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If head coach Paul Mills stays with the Wichita State men’s basketball team for all five years remaining on his newly extended contract, he is set to make up to $10.22 million, with opportunities to extend his contract further and earn more money.

Details released of Paul Mills’ 3-year contract extension If head coach Paul Mills stays with the Wichita State men’s basketball team for all five years remaining on his newly extended contract, he is set to make up to $10.22 million, according to the information released by the Wichita State Athletic Department. On July 30, Mills signed a three-year con...

Crown Uptown Theatre's fate has been debated over the course of the last three years. With owner Mike Brown filing for a wrecking permit last month, the building's future has turned grim.

Crown Uptown’s fate turns grim after years of uncertainty Crown Uptown Theatre’s owner Mike Brown applied for a wrecking permit with the Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department. The move has exacerbated community fears and frustrations that the building’s 98-year old history may soon come to an end, with little known on what would replac...

WSU named Jason Ladner as the director of industry engagement in health innovations.

The growing industry: One way WSU is advancing its healthcare presence Wichita State introduced a new position to increase industry connections in health and named WSU alum Jason Ladner for the job. As the director of industry engagement in health innovation, he and Provost Monica Lounsbery will be working on creating the National Institute of Health Solutions and Inno...

A suspicious device was found at the WSU Law Enforcement Training Facility Monday night.

"There is no current threat," WSUPD Captain Kyle Garwood said after a bomb squad left the scene.

Suspicious device found at WSU Law Enforcement Training Facility, no current threat A suspicious device was found at the WSU Law Enforcement Training Facility Monday at 6:15 p.m. WSU campus police directed The Sunflower to Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, the university’s director of Strategic Communications. Mazzullo-Hart directed The Sunflower to the Rave Alert initially sent out to the c...

"The way this amendment is worded is unethical and immoral. This amendment is simply a money grab from start to finish. Illiterate people deserve to be treated with respect, not exploited by officials elected to serve them," reporter Kiona Brown writes.

OPINION: Literacy tests never really went away — Kansas lawmakers just found loopholes In the United States, 21% of adults are functionally illiterate, or don’t have “the ability to understand, evaluate, use and engage with written texts to participate in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential.” In other words, 21% of U.S. adults can re...

Head coach Paul Mills has extended his contract with Wichita State until 2031.

Paul Mills contract extended until 2031 Men’s basketball head coach Paul Mills has signed a 3-year contract extension. The new contract will extend his tenure at Wichita State until 2031. Mills started his career at WSU back in 2023. Since then, he has led the Shockers to a 24-win season and back-to-back postseason appearances in the NI...

WSU preforming arts students will be putting on an independent performance called "The Party" on July 30 and July 31.
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Wichita State students set to perform an independent production of their own Jyavon Hill, a senior majoring in musical theater, is debuting a summer showcase performance called “The Party,” along with other WSU performing arts students. This will be the second year that Hill has put on an independently made production during the summer. Hill said he wanted to work on a p...

An appeal was filed to SGA's Supreme Court by the Indian Student Association in attempt to receive student fee allocations after missing the deadline to submit the required form.

Indian Student Association files appeal to receive funding from SGA The Indian Student Association filed an appeal to Wichita State’s Student Government Association’s Supreme Court after being denied appropriations from SGA due to failing to submit their appropriations form on time. The court heard the case on July 23, with Broonie John Lingala representing ISA ...

AfterShocks Marcus Keene has been suspended from all TBT events following Monday night's postgame brawl.

Marcus Keene suspended from TBT events indefinitely AfterShocks Marcus Keene has been suspended from all TBT events. The WSU alum, last year’s tournament MVP, threw a right-handed punch at JHX Hoops player Jacob Hanna after the final shot of the alumni semifinal game on Monday night. TBT released a statement on Tuesday evening after reviewing his p...

Monday's TBT game led to multiple player ejections and injuries, but it also led some AfterShocks' fans to wonder what is next for the WSU alumni team.

“The AfterShocks will have this tied to them forever,” Shocker Faithful member Heather Marsh said.

BasketBrawl: Two fights lead to player ejections, staffer injuries in TBT between AfterShocks and JHX Hoop With 2:45 left in the second quarter of the semifinal TBT alumni bracket game between the AfterShocks and JHX Hoops (Kansas), a fight broke out which left both teams with just six players each to finish the game. Prior to the fight, the referees had been letting both teams play hard and aggressive,....