A big day in Hutchinson and extending fire safety in Sedgwick County

Ted Woodward and John Whitmire. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNS, Wichita's number one talk. Good morning. It is 6 o'clock here on this Thursday, August 13th here at KNSS. We'll be taking a look at some money from state grants going to some Kansas program. I'm Rodney Price. Sedgwick County Commissioners agree to a temporary extension of their mutual fire aid agreement with four county communities. That story is just ahead. Currently in Wichita, as we await the sunrise, it is mostly clear and 82 degrees here on this Thursday morning. Situate County Commissioners unanimously approving a temporary continuation. Their automatic and mutual fire aid agreements with four county communities. Valley Center, Mount Hope, Cheney, and Clearwater requested the agreement be extended to September 23rd while each community completed their respective budgeting processes. In May, commissioners voted to terminate the automatic and mutual aid agreement response for those communities and the city of Colwich. Commissioner Ryan Beatty explained why he would not have supported a longer extension. The main factor that's motivating the sense of urgency is we're acknowledging there is a safety situation and a safety risk to our firefighters, firefighters from volunteer and part-time departments and also citizens. Call which was not included as it has an auto aid agreement with the city of Wichita. Rodney Price, KNSS News. Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that millions. In-state grants are going to bolster Kansas programs supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. The nearly $34.6 million funding package targets Kansas nonprofit organizations, children's advocacy centers, and court-appointed special advocate networks. In a statement, Governor Kelly said that through these grants, the state is providing crucial support to survivors of crime as they heal and move forward with their lives. She also noted that the resource are essential to making Kansas stronger and safer. The state grant distribution spans dozens of organizations across counties including Sedgwick, Reno, Celine, Butler, and Finney. Phil Hildebrand, KNSSS News. A family of six, including four children, all dead in Winfield after murders and a suicide this week. Ronald Williams, Sr., the gunman, had a lengthy criminal history, including a sex offender registration and multiple felony charges spanning nearly three decades across several counties in eastern Kansas.

We'll be taking, you know, yesterday we told you about the hero of the goose. The goosey. Yeah, we'll have more on Goosey. And one of the big time state fairs is opening today. So we'll talk about that as well. And on another hot day and a hot week, we will continue to get our weather forecast. We'll check in and find out what's going on with Storm Team 12 coming up. Hey, we're off and running, and we are glad you're with us. Here on this Thursday morning, the 13th. 987 and 1330 KNSS. It is 609 here on this Thursday, August 13th. We talked about this animal yesterday, so let's get more on the story of Goosey. A Texas family is grateful. Just over a week ago in Richmond, Texas, the Gerber family was asleep when their goose, named Goosey, suddenly began honking loudly and wouldn't stop. The noise woke the family who discovered a barn on their property was on fire and rushed outside to keep the flames from spreading. Security video captured Goosey honking as the fire burned. The family had brought him home just four months earlier after a poultry expo. No people or animals were hurt in the fire, and Goosey is now getting credit for helping save the family's property. Matt Murphy, Fox News. More than one million people are expected to attend the Iowa State Fair that opens its Bill Gates today for a 10-day run. A tradition that dates back to 1854, though the Iowa State Fair has moved a bit from Fairfield to Iowa City in Dubuque, to where it's been held for generations, the Des Moines Fairground, where lines of people are expected through August 23rd, with a massive focus on the state's agriculture. Whether it's the butter cow, the fruits and vegetables, the flowers, the vendors. This year we've got a brand new exhibit under the grandstand about America 250, so lots of things for you to see and do. The Iowa State Fair's Jeremy Parsons, it's the fourth largest state. State Fair. Yelp also releasing its top rankings for Best State Fair Foods. Iowa comes in third behind Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jeff Monoso, Fox News. It is 6-11 here on this Thursday morning. And as you get your Thursday commute underway, we'll get you updated on traffic conditions all morning long. And, of course, Jad Chambers will help you out with that, Jad. Well, right now, conditions in traffic are good. We've got a very light traffic volume out there, so little going on. There are a couple of places you might want to watch out. Southbound I-235 right at Central. We have a stalled-out vehicle there. And we've got the report now of another stalled-out vehicle. This one is eastbound on Kellogg between hydraulic and I-135. Pretty close to I-135, actually. Traffic update from 987 at 1330 KNSS and the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Chad Chambers. And let's get the latest on our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake.

Good morning, and here we go again. Mostly sunny, breezy and very hot today. South winds 15 to 25 and a high of 107. We'll see a few storms mainly northwest of Wichita this evening. Otherwise, partly cloudy and warm, 78 is the low. Partly cloudy, breezy, 103 on Friday with a small chance of an afternoon or evening storm. Mostly sunny, breezy and hot Saturday, high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist. Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we do have a breeze out of the south. It is mostly clear as we await the sunrise. It is 82 degrees here at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. And here we are on this Thursday, August 13th. Who's ready for an awesome day? I should be. I'm left-handed. Are you right-handed or left-handed? She's left-handed. I thought I was left-handed. I'm left-handed. See, I'm a Southball. Southball moves your left-handed. I'm left-handed. It's international left-handed. Sinister being Latin for left-handed. Raise your left-handed. I see you're left-handed. Happy international lift-handers day. It's showtime. And as we get the show started here on this Thursday, International Left Handers Day, what percentage of the population is left-handed? I'm going to say 25. Oh, you're way too high. 10% of the world is left-hand. Really? That doesn't surprise me. I knew it would be low. Because I just think most people are right-handed. I didn't figure it would be right. 90% are right. 90%. And my brother, Ned, is a left-hander. A lefty, huh? In the 90s, we had back-to-back left-handed presidents. I believe George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were both lefties. Yeah, okay. I think Obama's a lefty, too, I think. Anyway, but there you go. It's International Left-Hander's Day for you 10% out there. Okay, don't. You have to, you know, Crick your hand so you don't smudge the ink when you're right. When you're right, yeah. Interesting. I got a buddy who's ambidextrous. I want to see, that's pretty cool. That's very rare. Yeah, that's really weird. Somebody who is ambidextrous. You can get that done. Well, and actually a lot of us left-handers can do things. Are you left-handed? Yeah. Really? Uh-huh. A lot of us can do things right-handed. It just kind of depends. I could play golf, either kind of club, left-hand or right-handed. I could play golf with either, and it wouldn't affect my game. Well, I will only, I will probably only use left-handed shots as recoveries, like if I'm on the wrong side of a tree or something. I usually just carry one left-handed club and it's like, oh, I need to, you know, I hit too close to that tree and I'm on the wrong side of it to get it. I do that when I'm trying to cover up the fact that I shanked. Yeah. And, yeah, well, I was using my left-handed club.

That was, that was, yeah. It always works. Yeah, that works when I've had, you know, a few too many martinis and need to explain why I shank that into the, uh, into the woods. John, you've already been on Odyssey today. Maybe things can only get better from here. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I was telling Ted, he noticed I was in a little tardy this morning. And, you know, we live out west. Yeah. And yeah, I was coming in this morning. No big deal. Yeah. You're driving in. Everything's great. Listening to K-E-Y-N on my way in this morning. And I... reached down to, you know, check the phone. And I realized, oh, yeah, I don't have the phone with you. No phone. Want, want, want. I thought, okay, no big deal. I get into the station and I'll call my wife from the station and have her bring it. And then I realized, wait a minute, my swiping is a little card swipe thing is in the little case that I have attached to my phone. So that's where you keep your door. Okay. The door swipe. So I'm not even, I'm not getting in the building. So I can't even call Ted to have him let me in the building. Yeah, I let you in the building. Yeah, so that was a 30-minute back to the house and back to the, yeah. I have no choice. I got to go back home and get the phone. I do that a lot, but I don't live far from here, so it's pretty easy for me. I'm a 20-minute drive back to you. So, yeah, it was a little bit rushed this morning. Yeah. That's okay. I guess I had a little bit of an adventure, too. I had to wait to get out of my parking lot because my parking lot was full of police cars. Oh. I didn't ask what was going on. It was probably something between somebody and somebody else. And I just, no. And so I sat there and waited and waited. And finally a police officer was like, are you trying to leave? And I was like, yeah. It'd be nice. Yeah, that'd be pretty good. And he was like, oh, well, we have to move a couple of these. Give me just a second. I did notice across from your development, not your development, your apartment complex this morning, that the raising canes, boy, they are working all hours because right there at the corner. They got the whole lights up, and they're doing construction. It's too hot to work during the day. When it's this hot, yeah, to do it now. So I was surprised as I finally came in at 4.50 this morning. They were lights up and full construction going on. So I was kind of surprised, but it makes sense because they don't want to do it when it's 107. Yeah. So I was a little surprised, but sure enough, they're building away. Which, hey, good for them. Probably smart. Yeah, exactly. They'll do it now. They don't want to do it at the heat of the day. Yeah.

