https://www.kansas.com/sports/article315680869.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/89fff7aa-1858-457c-b960-55108a759bb5/2_th.jpg Banana Ball players give their reviews after Wichita debut Here is what players from the Coconuts and Firefighters had to say about the sold-out crowd of 12,000 at Equity Bank Park on Thursday after Banana Ball made its debut performance in Wichita. https://www.kansas.com/sports/article315680869.html/video-embed 39 2026-05-08T06:56:21Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article315648680.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/c6e9cde6-64e7-4b9d-8ad5-1537717447c9/1_th.jpg Wichita school board to consider $615M bond plan for November ballot Wichita Public Schools administrators recommend Proposal 2, previously referred to as the “tax-neutral” option to board members at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. Under this plan, Deputy Superintendent Gil Alvarez said, the proposal would ask Wichitans to finance school rebuilds, HVAC upgrades and more in projects split between two ballot questions. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article315648680.html/video-embed 94 2026-05-05T23:54:23Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article315679976.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/51df7c88-7641-4f83-86fa-7af40b9b743f/4_th.jpg Banana Ball brings its show to Wichita The Loco Beach Coconuts and Firefighters are two of six teams that make up the Banana Ball Championship League that played the first of a three-game series at Equity Bank Park on Thursday night. The stadium was filled with 11,400 people. https://www.kansas.com/news/article315679976.html/video-embed 35 2026-05-08T02:29:04Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/article315662977.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/15a33f69-c49c-4dc6-96bd-6648137a6256/2_th.jpg Man shot himself first, Sheriff says, in Monday’s officer-involved shooting Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter talks about an officer-involved shooting involving a man in his 20s and Wichita police officers on May 4. https://www.kansas.com/news/article315662977.html/video-embed 102 2026-05-06T23:08:03Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article315673239.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/1c3b0c71-edc6-4e75-ab8f-142d9f57781a/1_th.jpg USD 259 leaders show tech used to assess damage in Wichita schools After recommending a $615 million bond proposal, Wichita Public Schools leaders shared details about damage to part of Wichita East High School’s floor and upcoming repairs. District staff also demonstrated the technology, like crawl space inspection rovers, used to evaluate facilities and structural issues. The upcoming repairs at East will cost $8.5 million in already-allocated funding for preserving the school, which first opened in 1921. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article315673239.html/video-embed 81 2026-05-07T18:38:21Z no https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article315608801.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/dc05eef3-c00d-4ace-8c37-224466e8111a/1_th.jpg Wichita light towers have gone mostly dim The 32-foot tower lights at Central, McLean and Meridian have mostly burned out. The city of Wichita is working on a temporary solution for the nation's 250th anniversary this summer, followed by a rebuild later. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article315608801.html/video-embed 30 2026-05-07T10:00:00Z no