Surveillance, Scandal, and Sports Tragedy | Wichita News

License plate readers are spreading fast, sparking privacy fears as police in Missouri and Kansas deploy them—raising alarms about surveillance and misuse. At the University of Kansas, nearly 80% of faculty and staff have lost faith in Chancellor Doug Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt after a damning straw poll. College sports are in crisis too: two cross-country runners hospitalized from heat, and a 19-year-old football player dies after his temperature hits 108 during practice. Politically, a former sheriff’s three-year probe ended with charges dropped against a top election official. And in history, Kansas gave America its first female mayor—Susanna Madora Salter, elected in 1887 after a prank went sideways. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d9e9270b2f165da6