Oh, the site of the old Benegans. Yeah. Oh, those were the days. I liked Benegans. I did too. I thought Benegans was... But you walked in there? Yeah. And you were usually one of about four people that were in there. It was never crowded. Why are people not coming here? And I like... They had a good menu. They had a... They had some really unique items on their menu at Benegans. I don't know why they couldn't get people. But which was easy to me to believe that that... corners cursed yeah was with who hot wasn't that they were there yeah it's been and they had good food in a series of restaurants so i i i mark my words raising canes will break maybe this will break the curse they will break the curse they will break the douglas and rock road location They never could seem to get any headwood. They are going to break the curse because of what they are. It's a chicken joint. It is 618 here with Woodward and Witt on this Thursday morning. Now let's see what's going on in sports. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at sirtapro.com. A minor league baseball. The Wichita Wind Surge at home here on this hot week and got a nice win last night. 1600 at the game at Equity Bank Park saw the Wichita's wind surge beat the Corpus Christi Hooks 9 to 3 in game 2 of this six-game homestand. What a night for the center fielder for Wichita. Batting fifth in the lineup, Garrett Spain. Four for four on base, including two home runs. And he drove in four of the nine runs. He's got 20 home runs on the season now for Wichita. So nice win for the wind surge last night. Wichita is still seven games behind for a playoff spot with a month to go in the season. Action again tonight, downtown. The Wichita Turbo Tubs hosting the hooks. It's 635 this evening downtown. Hot night for baseball. Major League Baseball, the Kansas City Royals. In Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium, the place the Royals have visited the least in the franchise history. And after this week, maybe that's a good thing. You heard the game last night, 975 and 1240, KFH. The Royals lose to the Dodgers tonight, a final score of four to two. And the Royals get swept in this three-game series. They fall to 49 and 73 on the season and have lost four straight. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are now 73 and 48. And you know, Stu, at the outset of this series from the rest of the baseball world, looking at the Dodgers with one of the best records in baseball and the Royals with one of the worst. A sweet might have been the expected outcome. How it unfolded. probably wasn't necessarily expected. There are no silver linings in baseball. You either win or you lose, and you're measured on the results. The wins and the losses, and for the Royals, there have been, well, more losses than wins, of course, and the opposite's true for the Dodgers. But the Royals in this series...

had a lead in every single one of these three games, and in two of the three games had late leads. The Royals pushed the Dodgers to the edge in this series, where the Dodgers were one play better, one pitch better, one swing better. That was the case tonight, too, in a 4-2 loss, which saw the Royals take an early lead, but the Dodgers take the lead for good on a Shoahe Otani home run. 10th time this season, the Royals have been swept in a series. It lost four straight. Maybe the only good news is for the Royals is they get an off day today to enjoy life in Los Angeles. Off day in L.A. for the Royals. All right. Hey, how about women's soccer? We are underway with the college athletics season now. Another new year begins. Women's soccer in Lawrence on a hot day yesterday. 15th ranked Kansas opened up the season with a 2-0 win over Utah State. And that's 11 straight non-conference wins for KU Women's Soccer opening up the season. They're ranked 15th in the nation. And a happy birthday today to a really good baseball player came through here. Andre Thornton is 76 years old today. First baseman for the Wichita Arrows in 1973. Wichita was his last stop in the minors before a 14-year career in the big leagues, 253 home runs, 900 runs driven in, two-time All-Star. He is in the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame. Really good baseball player. Andre Thornton, former Wichita Arrow's first baseman. His birthday, he is 77. I think I said 76. He's 77 years old today. Andre Thornton. That is sports with Woodward and Witt. Sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring key lime pie ale by tallgrass. Rich, creamy, tart, and slightly sweet. Gram cracker finish. Key lime pie ale is the closest you'll come to drinking your dessert. Key lime pie ale, summertime favorite. Now available at WBC, pizza and beer made here. 623 with Woodward and Witt. Traffic and weather is next. And a question for the boy dads out there. And what is the manosphere? All sorts of things coming up on a better life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. That's next on KNSSS. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS.

Good morning. It is 631. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Thursday, August 13th. Currently in Wichita, sunrise underway, mostly sunny and 82 degrees. This week on Tuesday, the Hutchinson Cosmosphere hosted a private event, a very special guest. Reed Wiseman and Christina Cook, astronauts from the historic Artemis II mission in April were in attendance after being invited to the museum by Senator Jerry Moran. Moran originally invited the astronauts to the Cosmosphere while they were still in space. Senator Moran emphasized the importance of the Cosmosphere being here in Kansas to inspire the next generation of kids and look to the stars in the future. in our schools, but they have a future in our state. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman was also at the event. He echoed Senator Moran's message saying Kansas can play a part in the future of space travel. Places like the cosmos sphere have an important role to play in that mission. They remind me. next generation that history is not finished here. Phil Hildebrand, KNSSS News. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper on Tuesday arrested a driver in West Wichita for speeding and driving under the influence. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a trooper stopped a vehicle for traveling 100 miles per hour in a posted 65 mile per hour zone on I-235 near 13th Street. The vehicle was observed passing multiple vehicles at a high rate of speed. KHP said during the stop, the trooper suspected the driver of being impaired. The evidentiary breath test registered a blood alcohol content of 0.153 or nearly twice the legal limit. The driver was arrested for DUI and multiple other offenses, including reckless driving. Some recalled foods linked to a salmonella outbreak were sold at Dillon's grocery stores in Kansas. Halipinos contaminated with salmonella and served at Chipotle and Kudoba were also distributed to grocery stores across the U.S. as part of food products, including salad mixes and chicken wraps. Stores that received the recalled products include Kroger, Target, Trader Joe's, Walmart, and Whole Foods. In Kansas, recalled products were sold at Dillon's stores owned by Kroger. including spicy Yarlsburg dip and spicy pimento cheese dip, deli kitchen's Chipotle cheddar chicken wrap, deli chickens Cajun chicken mashed potatoes and corn, and Taylor Farms chicken enchilada. The head of the EPA says he wants more than 50% reduction in his budget for next year. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he believes deregulation, including the elimination of greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles. has resulted in increased manufacturing investment in the U.S. Which has the benefit of creating more jobs, more people working. Lee Zeldin told the Fox News Rundown podcast, staff cuts at the EPA have saved taxpayers $750 million a year. On top of that, through real estate consolidations, canceled grants, we closed an EPA museum that was created during the Biden administration, almost no one knew about or even visited. The EPA is now asking for a budget of only a bit more than $4 billion.

in the next fiscal year. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. Hey, kids, let's load up the car and go to the EPA Museum. Boy, that doesn't sound like a waste of money, does it? No, what do you eat at a museum? Gosh. Yeah, that's a... The EPA Museum. Lots of fun, Dad. That place is packed. Oh, yeah, I can't wait. A Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed. Ayyad issues a challenge to his Republican opponent. The 41-year-old El-Sayed challenging 63-year-old Mike Rogers to a no-pads football showdown after Rogers mocked El-Sayed for making correlations between football and narratives used to justify slavery during a 2023 podcast. El-Sayed, who has been challenging Rogers to a debate, saying that since Rogers is, quoting here, too afraid to debate, they can meet on a football field instead. Gary Baumgarton, Fox News. A special election today pits President Trump's closest British ally against an intergalactic space warrior. I wonder if he's got a Q36 explosive modulator with a trash can on his head. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament after questions over his finances. He vowed to fight the special election, but none of the other parties chose to take part. Enter Count Binface, an independent space warrior from the planet Sigma 9. He was asked where he sits on the political spectrum. I am the Galactic Centre. and everything else just revolves around me like little planets. Could you put that in like American political terms? Yes. I'm the Galactic Center and everything else spins around me like little planets. Real name Jonathan Harvey, BinFace has been a regular novelty candidate. He's polling at around 20%. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. I am the Galactic Center. Everything rolls around me. Yeah, and him doing the American accent. That just was... That was sweet. This reminds me of the guy here in Kansas. What was it, eight years ago, ran with the rubber boot on his head. Yeah. There's always a novelty candidate out there. Come on, you've got to remember his name. Oh, I'll think of it. I mean, yes, there's always, yes, you're right. There's always these crackpots. It is 637 here with Woodward and Witt. Now let's take a look at our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning, and here we go again. Mostly sunny, breezy, and very hot today. South winds 15 to 25 and a high of 107. We'll see a few storms mainly northwest of Wichita this evening. Otherwise, partly cloudy and warm, 78 is the low. Partly cloudy, breezy, 103 on Friday with a small chance of an afternoon or evening storm. Mostly sunny, breezy and hot Saturday, high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist. Jake Dunn.

And currently in Wichita, it is mostly clear. We have a breeze out of the south. It is already 82 degrees. The sunrise just underway here on this Thursday at Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330, KNSS. Vermin Supreme was the guy with the rubber boot on his head, ran for governor, and he ran on a platform of gingivitis and zombie power. is what he said. Well, who can argue with that? Apparently, hey, you know, he still paid his filing fee. There you go. It is 813. Now it is, well, no, it's not 813. That's the date. It's August 13. That close enough. It is 638. Now let's check our, let's check our commodities update. It's time for Tom Kelly Loeffler of Kelly Loeffler Commodities. Good morning, Tom. Well, good morning, Ted and John. Selling return to the live cattle and the feeder cattle Wednesday right at the opening. The live cattle saw three-session lows while the feeder cattle had nine-session lows. The trading and the closes yesterday were triple-digit losses. Now, there still has not been any cash cattle trade taking place in the southern plains. Lean hogs traded mixed and closed positive. On the close, October live cattle down $2.52 at $2.23.

3935, October hogs 22 higher at 8355. Now, Wednesday's Wazdi report helped the wheat corn and soybeans to close with double-digit gains. The corn yield was lowered from 183 bushels per acre to 180.7. Production was higher by 13 million bushels, and acreage was increased by 1.2 million. Now, the soybean yield was lowered from 53 bushels to... per acre to 52.7, production was increased by 44 million bushels as the acreage was increased by 1.4 million. Now, wheat production was lower, the lowest in 56 years. At the moment, September KC. wheat, three and three quarters higher at 724.5, December corn, down two and a quarter at 478.5. November soybeans, two cents higher at 1185 and a quarter. September crude oil, $1.62 lower at $8,165. December gold, $22 lower at $4,445. September silver, down $57 at $65, $13. September S&P, 17 points higher at $7,88. September dollar index down $12 at $99.78, and September Dow Jay Jones futures, $157 points higher at $54,028. For commodity trading or ag marketing, contact left for commodity. on the phone or on the web by using 866 go to tom well tom you know occasionally i i kind of swing and a miss on these national day things with you You know, I mean, it's easy if I get like National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. I know I'm going to win. But I think today is a no-brainer because August 13th is National Philette Mignan Day. It's National Filet Mignon Day. It celebrates the specialty cut of beef, usually from a steer or a heifer. A filet mignon is a steak taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin of beef. Filet mignon is... French for cute fillet or dainty fillet. In French, filet mignon may be called a fillet de bouff, which translates to beef fillet. Yeah, the price isn't dainty. Yeah, no, no, no. But then again, it's also the best cut of beef, if you ask me. Referred to, it's the filet mignon comes from the most tender portion of the tenderloin. It's most... prized cuts of beef. Therefore, we expect the steak to be the most expensive. It's usually cut into one or two inch thick portions. It is literally considered the finest of all sets of cuts of beef, and bacon wrapped is usually the best. But today is Filet Mignon Day. So obviously this is a, I think, a no-brainer. Tom, do you like a filet mignon? Yes, but it is not my favorite cut. I'd rather go with the ribby or the strip. I think it has more flavor than the filet mignon. The flea mignon is a very tender piece of meat, but it's not my favorite. See, now, here's where I fall on this debate. I'm with you. I prefer the rib eye only because it's bigger. I would take the filet if it was huge.

