Arizona-Nevada border is the nation's largest. It's a critical storage system on the Colorado River, which provides water for seven states but has continued to shrink because of overuse and drought. After deadlocked negotiations between states, the Trump administration recently announced a proposal to deal with the water shortages. Under it, Arizona, California, and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River, facing cuts up to 3 million acre feet per year through 2036, while Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and... Wyoming would be spared from cuts for now. Kristen Goodwin, Fox News. 710 here with Woodward and Witt at KNSSS. Hello.

This morning out there in traffic, we have one thing you'll want to watch out for, stalled out vehicle, westbound Kellogg. It is pretty close to Meridian. Again, that's Westbound Kellogg. It's pretty close to Meridian. Stalled out vehicle there. We've also got a stalled-out vehicle southbound I-235, and that is at 25th as well. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSSS. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. And now it's time to get the in-depth weather forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Hello, Ross. Yeah, good morning to you, Ted and John. We have ourselves another hot afternoon coming up. This is going to be day nine with triple-digit temperatures, which begs the question, could you go a season without air conditioning or would you rather a season without heating? I don't know. What do you guys think about that last? That's not a good choice. I can always put on another layer or grab another blanket. Yeah, I mean, that's kind of the way I feel, too. Going without air conditioning, boy, it would certainly be rough. So check on those without air conditioning. Don't forget about the pets in this hot weather. Make sure they have plenty of cool water and maybe some time in the AC today. But headed for a high of 104, which is basically what we had yet. That you're going to be able to tell much of a difference in our weather today over what we had yesterday. Plenty of sunshine, those wind gusts out of the south will get up to about 30 miles an hour. And that steady south breeze will likely carry over into tonight as our load dips down to 76. Headed for 104 again tomorrow with sunshine. Now we have had a front. draped across parts of Nebraska, and if we go 100 miles to our north, it's not quite as hot. Well, that front will eventually start to push farther south, but it's going to be so slow in doing so that we probably won't see it getting down into Wichita until this weekend. So high temperatures will stay above 100 really throughout the rest of this week and a chance for some thunderstorms coming with the front, but that may not actually reach us until Friday night at the earliest. There may be some better odds of storms coming up again this weekend. Looking ahead to Sunday night as a chance for some storms ramps up and the front continues to push a bit farther south. As for how much cooler things we'll get, we'll go from triple-digit temperatures, basically Thursday and Friday, still close to 100 on Saturday, but then back into the lower 90s it looks like by the end of the weekend. So there is light at the end of this heat wave tunnel, if you will, but... Getting there is going to take some time, and we're just going to have to be patient as this high pressure system is incredibly stubborn right now. And then looking into next week, the first part of the week is cooler, highs around 90 degrees, and then a chance for it to heat back up later on in the week. Right now in Wichita, we have 75 degrees and a clear sky here to start out on a Tuesday morning. That's your Storm Team 12 forecast. I'm chief meteorologist Ross Jansen. Ross, I'm glad you mentioned... pets my wife has been pointing out to me the last couple of days as we've had you on and then i get home she says oh i listen to the show great show tell ross jansen to bring up the pets so i'm glad you brought them up today or i was going to have to do it so i'm glad you brought them up because people you know sometimes forget about that don't leave them outside make sure you bring them in let them get that break because they need it too

And you can usually tell because like with May, we go outside up until about 9 or 10 o'clock and then she's sitting by the back door thinking, enough is enough with this. You know, it's just too hot. So they can easily remind you that they want to be inside too. Yeah, they need some indoor time in this heat. They need water. They need a break as well. So I'm glad you brought that up. and hopefully we'll get through this okay but uh yeah sometimes these heat waves are really stubborn and that's what we're finding with this one i keep telling ted i need my indoor time and my water and occasionally he'll bring me a bowl so that does he scratch you on the back he does and he gets my belly too he he will give me belly scratches it keeps me content and and then i go off and sit in my office for a while that's quite a working relationship you have there That's one way to put it. All right. Hey, Ross, thanks for being with us. We'll talk to you again tomorrow, and Ross will say the exact same thing tomorrow. He'll come up with something original. That is the in-depth weather forecast. Storm Team 12 chief meteorologist, Ross Jansen. Of course, Storm Team 12 weather updates all day, every day here on KNSS. 715 here with Woodward and Witt, and we've been recalling 50 years ago on this day. the sniper shooting in downtown wichita we've been playing some audio of steve mccentosh former host of this show that uh was there that day doing live radio coverage and let's welcome in steve mackintosh live at this time and good morning steve good to hit good to be with you good morning guys always good to be on the radio now on that Yeah, it's been eight months since we heard your voice on the radio, so we're glad to have you here. So let's talk about 50 years ago today. What were you doing that afternoon when you first got the call, and how much did you know as you were headed downtown to cover this? You'll love this. I don't know. I can't remember what I was doing, but I got a call. I think I was at home, but I got to call it. that we do have a sniper from the holiday end. I got Rob, Rob Dean was my newsman on the board. He called me and said, so I got in the car and hurried down, down Waco, southbound on Waco got to, right there down 100 block or whatever, and got out of my car and ran across the street, and there was. The ambulance guys were behind the walls, the buildings there. And, of course, the Holiday Inn was on the other side of the building about half block away. So we stayed there for a little bit because they could hear a couple of gunshots and thought we better just hunker down. And then all of a sudden their 2-A radio, their dispatcher came and it was all clear. You guys can move in. And we ran across the field with them or the area and got to the place below the holiday end. And already the street was nearly filled with people. They'd come out of the office buildings all around there and they were in this.

