Happy Monday, Wichita!
We hope you enjoyed the weekend. Let’s start the week with new stories coming out of Wichita.
In Today’s Newsletter:
- Free tennis lessons are starting this week in McAdams Park
- President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer
- KS Rep. Patrick Penn is resigning
- 5th anniversary of George Floyd reflections
💡 Black Trivia Question: What activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in their 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination?
A. Frederick Douglass B. Harriet Tubman C. Philip Alexander Bell D. Robert Fox
*See the answer after “In Other News”*
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WICHITA NEWS
Free Tennis Lessons For Adults and Youth Begins This Week in McAdams Park
Try something new and play tennis this summer during the free McAdams National Junior Tennis Program. It kicks off this week at the McAdams Tennis Courts in Wichita. Even though the camp name includes “junior,” it’s for players of all ages and all experience levels.
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Kansas State Rep. Patrick Penn of Wichita Plans to Quit House
Rep. Patrick Penn, a Wichita Republican elected to the House in 2020, sent a letter to the Sedgwick County Republican Party and state officials announcing plans to resign.
NATIONAL NEWS
Biden Has Been Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen by doctors last week after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule were found.
JUSTICE
Five Years After George Floyd, Hopes for Racial Justice Fade
As the nation approaches the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, a new Pew Research Center study reveals a sobering assessment from Americans: The heightened focus on race and racial inequality following the 2020 protests has largely failed to improve the lives of Black people.
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans. As part of the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policy, it seeks to reverse a Biden-era policy that extended protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans. (NBC)
Netflix teases the cast of ‘A Different World’ spinoff. Netflix’s “A Different World” spinoff pilot has reportedly cast six leading roles, including Tichina Arnold’s daughter, Alijah Kai. (The Grio)
Trivia Answer: A. Frederick Douglass. On August 3, 1857, Frederick Douglass delivered a “West India Emancipation” speech at Canandaigua, New York, on the twenty-third anniversary of the event.
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