Trending on Kansas.com: These were the most-read Eagle stories this week

From a massive downtown Wichita transformation to new restaurant openings and a suburb paying people to start businesses, readers had plenty to follow this week.

Here are this week’s most-read stories:

• Chase Koch’s Movement Musick nonprofit is transforming a downtown Wichita block with three major projects: renovating the Shirkmere Apartments into about 100 market-rate and affordable units, building a 3,000-person concert hall and event venue set to open in 2029 and creating an outdoor community gathering space.

• A new Culver’s opened Monday at 3620 N. Rock Road after franchisee Nick Campe surprised diners with an early launch, crediting a mild winter for speeding up construction.

• Ugly Dumpling, a New Jersey-based chain serving Shanghai-style street food favorites, is taking over the former Jose Pepper’s building at 13th and Greenwich and should open within five to seven months as its first Kansas location.

• Opinion editor Dion Lefler spoke with Sen. Roger Marshall and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the same day in Wichita, comparing their views on the war with Iran and rising gas prices.

• Haysville is offering $20,000 incentives for entrepreneurs to open dining options within city limits. Businesses applying for the grants must be new businesses to Haysville.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by Eagle journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by Eagle journalists.