Weekend catch-up: Broadway restaurant closes, fatal shooting, conference champs

Here are stories you may have missed over the weekend from Wichita and south-central Kansas.

• Spangles closes historic North Broadway location: The Spangles at 850 N. Broadway quietly closed after 42 years, citing repeated break-ins and staff safety concerns. The location holds special significance as the site where the chain unveiled its new name in 1984 after operating as Coney Island.

• Wichita-area restaurants fail health inspections: Ten businesses were cited for violations during state inspections April 19-25, including mouse droppings on food boxes, hair in sour cream and chicken stored in a trash bag. Inspectors also found dead bugs in liquor bottles and employees mishandling raw meat at multiple locations.

• Arrest made in laundromat shooting: A 26-year-old man was arrested by Wichita SWAT on Sunday morning on suspicion of felony murder after a fatal shooting Saturday evening in the parking lot of a laundromat in the 900 block of South Seneca. Police said the shooting was targeted.

• Jury convicts driver in deadly DUI crash: Dalton Wayne Huffman, 32, was found guilty of DUI and leaving the scene in connection with the November 2023 crash that killed 24-year-old Anastasia Carter, a mother of three. Huffman told police he had consumed 18 beers and a shot before the crash.

• Wichita State softball claims American Conference title: The Shockers beat Memphis 10-5 on Saturday to clinch a share of the regular-season conference championship, their fifth under coach Kristi Bredbenner. WSU enters the postseason 35-16 and on the NCAA Tournament bubble after winning 14 straight conference games.

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