But the problem is, I don't get enough of it. Now, if they'd serve me a 14 or an 18 ounce filet, I would take it, but it would probably cost me 300 bucks. So do you see where I'm going here? If I could get an 18 ounce filet, I would say that's my favorite. But since I can't, I'll take a ribby any day and twice on Sunday. By the way, if you're looking for a good fillet, go to size hoof and horn. that is the best place to get a good fillet. I agree. Yeah. I mean, he does everything right. And same with the ribby. That ribby up there is to die for. But, yeah, oh, it is so good. So I'm with you. I love a good filet, but you can't beat a ribby. Have you ever had a tomahawk, by the way? I've yet to have one. Yes. Is it as good as I think it is? It is something I think everybody ought to have once, but I probably will never do it again. It was great. I think it's just the ideal of it to how massive it looks on the Graham Platner and that big old hunk of bone there, you know, but I don't think I'd do it again. Why? I think you're paying a little too much for it for one thing. But other than that, flavor and everything was fantastic. Where were you when you had it? I was at Chester's. Oh, okay. Oh, well, yeah. Well, and if you were there, you paid. Yeah, I'm sure. Yes. Yeah, I see, I've never had a tomahawk. My wife and I've talked about going someplace and getting a tomahawk. Have you ever had one, Ted? I don't think I have. That's, I mean, they look so impressive. That's one of those that I would love someday to go have a tomahawk. I just have, Jan, have you ever had a tomahawk? No. They look so good. It's just, oh, it's so savory. And I'm sure all the vegans out there are, you know, saying, oh, you poor, you know, or the vegetarians. You know, you can't, you know, I'm like, yeah, yeah, that's what they're for. And the other good thing about it is after you've consumed that tomahawk, you've got a nice bone take home to your dog. Oh, yes, yes. Well, in our case, we'd have to eat three of them, to be fair, because you can't just take home one or the other two will get mad. But that's okay. I'll eat three. That'd be fine. All right, Tom. Well, it's National Philette Mignan Day, so go get yourself Phillette Mignan. That'll go good this morning with some mates. Oh, that man, thinking just like me. All right, brother. Have a good day. We'll check in with you again tomorrow. Very nice. That is the Commodities Update with Tom Kelly Loeffler of Kelly Loeffler Commodities. Hey, 645 here with Woodward and Steve Witkoff. Take a look at what the stock market did yesterday. Check in on new vaccine recommendations and another installment on this summer of gaming. It's all coming up next on KNSS.

It's 645 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KMSS. Excuse me, 649. Now it's time for three big things. Three. Israel deployed additional troops to the West Bank yesterday amid reports that Israeli settlers have trapped Palestinian families without water or power. Two. The Wichita Children's Home expands and has broken ground on a new center for children's healing and maternity group home. One. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down at the end of the month. citing a desire to spend more time with her young family. That's three big things with Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSSS. Let's get a traffic update from Jad Chambers. Traffic right now in the Wichita area? Well, looking pretty good. Not really seeing too many issues out there. We have had a couple of stalled out vehicles, and one of them's in a very awkward spot as the traffic volumes are starting to pick up now. We want to watch out. We have a stalled up vehicle northbound I-135. But it's in the road construction right there at the ramp to K-96. Traffic update from 987 and 1330KNSS. In the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center, I'm Jed Chambers. Mostly sunny, breezy and very hot today with a high of 107 degrees. Tonight partly cloudy, a low of 78 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, hot, chance of afternoon storms and a high of 103 degrees. Right now in Wichita, it is clear in 82 degrees. We are under an extreme heat warning for the next two days. That's what's your forecast at Wichita's Severe Weather Station, 987 and 1330 KNS. It is 651 here on this Thursday, August 13th. The Trump administration is out with new vaccine recommendations. President Trump says revising the recommended vaccines for infants and young children restores the gold standard of science. Dr. Stephanie Herodopoulos, the director of national health communications, says it also empowers parents and family physicians. We are not anti-vaccine. We want to make sure that people have all the choices available.

Herodopoulos says while the new recommendations do require fewer shots, no vaccine will become unavailable. We are definitely not going to change that the Medicaid chip and VCP are paying for those vaccines. Critics say the new recommendations will lower vaccination rates, require more doctors, visits, and increased vaccine skepticism. President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. suggests a possible link between vaccines and Autism, scientific consensus for decades has found no connection. At the White House, Jared Halper, Fox News. We'll have another installment right now on this Summer of Gaming. Fox on Games, Summer of Gaming. Nintendo saves the market. Will it be you? How do you sell a video game console when stores refuse to stock them? You call it an entertainment system. Will your family be the first? to witness the birth of the incredible Nintendo Entertainment System. In 1985, Nintendo came to America with the NES, short for Nintendo Entertainment System. And to avoid the stigma of the recent crash, they packaged it with a robot. He follows the commands you put on screen to help you tackle even the toughest challenge. And a light gun. And play games like Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley. They also introduced the official seal of quality, attempting to ensure that no broken games would reach consumers. Although non-license games started making their way onto the machine later. Sans the seal of quality. Nintendo single-handedly resurrected the North American video game market. The industry was saved, but a new rival was about to emerge. Amen Dignam. Fox News. And let's take a look back yesterday and see what happened on the stock market. I'm Seth Soutelle, and this is the AP Markets Report. Stocks ended just shy of a record on Wall Street after several AI stocks reported better than expected growth for the spring. The S&P 500 rose 3 tenths of a percent Wednesday. It was the first gain for the index since it set an all-time high on Friday. The Dow slipped 21 points. That's less than a tenth of a percent than as that composite climbed half a percent. Nvidia and Super Micro Computer helped lead the way following the latest signs that businesses continue to spend big money on AI infrastructure. The government reported that inflation improved a bit last month. That helped send Treasury yields lower in the bond market. The yield in the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.67%. Sethsuto, New York. It is 654 here with Woodward and Witt, and the 6 o'clock hour is wrapped up. It seems like it just, I mean, no time. I know. That's how it is here at KNSS. Where did it go? All this great information comes your way, and all of a sudden, an hour is gone by. I know. Now we get ready for another big hour. The 7 o'clock hour here is coming up. are on Woodward and Witt, and coming up here at 7.30, we're starting a new feature every other Thursday with the Kansas Chamber. We'll talk with Eric Stafford from the Kansas Chamber about Kansas facing a pivotal moment, and we'll look ahead at the next decade. That's coming up at 735. And we're glad you're with us. News, sports, business, weather, and traffic as well. A big 7 o'clock hour on the way here on 987 and 1330, KNSS.

This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS, Wichita's number one talk. Good morning. It is coming up on 7 o'clock right here on this Thursday, August 13th at KNSS. Currently in Wichita, we have a sunny sky. It is 82 degrees here at KNSS on this Thursday morning, August 13th. The Kansas town of Marion has agreed to pay $850,000 to a former reporter at its weekly newspaper to end her federal lawsuit over a police raid of the paper's offices three years ago that ignited a national furor over press freedom. Now retired Marion County record reporter Phyllis Zohran Mamdani said in her lawsuit that the raid violated press freedoms and protections from unreasonable law enforcement searches guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. She also said it almost immediately led to health problems, causing the return of potentially life-threatening seizures that had been controlled for years with medication. It was one of the five lawsuits filed over raids on the newspaper's offices and two homes. Zohran Mamdani's attorney, Randy Rathman. And an attorney for the city of Marion, Jennifer Hill, filed a joint statement this week, the third anniversary of the raid on the newspaper's offices. And that statement said that Zohran Mamdani's lawsuit was being dismissed. The Wichita Police Department is searching for three French bulldogs stolen during a burglary on Monday in the 1700 block of East Millare Street. That's in the North Wichita area to the east of 21st and the canal route. The dogs were taken on August 10th. Two of the missing dogs are described as cream-colored French bulldogs. The third is a brindle French bulldog, described as black and brown. Inmate executions are planned in three states today. Death row inmates in Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma are scheduled for execution today, and if all three are carried out, it would be the first time since 2010 that three have occurred on the same day in the U.S. Tennessee's planned execution of Anthony Daryl Jim Himes comes three months after the attempted execution of another inmate was called off due to problems inserting the lethal injection IV. Jim Himes was convicted of stabbing hotel worker Catherine Jean Jenkins to death in 1985. Alabama is set to execute Jeremy Williams for the 2021 murder of a five-year-old girl. And Oklahoma plans to execute Carlos Cuesta Rodriguez for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend, Olympia Fisher, who had been making plans to end their relationship. Tanya J. Powers, Fox News. The Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component under the Department of Justice's Office of Justice programs, awarded almost $290 million to support state, local, and tribal governments in criminal justice activities to keep American communities safe. Among the recipients in Kansas is Sedgwick County, who is getting up more than $44,000 to improve the local criminal justice system.

