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The Cajun Food Fest that’s been a part of the Wichita River Festival for 26 years will probably happen this year — but it won’t be during the River Festival, which opens in a little more than a week.
The number of self-identified "pro-choice" Americans has hit an all-time low – 41 percent – according to a new Gallup poll. That's an 8 percentage point drop from the 2011 survey. However, Americans' support for abortion rights increased slightly. Of those surveyed, 52 percent believe abortion should be legal under "certain circumstances," up from 50 percent in 2011. An additional 25 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal under all circumstances, while 20 percent think it should be illegal. Meanwhile, 50 percent of those surveyed identified themselves as "pro-life," up from 45 percent in 2011.
Pho Hot Bistro owner Danny Nguyen supervises Rick Moonen's grilling. Celeb chef Rick Moonen spent his last night in Wichita partaking in a fabulous Vietnamese feast offered by one of our local chef celebs — Danny Nguyen, owner of Pho Hot Bistro at 306 N. Rock Road.
WICHITA — Coleman Lockett has applied for a conditional use permit for his Bite Me BBQ, which recently moved to 130 N. St. Francis just north of the revamped Zelman Lofts.
WICHITA — The engineering school at Wichita State University is treating its incoming freshmen to a week-long program of enrichment called the Bridge for Engineering and Engineering Technology Students. The school got a big grant last year and this is part of that. The school wants to improve the student experience in order to increase the number of Kansas applicants and their desire to stay in the program. Freshman can build personal connections with each other and faculty and mentors. It also has sessions for students to brush up on math.
With Capitol Hill so focused on spending less, proponents of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility slated for Manhattan need to be aggressive about securing the lab's funding. So it was encouraging to see $75 million for NBAF garner bipartisan support on the House Appropriations Committee, which includes Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Overland Park. The threat of bioterrorism isn't going to ease while the federal government rights its finances. As Yoder said in a statement, "Numerous studies have confirmed Kansas is the safest location for a biosafety Level 4 facility, and the research completed in Manhattan will ensure our nation remains safe from bioterrorism."
A cloudy morning in the Wichita area won’t bring needed rain to the region, forecasters say.
WICHITA — Cowley College is moving its west-side enrollment and advisement center.
Dealing with Kansas’ exploding raccoon population is a problem many landowners, land managers, hunters, gardeners, birders are facing.
"I want to open a hot dog stand."
WICHITA — The state says Wichita's Jackson Mortuary owes almost $77,000 in back taxes, which owner Mike Jackson disputes.
Pat and Don and their amazing corner-cutting pizza crust. At last night’s fun dinner at Pat and Don Hysko’s house, Pat shared her secret about buying Knolla’s pizza dough raw whenever she wanted to make homemade pizza. Her theory: If a restaurant can sell you something it takes a while to make (or that you can’t make any better) and it’s inexpensive and good quality, why NOT cut a corner when you can?
My sense is that Wichita State baseball fans, many of them at least, want to at once pat Gene Stephenson on the back for a career well done but at the same time kick him in the pants for a run of mediocrity that will almost certainly keep the Shockers out of the NCAA Tournament for the third year in a row.
Go Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau will add Saturday hours starting this week.
WICHITA — One of the biggest food venues in town is getting a makeover, but it's not a restaurant.
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (in photo) apologized Tuesday for suggesting that President Obama might not be on the November ballot in his state if he didn't receive a copy of Obama's birth certificate. "If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn't my intent," Bennett said. He said he was merely responding to the concerns expressed in about 1,200 e-mails he received. That prompted a liberal group to launch an online petition asking Bennett to investigate whether GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a unicorn. As of this afternoon, it had more than 17,000 signatures. Meanwhile, renegade Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a posse to Hawaii to investigate Obama's birth certificate – so the nuttiness continues.
Last week, I got an invite from local foodies Don and Pat Hysko to come to their house for a pizza-on-the-grill party. The occasion, they said, was that a chef friend of theirs would be visiting from Las Vegas and would be doing the cooking. They were sure I’d enjoy it.
Laura Lopez, a former vice president of marketing for Coca Cola, will be the keynote speaker at the Wichita Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 10th Annual Awards Banquet Thursday.
JAVIER CEJA Here’s my preview of the Friends University men’s and women’s track and field teams trip to the NAIA Championships at Indiana Wesleyan in Marion, Ind.
WICHITA — There are three new owners of America’s Pub at 116 N. Mead St. in Old Town, but they prefer to remain anonymous until they’re through making substantial changes and near reopening the business.
There was some confusion about when Gov. Sam Brownback would sign the drastic tax-cut bill before he did so Tuesday – strange, given the pride he supposedly takes in the "pro-growth" legislation. On Saturday night there was a premature report that it would be Monday in Wichita. A realistic-looking fake press release sighted Sunday on Twitter deepened the intrigue, wryly suggesting the bill signing would be Monday at Koch Industries as a sort of "thank you" for the Koch brothers' past political contributions to Brownback. In the end, did the administration give only two and a half hours' notice of the bill signing, and hold it at the Capitol, to avoid public protests?
A gorgeous Monday makes way for a warmer and windier Tuesday in the Wichita area.
WICHITA — A new restaurant is going in the former Edge Lounge & Cafe space at 1556 N. Broadway.
Temperatures in the 90s and wind gusts surging above 40 miles an hour will combine to give Wednesday a broiling flavor in the Wichita area.
Butler has been named one of 120 top community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, a nonprofit organization with facilities in Colorado, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.
