Good morning. Today is Monday, July 1st. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Skies will be mostly sunny on the first day of July. Temperatures will be in the 90s, with a small chance for thunderstorms. Winds will be out of the south, gusting up to 13 miles per hour. Our top story is: Over the past 2 decades, Kansas has become a national leader in wind energy, fueled by sprawling wind farms in the wide-open west.