https://www.kansas.com/video/article316116843.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/1f2990d7-19da-4a26-8d45-5366ea0ce0b9/1_th.jpg Thousands of rubber ducks splash into the Arkansas River Thousands of rubber ducks were dumped into the Arkansas River on Friday for Wichita’s annual Duck Race near Exploration Place. Participants “adopt” numbered ducks, with a $10,000 prize for the first to cross the finish line. https://www.kansas.com/video/article316116843.html/video-embed 61 2026-06-13T18:44:13Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article316163388.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/f864dab5-9754-4d80-a513-75df30dcf9b1/4_th.jpg Kellogg construction at I-135 Last weekend, Kellogg where it spans I-135, I-135 underneath the Kellogg overpass, and associated ramps were closed as part of a redeck project. https://www.kansas.com/news/article316163388.html/video-embed 42 2026-06-21T21:56:18Z no https://www.kansas.com/video/article316099273.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/6c930ba4-0bac-4f9a-9b80-8ae8fd35d4a0/1_th.jpg Sights and sounds from the Wichita World Cup Fan Zone Wichitans packed Naftzger Park on Thursday for the FIFA World Cup 2026 opener between Mexico and South Africa. Mexico won the match, 2-0, as fans equipped with jerseys, lawn chairs and noisemakers cheered on from downtown Wichita. https://www.kansas.com/video/article316099273.html/video-embed 85 2026-06-13T18:39:21Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article316094853.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/ce74eccf-4f10-4e41-9232-82f186e2ba8a/1_th.jpg Sedgwick County Election Office gets a new home Laura Rainwater, the Sedgwick County Election Commissioner, talks about how the office got to their new location near 37th and Rock and how it will be advantageous for both the election office staff and early voters. https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article316094853.html/video-embed 121 2026-06-11T19:51:28Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article316155400.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/7e0384d8-c791-4098-b51f-68f476b8c442/5_th.jpg Goddard City Center targets the city’s growing population Construction started recently on Goddard City Center, the business park that will have spaces available for lease as well as land available for sale. It is being developed on a 25.7 acre site on the south side of U.S. 54 east of South 183rd Street. https://www.kansas.com/news/article316155400.html/video-embed 41 2026-06-17T09:08:00Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article316167441.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/5eb82756-f164-48d8-9340-57d4044b5073/2_th.jpg Spear's Restaurant & Pie Shop is turning 70 Spear's Restaurant & Pie Shop is turning 70 https://www.kansas.com/news/article316167441.html/video-embed 25 2026-06-21T21:56:53Z no https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/restaurants/dining-with-denise-neil/article316167353.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/812cc847-5583-4a85-a407-b059bc9abacd/2_th.jpg Look inside the new bookstore and coffee/cocktail bar set to open in Delano Final Draft is a combination bookstore and coffee/cocktail bar that will start its soft opening on June 27. It's at 1029 W. Douglas in Delano. https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/restaurants/dining-with-denise-neil/article316167353.html/video-embed 32 2026-06-19T09:35:00Z no https://www.kansas.com/video/article316210892.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/6fe8a35b-dcd9-4e14-acc0-f0a13434a36b/1_th.jpg Sights and sounds from Wichita’s Juneteenth parade Wichitans lined both sides of 13th Street on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth with a parade to McAdams Park featuring marching bands, youth groups, steppers, classic cars and more. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. https://www.kansas.com/video/article316210892.html/video-embed 84 2026-06-21T21:42:47Z no https://www.kansas.com/video/article316209762.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/752481d9-3ace-4b9b-91cb-c7e42e62db97/2_th.jpg Police use drone to end west Wichita standoff Wichita police have arrested a man after he barricaded himself in a west Wichita home following assaults on a woman and a teenage girl. Officers credited drone and robot technology for the peaceful resolution of the multi-hour standoff. https://www.kansas.com/video/article316209762.html/video-embed 120 2026-06-21T18:27:14Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article316221044.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/2f43df9a-0490-49e7-aec9-e85b303156e7/2_th.jpg Tornado kills one person in Sedgwick County A tornado that left one person dead in northern Sedgwick County over the weekend was an EF-2 with estimated peak wind speeds of 135 mph, according to preliminary information from the National Weather Service in Wichita. https://www.kansas.com/news/article316221044.html/video-embed 39 2026-06-22T18:33:48Z no https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article316222982.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/4b6f732a-b1dc-4033-97c6-b281be1c950d/2_th.jpg K-State football coach Collin Klein on recruiting Kansas and first-year challenges Kansas State football coach Collin Klein discussed the challenges of being a first-year head coach with the Wildcats and the importance of recruiting the state of Kansas. https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article316222982.html/video-embed 76 2026-06-22T21:27:57Z no