street below the people wounded were being treated and it was just it was pandemonium but uh very very strange a very strange very strange day the and you know this is way before social media how much how much were you able to figure out just on the scene what was going on and trying to piece all that together Well, fortunately, of course, think about it because even you've been on enough scenes of something, of violence where it takes the police about what, two or three days to figure it. No, not that long, but they have, when there's pandemonium, it's hard to figure out what's going on, say a tornado or anything. It always takes a while for the authorities to figure it out. Well, I went looking around for an interview, and I couldn't find anybody. And finally, I found, I found Sheriff Johnny Dar. and he was he was gracious enough to give me an interview and he he already had preliminary numbers he already knew we have at three at least three people dead and kind of gave me a pretty good uh probably 45 seconds to a minute on actually what was going on Johnny knew what was happening. He wasn't in charge, but he knew what was happening. So I took that sound on my tape recorder, and I went and did a live shot on the radio for my car on the air and went back to the station with the sound, and we put the sound together and started doing updates on the air. And Rob Dean, my coworker and I started taking the phone calls because it got on the wire. I think we're the ones who may have been the ones who... put it on the Associated Press and at least secondarily. And we started getting calls from all over the world, including Australia. So Rob did a shot on a station in Australia. So it's one of those things, you know, Tedd that it puts Wichita on the map. Why those kinds of things, BTK and all these things? These are the things that have put us on the map over the years, and the only time the national media ever pays attention to us, it seems. But it was quite a day. And, of course, subsequently, did over the years several interviews with Mike Hill. Thinking about Mike Hill today, he was the lieutenant who went up there with the officers and brought Michael Souls, shot him in the legs with a shotgun, and brought him down. And I know Mike's thinking about it today. Of course, he went on to be served for terms of Sedgwick County Sheriff. And it's just an interesting guy. And his officers were quick. And they got up there in a hurry and got it taken care of. So we're always proud of their efforts there too. Well, we've been playing some of the sound bites from your coverage today. You can tell when you're downtown doing those. You're out of breath. You were really having to move around and shift your resources and try to cover things in a strange situation that day. Well, I had to run about a blocker more to the car. And those days, I wasn't running. I wasn't in very good shape. That's the reason. But on a scene like that, I think you've been in similar situations.

Your mind is going 90 miles an hour trying to think, how can I do this? What should I do? How can I get an interview? What should I do? How can I take care of the guys on the air? What can I say, bring to our listeners? And your mind is just going, and you really don't have time to think about anybody who has been killed or even the victims or anything, just to try to put the puzzle together as accurately as possible. One of the most interesting. sidebars i think is this is this death of joe goulart who was a uh he did freelance uh photography he did he took pictures for the wichita eagle and he also did film for channel three And he was a guy who was strange, strange little man who always had a number of a cigar in his mouth, gruff talking, but he did excellent work. Well, he had listened to the scanner at home. He was painting his house. And he heard the call on the scanner, jumped in his car and roared downtown and got right down there in front of Century 2 where the curving street is. And a bullet went through the windshield and crashed and killed him. He killed him instantly. He didn't have time. He didn't have time put his shoes on. He didn't have his shoes on. Of course, my wife is listening to the coverage, and she hears somebody else saying it looks like one of the people who's been heard as a newsman. And, of course, Shelly went into a panic. She thought it was me. But I called her pretty quick. Said, not me, not me. Not me. But that's just one of the interesting sidebars. I still don't know. I still don't remember if it was ever told how that guy walked through a lobby of a hotel with guns and went up on an elevator to the 25th floor and got into a room. You know, it must have been left unlocked somehow. I don't know. It's been a long time, Ted, 50 years. It has been, yeah. He had two rifles with him. Apparently he got into that room. I think he kind of forced a maid to open that door. I think I think a strong arm to made to do that. I hadn't remembered any of that, Sam. But, yeah, just the day that, well, and it was a very unusual shooting. The guy down in Austin, Texas on the UT campus had fired from that tower in the late 60s, so it had been eight or nine years since that. But another one happened in Wichita, and thank God it doesn't happen very often. But that was a terrible day in our history. I think about the same time, I think there was one in New Orleans or something in someplace like that, a similar situation. But the guy down in the tower in Austin, very hard to get up to him where he was. Yeah, yeah, that's a terrible, terrible story as well. Well, Mack, you know, thank you for your reminiscences of that day 50 years ago on this afternoon. And before we let you go, just how are things going? It'll go pretty well. I'm surprised at how busy. And there are some busy most of the time. I'm still get up pretty early. But, you know, there are times when there'll be a day where, Shelley, and I said, we've got to go to a doctor today? No. We've got anything with the grandkids today? No. Well, I'm going to sit here and do nothing. And that is difficult. That is hard to do.

Yeah, I feel, I always feel about 4 o'clock in the morning. I just tell people, you know, if it's 6 o'clock and I'm not up and moving, call Rest Haven. Oh, my goodness. Well, once again, it's good to hear your voice on the air, and thanks for being with us and sharing your memories from a rotten day, but we appreciate it, and thanks for being with us today. My pleasure, and you guys have a good day and have a good show. All right. Thank you much. There goes Steve McIntosh, the former host of this show with his... Recollections from what happened 50 years ago today, the sniper shooting downtown. Thanks, Steve. It is 724. We'll really quickly give you sports here. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at SertaPro.com. We have the minor league baseball at home this week. The Wichita Wind Surge is home for six games in six days beginning tonight, 635 downtown, the Equity Bank Park against Corpus Christi. Wichita has won four of its last five. Heading into the game tonight. So we've got baseball downtown. Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals lose in Dodgers Stadium to the first place, Dodgers 6 to 5. The Royals have lost 4 out of 5, and the KC and the Dodgers go out of again tonight. Live coverage at 830. Listen live to the Royals and the Dodgers over on 975 and 1240, KFH. And that is sports, and sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring three very limited small batch anniversary beers. Mango habanero, a spicy sour. 15th on 13th, a New Zealand Pilsner, and Black Raspberry Seltzer. WBC, celebrating 15 years with three new limited-time beers. It is 726 here with Woodward and Witt. We have a traffic and weather update next. And, yeah, those food parasite outbreaks, not exactly leading to Bofo sales for salads these days. House Call for Health is next on KNSS. Good morning. It is 733. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Tuesday, August 11th. Currently in Wichita, we have a mostly clear sky. Temperature is 77. A woman from South Dakota was found dead in Winfield on Sunday. Winfield police confirmed that around 3.40 in the afternoon, a report came in from an unresponsive woman in her car at the Casey's gas station located on West 9th Avenue. At the scene, officers found a 56-year-old woman in the driver's seat. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers also found a dead dog inside the car. Police believe the dog died from heat exposure inside the vehicle. There is no evidence of foul play. The incident is under investigation as a possible medical emergency and an autopsy has been ordered.

