Mayor Brandon Whipple tells KNSS News he observes several factors in teen shootings. He says kids are getting out more, now that the pandemic is winding down. Another factor is more availability of guns, many of them stolen.
Tuesday the Wichita City Council and Sedgwick County Commission will hold a joint workshop meeting. Mayor Whipple says they want to coordinate the spending of millions in federal pandemic relief dollars.
Wichita police chief Gordan Ramsay was recently a candidate for the chief's job in Austin, Texas ... a job he didn't get.. Mayor Whipple tells KNSS News Ramsay is one of the top chiefs of police in the country and it's natural for other cities to come calling.
