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🌾 River Run

🌾 River Run

Anyone want to go for a run?

Landon Huslig
January 19, 2026

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Wichita!

Today is Martin Luther King Jr day which is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of January every year. I hope everyone has a chance to reflect on the dream of MLKJ and dream of what that can and does look like in Wichita.

Let’s get to it!

- Landon

News

Riverfest Sign-Ups

Riverfest Sign-Ups are now open!

We are running it back with our friends at Riverfest to show you why this is such a historic festival in Wichita.

This year the party takes place from May 29 through June 6, but you can sign up for many of the events today!

Wichita River Run (early registration ends February 28th)
Wichita Classic Car Show
Volunteer - sign up today! Riverfest thrives on volunteers
Much More

Together with Kansas Plastic Surgery

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Right now is the best time of year to give yourself that fresh rejuvenation you've been thinking of. With the chilly weather and time indoors, it gives you a great environment for healing and looking your absolute best right in time for warmer weather and getting together with friends and family!

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LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Halagains (same one as in Garden Plain) - 1106 S Seneca (former Champ’s 316 Bar & Grill since the 1990s) - Opening in a couple of weeks
Cozy Cabin Igloos - Point Nine in Andover - Now Open

Closing

Champs 316 Bar & Grill - 1106 S Seneca - Now Closed

32 Women-Owned Businesses

Here is a list of 32 women-owned businesses you can shop at this year.

Chicken n Pickle

If you happen to have $8 million laying around, you could own the land, venue and courts that Chicken N Pickle operates as the New Jersey based investor is selling the property.

Largest Law Firms

Here are the 69 largest law firms in Wichita.

TBH, I didn’t know there were that many.

Wichita Life Job Board

Did you know there is a hyper-local job board right here in Wichita?

You can post all types of jobs that will get in front of 10s of thousands of Wichitans on our email and socials?

You can also look for jobs in media, tech, marketing, engineering, and so much more.

CIVIL

Cell Phones in School

How do you feel about cell phones in schools? Andover is looking at banning them. The school board will vote in February.

How do you feel about cell phones in school?

LOCAL

Wichita State Classes

Here are a few important dates to keep in mind at WSU:

January 20 - Full-semester class begins
April 3- Last day to withdraw from full-semester class with a W instead of an F
Full list of dates

Chimp

Shoutout to Dr. Zach Hanson and Dr. Chad Corrigan and the Advanced Orthopedic Associates who team partnered with the care team at Sedgwick County Zoo to support chimpanzee care.

Two-year-old Alizeti was injured during a scuffle with the troop’s alpha male Moshi.

Drive Your Future Career Fair

Head to the Walser Auto Campus (caddy corner to Chicken N Pickle at Greenwich and 13th) for the Drive Your Future Career Fair this weekend.

You can learn about auto careers, explore the campus, and maybe even interview.

Derby

Derby is a hot spot. They get a ton of restaurants and seem to be growing like crazy.

That includes their local parks like an expansion of Decarsky Park and an update to High Park.

They also have the Chocolate Bazaar coming up at the Hubbard Arts Center on 2/7.

Trap 48

Bray Films is a local movie production company who is crushing it.

Their most recent film, Trap 48, is now available on Amazon Prime.

Dead Man’s Wire

Speaking of local’s making it big in film, I was recently introduced to Austin Kolodney (from Wichita) who is the screenwriter for Dead Man’s Wire, a film about the true story of Tony Kiritsis, a man who took the president of the Meridian Mortgage Company hostage in 1977.

The cast is stacked with Dacre Montgomery (Billy from Stranger Things), Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise in the recent IT movies), and Al Pacino (no intro needed).

It is now screening at Regal East Warren and Northrock AMC if you’re interested!