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Prehistory and exploration. The site at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers has served as a trading center and meeting place for nomadic hunting people for at least 11,000 years. [1] Human habitation in the Wichita area has been dated, in archeological digs, as far back as 3,000 B.C. [2]
Wichita, Kansas: Collins was shot in the head by police during a home invasion. 2012-04-13: Petrie, Gary: Gambrills, Maryland: Officer responded to a report of a domestic disturbance. A struggle broke out between the officer and a man at the residence. The officer "was in fear for his life" and shot the man, who died at a local hospital. 2012-04-13
wichita.edu. Wichita State University ( WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in nine colleges. The university's graduate school offers more than 50 master's degrees in ...
McConnell Air Force Base was known during the first part of its existence as the Wichita Municipal Airport. Although the field was designed originally to serve only municipal civil airport needs, it had an Air Force connection almost from the beginning. Origins Kansas Aviation Museum, formerly Wichita Municipal Airport from 1935 to 1951
Gradey Reed Dick (born November 20, 2003) [1] is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2022 class. A small forward, in 2022, Dick was named the ...
The Cotillion Ballroom is a concert venue in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [4] It is located between Maize Road and 119th Street West on the north side of Kellogg ( U.S. 54) in west Wichita. The Cotillion is a special events facility that hosts concerts, roller derby, dances, comedians and stage shows featuring nationally known artists and ...
1046-3127. OCLC number. 20386511. Website. kansas.com. The Wichita Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Originating in the early 1870s, shortly after the city's founding, it is owned by The McClatchy Company and is the largest newspaper in Wichita and the surrounding area. [2]
Herman Hill riot. Coordinates: 37°38′56″N 97°20′19″W. The 1979 Easter Sunday Herman Hill riot in Wichita, Kansas, United States – a confrontation between 500 law-enforcement personnel (from Wichita and surrounding jurisdictions) and the 3,500 attendees at a rock concert in Herman Hill Park – was one of the largest riots in the ...