Good morning, today is Friday, July 12th. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. The weekend begins with a not-quite-as-humid day. It will still be warm, but dry. Today’s highs will be in the 90s. Our top story is: Kohan Retail Investment Group, which owns almost 30 malls nationally, has purchased Towne West Square for $14 million. The company is based in Great Neck, New York. The almost 900,000-square-foot mall in west Wichita is about 87% occupied.

Good morning, today is Thursday, July 11th. I’m Mike Scott and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Expect sunny skies today in the area, with highs in the upper-80s. Our top story is: Wichita State University’s aviation research program just landed another contract with the US Department of Defense.

Good morning, today is Wednesday, July 10th. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. The area will see mostly sunny skies today, with highs in the mid-90s. Our top story is: The Wichita City Council has approved a plan to bring some joy back to Joyland. Yesterday, the council yesterday authorized the redevelopment of the site of the abandoned amusement park that once billed itself as the “southwest’s finest.

Good morning, today is Tuesday, July 9th. I’m Mike Scott and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. There’s a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms in Wichita today, with a high near 92 degrees. In top news: Kansas Republican Kris Kobach [Ko-bock] kicked off his campaign for the US Senate yesterday, sparking an immediate backlash from national Republicans who fear he could cost the party a seat it has held for 8 decades.

Good morning, today is Monday, July 8th. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. It’ll be partly sunny today, with a high near 88. There could be thunderstorm in the area late in the afternoon and in to the evening hours. The overnight low is 73. Our top story is: Kansas lawmakers say Wichita’s stadium project exposes a problem with the state’s economic incentives programs, which they call overused and under-examined.

Good morning. Today is Wednesday, July 3rd. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. There’s a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Otherwise, it’ll be mostly sunny with a high near 92. Our top story is: A deal to build a new hotel at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport has been delayed for another 2 weeks while city government seeks to resolve objections from a bigger hotel nearby.

Good morning. Today is Tuesday, July 2nd. I’m Mike Scott, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Wichita will see partly cloudy skies today with highs in the low-90s. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. In top news: Kansas drivers can no longer be charged with a crime for refusing a sobriety test, under a July 1st change in state law. But be prepared to lose your license if you don’t take the test.

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.

Good morning, today is Friday, June 28th. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. It’ll be sunny and hot today, with temperatures hovering near 100 degrees. Skies will be mostly sunny, with winds out of the south-southwest, gusting up to 15 miles per hour. Our top story is: Vaccination opponents are mounting a show of force in Kansas, despite recent outbreaks across the country of measles.

Good morning, today is Thursday, June 27th. I’m Mike Scott, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Another warm day is ahead, with temperatures in the 90s. Skies will be partly sunny, with winds from the south gusting up to 20 miles per hour. Our top story is: A Leavenworth teen elected governor in this year’s Kansas Boys State proposed to repeal the 19th Amendment. The constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote.