Sedgwick County Seals $100 Million Boeing Tax Abatement

Evergy Restores Power to 92% After Salina's 115-mph Windstorm

Tick-Bite ER Visits Rise Across Kansas, Midwest

Chiefs Extend Mahomes With Record $504.75 Million Contract

World Cup Fan Festival Opens Thursday in Kansas City

Sedgwick County Seals $100 Million Boeing Tax Abatement

WICHITA, Kan. — Boeing's property tax abatement on its Wichita expansion, worth roughly $100 million over 10 years by the city's own estimates, cleared its final hurdle Wednesday, June 10, when Sedgwick County commissioners voted unanimously to issue industrial revenue bonds of up to $450 million. The bonds will pay for new building construction, expansion and other updates across the Boeing campus, and county approval was required because the expansion includes land outside Wichita city limits. The vote completes the incentive package the Wichita City Council approved Tuesday, as Citizen Journal reported Wednesday. Adam Pogue, Boeing's director of manufacturing, said growing demand for commercial aircraft and an expanding defense business are driving the expansion. Commissioner Jim Howell said any other state would welcome the investment and that the region must compete to remain the aircraft capital of the world. The city and county also issued up to $5 million in industrial revenue bonds for a building on Boeing's campus that will be leased to Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research for research and prototyping.

KSN · Citizen Journal

Evergy Restores Power to 92% After Salina's 115-mph Windstorm

SALINA, Kan. — Evergy said in an 8 p.m. storm update Wednesday, June 10, that crews had restored power to more than 92% of the roughly 118,000 customers knocked out by the June 8 storms. The utility's outage map showed about 11,100 customers still without power as of 6:35 a.m. Thursday. Restoration in Salina and Abilene will continue through the rest of the week because winds reaching 115 mph snapped or destroyed more than 500 poles across the region, including 200 to be replaced in Salina alone, where large sections of the grid must be rebuilt. Evergy cautioned that additional severe weather could slow the work, with many parts of its service area under storm or tornado watches Wednesday evening, and said crews will continue restoring power as long as it is safe to do so. The company urged anyone who sees a downed power line to stay at least 30 feet away, assume it is energized, call 911 and then contact Evergy.

KSAL · Evergy

Tick-Bite ER Visits Rise Across Kansas, Midwest

TOPEKA, Kan. — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show Midwest emergency rooms recorded 137 tick bite-related visits per 100,000 ER visits in April, more than usual for the month, the Kansas Reflector reported Wednesday, June 10. The region has logged 332 such visits per 100,000 so far in 2026, on pace to surpass the 628 per 100,000 recorded in all of 2025. Kansas Department of Health and Environment data show tick-borne illnesses in the state trending upward since 2020, including alpha-gal syndrome, a red-meat allergy spread primarily by the Lone Star tick. Health officials urged Kansans to check for ticks after spending time outdoors as peak season continues through summer.

Kansas Reflector

Chiefs Extend Mahomes With Record $504.75 Million Contract

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs reportedly extended quarterback Patrick Mahomes' contract through the 2033 season on Wednesday, June 10, in a deal worth $504.75 million, the first NFL contract to exceed half a billion dollars. The extension builds on what was already a record-setting agreement and keeps the three-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback in Kansas City. The franchise is preparing to move to a new stadium in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The deal was reported as the team opened preparations to host 2026 FIFA World Cup matches at Arrowhead Stadium.

WIBW

World Cup Fan Festival Opens Thursday in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The FIFA Fan Festival opens to the public Thursday, June 11, the World Cup's opening day, at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, with free admission that requires advance registration and capacity caps on general admission. The festival features a 30,000-square-foot FIFA store, vendor booths, food trucks and live music, including a kickoff performance by The Chainsmokers on June 13. New regional transit routes launching June 11 will connect Johnson County and more than a dozen other locations to the festival and Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City's first World Cup match is June 16.

Johnson County Post

Sources

1. KSN / Citizen Journal
2. KSAL / Evergy / Evergy Storm Update
3. Kansas Reflector
4. WIBW
5. Johnson County Post

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