Summer weather is here! Rent a scooter or kayak and explore downtown Wichita, KS and the Arkansas River – a beautiful way to enjoy the great outdoors and get some fitness in on your trip! Looking for more outdoor activities to enjoy this summer in Wichita? Check out our FREE Visitor’s Guide! | Visit Wichita

📣 Today was opening day for Raising Cane’s in Wichita 📣 People waited in line for hours, some camping out overnight, for the chance to win free food. The fried chicken restaurant opened for business Tuesday morning near Maple and Ridge Road in west Wichita. 📷: Julie Mah and Denise Neil #ictfoodies #icteats #local | Wichita Eagle

All the respect to people who step up and create more for Wichita instead of sit on their couch complaining about the lack of fun here. Shout out to this weeks MVP of Wichita, Alejandro “Panda” Cordova who was the heart and soul of the city’s newest event that sold out and packed the Kansas International Dragway, Michelada Madness. The energy was electric. Cars, trucks, live music, food vendors, and of course micheladas filled the Dragway for a can’t miss event that energized the city. And while

It is the icon of Wichita, the Keeper of the Plains! Many people confuse it's name for 'the indian statue with fire around it' or sometimes the 'Keeper of the Flames' but once you see it in person, you will understand why they call it the Keeper of the Plains. The sculpture symbolically sits at the meeting place of two rivers; a location that hundreds of years ago, Native Americans of differing and sometimes warring tribes, would meet, gather food and supplies for winter time and be at peace. It