It is the hottest week of the year in Wichita, Mayor Lily Wu, urging residents to be mindful of others. 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. Are you okay? And so let people know that there are opportunities to cool off or just, again, check on your friends and neighbors. Wu, appearing on Mondays with the mayor on KNSS with Woodward and Witt. A significant water main break under the railroad tracks on Main Street in Newton has been repaired. A BNSF employee reported the water main break around 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Third Street and Main Street and the railroad tracks on Main Street were closed for roughly nine hours yesterday as crews worked to make repairs in the area due to the extent of the damage and the work still required to safely remove the crossing. Main Street will remain closed through tomorrow afternoon. BNSF crews are currently replacing railroad ballasts and ties, after which the tracks will be adjusted to restore the proper elevation through the crossing. BNSF is continuing to work to restore the railroad crossing for an anticipated reopening on Wednesday afternoon. Data centers are going up in many places, but one state stands lone among the rest. We're taking a look at the 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison Report, released by real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield. Their report that Texas is the spot for data center development, the report sites the need for land and electricity to support these sites. They say that currently Virginia is the world's largest data center market by operating capacity, but Texas is on pace to match or surpass that mark. Finding enough power and water to sustain these facilities is a major challenge, not only in Texas, but any other place they're operating. John Sosier, Fox News. A driver is searching for another land speed record. To say he has the need for speed is an understatement. Andy Green is the first only person to break the sound barrier in a car that was two decades ago when he zoomed in his diesel-powered car topping 3 to 50 miles per hour at Utah's famous Bonneville Salt Flats. This time around, it's the same location, same British driver, but he's piloting a 32-foot-long, bright yellow car resembling a pencil. It's designed with two hydrogen internal combustion engines, that from testing last month in England. He's targeting the diesel-powered record while hoping to clear the world land speed records of hydrogen internal combustion engines and electric vehicles. C.J. Papa, Fox News. Do you imagine that? 850 miles an hour. That's just unfathomable. It's like me going out to get the strawberry shortcake.

Yeah. Speaking of shortcake, you know, you go up to get new cheesecake soon at the cheesecake factory. You might need to go 850 miles an hour to beat the crowd. Yeah. Yeah. Can you imagine going fast enough to break the speed of sound on land? On land. Yeah. Yeah. It might be coming. Oh, I think it's only a matter of time. 737. Let's get the weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Mostly sunny, continued, breezy and very hot. Southwest winds 15 to 25 and a high of 105. Mostly clear and uncomfortable. 80 degrees is our overnight low. Sunny, breezy and continued hot on Wednesday high 106. I know it's a broken record. More sun, more heat, more wind, Thursday's high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we have a breeze out of the south. It is mostly sunny, 79 degrees here on this Tuesday morning, Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. KNSS News Time 738. That means it's time for Tuesdays with the chair with Cedger County Commission Chairman Jeff Blubaw, and that, of course, is brought to you by our good friends at the Wichita Packaderm Club. Good morning, Jeff. Nice to have you with us this morning on a... Nice chilly afternoon planned. Make sure you stay cool today, my friend. Good morning, John and Ted. Yeah, it's a warm one out there. Yeah. No doubt about it. Not getting any relief at least for the early part of the week. And so you guys, well, we had a busy week last week. We had the primary elections on Tuesday. And then you actually earned your pay for, you had a 12-hour day on Wednesday. So you were busy last week. So in my 15 years of serving government on the Wichita City Council and the school board and now the county commission, never had an 11-hour and 37-minute meeting, but we knocked it out last Wednesday. Yeah, that was, whew, that was, I mean, that was, that was a long one. What was, what was the overall reaction from folks on that solar, for the folks who aren't aware of the story or don't remember it, that was the solar hearings, right? Yes. So the first hearing, we had like 72 or 73 speakers, and the next one we had 35. And we gave each speaker three minutes. The majority of the speakers from the area. didn't want the solar in the area. And to tell you again, it was going to be two different solar farms. Each of them were around 1,500 acres, and each of them had around 600,000.

solar panels. So if they'd have both been approved, it would have been 1.2 million solar panels on about 3,000 acres, and it was kind of the area coming in and out of Clearwater. We had a lot of union guys there that wanted the work. They had several speakers there. I think the electrical union brought in their apprentices and had each of them speak. But most of the, it was just a real test of. property rights, you know, the property rights of the eight or ten people that had property that they wanted solar on versus I think there were 30 homes within a thousand feet. Some of them were within a hundred feet and what the value of their property rights for. Some of these A couple property owners, the solar fields were on all three sides of their properties. So it was a, you know, how do you, you know, we're property rights folks, but where do your property rights in and the infringement on your neighbor's property rights begin? It was a tough one. Yeah, and there is something to be said there. I mean, I agree with that, the notion. I mean, it is my property. I should have the right to do with it what I want, but at the same time, if you're devaluing. all the surrounding property, then that's the dilemma that those of you in elected office have to deal with. And that was one of my reasons in the golden factors. I used the, I think it was the, um, You know, Virginia or somewhere university that had a study that showed that there were real estate decreases between 10 and 30% for properties that were adjacent to a solar farm. Now, if you had land next to a solar farm, it may appreciate, but if you had a house next to it, it was shown to depreciate. Something else, speaking of, you know, land and property values, Kelly Arnold, I know he's been busy sending out notices. People are getting their revenue neutral rate notices, should be arriving in mailboxes if they haven't already. You know, that's never a good time when people start getting notices about property taxes going up. You know, we kind of had a discussion to when a commissioner myself and Kelly last night, you know, that letter should be coming from the state of Kansas and not Central County. Yep. You know, it's another one of those things, just like the property taxes. Everybody sees Sedgwick County on the envelope because, you know, we're the gatekeepers of that. But it's, you know, and even, you know, you think Commissioner Howe wants to. push for it to be state appraiser. But, yep, those letters are coming out. We have our budget at the end of the month. And as you say, we'd at the county try to do our part and have a continued mill levy reduction as we have in the past. Which you are. You know, hopefully, I don't know, we'll see what the city, Wichita does. But as we've tried to point out multiple times on this show and others, you know, the main culprit here is not the city. It's not the county. It's the school district.

Over 50% of those property taxes are going to the school district. And not necessarily Wichita. I mean, you and I live in the Goddard School District, and I think there's been up by 18%. Right, right. Yep, yep, Goddard, Wichita, you know, whatever school district you live in, yep, absolutely. Well, Jeff, we... I think Sedgwick County's 20, 23, 24%, something like that. I think the city of Wichita is maybe a little bit closer to 30, but yeah, the majority of that is going to your school districts and to educate our children. The one thing I did want to ask you about is, you know, what can we do, Jeff, to, you know, and I know this isn't really up your necessarily... Allie, because the election office does fall onto you all, but it doesn't. You know, the voter turnout was a lot lower than what I think we were expecting, what we see, 30%, something like that. What can we do to help encourage, you know, there were, we did mail, we did texting, I mean, the radio ads, we had them all over here, TV ads, and yet we still only got about 30% voter turnout on a major election. With a constitutional amendment on the ballot, what can we do to encourage better voter turnout? We're moving into a major election in November. Is that something that we can, how do we encourage folks to turn out better here in Central County? Yeah, you know, I don't have a great question for that. I think we had 27.8%. We have 346,000 registered voters in Sedgwick County. And our turnout, actually, Democrat turnout was 40% with 34%. thousand ballots cast and Republican was 37.26 with 51,000. So the Democrat turnout was a little bit stronger. Nonpartisan was 8.8. And then. We had 109 polling locations and 19 advanced locations. So I want to give a shout out to Election Commissioner Lorrainewater because did you see how fast we got those results? I mean, I was very impressed Tuesday night. And, you know, I think she's getting it down in there. We've got to figure out the key to increasing voter turnout. You know, 30% is just not acceptable. I don't know what we need to do to encourage it, but there you go. There's your project. There's your homework assignment, Jeff. Get on that. And you know, John, next year, whenever you have the city and school board elections.

which are very important, probably as important or more important than these races, because it's your local elections, and we'll be lucky to get 20%. Oh, 20. We'll be lucky to get 12. Yeah, it'll be worse. That's what I was thinking, 10 to 12. All right, my friend, well, try and stay cool this week, and we'll touch base with you again tomorrow morning, all right. All right. Have a great one. Appreciate you, my friend. That was Cedric County Commissioner, Commissioner, Commission Chairman Jeff Blublaw. And he joined us, as he does every Tuesday for our Tuesdays with the chair. That's brought to you by the Wichita Packardom Club. Packardrum Club is a great group of folks. They meet every Friday from 1130 to 1. They meet at the ninth floor club and venue. That's right downtown in the corner of Douglas and Broadway. They meet from 1130 to 1. If you'd like more information, by the way, like this Friday, for example, they've got Kansas State Treasurer Stephen Johnson coming in, but they've got great speakers every Friday. And you can find out more information at Wichita Packaderm.org. They've got... A great group, and as Ted pointed out, they've got air conditioning. But they've got a great lunch, great speaker, and it's a great organization, great speakers and great organization. You can get more information at Wichita Packardom.org. And again, that was Tuesdays with the chair, brought to you by the Wichita Packardom Club. 747, we have a local business update coming up from Kirk Semenoff, the editor of the Wichita Business Journal. Speaking of those rejected solar farm proposals, what's next? and Kirk will tell us. KNSS News Time is 747. School buses are... It's 751 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNS. Time now for our Wichita Business Journal update. First, it's time for three big things. Three. The World Health Organization says the Congo's latest Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared with the death toll now surpassing 2000. Two. A woman was taken into custody after an unresponsive two-year-old child was discovered inside a South Wichita home. Former gang leader Dwayne Davis has pleaded not guilty in his trial in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur as the trial gets underway today. That's three big things with Woodward Gwit on 987 and 1330 KMSS. Let's give a traffic update from Jad Chambers. Traffic volumes are getting heavier out there right now. We've got southbound I-235 right now at the ramp from Zoo Boulevard. We have a stalled-out vehicle there, so you'll want to watch out for a slowdown. We've also got a big slowdown right now forming northbound on I-135. It starts just a little bit south of Harry and goes all the way back to almost Pawnee right now. So we've got some...

Fairly heavy traffic down there south of Kellogg on I-135 in the northbound lanes. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSSS. The accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Jed Chambers. Dangerously hot and breezy today with a high of 104 degrees. Tonight, mostly clear and warm, a low 78 degrees. Dangerous heat again tomorrow. sunny and breezy with a high of 104 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it's clear and 77 degrees at Wichita's Severe Weather Station, 987 and 1330, KFSS. Let's take a look and see what happened on the stock market yesterday. The major averages kicking off the new trading week lower as investors monitor U.S. Iran developments in awake consumer price inflation data that will be released on Wednesday morning. Oil prices spiking on U.S. Iran uncertainty. Shares of airlines fell on rising oil prices. Energy and health care were the best performing sectors while tech lagged. The magnificent seven big cap tech stocks were mostly higher cushioning today's losses. The Dow winner Chevron Amgen and Microsoft, the Dow decliners, Traveler, Sherwin Williams, and NVIDIA. The Dow down 61 points, the NASDAQ lower by 85, S&P 500 down 5. Hillary Barski, Fox News. Now it's time to get a local business update from editor Kirk Seminoff at the Wichita Business Journal. Good morning, Kirk. Good morning, Ted. Developers of the two proposed solar farms in Southern Cedric County that were denied permits last week by the Cedric County Commission tell the Business Journal they're reevaluating what's next. The Galena Solar and Batch Line solar projects totaled about $750 million in planned investment and would have added hundreds of megawatts of power generation, but both went down on four to one votes after residents raised concerns about the impact on nearby properties in rural areas. The developer... can come back in six months with revised plans or in 12 months with the same plans. Those votes mark the third major utility scale solar projects turned down by the county in the past two years. While Textron Aviation's parent company CEO recently cited workforce inexperience and manufacturing inefficiencies, the company was putting together about $24.5 million in upgrades to its east and west Wichita facilities, according to a business journal analysis. The projects include roadway improvements, hangar upgrades, lighting replacements, and production infrastructure projects. The largest investment is a $16 million reconstruction of the Greenwich Road corridor at the company's east campus, along with security. Drainage and Access Approvements. Access Approvements. The company says that projects are intended to modernize facilities and support innovation and manufacturing efficiency for which it costs 11,000.

person workforce. And Wichita Pharmacy Software Company, Kie Centrics, is searching for a new president after Benny John left the company in June. He joined the company in 2021 and became president two years later. A search is on and may be wrapped up in a couple of months, the company says. And the lunar leader will guide strategy, technology, innovation, and growth for keycentrics, which employs about 55 people and develops software for specialty infusion and mail order pharmacies. Local breaking business news every day. KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Business Journal, I'm Kirk Seminoff. I was hoping your first story there about those solar farms would last for 12 hours like the meeting did last week. But you somehow summed it up in about 25 seconds. Way to go. You know, I like to watch those meetings online, but when they go like that and go like that, I just can't do it. Kind of like a Royals game on the West Coast. You've got to move on with your life. Yeah, late night with the Royals and the Dodgers this week on KFH. And, you know. Yeah. Yeah, I know. The result. One run lost. That's how I thought it would wake up to it this morning, and I did. Sure enough. Yeah. It's self-fulfilling prophecy. All right, Kirk. Thanks very much for being with us. And, hey, we get Kirk again one hour from now with another local business update from the Wichita Business Journal. The 7 o'clock hour is finished. Now we have the 8 o'clock hour on the way. That does include our visit with Mitch Holtus, with a preseason. Training Camp Report from the Kansas City Chiefs. We'll have Mitch in about 20 minutes. And the entertainment news in the blur. That'll be at 835. We might even hear from one of the Beatles during the blur. KMSS News time is 757. Good morning. It is 802 here on this Tuesday morning, August 11th. Currently in Wichita, we have a sunny sky. It is 79 degrees here on this Tuesday morning. It was 50 years ago on this day. August 11th of 1976, terror gripped downtown Wichita for 11 minutes during a deadly shooting spree. A gunman, 19-year-old Michael Soles, distrapped over a breakup with a girlfriend and the loss of his job, climbed to the top of the 26-story Holiday Inn Plaza in downtown Wichita. At that time, the tallest building in Kansas, he was armed with two rifles. He fired randomly at people on the streets below, killing three people and wounding others before police shot him and took him into custody. Former longtime KNSS News host Steve McIntosh was on the scene that day, reporting on the radio live during the gunfire. I talked to the sheriff of Cedric County, Johnny Dar. He was one of a small... army of law, men, and news reporters and ambulance technicians down here. And it was an utterly terrifying situation for a few minutes there. We have had, according to Sheriff Dar, eight persons wounded. A total of eight, wounded, it looks like. At least two of them are dead. Two, it looks like they were workmen were shot. We don't know how serious they are. And I understand that one of our news media reporters from here in Wichita is one of the fatalities, has been shot and killed.

I'm not at liberty to say who it is at this time. Sheriff Dar asked me to keep it off the record, and I'm going to respect his wishes on that, but one of our news reporters was shot through the heart and killed. Souls is still serving time in prison for multiple convictions of first-degree murder. He's currently being held in Winfield. It is 804 here with Woodward and Witt. Jad, do we have a traffic update? Yeah, we have a traffic accident now. This is on I-135 northbound, and it's right at the ramp to Pawnee. That's what we're looking at here is a traffic accident northbound, and I-135 right there at Pawnee, so watch for a slowdown. Kids in Wichita are heading back to school this week, and schools are preparing for the triple-digit temperatures. The heat has parents concerned about their children's safety. Wichita Public Schools spokesperson Susan Arnsman says the district's biggest challenge comes from their facilities. Some of the school's gyms are so old they still don't have air conditioning, causing major issues for P.E. glasses when it gets this hot outside. The gym is your classroom, and if it's not comfortable, you know, there's no learning going on. Arnsman says that dealing with the August heat is something they're used to doing and something they prepare parents for. Be prepared for that, if that is bringing a water bottle with them and they walk to school or on the bus. Each school has a different... method for water bottles, so just be aware of that. Some allow them to take them into the classroom. Some do not, but they will allow water breaks. The excessive heat is expected to continue into the upcoming weekend. Phil Hildebrand, KNSS News. Two people were hospitalized in extremely critical condition after a house fire destroyed two homes. Last night in West Wichita, a neighbor called 911 after 930 p.m. reporting the fire, the 9,800 block of West Savannah. That's near Pawnee and Mays. By the time fire crews got there, two homes were engulfed in flames. One home had caught fire and spread to the second house. A second alarm was called, bringing more crews to the scene. Two people were found unresponsive inside the first home. They have been hospitalized. That fire also compromised a gas meter or gas line at the scene, which was feeding the flames. Both homes a total loss. Several investigators, including personnel from the state fire marshal's office, were called out to the scene. The Wichita City Council will discuss a grant application at today's 9 o'clock meeting. Wichita Police hope to apply for a grant from the Department of Justice's School Violence Prevention Program. They intend to use the funding to purchase and implement a school safety and public notification technology program. It would cover all secondary schools and alternate education centers.

