After almost two months of avoiding the topic, Williams-Sonoma in Bradley Fair has confirmed it is closing. “We will be closing our Wichita store January 21st,” the store’s Facebook page said Tuesday night. “We apologize for any inconvenience and invite you to visit or call our stores nearby.” In mid-November, a manager at the store […]
Wichita City Manager Robert Layton just got a 7.5% raise. The City Council approved the nearly $18,000 annual pay hike Tuesday, bringing his base salary up to $252,832. The raise will retroactively be applied to his salary from the beginning of 2023. Layton, who did not receive a pay increase last year, was awarded a […]
Joe Sullivan’s first year as chief of the embattled Wichita Police Department saw an emphasis on hiring more officers – and firing some in discipline cases that had been unaddressed. He lobbied the City Council to approve a $5,000 retention bonus in 2023 and a 13.27% pay increase for 2024. He says top pay is […]
Candidates for public office in Wichita would no longer be able to accept donations from corporations and limited liability companies if the Wichita City Council moves forward Tuesday with a proposed ban. Proposed amendments to the city’s campaign finance rules would prohibit municipal candidates and their political committees from accepting money from in-state and out-of-state […]
Tax Assessor-Collector Tommy Smyth said his office has taken steps to accommodate the year-end, last-minute tax payment rush, including adding extra staff at all locations. The remodeled offices in the Wichita County annex building will include an exterior ATM machine and a depository for after-hour payments. The end if the year is always a busy […]
A passerby found human remains early Saturday between Wichita Falls and Iowa Park. Law enforcement converged on an area between Wichita Falls and Iowa Park Saturday where human remains were found. Wichita County Sheriff’s spokesman Melvin Joyner said the remains were discovered about 8 a.m. on the southside of U.S. 287 just west of Peterson […]
For as long as I’ve known my friend Katie Grover, I’ve known that I’m lucky if I get even one slice of the Croatian povitica loaves she painstakingly assembles each year in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Even her own siblings know that they get only half of a loaf. The only one who […]