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¿Qué sucede cuando el 911 no habla su idioma?
Mayoral candidates set to discuss housing issues at Oct. 11 forum
What happens when 911 doesn’t speak your language?
La población de Kansas crecerá más lentamente de lo previsto anteriormente, según un nuevo informe
Wichita gets federal approval to start selling some of its public housing units
What Wichitans want to hear as candidates compete for votes
Wichita City Council passes regulations, licensing for short-term rentals like Airbnbs
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Record-breaking heat exposes a lack of safeguards for homeless Wichitans
Conozca sus derechos: La escuela de su hijo debe comunicarse con usted en un idioma que usted entienda
The Wichita Journalism Collaborative seeks a full-time project coordinator
City of Wichita considering fines for landlords who retaliate against renters
La economía de Kansas depende de los latinos y los hispanos, el grupo demográfico de más rápido crecimiento del estado
Kansas economy depends on Latinos and Hispanics, state’s fastest growing demographic
This Wichita group wants you to know your health rights — and possibly save lives
Kansas’ population to grow more slowly than previously predicted, new report finds
How one small-town nursing home lost battle to stay open
Know your rights: Your child’s school must communicate in a language you understand
A Wichita shelter for unhoused women and children plans to close in August
Battling blight: Wichita plans to spend more to deal with unsightly, unsafe properties
‘Everyone plays a role:’ Wichita-area leaders seek end to veteran homelessness. You can help
Health experts say mold can cause respiratory issues. But it’s not against Wichita’s housing code.
These Wichitans want to be your mayor. Read what they have to say
How old is too old? Seniors weigh in on age of presidential candidates
¿Conoce sus derechos como inquilino en Wichita?
Do you know your rights as a tenant in Wichita?
‘Nothing to fear’: Wichita Police Chief, County Sheriff on HB2350’s impact on undocumented people
The month the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Kansans bet $194 million on sports but the state got only $1,134
An innovative pop-up newsroom concept is coming to the library
Four mobile mental health teams will soon be responding to 911 crisis calls in Wichita
Sedgwick County has the most evictions in Kansas. One landlord is responsible for a quarter of them.
Lack of officers hampering Wichita police department’s morale-building and community policing efforts
Alimenta la mente: cómo las bibliotecas de Wichita ofrecen más que solo libros para aprender
Feed the mind: how the Wichita libraries offer more than just books for learning
“How to Talk About Feeling Bad”
5 of the most inspiring self-help books available at local Wichita libraries
Latinos: ¿mantener la tradición cultural o confiar en extraños para que cuiden de los suyos?
Latinos face tough choice
When police put use-of-force decisions under a microscope
‘No soy mi trastorno’: estudiante habla sobre vivir con esquizofrenia
‘I am not my disorder:’ Student speaks on living with schizophrenia
How To Talk About Feeling Bad
La población sin hogar de Wichita crece al número más alto en 12 años
Wichita’s homeless population grows to highest number in 12 years
WJC widens its audience through text-messaging system
San Francisco’s Community Ambassadors Program uses a human touch in working with homeless population
Hope and Healing: Paint Night and Suicide Prevention Training
His rental house wasn’t up to code. After calling the city, he got a notice to leave.
Michigan city offers Wichita a road map for providing seamless mental health care
Housing discrimination was outlawed in 1968. But Wichita’s Black-white homeownership gap persists.
Mental health hospital slated for Wichita could solve some problems but faces staffing questions
Homeless told to move on. They’re used to it.
Sedgwick County adds new services for those in jail with mental illness
How one Kansas City nonprofit is providing a solution for unhoused veterans
Muslim in Kansas: Taben Azad’s quest to belong
‘I’m just so angry’: Wichitans feel state neglected to warn them of danger
Community is key after experiencing a loss to suicide, Wichita mental health leaders say
Defying a “gang list” label to find his voice and lend it to others
A diferencia de la mayoría de las cárceles en Kansas, el condado de Douglas ha encontrado una manera de encerrar a menos reclusos con enfermedades mentales.
Seniors grapple with transportation needs
Sedgwick County Task Force makes Recommendations to Legislative Committee in Cedric Lofton Case
Unlike most jails in Kansas, Douglas County has found a way to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates
What Wichita can learn from a city that reinvented crisis intervention
‘I don’t want another child’s death’: Police, agencies adopt some Lofton task force ideas
Derby high school student illustrates challenges many face getting help with mental health struggles
A Check Up from the Neck Up: Mental Health Association’s Eric Litwiller on the State of Mental Health in Kansas.
Seeing Beyond: Author Kate Radley Speaks on Stigma and the Realities of Living with Mental Illness.
More homeless people in Sedgwick County are dying due to fentanyl poisoning
Student Body President John Kirk opens up about his mental health
Join the WJC for ‘Preventing Suicide In Our Community’
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