General News in the 316

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KAKE - Passageways gets a new home

A new home is on the horizon for a non-profit that devotes all of its time and energy to helping Wichita’s homeless veterans.

1202 West Douglas will be the new location for Passageways, a non-profit that specializes in helping veterans escape homelessness. The building used to be a DAV space, and it is located in the heart of Delano.

The new location is a big upgrade for Passageways, as it will allow for more than 7,000 square feet of usable space, while Towne West had only 2,000 square feet.

The founders of Passageways met with Kan Vets United, another non-profit that helps veterans, on Tuesday to celebrate and sign paperwork.

This is an upgrade over their spot at Towne West. More space and they can trust that the lights will stay on and the water flowing and the doors won't be randomly locked when they get there.

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Eagle - 'Not like any other band in the history of music': Stryper comes to Wichita

What do you get when you have a band that dresses in outfits that resemble a bumble bee, play heavy metal music, but sing lyrics about Jesus?

The punchline, at least in the 1980’s, was a band with a multi-platinum album, videos all over MTV and a Grammy nomination.

There aren’t many bands in the “heavenly metal” genre of music, and very few of those can claim the the success that Stryper has had.

“We’re not like any other band in the history of music,” claims singer and guitarist Michael Sweet.

Stryper will bring their 40-year history of black and yellow outfits and melodic hard rock with its Christian message to Wichita this Saturday for a show at Temple Live at 8 p.m.

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This could be big for Wichita and the business jet world

WBJ - Textron Aviation CEO says next Citation generation 'shakes up the entire light jet industry'

As Textron Aviation looks to turn the page from a nearly month-long machinists strike that ended Sunday, the company has unveiled the next generation of its light jets — the Cessna Citation M2 Gen3, CJ3 Gen3 and CJ4 Gen3.

The Monday announcement, made on the eve of the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, highlighted that each aircraft will be equipped with Garmin Emergency Autoland technology alongside other new features.

“I really think this shakes up the entire light jet industry and is an enormous enhancement to our existing great product lineup," said Textron Aviation president and CEO Ron Draper in a media briefing prior to NBAA.

The jets are currently under development. The CJ4 Gen3 is expected to enter into service in 2026, followed by the M2 Gen3 and CJ3 Gen3 in 2027.

Garmin's recently announced G3000 Prime avionics suite will be included in the CJ4 Gen3, making Textron Aviation the first manufacturer to announce it will have the technology on its aircraft.

"It's a fully-streamlined touchscreen, fully-immersive experience for our pilots that creates a smoother flight deck flow and ultimately reduces pilot workload, making this aircraft just even easier to fly," said Jimmy Beeson, Textron Aviation's director of product development.

I think having the ability to have to plane land itself is massive.

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I guess we know where the rate increase is going.

WBJ - Evergy to build two south-central Kansas natural gas plants

Evergy announced Monday that it will build combined-cycle natural gas plants in Reno County and Sumner County, with an estimated project cost of more than $1 billion each and scheduled openings by the end of the decade.

One 705-megawatt plant will be located 4 miles south of Conway Springs in Sumner County, across the road from a current Evergy substation, with completion by 2029. The Reno County plant will be located a mile south of South Hutchinson with completion by 2030.

Evergy said each project will fuel 500 jobs during the construction phase.

"High-efficiency modern natural gas plants will meet the electricity needs for our region's growing economy," Evergy chairman, president and CEO David Campbell said in a statement. "These plants also will bring good paying jobs and tax dollars to Kansas."

The company held announcements in both counties Monday.