The funds will be used to upgrade equipment like touchscreen laptops for in-court use and replace equipment like expired ballistic vests. Recipients will buy tactical and security-related equipment, including a pole camera, electronic control devices, ballistic shields, launchers, and AI detection software. The complicated rescue effort continues after Colombia's 7.4 magnitude earthquake. At least 181 people have died. A moment of joy amid Colombia's tragedy. This, the moment a baby is pulled to safety through a crack in a concrete wall. The first 72 hours are crucial when it comes to finding survivors. President Abolardo de la Espritia says almost 200 people are still missing, but civilian-run databases put that number nearer 4,000. Response to the devastation has been made harder by poverty and civil warfare. Aid is coming in from overseas. The United States has offered more than $15 million worth. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. More new road construction today in Wichita, northbound I-135, the Gooseberry Bridge, just north of 125th Street exit ramp. The right lane will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. One of our big automobile makers is revving up production here in the United States. We'll tell you who that is. And a shocking discovery in the state of Washington on a boat off a beach. And it turned into a rescue effort. And we will be getting our in-depth weather forecast, so it's always good to visit with Storm Team 12, Chief Meteorologist Ross Janssen to find out what the latest is. We'll be talking with Ross in just a few minutes. We'll see what Ross has to say. KNSS News time is 704. It is 707 here on this Thursday, August 13th on KNSS. Ford is revving up its production in the United States. The automaker boosting its link in production as it phases out imports from China. The company expects the manufacturing expansion in 2030 to generate thousands of direct and indirect American jobs. Ford didn't disclose how much it plans to invest or identify the plants that would see the additional production. The announcement comes as Ford and other automakers continue to navigate higher costs and uncertainty tied to tariffs. Chris DeMayo, Fox News. A shocking discovery off of Washington Beach has turned into an extraordinary rescue with 60 cats and kittens pulled from an abandoned sailboat. Tacoma police say the rescue began August 6th when officers found more than 30 cats living in unsafe conditions aboard the 40-foot vessel near Owen Beach. Over six days, that number grew to 60. Many of the animals frightened and malnourished. More than 40 were taken to the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County while others went to foster homes. Police say they'll continue searching the boat in case any cats are still hiding, and they're warning the public not to board the vessel as the investigation continues.

Ted Linder, Fox News. It is 709 here on this Thursday morning, August 13th, at 987 and 1330, KNSS. All right, something going on in traffic now. And, of course, we've got the traffic volumes really starting to pick up now. So a couple of things to watch out for. Stalled-up vehicle northbound I-135 right there at the ramp to Harry. So northbound died 135 at the ramp to Harry. Also eastbound Kellogg at the ramp to Seneca. Both of these areas we've now got vehicles that have stalled out and broken down. Traffic update from 987 and 1330 KNSS. The Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. Now it's time to check in and see what's going on with the weather. It is our in-depth weather forecast. And let's visit with Storm Team 12 Chief Meteorologist Ross Jansen. Good morning, Ross. Well, good morning to you, Ted and John. Again, this is not a recording from yesterday or from Tuesday. Just to be clear, it's August 13th, and it's 10 after 7 in the morning. So it's going to be another... A hot day. So, surprise, surprise. We're getting a lot of feedback now from people that are done with this weather. Ready for a change. We're ready for something different. But sadly, we continue on with this exceptionally hot weather here in August. This is going to be day number 11 this year of hitting 100 degrees. Remember, we average 12 in a typical summer season. So we've had our... quota now of a typical 100 degree days. It's also our sixth day of hitting 100 in August, and I did look up some stats yesterday. If we get 13 100 degree days in August, suddenly we're moving into top 10, most 100 degree days for Wichita in the month of August alone. And I think we can get there. Not that that's something that any of us really want to accomplish, but... I mean, today's going to be day six. And then when you start looking down the road at another heat wave coming up next week, it's highly possible. This is going to wind up being one of those years where we have a top 10 finisher in terms of 100 degree days in the month of August alone. 107 is where we're aiming today. If that sounds exceptionally hot, well, that's what we had yesterday. So it's basically just a repeat performance of Wednesday. Mostly sunny, breezy, the wind out of the south. Tonight we just barely. dip below 80 degrees on the low temperature. There will be some scattered thunderstorms off to the north and west of Wichita. So this front that's coming in is probably going to stir up some storms around Grapin and Salina, maybe as close to us as say McPherson, but it's not in Wichita. So I think we're going to be dry again tonight with some storms to our west. We're back to sunshine tomorrow, maybe not as hot on Friday as the heat dome begins to break down. 104 tomorrow. And then Saturday's high at 102. There is a front, and it's the same one that's out there today that's just kind of stationary. And eventually what will happen is storms in Nebraska and western Kansas will push that front to come on through. So by the time we get into Sunday, we're still looking at mid to upper 90s. But chances for scattered storms will be in our future for Sunday, perhaps lingering into the early morning hours of Monday of next week. But we've got a couple of days coming up where the temperature.

doesn't look too bad and that includes Monday with a high of about 90 degrees and then Tuesday starts to warm back up with mid 90s and then we could be potentially back above 100 degrees by the middle of next week. If you need something to help you get through, again, there's going to be a pretty drastic change in this overall pattern, but it's not going to show itself until we get to the very end of August and perhaps into early September. And then we're going to start getting some more rain around here. So it's coming, but boy, the next week and a half to two weeks might still be pretty tough for us here in south central Kansas. We've got 82 degrees right now in Wichita, mostly sunny to start out here on a Thursday. That's your Storm Team 12 forecast. I'm Chief of Meteorologist Ross Jansen. Yeah, it's got some nice rain going on this morning in Omaha and Des Moines. I was like, I wish that would have come down here a little bit, but couldn't make it. Yeah, it's all kind of riding around the edge of the big heat dome, which is starting to weaken. It's starting to move, but it's just still deflecting all the rain to the north just a little bit too far. Yeah, we talked about yesterday was the 90th anniversary of the highest temperature ever in which it's 114 degrees. And then that night, It only got the low was 86, which is the record. So, you know, and we're not, we're at 82 right now. We're not that far from that. I know. It does not cool off at night. No, not very much. You know, it's funny yesterday in our afternoon news meeting at the station when I mentioned 114, Michael Schoenke wasn't paying attention, and he thought that was our current temperature. He said, no, no, no, no. That's not the current temperature. That's just the record for today. Oh, everyone suddenly felt better. Oh, you know, he needs to be more focused in those meetings if you're giving in this great information and he's not paying attention. I think, well, you know, Everybody's brain shutting off in this hot weather. That is definitely true. Mine might be getting there, too. We're all overheating. That's kind of the way we are right now. Oh, thanks. Hey, Ross, we appreciate it. It's always great information, and we'll talk to you again tomorrow. Always good to check in and get the latest on the in-depth weather forecast. Storm Team 12, Chief Meteorologist Ross Jansen every day with Woodward and Witt right here on KNSSS. Ted, you know, I mentioned in the three big things earlier about the Lakers, the sale of the Lakers. Yes. That's obviously, that's professional basketball. There's a new study out from Business Insider about college basketball. Okay. Are you a college hoops fan? Well, I used to be before this NIL just completely.

drove everything to insanity. Hopefully they'll fix that. I'm with you. I'm not a big fan. So Business Insider has decided to do the heavy lifting and rank the best college towns for college basketball. I will say this outright right now. I completely disagree with this list, by the way. Because. This state, our lovely state of Kansas, has been completely left out. Whose list is this? This is Business Insider. Business Insider. Focused on places where college help drive the local economy, culture, and lifestyle. They factored in things like population and other well-known college town rankings to determine which college town in America is best for college basketball. Okay. Okay. I completely disagree with this list. I think it's wrong. But number 10, Urbana Champaign, that's Illinois for the University of Illinois, right? Big school. Laramie, Wyoming, University of Wyoming. Yep, number nine. Eight is West Lafayette, Indiana for Purdue. Number seven, Berkeley, California. Cal. Yeah. Number six, Madison for University of Wisconsin. Number five, Tallahassee, which is Florida State, which... They don't have a basketball program is worthless. So I don't know why that's even on. A football, different story. But this is basketball. Number four, Gainesville, Florida. Again, University of Florida. It's a football program, not basketball. So I don't get this. Number three, Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia. Again, I don't get it. Number two, Tempe, Arizona. Arizona State University, number one, Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan. Okay. So who's not on this list? Duke, Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, you know, Indiana. I mean, you've got, you've got the perennial top programs, some that are the best college hoops programs in the country. Not on the list. Yeah, I agree with you. It's a dumb list. Lawrence, Kansas is arguably one of the best, not on the list. Duke, North Carolina, I don't get this list at all, but there you go. See, usually when I see those lists, I generally see Lawrence on there somewhere close to the top. Lawrence gets on there. Lawrence is usually in the top three. And for whatever reason, Wichita is usually right around the bottom, but that's only if they're doing like those full lists of like 250. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But Lawrence, Kansas is always in the top 10. Usually it's in the top five because KU, I mean, it's a home of basketball, but whatever. Yeah. Yeah. It's a bad one. You know, we always like to hear from our listeners, and we, of course, that's part of our voice message app. Yep. You go to the Odyssey app, KNSS, and then you click on the microphone icon there, and you leave us a voice message. Oh, yeah, we love hearing from the air. And that's good stuff, so we'd like to hear from you. And we have heard from a couple of listeners. We were doing a story yesterday about...

uh if you know if you didn't get charged for something maybe at the grocery store oh yeah do you realize it after you got out in the parking lot or whatever do you take it back right or do you just say hey you know you're bad it's the way things rolled today and just move on with your life well we did get a couple of voice messages one uh we had tom from wichita if an item sells for two dollars and the store's profit margin is 10 percent then the store has to sell $20 worth of product to make up for that $2 loss. So is it no big deal? Just remember what God said. They'll sell not steal. So don't do it. Go back in the store and pay for it. You guys have a good day. All right. Tom's probably right. You know, I shall not steal. Well, you can't argue against the Ten Commandments. No, Tom, Tom's right. And we did get another voicemail on the same subject from Wichita. Also, Richard. Hey, I always, if I think they missed an item, I always just speak up right away. But I always prefer to go deal with an actual checkout person, clerk there, because more and more people keep going to the self-checkout. You're taking jobs away. So I feel... If more and more people would avoid the self-checkout, we'd have more clerks at cashiers. Hey, you guys have an awesome bake. I'm with Richard on that one. I know, Chad, you said you like the self-checkout. I don't. I'm with Richard. I prefer the, I prefer always to go to the checker. I hate to self-checkout, but that's just me. I figure that's what they're paying them to do. I don't want to have to, I mean, if you're paying me to, if you're paying me to self-checkout, then I shouldn't have to bag it. I shouldn't have to do the work. That's what I'm paying you to do. It's a little different for me. I've bagged groceries before. That was one of my jobs I had when I was a kid. Yeah. And I'm generally better at it than most. And so I just like to do my own. Yeah, no. That's what we're paying the grocery store for. So thank you to Tom and Richard for both weighing in, leaving us a voice message. Hey, any story we do, any topic we bring up? We love you to leave us a voice message on what you think about what's going on. We love hearing from the voice message. Sure do. Yeah, that was cool. So, yeah, Odyssey app, KNSS, then click on the microphone icon, leave us a voice message, and hey, maybe we'll get you on the air. It is 721 here with Woodward and Witt. Now it is time to see what's going on in sports. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at sirtapro.com. It's a home week, minor league baseball for the Wichita Wind Surge down at Equity Bank Park on a hot week. 1600 fans at the game last night. And Wichita got a nice win. Beat the hooks from Corpus Christi 9 to 3. And it's a big night for the Wichita Center fielder.

Batting fifth in the lineup. Garrett Spain, two home runs. He's got 20 home runs now on the season. Drove in four of the nine runs, and he was four for four on base last night. Big night for Garrett Spain for Wichita. And right fielder, Caden Kendall, got two more hits. He's batting 396 this season for the wind surge. Same two teams again tonight. Corpus Christi and Wichita, well, the turbo tubs, picking on Corpus Christi tonight. 6.35 is game time at Equity Bank Park. Wichita right now is seven games behind for a playoff spot with one month to go. Major League Baseball, late night last night on the West Coast, the Kansas City Royals, visiting the first place Los Angeles Dodgers, finishing up the three-game set in Dodgers Stadium, the least visited venue in Royals franchise history. And you heard the game on 97-5 and 1240, KFH. The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second and a 2-1 lead in the third, but both leads quickly disappeared as the Dodgers answered, and they went on to beat the Royals 4-2. Josh Rojas and Salvador Perez each drove in a run for KC, but Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts Homer to tie it in the second inning 1-1, and Shohei Otani hit a two-run third inning to give the defending champions the lead for good. Nine-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrell pitched a scoreless eighth inning. in his Royals debut. We're on tomorrow at 8 on the Royals Baseball Network. Yeah, day off today for the Royals in Los Angeles. That's what's going on there. Women's soccer. We are into the college athletics portion of the season. And 15th ranked Kansas won on a hot day yesterday in Lawrence, beat Utah State 2 to nothing to open up the season. KU Women's Soccer has won 11 straight non-conference matches. 15th ranked KU opened up the season with a win in women's soccer. And happy birthday today to former KU football coach, Turner Gill, is 64 years old today. And after he left KU, he became the head coach at Liberty for a while. And he's been in the athletic department at the University of Arkansas as well. Of course, he was a great player at Nebraska back in the day. Former KU football coach Turner Gill. It's his birthday. He is 64 today. That is sports with Woodward and Whit. Sports is brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring America's Day American Pale Ale. For 250 years, Americans of Brewed Beer, and in 26, WBC's America's Day Pale Ale carries the flag as we toast the red, white, and blue, or the taste of freedom, reminding us that it's America's Day, every day at WBC.

724 here on KNSS. Traffic and weather is next. And do you stop exercising when it's this hot? House Call for Health is coming up next on KNSS. Wichita's number one talk. This is Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Morning, it is 732. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Thursday, August 13th. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny and 82 degrees on this Thursday morning. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's weekly update tracking the nationwide cyclospiriasis outbreak shows the spread may be gradually slowing, at least here in Kansas. Data from the KDHE showing 748 statewide cases of the parasite causing intestinal illness so far this year. An increase of more than 100 in a week. Updated data showing more than 600 of the cases so far this year were reported last month. The latest KDHE data showing that cyclosporiasis cases in the county, here in Sedgwick County, reached 100. And in Kansas, the most cases are Johnson County in the northeast part of the state with more than 200. The Department of Agriculture has confirmed 43 cases of New World Screw Worm. The infection begins when flies lay eggs on cattle, sheep, or dogs, and the flesh-eating larvae can spread if left untreated. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for four in Canto Animal Health Clinic extra wound spray last week to help fight the outbreak. The company's CEO is Jeff Simons. Cordelia O'Quatro is used for ticks, fleas, heartworm. It's a fast-growing product right now that the veterinarians have. You take that monthly, and we're emphasizing some people say, oh, flea and tick, we only do that in the spring and summer. No, we believe strongly as an animal health industry year-round protections needed. Simons appearing on the claim countdown on Fox business. A married couple died following a two-alarm house fire. that destroyed two houses on Wichita's southwest side on Monday night. Two victims were pulled from the initial home and given medical care before they were taken to Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. Those victims who died are identified as Susan and Edward Perry, both age 61. And that fire was gas fed. The gas line to one of the homes had been hit by the fire and had to be shut off to keep from feeding the flames. The Department of Justice is cracking down on immigration fraud after announcing charges in an alleged sham marriage scheme that helped Chinese nationals gain green cards. Attorney General Todd Blanche directing U.S. Attorney's offices around the country to work with DHS to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of birth tourism schemes and those who have obtained U.S. citizenship through fraud. We are a nation of borders and sovereignty. The greatness of America is only as strong as our willingness to protect it.

The DOJ charging 11 people accused of overseeing a marriage fraud scheme involving more than 1,000 sham marriages between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens. I am proud to be part of the whole-of-government approach to bring down sophisticated networks like this. Calling this one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in U.S. history. Kristen Goodwin, Fox News. It is 735 here on this Thursday morning. Let's get the weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning, and here we go again. Mostly sunny, breezy, and very hot today. South winds 15 to 25 and a high of 107. We'll see a few storms mainly northwest of Wichita this evening. Otherwise, partly cloudy and warm, 78 is the low. Partly cloudy, breezy, 103 on Friday with a small chance of an afternoon or evening storm. Mostly sunny, breezy and hot Saturday, high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist. Jake Dunn. And currently in Wichita, we do have a breeze out of the south. It is mostly sunny and 82 degrees at KNS, Wichita's severe weather station, 987 and 1330. KNSSS News Times 735. Kansas is at a pivotal moment as we look ahead to the next decade. How do we grow our population, create more opportunity, attract new businesses, and make Kansas more competitive with the states around us. Eric Stafford. From the Kansas Chamber joins us now for a new biweekly feature, our Kansas Forward Minute, which is brought to us by the Kansas Chamber. Good morning, Eric. Thanks for joining us this morning. John, how are you, sir? Fine, thank you, sir. Nice to have you on the show with us this morning. And I want to talk a little bit with you in particular about Kansas Forward. And why does the chamber believe that Kansas needs this kind of long-term vision now? I mean, why are we in this predicament and why now? What's so important? Why is this pressing? Yeah, you know, we're in a war for talent and investment. And we have to be intentional in our efforts as a state on how we are going to attract investment, how are we going to attract jobs, how we're going to attract people here to our state. Otherwise, if we're not recruiting more talent and bringing more people here, we're going to have our time. And over the long run, over 10, 20 year period to attract business investment and grow as a state. We're really trying to put an increased focus and study what we could be doing and what policies could be passed to improve our business climate in the state and in the nation competitively. I mean, last month CNBC's.

A poll came out and Kansas dropped from 33rd to 37th Best State for doing business. And, you know, we got to get a lot more competitive than that. We got to get another top half at least to start. And then from there, you know, ideally top 15, top 10. Yeah, this has been an ongoing problem for us for a while where, you know, we've been exporting one of our best commodities and that's our... best and our brightest, our kids. One of the four major goals of the vision of the Kansas Forward Vision is increasing Kansas' population. We've watched our neighboring states grow faster than Kansas for years. What do we need to change in order to attract more workers and more families into Kansas? I think, again, as I was mentioned, in terms of the business climate, just being Being more attractive for investment, the cost of living here overall is pretty good, but there are some cost drivers that are very uncompetitive for the state. And surprisingly, John, I was looking at our blue book data that we had put together this spring. We actually import a really good number of college students annually from out of state, you know, 8,000, 9,000 students. How do we keep them here? And, you know, affordability is one factor. I do believe Kansas offers a very good quality of life. I think Wichita is an amazing city to be. You know, it's a great place to raise families. I think when people get to Kansas, they experience it. And it's like, you know, this is a nice state. We actually joint-hosted our National State Chamber conference last summer with the Missouri Chamber in the Kansas City region. Our colleagues from across the country absolutely loved the time that they got to spend in Kansas. So I think we have a lot to offer here, but we do have to get more competitive. You know, you look at states like Florida, Ohio is this year's number one, CNBC state for business climate, North Carolina, Utah is experiencing rapid growth. South Carolina, same thing. So there's, there's, other states that are doing more to be competitive for the business community that we have to be intentional in our efforts to attract that investment here. Another pillar that you're focusing on with this vision is aligning public services and reducing government inefficiencies. Not necessarily cutting, but it's focusing on inefficiencies, correct? Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think the fact that we're third in the nation per capita for public sector employment, you know, we have 70 employees per 1,000 residents, and that long term is also not sustainable. We have to find ways to deliver government services in a more effective and efficient manner through use of technology. streamlining, streamlining the services that we're offering. You know, we, we have to have our, we have to be laser focused on making sure that we have a very vibrant private sector, but, you know, any centrally sized public sector here in the state. But yeah, that's, that's something that we have to look at. You know, we've, Kansas has 4,000 taxing entities in our state and a population of 2.9 million people.

