Good morning Wichita! No earthquakes in a few days, so things are looking up! If you enjoy reading these to start your day, please share with a friend. You can earn free coffee, a Wichita skyline mug, or a Wichita Skyline t-shirt! In today’s Wichita Weekly Update: One & Done Read more…
Enter to win the Dream Home and help out the kids at St. Jude today! https://www.stjude.org/give/dream-home/wichita.html In this episode, I spoke with Kayce Martin of NIES Homes all about the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dream Home Giveaway in Wichita.
Check out our conversation with Bill Farha about the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Wichita: Tell us about you and your involvement in the Wichita communityI was extensively involved with the Wichita Prayer Breakfast for over 25 years. My wife, Shirley and I hosted thespeaker and committee annually in Read more…
https://ckarchive.com/b/68ueh8herlgk Good morning Wichita! We are back to our regularly scheduled Monday program. If you missed it, we are sending these emails out twice a week now (by popular demand) to cut down the length a bit and stay a little more up to date. We interviewed Arthur Gunn a week or so Read more…
https://ckarchive.com/b/5quvh7h2q5e0 Good morning Wichita! You may be confused. This used to be a Monday only email and today is not Monday (it’s Friday, TGIF!!) In the recent Monday edition of the Update, we asked how often you’d like to receive these emails. 74% of people said more than once a week, Read more…
Last April, in the midst of American Idol and the start of the pandemic, we recorded a zoom call with Arthur Gunn / Dibesh to talk about his time on Idol. We had the opportunity to sit down with Arthur Gunn once more. This time we could go more in Read more…
https://ckarchive.com/b/wvu2hgh68odm Good morning Wichita! I hope this 6AM email is a slightly less rude way of waking up than those earthquakes yesterday morning. It seems like these emails are growing longer with important or relevant news and events. One way we could keep it short and sweet is to send it Read more…
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is one of the leading hospitals in treatment and research. One of their main fundraisers is coming up. In Wichita, they do a St. Jude Dream Home giveaway. Keep an eye on our social media for more details about this! We had the Read more…
It’s been one full year since the pandemic started (3/11/2020). This has thrown many things for a loop, including certain holiday events. The Delano District St. Patrick’s Day parade has been cancelled this year. That being said, there are plenty of ways to celebrate the green day. Check out a Read more…
https://ckarchive.com/b/o8ukhqhdw8n8 Good morning Wichita! The weather lately has been incredible. How have you been spending your time outdoors lately? Lots of news this week! In today’s Wichita Weekly Update: Riverfest is back Patio Season in Wichita UFO seen in Wichita? Let’s get it! – Landon CORONAVIRUS Headed in the right direction Read more…
Beautiful weather calls for beautiful patios. Kansas weather can be all over the place, but it does have many days and especially evenings that make for a good time outdoors. But where are the best outdoor patios in Wichita? We asked the local experts around town where we could find Read more…
Good morning Wichita! If you enjoy these newsletters at all, we would very much appreciate if you shared this with a friend or family member! You can even earn some awesome prizes. In today’s Wichita Weekly Update: First Friday Art Bars open late When can you get vaccinated? Let’s get it! – Read more…
Good morning Wichita! The high today is in the 60’s, which is nearly a 60 degree swing from a week ago, so get out there and enjoy! Reminder that it is Black History Month. Click HERE for a list of black-owned businesses in Wichita. We want you to be honest Read more…
National Margarita Day is February 22. To celebrate, we asked the natives of Wichita where their favorite Margs are from. Below is a list of the favorites in Wichita! I am sure we are missing some, so please let us know where your favorite is and we will add it! Read more…
The Delano District in Wichita, wasn’t always part of Wichita. In 1862, in large part due to the cheap land available under the Homestead Act of 1862, settled in what is now the Delano district of Wichita. The area was originally dubbed Elgin. Elgin grew into a stopping point for Read more…
