ICYMI One of my favorite stories to write this year. Learn what’s in a name.

We’re thrilled to announce our speakers for a Community Conversation on mental health on Sept. 28th! Join us at the WSU Hughes Metropolitan Complex to share your experiences, tackle stigmas, and explore ways to support one another. Reserve your spot: buff.ly/3KZPXZ9

Welcome Sawyer Belair, The Wichita Beacon’s newest reporter! What motivates Sawyer's in his work covering data investigations & health? "I’m striving to maintain the human voices underpinning every great story.” You're in the right place, Sawyer 🏅 👏

This Thursday, September 14, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Advanced Learning Library in Wichita (711 W. 2nd St.), @theKLC's Journal team & other Wichita Journalism Collaborative members will be celebrating #DemocracyDay by hosting a chat about local elections. 🗳️ #USDemocracyDay

If you have -- as I have -- made a life-or-death 911 call, this story will hit you at your core. From Trace Alan Salzbrenner for @wichitabeacon wichitabeacon.org/stories/2023/0…

If you’re at Wichita State and not reading The Sunflower, you’re missing out on some of the best college journalism in the nation. With possibly the largest reporting staff in town, The Sunflower does a great job informing its readers on a wide variety of topics. The Sunflower

*** Media Advisory *** The Wichita Police Department (WPD) and Sedgwick County Sheriff (SCSO) are excited to announce a new Autism Awareness program and community partnerships.

The latest on fentanyl in Wichita, as reported by Sawyer Belair for @wichitabeacon Thanks to Sedgwick County for help with the data. wichitabeacon.org/stories/2023/0…

“Five seconds is our connection goal,” said Elora Forshee, director of emergency communications in Sedgwick County. “But sometimes it can take 20 or 30 seconds for us to find a translator, especially when it’s late at night or the language is uncommon.” buff.ly/3sVxQxq

KMUW, kansasdotcom, Wichita Journalism Collaborative and The Community Voice are joining together to host a debate between Wichita mayoral candidates Brandon Whipple and Lily Wu at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25. You can listen to the debate live on KMUW or you can attend in person at Roxy's Downtown.

Hard to imagine a better venue or lineup of moderators. Come down or tune in!

Good advice for all of us.

I appreciate how Celia Hack of KMUW is relentlessly staying on this story of Wichita’s shortage of affordable and safe housing. This latest shares info on what the city is doing with the public housing units it’s selling off.

Small gifts can make a big impact.

A nurse paid all the bills on time for a patient in a nursing home. When the patient died, the family discovered her account had been drained of hundreds of thousands of dollars. How could this have been prevented? Read to find out. buff.ly/3PVhw8Z

Mike Harris, VP of United Teachers of Wichita, emphasizes the importance of addressing gun issues but points out that the major concern in our schools is student behavior and our response to it. buff.ly/3F7TzVs

Syphilis rates climbed by over 2,000% in Sedgwick County in the last decade kmuw.net/shorturl/syphi…

When a middle school choir teacher in Goddard, #Kansas, led sixth graders in singing “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” and taught them about the song’s biblical basis, a parent contacted the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Was a line crossed? buff.ly/3GONgXP

You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why; Santa Claus is... bizarrely insistent that you repress negative emotions

Jackson County government keeps on losing. KC Tenants keeps on winning. And how to cope with living in Missouri in 2024. Here's what I wrote for The Pitch thepitchkc.com/doomsday-prepp…