One of the things that I was looking at it, I was looking on the website at Kansas Chamber.org and Kansas Forward is a vision that you've put forward, but it's not necessarily a political campaign. It's not, it's nonpartisan. This isn't something that's Republican or Democrat. This is something that you're trying to do to help grow the state, but it's not necessarily political in nature. No, it's not. It involves, um, The policy, right? But we want buy-in from everybody. You know, if you live here, do you want a better state? If the answer is yes, then join us, right? I mean, this is not intended to be a partisan issue. There are some issues that... You know, we've been working with Governor Kelly on that are important. They're important issues that other states are grappling with, that our colleagues are grappling with with other state chambers that prevent people from moving into states. I mean, access to child care is an important issue nationwide. And we worked with Governor Kelly as she worked to streamline. regulating childhood facilities in the state, and the legislature passed it, and the governor signed it. So there are issues that shouldn't be partisan, but ultimately wanting a better state and wanting to grow our state, you're exactly right. It should not be a partisan issue. Yeah, I know one of the things that when I was talking with Senator Masterson recently, he brought up literacy. You know, that's something that... Yeah, that's a nonpartisan issue. So there are areas that we can grow that we can focus on that cross party lines. That will likely be a big issue next session. The Oklahoma Chamber just made a big effort on literacy. You still see it on LinkedIn all the time that they put a lot of effort in to focus on literacy in the state of Oklahoma. And Kansas, we need to as well. I got going off the top of my head for the data, I think we're. 67%, 68% third graders are not reading a grade level. You know, you learn to read from K through third. You read to learn for the rest of your life. And if you can't read to learn, how are you going to be an effective worker? How are you going to be an effective employee? So these are issues that do matter to the business community. They're, you know, more. uh kind of a offshoot you know it's not a it's not a unemployment insurance policy it's not a tax policy it's not dealing with property taxes but it's a it ties into workforce because you do need to have a well trained workforce and and your workers can't read then that's that's a problem Well, again, the program is called Kansas Forward, and we're going to talk about this periodically on Thursdays. It'll be our Kansas Forward Minute. And if folks are interested, they can get more information about Kansas Forward at Kansaschamber.org, correct?

Correct. Thank you, John. Eric, I appreciate it, and we'll touch base with you again in a couple of weeks. That was Eric Stafford with the Kansas Chamber, and they'll be joining us every other Thursday for our Kansas Forward Minute, brought to you by the Kansas Chamber. It is 744 here on KNS. We have a local business update on the way from Editor Kirk Seminoff from the Wichita Business Journal, and he'll tell us about some... Pretty big expansion going on right now for the Wichita Children's Home. Find out what they're doing. KNSS News Time coming up on 745. It's 749 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. For which stop business journal updates on the way, now it's time for three big things. Three. Search efforts are winding down after a powerful 7.4 earthquake killed more than 200 people and left thousands missing in the South Pacific. Two. A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the fatal shooting. of a fairway police officer. One. Rising numbers of violent offenders and competency evaluation backlogs are forcing the Central County Jail to send inmates to other facilities. That's three big things with Woodward and Witt on 987 and 1330. ANSSS. Get a traffic update from Jad Chambers. Traffic volume is pretty heavy right now. We've got a backup started. This is eastbound on Kellogg, and it looks like the backup starts in the little ways between Seneca and Meridian. So you're going eastbound between Meridian and Seneca there. You've got a backup and a slowdown starting to form. So you might want to watch out for that. We do have a... You have the report of a crash. This is eastbound, and it's pretty close to Seneca. Eastbound Kellogg, pretty close to Seneca. Traffic Update from 987, 1330, KNS, the Accident Recovery Team Traffic Center. I'm Jed Chambers. Mostly sunny, breezy, and very hot today, the high of 107 degrees. Tonight, partly cloudy, low of 78 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy, again, hot. The chance of afternoon storms and a high of 103 degrees right now. In Wichita, it is clear in 82 degrees. We are under an extreme heat warning today and tomorrow. That's your forecast at Wichita's Severe Weather Station, 98, 7 and 1330, KNS. It is 751 here on this Thursday at KNSS. Let's look back yesterday and see what happened on the stock market. The tech-heavy NASDA gained as AI stocks rallied. Inflation declining slightly last month as the cost of gas and groceries fell, though prices still rose more quickly than before the Iranian war. Consumer prices increasing 3.4% in July from a year ago. AI infrastructure stocks surged on strong earnings reports, but software stocks fell on AI disruption worries. The Dow winners, Caterpillar, Nvidia, and Honeywell Technologies, the Dow decline.

Home Depot, Microsoft, and Travelers. The Dowdown 22 points, the NASDAQ hired by 143, S&P 500 up 20. Hillary Barski, Fox News. It is 751 here on this Thursday morning, August 13th, the Wichita Children's Home. Got some ambitious plans going on right now. Let's find out more. It is time for the local business update from editor Kirk Semenoff, and he's at the Wichita Business Journal. Looking forward to a great report. Good morning, Kirk. Good morning, Ted. Yes, the children's home is broken ground on two facilities that will expand services for vulnerable children, teens, and families across the area. The nonprofit is, again, partnering with Don Linger Construction to build a center for children's healing and a maternity group home on its northeast Wichita campus near 37th and Rock. The Healing Center will support bereavement and foster care programs, while the maternity home will provide housing and support services for pregnant teens and young mothers. The $7.6 million project will consolidate more services onto the main campus there and is expected to be completed within the next year. Intrust Bank is preparing for a leadership transition in its wealth and retirement division as longtime leader Troy Jim Jordan plans his own retirement next April after nearly 30 years with the organization. Greg Murphy will become managing principal and chief investment officer in September, while Joe White will be promoted to principal of wealth and retirement and oversee day. operations. Jim Jordan will remain involved as an advisor during the transition, helping to hand off leadership of a division that now manages about $9.3 billion in assets. And Create campaign founder and CEO, Christina Long is stepping down after leading the Wichita Entrepreneurship nonprofit for 11 years. Long said the organization has reached a point where it can continue its mission beyond her leadership while she focuses on growing her marketing and communications firm CEO. CML Collective. Since launching, Create campaign has helped more than 1,500 entrepreneurs and facilitated nearly $1.5 million in business funding through its microloan and partner lending programs. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Seminoff. Today is, what is it, John, National Filet Mignon Day? Yep, Philette Mignan. Are you the, is that something that's in your menu palette about every two or three days, Kirk? Every two or three years, yeah, yeah, yeah. I do enjoy a good filet mignon, yes. Yeah. My dad was very good at making those back in the day, and that was always a highlight. Well, especially if you can find some highfalutin friend of yours that will actually pay for the meal. Yeah. It's even better. Oh, yeah. I think his name is Tony Dusing. Oh, my good. Wow. Holy cow. If you can get Tony to buy you a steak, how do we get that deal?

I thought that was a daily occurrence for the Odyssey crew. Oh, my goodness. If, Ted. If the bean counters at Odyssey are listening to this right now and think that Tony has enough money to feed us all filet mignon, then they'll be calling him within minutes to examine what's going on with our budget here. Yeah. We get steakums if we're lucky. If we're lucky. Yeah. They're not listening. Don't worry. That's not, yeah. Hey, boys, we're handing out Hot Pockets. Everybody take one. Yeah, yeah, uh-huh. Again, if we're lucky. Everybody's got hot pockets these days. All right. Hey, thank you, Kirk. We appreciate it. That is editor Kirk Semenoff from the Wichita Business Journal. We'll talk with Kirk and get another local business update again, one hour from now. So you make sure you're for that. Hey, the 7 o'clock hour, check. We're finished up. Now we move on to the 8 o'clock hour. Which, of course, has our daily update from Chief's Training Camp with... Mitchell. Mitch Holtus, the voice of the Chiefs. Play-by-play Voice of the Chiefs. At Mitch in 20 minutes. And then we got entertainment news in the blur. You got anything fun for us in the blur? I think we do. I think we got some good stuff in the blur. All right. Good singer and a really appropriate song for today. So it's all good. That'll be in 40 minutes. So we got a lot coming up. News, sports, business weather, and traffic, too. In the 8 o'clock hour next on KNSS.

Good morning. It is 8 o'clock here on this Thursday, August 13th at KNSS. Coming up, we will tell you about some big-time state grants here in Kansas. I'm Rodney Price. Sedgwick County Commissioners agree to a temporary extension of their mutual fire aid agreement with four county communities. That story is just ahead. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny. We have a breeze out of the south. It is 82 degrees here on this Thursday morning. Situate County Commissioners unanimously approving a temporary continuation of their automatic and mutual fire aid agreements with four communities. Valley Center, Mount Hope, Cheney, and Clearwater requested the agreement be extended to September 23rd while each community completed their respective budgeting processes. In May, commissioners voted to terminate the automatic and mutual aid agreement response for those communities and the city of Colwich. Commissioner Ryan Beatty explained why he would not have supported a longer extension. The main factor that's motivating the sense of urgency is we're acknowledging there is a safety situation and a safety risk to our firefighters, firefighters from volunteer and part-time departments and also citizens. Callwich was not included as it has an auto aid agreement with the city of Wichita. Rodney Price, KNSS News. Governor Laura Kelly announced yesterday that millions in state grants are going to bolster Kansas programs supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. The nearly $34.6 million funding package targets Kansas nonprofit organizations, children's advocacy centers, and court-appointed special advocate networks. In a statement, Governor Kelly said that through these grants, the state is providing crucial support to survivors of crime as they heal and move forward with their lives. She also noted that the resources are essential to making Kansas stronger and safer. The state grant distribution spans dozens of organizations across counties, including such Redwick, Reno, Saline, Butler, and Finney. Phil Hildebrand, KNSSS News. A family of six, including four children, all dead in Winfield, after murders and a suicide this week. Ronald Williams' senior was the gunman. He had a lengthy criminal history, including a sex offender registration and multiple felony charges spanning nearly three decades across several counties in eastern Kansas. Williams was convicted in 1998 of attempted indecent liberties with a child. He faced multiple felony charges since 1995, including battery, assault on law enforcement, attempted rape, kidnapping, and drug offenses. This week, he killed himself, his wife, and his four young children in Winfield. Officials had encounters with Williams as recently as the last few weeks. Winfield officers had more than 20 police reports involving the family. In 2005, Williams locked a woman in his home and threatened to beat her if she left. In September of that year, Williams beat the woman and strangled her until she blacked out. She said she believed that Williams thought she had died, and when he saw she was alive,

