Wichita Eagle

Good morning, today is Friday, August 23rd. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. High temperatures are again in the 80s to end the work week. It may still feel humid, though. Skies will be partly cloudy today, with a slight chance of rain. A new patrol is hitting the streets for the Wichita Police Department. They won’t be carrying guns, or badges, or even Mace. They are members of the new Volunteers in Policing program.

Good morning, today is Thursday, August 22nd. I’m Mike Scott and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Temperatures drop into the 80s today, but it’ll stay humid. And chances are greater for showers or a heavy thunderstorm. The Sedgwick County Commission voted yesterday to ban large-scale development of wind power countywide, and to establish strict rules for commercial solar power installations.

Good morning, today is Wednesday, August 21st. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. There will be a slight drop in temperatures, but it’ll likely still feel warm. Highs will be in the 90s. Skies will become cloudy in the afternoon, when chances of thunderstorms increase. The board of the Wichita Public Library has tabled a policy that would have required program presenters to undergo background checks for sex offenses.

Good morning, today is Tuesday, August 20th. I’m Mike Scott and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. We have another hot day ahead of us, with temperatures in the 90s. Winds will be out of the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour. Governor Laura Kelly’s administration approved a nearly $8 million grant to a company to operate a reading program for Kansas schools just weeks before canceling it. Andrew Hysell is the director of the Kansas Reading Roadmap.

Good morning, today is Monday, August 19th. I’m Mary Regalado and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. The workweek starts off warm! Today, we’ll have temperatures in the mid-to-high 90s under mostly sunny skies. As Kansas prepares to send hundreds of inmates to a private prison in Arizona, the families of inmates fear their time with them will soon be taken away.

Good morning. Today is Friday, August 16th. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. It will be warmer today as temperatures climb into the 90s. Skies will be mostly sunny. There are chances for severe thunderstorms in the afternoon. Our top story is: It’s unclear how Wichita plans to provide safe drinking water if its water system shuts down. That’s according to a letter Kansas’s environmental agency sent to the city.

Good morning. Today is Thursday, August 15th. I’m Mike Scott, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Highs are in the 90s with sunshine and some clouds. Scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast, and some may be severe. Our top story is: The consequences of a crippling fire at a Tyson beef plant are still rippling through the cattle industry, both in Kansas and across the country. The large fire in western Kansas shut down Tyson’s operations indefinitely.

Good morning. Today is Wednesday, August 14th. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Skies will be sunny to partly cloudy, with temperatures in the high 80s. Winds will be out of the east-northeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. Our top story is: Prosecutors have filed an amended charge against a Kansas teen accused of killing his mother in her home last year.

Good morning. Today is Tuesday, August 13th. I’m Mike Scott, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Temperatures will be lower today, at around 90 degrees, but it will still feel warmer. Skies will be cloudy at times, with little chance of rain. Our top story is: Law enforcement have been involved in a 2-month-long initiative targeting violent crime in Wichita.

Good morning. Today is Monday, August 12th. I’m Mary Regalado, and this is your daily briefing from the Wichita Eagle. Heat and humidity continue today with highs near 100. It will be partly sunny, with a good chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Our top story is: Hundreds of Kansas inmates will soon wake up each day in an Arizona city. The state of Kansas is turning to prison company CoreCivic to house up to 600 inmates out of state in an attempt to fight prison crowding.