The grant is a $500,000 grant. It does require $250,000 in matching funds from the city of Wichita. Iranian funds are reportedly dwindling. Officials say if peace isn't made, the economy in Iran is facing collapse. The misery index in Iran actually hit a record high of 91.1%. That, of course, due to rampant inflation and unemployment. And the economic strain is likely to get even worse as the U.S. naval blockade continues. For the record, the country has an inflation rate of 82%. And an unemployment rate of 9.1%. We're just going to keep on applying the pressure that we can apply and getting as much oil and gas out of the Middle East so that Americans can enjoy lower gas and energy prices. The vice president speaking there, of course, this is all part of the president's strategy to crush the regime in order to secure a safer region, a non-nuclear Iran, and yes, a safe and toll-free straight-of-horm moves. And that's Fox's Kevin Cork with that report. The State Department is taking action to get foreign nationals who commit crimes in the United States while holding visas out of the country. The State Department tells Fox News officials have revoked a record-setting 175,000 U.S. visas from foreigners since the beginning of President Trump's second term. Quote, the majority of these visas were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity with assault, driving under the influence, theft, and drug crimes being the leading causes. A significant share of these 175,000 visas were revoked for sexual assault. child abuse, fraud, embezzlement, and reckless driving. Right now the FBI is working to extradite a 20-year-old Indian suspect back to the U.S. to face first-degree murder charges. That was Fox's Jillian Turner with that story. The power ball continues to grow. And if you think it's hot, well, yeah, it is. We have the numbers to prove it. And we will get our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn will be coming up. And we will check in and get a training camp update from Mitch Holtus, the play-by-play voice to the Kansas City Chiefs, who is in the metro area, I believe. How about that? So we'll be doing all that coming up. Make sure you're with us here on KNSS.

812 here on this Tuesday morning on KNSS. Hey, no jackpot winner in last night's Powerball drawing. The total climbs for tomorrow night. The winning numbers for Monday night's drawing were 6, 37, 54, 55, 65, and the Powerball was 10. A winning $2 million match five-less power play ticket was sold in Tennessee, and two $1 million tickets that matched five numbers, but not the Powerball, were sold in California and Maryland. including a ticket sold at a 7-11 on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The jackpot for Wednesday night now grows to at least $975 million, where a winner could choose a lump sum cash option of about $422.4 million. Ted Lindner, Fox News. The U.S. set a new heat record confirmed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fox's Lisa Brady has that report. In records dating back to 1895, this July now holds the title of hottest month ever for the contiguous United States, averaging 76.89 degrees, which beats the Dust Bowl record from July of 1936 by an eighth of one degree. Government scientists say the biggest driver of the record heat was higher nighttime lows in NOAA calculations based on 24-hour averages, not just highs or lows. One official noting the heat was so widespread that every one of the lower 48 states was at least one degree Fahrenheit warmer than the 20th century average. Some scientists and peer-reviewed studies blame climate change and say hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused changes. Lisa Brady, Fox News. It is 813 here on KNSS. Right now, traffic here in the Wichita area. Things are looking all right out there, not really seeing too many issues. We do have a crash. Northbound I-135 right there at the ramp to Pawnee. But it does look like the traffic volumes are already starting to decrease a little bit. And so it's not really causing too much of an issue in that area right now. Again, that's northbound I-135 upon E. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSS. In the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center, I'm Jed Chambers. And a look at our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning. Mostly sunny, continued, breezy and very hot. Southwest winds 15 to 25 and a high of 105. Mostly clear and uncomfortable. 80 degrees is our overnight low. Sunny, breezy and continued hot on Wednesday high 106. I know it's a broken record. More sun, more heat, more wind, Thursday's high 105. That's your forecast. from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist, Jake Dime. Currently in Wichita, we do have a breeze out of the south, a sunny sky to 79 degrees here on this Tuesday, Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. You're over there. You're over there. I was strolling through the Facebook feeds, and I came upon your Facebook post from August 8th.

11.53 a.m. Here's Ted Woodward watching Howard the Duck, which has to be down. I mean, it's got to be on a list of worst movies of all time. Which is why I needed to watch it. I'd never, you know, we had it on the blur. It's 40th anniversary. I had never seen it. Well, if it's this, if its notoriety is this big, I better watch it. It's got to be. It's an odd couple of hours. Odd. Top 10 worst movies of all time. It's in the list. Yeah. And you never seen it before? I've seen it once. I've seen it once. And I now have two. I mean, it is so bad. It's quite strange. Strange is you're being generous. But of all the things I'm going through the feed, and it's like, here's a pick. Ted Woodward is watching Howard the Duck. Oh, my God. I can check that one off the list. Yeah. I could have saved you two hours of your life. You'll never get back. Hey, Leah Thompson's in it. Leah Thompson's delightful. That's like the only redeeming quality. Yeah. It's the fact that it stands out. I mean, I'd rather watch paint dry. Actually, I would rather watch paint dry. When I was watching the opening credits, you know, Leah Thompson, hey. And the second person listed was Jeffrey Jay Jones. Ooh. Yeah. It's like when Jeffrey Jay Jones is your number two guy on the cast list, I was like, that's not good. Howard the duck. And what's funny is the first comment on this is why with 12 Y's on. Yeah, Danny Campbell, our listener and a friend, yeah. He was in anguish over me. He was laughing. My time. Kind of the way you did. Basically, yeah. So, okay. And you're with Siskel and Ebert, you would definitely give it a thumbs down. I mean, it's not. I'll give it a C. A C. Wow, that's generous. I'm not here or there on it. You've got to understand, John. This is also a man who, like me, has watched Space Mutiny and overdrawn at the memory bank. Never heard of either of those. Yeah. Nor will I waste the time to. It is 817 here with Woodward and Witt, and now it is time to check in as we do every day and get a training camp update. from the Kansas City Chiefs with the play-by-play voice, the Chiefs, Mitch Holtus. So that's always good. Check in with Mitch and find out what's going on. And today's report is brought to you by Credit Union of America, as we say, good morning, Mitch. Well, good morning, Theodore, and good morning, John, or Johannes, as they say in Andover. And that's exactly where I'm at this morning. Andover. America. Yep, I'm on stage in front of the administration, faculty, staff, support staff, and others of USDA 385. We have the Andover Trojans, the Andover Central Jaguars, their middle schools, and their elementary schools all in one place. And we're having a great time this morning. Our Chiefs report on this Tuesday, and this isn't a coincidence. Because here in this Andover get-together, well, it's brought to you by Credit Union of America. That's right, the same sponsor of our Chiefs Report, c.uofamerica.com to get pre-approved for your next home loan.

It's really, again, no coincidence because Credit Union of America does so much for so many in the Wichita region. A lot to cover this morning. First of all, it was heartwarming to see Chiefs' Offensive Coordinator Eric B. Enemy returned to training camp. He's been gone the past 14 days after his wife Mia was shot, allegedly by their son, Elijah. Mia is recovering and doing well enough for E.B. to be back in St. Joseph. I did have my own personal moment with E.B. yesterday. You see, I know Mia and Elijah. very well. Four other players were back from injury yesterday. Wide receiver Xavier Worthy, defensive in Ash Gingalati, wide receiver Cyrus Allen, and linebacker Jeffrey Bossa. Still missing was right guard Trey Smith with a hip injury. Linebacker Drew Trankel with a back injury and defensive back Lageria Sneed has yet to be on the field in full duty. This week I'm focusing on players who need to take the next step forward to their career to get the Chiefs back to a division title and to get Kansas City back to being a Super Bowl contender. Today here in Andover, I'm going to bring up Xavier Worthy. As mentioned, Worthy got back on the field yesterday after an August 1 re-injury of his shoulder, X injured at diving for a deep ball from Patrick Mahomes. Now, Worthy originally injured the shoulder last year in Week 1, in Brazil against the chargers when he collided. with Travis Kelsey. It was problematic all last year, and he got some surgery on it in the off-season. Now, in two years, Worthy has 101 catches and seven touchdowns. But now, even though it's Worthy's third year, he's still one of the elder statesmen in a very, very young wide receiver room. Plus, Worthy is working on being more consistent as a wide receiver. Feel like a veteran? More like like the old veteran now in the wide receiver corps? Yeah, I'm kind of feeling like a vet now, man. But it's cool just to have guys that's asking those questions. I was a guy asking those questions, and I feel honored to be able to help the younger guys and obviously be a lesson for them and helped them. When you backed up this year and looked at... your game saying, I need to do these things better. What have you made a priority? Every play 100%. Obviously be stronger at the point of contact. Obviously with this offseason, I mean, Andrew last year, it was getting that shoulder back and obviously being able to do the things that I couldn't do last year, which was limited by the shoulder. So I just want to be able to get better as an overall receiver and route running included. The Chief Kingdom knows that Worthy is one of the fastest players in the NFL. But this year, Worthy has to prove. Worthy to be the wide receiver that Patrick Mahomes can trust on third and long to make the tough catch for a first down. Tomorrow I'll be back in St. Joseph, but as for now, I'm with the outstanding people in front of me of U.S.D. 385, the Andover School District. Reporting, I'm Mitch Holtis, Voice of the Chiefs. Thank you, Mitch. We'll be checking in with Mitch again tomorrow morning. Of course, today that was brought to you by Credit Union of America. Do you have a little bit of sports for you? Sports brought to you by SertaPro Painters and schedule your free estimate online at SertaPro.com. We do have minor league baseball at home this week. Only three home series left for the Wichita Wind Surge. This week is one of them. The Windsorge hosting the AA affiliate of the Houston Astros, making their only visit into town this season, the Corpus Christi Hooks.

For the next six days at Equity Bank Park downtown. 635 is game time tonight for the Wichita Wind Surge, who have won six of their last seven home games. Playing well at home. Let's see if we can keep that going this week for the Wind Surge downtown. And the Kansas City Royals lost 6 to 5 at Dodgers Stadium last night against the first place Dodgers. Six to five was the final score. The Royals have dropped four of their last five. Visiting the Dodgers late night with the Royals and the Dodgers. Live coverage at 8.30 this evening. And that is over on 975 and 1240, KFH. Sports. Brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring Kalamancey Creamsickle. This vibrant summer sour brings a wave of exotic calamansi and juicy tangerine, while the finish smooths into a sea of tropical velvet thanks to a delicate dose of real coconut cream. WBC, pizza and beer made here. 823 with Woodward and Witt. Traffic and weather update is next, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised in Florida. We'll find out what that's all about on the Sean Hannity Morning Minute next on KNS.

987 and 1330 KNSSS. Good morning. It is 831. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Tuesday, August 11th. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny and 81 degrees here on this Tuesday morning. Today, Wichita Marks 50 years since the deadly shooting rampage by a sniper atop the Holiday Inn Plaza Hotel downtown on Douglas. At the time, that was the tallest building in the state. He was on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon, August 11, 1976. 19-year-old Michael Soles of Oklahoma, distraught over the loss of his job, a broken relationship with his girlfriend as well, made his way up to the 26th floor. He was armed with two rifles, and he began firing at victims on the streets below. That shooting spree lasted for 11 minutes. Former longtime KNSS News host, Steve McIntosh, was on the scene that day, downtown, providing live radio coverage. It was a situation of terrifying. Well, it was just terrifying is the only way you can put it. A lot of people in the buildings down there. We heard the shots and they were taking cover. We saw a bunch of bystanders down in front of the Fox Theater down on Water Street. That's where one or two of the victims were. There was, I understand, one up on Douglas or more up on Douglas Street. This news reporter shot in his car through the chest. He was in his car for about 15 minutes in the middle of the street. And, of course, with all that sniper fire, the police couldn't get over and get to him, and he was dead. Three men were killed that day, lone officer Mark Phelan, freelance photographer Joe Gulart, who was covering the shooting, and Glass Company employee Elmer Hensley. Multiple others were wounded. Responding law enforcement officers were able to make their way to the top of the hotel and shot Souls, taking him into custody at the end of the siege. Souls remains incarcerated on multiple convictions of first-degree murder. He's currently being held in Winfield. Today is National 811 Day. And as home improvement projects continue during the summer, Kansas Gas Service is reminding homeowners to call 811 before digging in order to help prevent damage to underground utility lines. Or in the case of the Gretchen Whitmer household, call a handyman because the wife doesn't let me get near any home improvement projects. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, calling 811 before digging gives homeowners a 99% chance of avoiding damage to underground utility lines. Sean Engstrom, operations director for Kansas Gas Service, said even small projects can pose a risk if homeowners don't know what's below the surface. While you're working your home project, the last thing you want to do is damage in underground pipeline. Engstrom says homeowners should call 811 before projects, no matter how small they may seem. Whether you're... installing a tree in your yard, whether you're repairing your, maybe it's your mailbox or building a new fence. Call 811. It helps keep the community safe and protect what's underground. National 811 Day was brought about to raise awareness about the importance of contacting 811 before getting started with any digging projects. Phil Hildebrand, KMSS News.