He tried to hit her with a steering wheel lock. A neighbor intervened and called 911. Williams was charged in connection with that incident on several charges, including attempted second-degree murder. Members of President Trump's cabinet were on the aircraft used as an Air Force One decoy last month. U.S. fighter jets flanked the Air Force One jet between Turkey and the U.K. last month after President Trump secretly was moved to another aircraft. A senior administration official confirms the measures taken and also says the decoy plane carried Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent along with White House staff and members of the press corps. While the cabinet secretaries were told President Trump was not aboard the aircraft, other passengers, including journalists, were not. The extraordinary security measures were taken amid an assassination threat from Iran. At the White House, Jared Halpern, Fox News. Kansas wheat is hosting a free Wheat RX program today in Wichita. Wheat RX is a partnership between Kansas Wheat and K-State Research and Extension to disseminate the latest research recommendations for high-yielding and high-quality wheat to Kansas wheat farmers. The program will begin with an introduction and details of a new National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant project designed to enroll more Kansas wheat acres in conservation programs. The focus will then shift to profitable wheat production. The Wichita Wheat RX program taking place today. That's at the Double Tree by Hilton Airport out in West Wichita. A surrogate who refused to abort a baby despite the biological parents' request gives birth in Texas. The surrogate mom McKenna Ward was caught up in a multi-state controversy refusing to abide by the biological parents' request, relocating to Texas where she gave birth to baby Gabriel, the infant suffering a congenital heart disease, now undergoing life-saving care. Although she gave birth, Ward cannot, by court order, see or hold the baby. Gary Baumgarten, Fox News. More on Goosey. One of the big-time state fairs is opening today. And we are 10 minutes out from our daily Kansas City Chiefs training camp update from the play-by-play voice of the chiefs Mitch Holtus. Mitch in 10 minutes coming up on KNSS. 809 here on this Thursday morning at KNSS. We talked about it a little bit yesterday, more today on the story of Goosey. A Texas family is grateful. Just over a week ago in Richmond, Texas, the Gerber family was asleep when their goose, named Goosey, suddenly began honking loudly and wouldn't stop. The noise woke the family who discovered a barn on their property was on fire and rushed outside to keep the flames from spreading. Security video captured Goosey honking as the fire burned.

The family had brought him home just four months earlier after a poultry expo. No people or animals were hurt in the fire, and Goosey is now getting credit for helping save the family's property. Matt Murphy, Fox News. Goosey. Like, I want to hear that anymore. More than one million people are expected to attend the Iowa State Fair that opens its Bill Gates today for a 10-day run. A tradition that dates back to 1854, though the Iowa State Fair has moved a bit from Fairfield to Iowa City in Dubuque, to where it's been held for generations, the Des Moines Fairground, where lines of people are expected through August 23rd, with a massive focus on the state's agriculture. Whether it's the butter cow, the fruits and vegetables, the flowers, the vendors. This year we've got a brand new exhibit under the grandstand about America 250, so lots of things for you to see and do. The Iowa State Fair's Jeremy Parsons, it's the fourth largest state. State Fair. Yelp also releasing its top rankings for best state fair foods. Iowa comes in third behind Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jeff Monoso, Fox News. Yeah, it's making me hungry for state fair food. I know. That's why all those people show up in Des Moines. We had filet mignon and this. Yeah, make me hungry. They've got some new food items at the Iowa State Fair, the ones I was looking at here. Porky Parm Nocky. Nokey? Yeah. And, yeah, and it's just pork, parmesan, and nokey. Yeah. Oh, okay. I like nokey. Yeah, cooked right. Carb up for my marathon, right? Exactly. Yeah. I bet that's good. Okay, now I'm hungry for that and a filet. It is 811 here on this Thursday, August 13th, on KNSS. All right, we had a traffic accident. This is eastbound on Kellogg, pretty close to the ramp to Seneca. You're going to want to watch out for that. And it's slowing things down. Now, the good news is there's actually a lot less traffic right now. The volumes have kind of thinned out. So it's not really slowing anything down right now, but if those volumes pick back up, that will. Again, that's crash eastbound Kellogg at Seneca. Traffic Update from 987 and 1330KNSSS. The accident recovery team traffic center. I'm Chad Chambers. Now look at our weather forecast. Storm Team 12 meteorologist Jake Dunn. Good morning, Jake. Good morning, and here we go again. Mostly sunny, breezy and very hot today. South winds 15 to 25 and a high of 107. We'll see a few storms mainly northwest of Wichita this evening. Otherwise, partly cloudy and warm, 78 is the low. Partly cloudy, breezy, 103 on Friday with a small chance of an afternoon or evening storm. Mostly sunny, breezy and hot Saturday, high 105. That's your forecast from Storm Team 12. I'm meteorologist. Jake Dunn.

Currently in Wichita, we do have a breeze out of the south that is mostly sunny and 82 degrees. Here on this Thursday, Wichita Severe Weather Station, 98, 7 and 1330, KNS. I know you had more of those food items from the Iowa State Fair. Yeah, they had some really interesting ones here. There's something here called a star-spangled swine. It's a pork belly on a stick with apple, Chiple rub. red soda glaze, and blue and white honey crystals. Okay. So it is literally red, white, and blue pork belly. Going to pass on that one. That doesn't sound appetizing. It kind of sounds a little too sweet to me. How about the Cajun, Cluck, and Chaos? Okay. Okay. Sloppy Joe piled high on a buttery brioche bun with sweet pepper coleslaw. spicy pickles, and then it's on a skewer with a pickled egg, extra pickles, finished with a cloud of lime-infused pickle cotton candy. Ugh. Again. I believe there's an onion ring on it, too, but I'm not entirely sure. Sounds like a heartburn. Yeah, waiting to happen there. So there's some real. And then, of course, there's the All-American scrambled egg roll. It's just an egg roll, but it's got all your breakfast stuff in it, your hash browns, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon. And then once they've got it all wrapped up in the egg roll wrapper and fried, it's served with a bunch of ranch and melted cheese. Now that, there you go. Now that, okay, you finally found one that A isn't covered in sugar, and that one I like. Okay. And I'm sure it's light. Oh, yeah. How many calories are now? Okay. Order me one of those. I wonder if I can get that with, you know, Uber Eats or something. I'll line up for the cream puffs. That'll do me. I don't need the exotic. That damn narrow breakfast thingy sounds pretty good. It really does. I am curious about the idea of pickled cotton candy, though. It's an interesting idea. I don't know if I'd like it or not. I think I'll pass on that, but I'll take one of them breakfast egg roll thingies. That sounds good. It is 815, of course. Sports is brought to you by SertaPro Painters. Schedule your free estimate online at SertaPro.com. Sports also brought to you by Wichita Brewing Company, now featuring its brand new summer cocktail menu. Set sail with a salty doggy or bearded clam or escape with a wikiki wake-up or a string bikini bellini. WBC summer cocktails because summer sips better at Wichita Brewing Company. And now it is time for our... Daily check-in with the play-by-play boys of the Kansas City Chiefs. Mitch Holtus, live from Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp, brought to you today by Skyward Credit Union. Good morning, Mitch. Good morning, Theodore. Good morning, John. And as they say in Valley Center, Johannes.

Do they have a speedo drink? Is that what I heard you say? Well, we were looking at the different food at the Iowa State Fair is what we were talking about. Oh, I thought you were talking. So the string bikini, whatever that was. Was that the same place that has a key lime pie? Yes. Yes. That's WBC here in Wichita. I brought that up in the cafeteria. Over lunch, I go, I was on, what you saw this morning? We're talking about key lime pie ale. So I think, yeah, we're, yeah, hey, why not? Great country. So, yeah, the string bikini, whatever that was, I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. So a shout out to the folks at Skyward Credit Union, Aggie Talksore, and I still figure we're related. Because my great, great-grandfather, John Tuxhorn, who fought in the Civil War, was captured, survived prisoner war. He was a Tuxorn. I think Agu and I related. Anyway, Skyward Credit Union is where your next chapter begins. And, Ted, you know you're always looking for the next chapter. Oh, yeah. And... As we have said before. And, you know, we talked about how is heat affecting this camp this year? I mean, it's always hot this time of year, so I think we're kind of used to it by now. Well, heat and humidity here. Because, honestly, the proximity of the Missouri River, which we're right here, this is where the Kansas has the squiggly, perfect rectangle ruined by northeast squiggly, I call it. That's where we're at. And that causes some real unique humidity challenges. So it's been hot and humid and in pads. And these guys will go a little bit. We're scaling it way back today. And then tomorrow is a walkthrough. And, of course, we play the Rams Saturday afternoon. But that's going to be hot. I mean, they're talking 95 degrees for the game. So your heat question is one that won't stop here in St. Joseph. Of course, we're hitting about, we're almost to the two-week mark of camp. So, you know, are people settling in or are people starting to get weary? Weary. Definitely weary. Italicize the font and capitalize it. Definitely weary. And weariness and anxiety and stress leads to angst and some fights. Yesterday wouldn't have any breakout, but before that... you could see the effect of eight padded practices in a 10-day period. So it's time to back up and have a preseason game. But, yeah, it was getting pretty testy out here. Well, and Mitchell, cutdown decisions are starting to approach as well. So that's got to be a factor, too, right? Well, that's part of the anxiety. And by this time in camp, we've been up here since the rookies got here, so we've been here 21 days.