2/15/2021 – Sign Up Good morning Wichita! I hope you all stayed warm this weekend and your pipes didn’t freeze. In my 20 years in Wichita, I have never seen it this cold, but luckily there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Next Monday will Read more…
2/8/2021 – Sign Up Good morning to everyone except for Tom Brady. Last night didn’t go as planned for all of us Chiefs fans, but at least we still have Patrick Mahomes for the foreseeable future. For a lot of people, the real game took place between snaps. What was Read more…
Here is a crowd-sourced list of the favorite and best gluten free restaurants in Wichita. If we are missing any (which I am sure we are), please let us know and we will update the list! Beautiful Day Cafe “Healthy, sustainable farm to table, organics, lower glycemic, made from scratch, Read more…
2/1/2021 – Sign Up Good morning Wichita! This may open a can of worms, but what is your point of view on the Century II debate? Do you think it’s possible/should we renovate? Or is it a lost cause and we need to tear it down? Let me know what you Read more…
Feel free to send in any events you’d like to share! Monday, February 1 Yoga Flow 145 N Wabash St – 12PM Live Trivia! Fuzzy’s Taco Shop – WSU – 7PM The Art of Fly Fishing 101 WSU Hughes Metroplex – 7PM Tuesday, February 2 Black Artist Series Friends University Read more…
If you have been in Wichita for more than five minutes, odds are you have seen it in person, seen it on a t-shirt or seen a sculpture somewhere. What am I talking about? The Keeper of the Plains (aka The Keeper). The Keeper is a 44-foot tall steel sculpture Read more…
1/25/2021 – Sign Up Good morning Wichita! This may open a can of worms, but what is your point of view on the Century II debate? Do you think it’s possible/should we renovate? Or is it a lost cause and we need to tear it down? Let me know what you Read more…
Feel free to send in any events you’d like to share! Monday, January 4 Maker Monday 5920 E Mt Vernon St, Wichita, KS 67218 7PM – 8:30PM Blood Drive Calvary United Methodist Church 1PM – 7PM Tuesday, January 5 Family Night! Bubba’s 33 4PM – 8PM Open Play Pond Hockey Read more…
Today’s guest is Elbert Mack III aka Skinnychipyatted. Elbert grew up in the northeast part of Wichita and currently lives here. Elbert attended Butler Community College where he played football. He went on to play at Troy and then with the Tamba Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans Read more…
1/18/2021 Sign Up Good morning Wichita! We hope you are enjoying these weekly updates, but we truly do want to hear from you. What types of news, events, etc do YOU want to see? Let us know! We respond to all emails. In today’s Wichita Weekly Update: – The Best Wingman Read more…
1/4/2021 Sign Up Good morning Wichita! So we’re a little over a week into the new year. And we value your feedback and our relationships with you the readers. So who is still going strong on their New Years Resolutions? Let us know what that resolution is and we will help Read more…
If you have been in Wichita in the last couple months, odds are you felt one or more of the earthquakes. This seems unusual for most people. Growing up around here, I don’t really remember ever feeling earthquakes, let alone multiple in a short period of days, weeks, or months. Read more…
Today’s guest is Max Sheets. Max is the founder of Chick N Max here in Wichita. After 30 years in the food industry ranging from scraping cheese off pizza pans at Pizza Hut in Newton to helping run Ted’s Montana Grill, Freddy’s, and more, Max was ready to start his Read more…
1/4/2021 Sign Up Good morning Wichita! Happy New Year! We officially can leave 2020 in the rearview mirror and can officially call hindsight 2020. We hope that 2021 is the start to a great era in Wichita. We can make Wichita what we want it to be. In today’s Wichita Read more…
12/28/2020 https://ckarchive.com/b/r8u8hohd756n Sign Up Good morning Wichita! We hope you all had a great Christmas and great start of Kwanzaa! We are so close to 2021 I can smell it. Or more importantly, we’re just days away from being OUT of 2020. In today’s Wichita Weekly Update: Update on Read more…
12/21/2020 https://ckarchive.com/b/8kuqhohd0x0k Sign Up …comes right back to Wichita, non-stop, twice weekly starting in March. (see story below) Good morning Wichita! I hope everyone had a Happy Hanukkah! 4 days left until Christmas! and 5 days left until Kwanzaa begins! The earthquakes last week were starting to make me nervous, but Saturday really had me Read more…