Mayor Lily Woo says she's excited about tonight's national night out activities in Wichita neighborhoods. 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 and 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. Mayor Wu appeared yesterday on Mondays with the mayor on Woodward and Whitt on KNSSS. Summer nights getting a little more spectacular between this summer's solar eclipse to the Perseid meteor showers. The Perseid meteor shower is about to put on one of this year's best celestial fireworks displays, peaking Wednesday night into Thursday morning. At its peak, you can see 50 to 100 meteors an hour under dark skies. The Perseids are especially popular. They're bright. Fast and leave glowing trails. No telescope needed. Find a dark spot, get comfy, and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust. Then watch the sky, especially toward the northeast for those big, bright streaks. The best part? Nature's fireworks are free. Roxanne Evans, Fox News. The longstanding question of what makes a woman, a woman, is plaguing the WNBA. as former NBA players are signing up for the Women's League draft. Former NBA player, Annes Cantor Frieda, making it official submitting a letter declaring for the 2027 WNBA draft, challenging the league over who qualifies to play. If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WMBA. Former NBA player and Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White also says he wants his shot at playing in the WMBA, posting this photo of himself in a wig with the hashtag letter play. The WMBA says only women are eligible to play but doesn't define what constitutes a woman. Now pressure is building on the league to clarify exactly who can play. That was Fox's Brooke Taylor with that story from Dallas. It's 850 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Our Wichita Business Journal updates coming up. Now it's time for three big things. Three. Global shipping traffic has dropped sharply after Iran rejects the New Deal mediated by Oman. Two. Analysts predict that the highly competitive U.S. Senate race between Marshall and Hamilton is likely to consume more than $50 million in total campaign spending. One. Two people remain in extremely critical condition after a late-night house fire on Savannah Street in West Wichita.

That's three big things with Woodward and Whip on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Let's get a final traffic update with Chad Chambers. And this morning we've got something slowing down now, so this is an area you'll want to avoid. It is eastbound K-96, and it's just after you get off of I-135. Got a lot of traffic there in that construction zone, and it's moving very slowly. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSS, the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Chad Chambers. Hot and breezy today with a high of 104 degrees. Tonight, mostly clear and warm, low of 78 degrees. Tomorrow, dangerously hot again. with sunny and breezy throughout the day and a high of 104 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it is clear and 81 degrees at which does severe weather station. 98, 7 and 1330, KNS. Two hours of the Glenn Beck program comes up after our program. We've got Glenn Beck from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. every weekday here on KNSS. Stock market is open for the day. Still trying to figure some things out. It looks like the NASDAQ is down a little. You Dow is up a little. Got things going on the stock market. Now it is time for a local business update. Let's find out what's going on with editor Kirk Semenoff from the Wichita Business Journal. Good morning, Kirk. Good morning, Ted. Developers of two proposed solar farms in Southern Sedgwick County that were denied permits last week by the County Commission. Tell the Business Journal, they are reevaluating what's next. The Galena Solar and Banch Line Solar Projects. totaled about 750 million in planned investment and would have added hundreds of megawatts of power generation, but both went down on 4 to 1 votes after residents raised concerns about the impact on nearby properties in rural areas. The developers can come back in six months with revised plans or 12 months with the same plans. Those votes marked the third major utility scale solar projects turned down by the county in the past two years. While Textron Aviation's parent company or CEO recently cited workforce and experience in manufacturing and efficiencies, the company was putting together about $24.5 million in upgrades to its east and west Wichita facilities, according to a business journal analysis. The projects include roadway improvements, hangar upgrades, lighting replacements, and production infrastructure projects. investment is a $16 million reconstruction of the Greenwich Road corridor at the company's East Campus, along with security, drainage, and access improvements. The company says the projects are intended to modernize facilities and support innovation and manufacturing inefficiency for which it costs 11,000 person workforce. And gentlemen, in honor of a public service announcement running on your air currently, I have a new sign-off I would like to try today. Local breaking business news every day on KNSSN at Wichita Business Journal.com. I'm Kirk Semenoff. I'd rather listen to you than the other.

I'll take it, actually. That sounds better. So we're happy to have you on any day, every day. There we go. Kirk might have put more preparation into his bit than the Kansas Highway Patrol did. Come on now. Ah, come on now. Hey, you know, we've been talking this morning. Today is the 50th anniversary of the sniper shooting in downtown Wichita. Terrible day in Wichita history. Kirk, where were you that day? Nine-year-old Kirk Seminoff was, I guess, getting ready to go back to school with one more trip to Lamont Speedway at Town East Square, you know, where the arcades were. Huge arcade in Townies. And I remember, I remember whatever radio station was playing, maybe K-E-Y-N was playing over the pinball machines and whatever games were going, and they broke in with... reports of gunfire at the Holiday Inn downtown. And I'm a stupid nine-year-old, so I remember thinking, could a sniper's bullets reach town east from downtown? I later learned, no, they can't. When you're nine, a lot of things. That's where I was. Yeah. Where were you guys? My family, we were on vacation. We were in Des Moines. And the next morning, we were in the lobby at the Holiday Inn, and there's a stack of newspapers there, the Des Moines Register, and I looked, and there's a cute picture of the Holiday Inn on the front, and I told my dad, I said, that looks just like the Holiday Inn in Wichita. Of course, my dad picked up the newspaper, and the headline had what happened yesterday. So I learned about it when I was in Des Moines, seeing a newspaper. All right, that is Woodward and Witt on this Tuesday. John, thank you. Thank you, Ted. Thank you, Chad. And stay cool out there, folks. Oh, yes. Yeah, much so. Woodward and Whit, 98, 7 and 1330, KNS, Wichita.