But guys start to figure out where they are in the pecking water. And they're thinking, I'm either right at the cut line or, hey, I need to look for other work or tell my agent, be ready to go. And that's where Saturday is important, quite honestly, more important than people would think. And we'll get into that tomorrow where the points of emphasis will be. But yes, that does lead to the anxiety. And with the physical push. that Coach Reed is always on. It can lead to some tension. But, you know, this week, guys, I featured, I'm featuring players that have to take the next step forward, not a luxury, not like, hey, well, that's nice. He's playing better and more consistently. So Monday, Carloffas, Tuesday, Xavier Worthy, Wednesday. You know, I featured Noah Gray yesterday. Today it's one that may be a bit of a surprise, but it's Noel Williams. There were many that were surprised that Noel Williams did not get more snaps last year. The rookie out of Cal who are a very aggressive defender, good corner. Everybody thinks that we're all going to die here because we lost McGuffie and Jalen Watson, ironically to the Rams, who we play Saturday. But Noel Williams has got some fire to him. He's physical. He's a good press corner. He's going to punch the ball out. But I asked Noel because right now he's the right corner. He's been there all throughout OTAs, mini camp, and every day here in St. Joseph. You know, I'm blessed to have this opportunity to compete every day with my brothers in my DV room. And, you know, like you said, the opportunity's right there. I keep stacking days, keep earning the trust for the people around me, my coaches, the players. So far, you know, just got to look at the film, you know, just after a day of practice, look at the film and then watch it on to the next practice. So I try not to look back at days, just look forward, being the moment, and just take from there, learn from my mistakes. Because, you know, at the end of the day, I'm still trying to get better. We hear trust almost every day from these guys one way or the other from coach. So the corners of the fighter pilots of the National Football League. They're in the F4 fighter jets in a dog fight. And Noel's built for that. Even more so, I think, because Trent McDuffy was an awesome slot corner. But I think when he got to the outside, especially last year, things got to be a little tricky. Noel will fight you on the outside. And they may get some DPIs. He may get some holes in legal context. He's also going to punch the ball out on third and eight. and we get off the field, which we did not do last year at critical times. And this was a chief team a year ago that only had 14 takeaways. We only had four fumble recoveries, and that was only Washington had less. So it's a hard league. It's a hard game to win if you do not take the ball away on a fairly regularly basis. Noel Wims is built that way. He'll punch it out. What's the focus in camp today? Well, this is a scaleback. This is, essence, a 10, 10, 10, they call it. It's a coach read. It's a fairly up-tempo, but it's not, we're not grinding it out on padded practice. This will be in shells. And part of his spark-click method, scale back. Tomorrow they'll have a mock game walkthrough call-outs, they call out, basically organizational for Saturday, and then the game Saturday afternoon. So this will be much scaled back from what we've seen in the last 10 days.

Oh, Mitch is probably off now to take care of business, and then he'll start dreaming about that final whistleblowing ending practice today so that he can get to his string bikini bellini. Yes, that's waiting for me. That's why it caught my attention. You had me at string bikini bellini. So, boy, that and some, like, buffalo wings, just sounds perfect. I don't know. I don't even know what a bellini is. What's a ballini? It sounds like a orchestra director. It's a fancy drink that I probably can't afford. It's a fancy hoity-toity drink. I'm thinking of coming up to see you here in a week or two. If I do come up to visit you, I'll bring you a couple. Well, if you come up in two weeks, you're going to be with the Missouri Western Griffin football team. So if you're coming up, it'll be next week. We break camp Thursday. All right. A week from today, what is today? Friday? This Thursday. This Thursday. We're going to break camp. Yeah. Anyway, a Bellini is a fresh white peach puree and chilled Prosecco sparkling wand. You know where else you can get that? Smith's Center at Pooches.

If you go into Smith's center of poochers and order a string bikini balini. They will throw you out. I'm just sorry. They will throw you out. I just can't see, you know. You ain't from here, are you? Yeah. Can you just see, you know, Trey Smith or Drew Tranquil sitting there drinking with his pinky out? And I just can't see it. I'm sorry. No. No. Yeah, no. They would go, hey, well, on me, guys, on me. You guys want to string bikini, bellini? And I would like it. See their faces. Got this one, fellas. Hey, string bikini bellini for the entire O line. That'll go well. Hey, Mitch, as always, thank you, and we'll talk to you tomorrow. Thank you, Theodore. Thank you, John or Johannes. Thank you, Mitchell. That is Mitch Holtz. Daily Training Camp Update, Play-by-Play Voice, the Kansas City Chiefs. Today's report is brought to you by Skyward Credit Union. It is 824. Here with Woodward and Witt, traffic and weather is next, and Democrats won't criticize the real power in their party. That's the Sean Hannity Morning Minute next on KNSSS. Good morning. It is 833. Ted Woodward and John Whitmire with you here on this Thursday morning, August 13th. Currently in Wichita, it is mostly sunny. 84 degrees here on this Thursday morning. This week, the Hutchinson Cosmosphere hosted a private event, some very special guests. Reed Wiseman and Christina Cook, astronauts from the historic Artemis II mission in April were in attendance after being invited to the museum by Senator Jerry Moran. Moran originally invited the astronauts to the cosmos sphere while they were still in space. Senator Moran emphasized the importance of the Cosmosphere being here in Kansas to inspire the next generation of kids and look to the stars in the future. science, mathematics, engineering, research, that they have a future not only in our universities and our schools, but they have a future in our state. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman was also at the event. He echoed Senator Moran's message saying Kansas can play a part in the future of space travel. Places like the Cosmosphere have an important role to play. and I wish their mind the next generation that history is not finished here. Phil Hildebrand, KNSSS News. A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper on Tuesday arrested a driver in West Wichita for speeding and driving under the influence. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a trooper stopped a vehicle for traveling 100 miles per hour in a posted 65 mile per hour zone on I-235 near 13th Street.

The vehicle was observed passing multiple vehicles at a high rate of speed. KHP said during the stop, the trooper suspected the driver to be impaired. The evidentiary breath test registered a blood alcohol content of 0.153 or nearly twice the legal limit. The driver was arrested for DUI and multiple other offenses, including reckless driving. It's 849 with Ted Woodward and John Whitmire on 987 and 1330 KNSS. Our Wichita Business Journal updates on the way. Now it's time for three big things. Israel deployed additional troops to the West Bank yesterday amid reports that Israeli settlers have trapped Palestinian families without water or power. The Wichita Children's Home expands. It's and has broken ground on a new center for children's healing and maternity group home. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down at the end of the month, citing a desire to spend more time with her young family. That's three big things with Woodward Witt on 987 and 1330 KMSS. Time now for traffic with Jad Chambers. Things are looking quite a bit better on the highways right now. The traffic volumes have really thinned out, and so things are starting to look pretty good on the highways. Just continue to watch out because we still have a couple of stalled cars out there. One eastbound Kellogg right around Seneca, and then not too far away from there. Another one eastbound on Kellogg, and it's closer to I-135. We've still got those areas where you might see a little bit of heavy traffic. Traffic update from 987 and 1330K NSS. The accident recovery team traffic center, I'm Jed Chambers. Mostly sunny, breezy, and very hot today with a high of 107 degrees. Tonight, partly cloudy, a low of 78 degrees. Tomorrow, partly cloudy again, hot with a chance of afternoon storms and a high of 103 degrees. Today, we are under an extreme heat warning, and it is currently 84 degrees and clear at which does severe weather station, 98, 7 and 1330, KNSSS. It is 851. Coarse every day. Coming up after our show, we have two hours of the Glenn Beck program from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Glenn is on vacation right now. And so Pat Gray and Jeff Fisher are handling duties on the Glenn Beck program. Next, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. here on KNSS. And the stock market is newly open on the day, and hey, it's a good start. The S&P 500 is up by more than a half percent. The NASDAQ is up just shy of 1%. So good start to the stock market today. Okay, let's, yeah, let's...

Go move on to our local business update and find out what's going on. We have editor Kirk Seminoff from the Wichita Business Journal to handle those duties for us right now. Good morning, Kirk. We got you now. There we go. Okay. Intrust Bank is preparing for a leadership transition in its wealth and retirement division as longtime leader Troy Jim Jordan plans to retire next April after nearly 30 years with the organization. Greg Murphy will become managing principal and chief investment officer in September, while Joe White will be promoted to principal of wealth and retirement and oversee daily operations. Jim Jordan will remain involved as an advisor during the transition, helping handoff leadership of a division that now manages about $9.3 billion in assets. The Wichita Children's Home, as John mentioned, is broken ground on two facilities that will expand services for vulnerable children, teens, and families across the area. The nonprofit is again partnering with Donlinger Construction to build a Center for Children's Healing and a Maternity Group home on its northeast Wichita campus near 37th in Rock. The Healing Center will support bereavement and foster care programs, while the maternity home will provide housing and support services for pregnant teens and young mothers. $1.6 million project will consolidate more services onto the main campus and is expected to be completed within the next year. And Create campaign founder and CEO Christina Long is stepping down after leading the Wichita entrepreneurship nonprofit for 11 years. Long said the organization has reached a point where it can continue its mission beyond her leadership while she focuses on. growing her marketing and communications firm, CML Collective. Since launching, create campaigns said it has helped more than 1,500 entrepreneurs and facilitated nearly $1.5 million in business funding through its microloan and partner lending programs. Local breaking business news every day on KNSS and at Wichita Business Journal.com. For the Wichita Business Journal, I'm Kirk Semenoff. stock market report. It talked about what's going on in the last three months restaurant-wise, and it said Texas Roadhouse, Cheesecake Factory, and BJs have all seen their stock go nuts. Meanwhile, Chipotle, Wingstop, and Shake Shack are kind of treading water right now. So it's some sort of deal, you know, sit-down restaurants right now are really getting the upper hand on these high-growth other restaurants. So people are wanting to sit down and eat. Because it's 107 degrees outside, Ted. We don't want to go back outside. We want to sit in the air conditioning for a while. That's my theory. I think there's something to that. I think you're on to something. Amen to that, yes. Kirk, happy birthday today to actor Danny Bonaducci from the Partridge family. The Partridge family is. I know you have modeled your life after Danny Partridge, so I wanted to make sure we got this mentioned. Danny Bonaducci is 67 today, young Danny Partridge. You know, for guys like us who watched that show in the 70s, watching the interactions between he and Ruben Gallego Kincaid were always the highlight of the week, weren't they? Priceless. Good stuff, as always, between those two. I knew the show. I don't think I ever watched the show. Two guys with great heads of hair. Yeah.

I'll be thinking of Lori Partridge the rest of the day. Oh, hey now. Susan Day. Yeah, there we go. Hey, Kirk, thanks for being with us, and we'll check with you again tomorrow. We'll get a local business update from the Wichita Business Journal. That's it for the Thursday show, man. Yeah, got a busy one, and I'll be enjoying a movie tonight. Come join us, Ted. It should be fun. It is a thank you for the show, John. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Stay cool today, folks. Woodward and Witt, 98, 7 and 1330, KNS, Wichita. Have a great day.