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Good morning, Wichita! This is the Wichita Life Update, the local newsletter covering local news and local events written by a local guy.

Let's get to it!

- Landon Huslig

p.s. Happy early birthday to Ashley and happy belated birthday to Charissima!

NEWS

Shocker Basketball is BACK!

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Shocker Basketball is officially back tonight at 7pm at Western Kentucky (streaming on ESPN+)!

Coach Mills and the boys make their way back to Koch Arena this Saturday 11/9 for the first home game vs Montana State! You don’t want to miss the start of a great season.

There are a number of seating opportunities available for this season, but the best part for this Saturday:

Wichita Life readers can receive a special discount for 1/2 price tickets to Saturday's game — use promo code ICTSHOCKS at this link.

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BUSINESS

Opening

Everhome Suites Extended-stay hotel brand - Opening in Northeast Wichita in 2025

Closing

☕ Il Primo - Epic Center Location at 301 N Main - Closing in a few weeks

🐓 The Donut Whole - 1720 E Douglas Ave - One of our favorite shops in town growing up is now officially closed 😢

Does anyone have any good vegan (really just dairy-free, eggs are OK) recommendations?

Il Primo Renovation

Il Primo is one of our favorite coffee shops in town. They just celebrated their Grand Re-opening last week, but here is what to expect at the refreshed digs:

Double drive-through to speed things along
Enclosed Patio Space
One Life Spirits Bar

Yes, the brand behind Una Vida transforms Il Primo into a cocktail bar at night.

Bob & Luigi’s

Two things I’ve learned over the years:

You can’t trust someone who doesn’t like pizza and you can’t trust someone who doesn’t like dogs.

Bob & Luigi’s Pizzeria in Andover is giving 15% of ALL their sales tonight from 5-8pm to Kansas K-9 ResQ, a non profit helping save dogs.

Tell your loved ones that this is why you NEED to get pizza there tonight, not just because their pizza is delicious (although it is).

Soil to Plate

This Wednesday at Odd Fellow Hall, join a few of your friends for an Exclusive Dinner event featuring soil to plate food, live music, and more.

Lincoln Heights

Congrats to Lincoln Heights shopping center (the “Bradley Fair of its Day”) on celebrating 75 years!

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TOGETHER WITH HUMANKIND MINISTRIES

You have less than 6 hours left to buy your ticket where one lucky winner gets a once in a lifetime trip to watch the Super Bowl in New Orleans (and hopefully the Chiefs) announced at 4:30pm.

Ticket sales close at noon today, but for just $25 you could win:

Two premium, lower-level tickets to the 2025 Super Bowl
Airfare for two
A three-night stay in a luxury New Orleans hotel
A post-game celebration in the French Quarter

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CIVIL

Downtown Parking

This Thursday from 6-8pm at the Kansas Leadership, you have a chance to have your voice heard about downtown parking at the next public meeting.

Speaking of public parking, there are basically four options at this point.

Options A - D as they are named, have variations of

Certain hours free (first hour of parking), excluding certain areas of town (like Old Town), Overall Cost, etc

You can find full details here.

Free Rides on Election Day

In honor of Election Day, on Tuesday, November 5, Wichita Transit will offer free bus rides on all traditional bus routes and paratransit service. Free rides are valid for everyone riding to or from polling locations as well as any other trip during the day.

Riders do not need to provide documentation of voting to receive a ride. Transit buses will operate on a regular weekday schedule with service hours that span the full voting hours of each polling location.

LOCAL

Wettest Day of the Year

On Saturday, Wichita received 3.12 inches of rain after receiving less than an inch all of October.

That makes it the wettest day of 2024 with the second wettest day being 1.32” of rain.

Operation Holiday

Operation Holiday (of HumanKind Ministries) helped over 15,000 people, including 9000 kids, last year.

From now until 11/30, they are taking applications as well as donations

The goal is to help low-income people by providing basic needs, food, blankets, children’s coats, pet food, and more.

Dinner Table

See who made it to the Wichita Dinner Table last week!

Thanks for the shoutout TKG2 aka Troy!

Upcoming Events

Wichita is not boring. Here are a few upcoming events:

Toytopia - Exploration Place - Runs through Jan 12th - Come check out GIANT versions of classic, familiar toys like life-size monopoly and the world’s largest Etch a sketch
Mark Arts Holiday Tables - 11/7 - 11/9 - This is a curated collection of imaginative tablescapes.
Holiday Write Style - Allen House - 11/8 the classic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house brings the Holiday cheer as it is decorated