12/15/2020 https://ckarchive.com/b/o8ukhqhpeqq7 Sign Up …I’m fine, just a little shaken. Good morning Wichita! Hope everyone survived the (too many to count) earthquakes in the last week. If it makes you feel any better, only 16 days left in 2020 and we don’t have anywhere to go but up…right? On a lighter Read more…
We know 2020 has been a year to remember (or to forget) and an extremely difficult year for small businesses. Here is a list that is compiled from recommendations on social media of local small businesses to support and shop for Christmas gifts this Holiday Season. We already included a Read more…
Welcome back to another episode of the Wichita Life Podcast. My name is Landon. Today’s episode is a little different. Paul Abromeit reached out and wanted to share a message with our audience. Today’s podcast is a conversation between Paul (of Rudolph Futures) and Jamil Malone. Jamil is Senior Marketing Read more…
12/8/2020 https://ckarchive.com/b/zlughnhnl7xq Sign Up Good morning Wichita! Hope everyone is staying safe, only 17 days until Christmas! Make sure you subscribe to the podcast! If someone forwarded this to you, subscribe here! Tuesday, December 8 Tiki Punch Salty Gnome Tapping Hopping Gnome Brewing 3PM Tuesday Trivia Night Picasso’s Pizzeria 7PM Wednesday, December Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, November 24th. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Wichita News Wichita and Derby Not named as finalist for Space Read more…
Welcome back to another episode of the Wichita Life Podcast. My name is Landon. Today’s guest is Paris Jane. Paris is a curator at the Kansas African American Museum here in Wichita and has a new podcast called Beyond Wichita that you can find wherever you listen to podcasts. We Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, November 17th. I hope you’re all having a great week and staying safe despite the rising Read more…
Welcome back to another episode of the Wichita Life Podcast. This episode is a little different. This episode is a swapcast and was previously recorded for the ICT Podcast (ictpodcast.com) and released on Monday, November 9th. I had an awesome time talking with Brandon Paulseen about podcasts, conversations, social media Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, November 10th. Wichita School Update As COVID continues to rise, USD 259 Middle School and High Read more…
Wichita Local Bookstores In the age of Amazon Prime, local bookstores struggle to keep up. This gives us even more of a reason to support local and shop local this holiday season. Here is a list of local bookstores we should all come together to support in the coming months Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, November 3rd aka Election Day. Welcome to the Neighborhood The Wichita foodie version of the Avengers has Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, October 27th. Resources for Domestic Violence victims Sadly as the pandemic began, domestic violence cases have Read more…
Best Coffee Shops in Wichita Wichita has a lot of great coffee shops. If you want drip coffee, fruity drink, straight espresso or a latte – there are a plethora of options. We went to Instagram to get a feel on what your favorite coffee shops are and here is Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, October 20th. Wichita Mayor Whipple the target of assassination plot I try to avoid negative highlights Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, October 13th. Andover Middle Schools goes back Full Time https://www.kwch.com/2020/10/13/andover-moving-middle-school-students-to-full-time-in-person-learning/ Project to fix Wichita Area’s worst Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, October 6th. Wichita Local News Regal (Warren) Theatres close Temporarily again The Warren Theatres in Wichita Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, September 29th. Wichita Local News 50th Anniversary of Wichita State University football team plane crash On Read more…
Today’s guest is Steven Werner. Steven is the Founder and CEO of Lawn Buddy. We first interviewed Steven on episode 15 of the podcast back in May of 2019. The link is in the show notes. We talk about updates on Lawn Buddy, how they have been handling the pandemic, Read more…
Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, September 22nd. Wichita News Latino-themed Candy store moves to new spot Señor Munchies has opened in Read more…