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Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Wichita air quality ‘unhealthy' due to burns
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Wichita says Tuesday's air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. According to a post from the City's X account, the air quality is currently 105AQI (Air Quality Index). Prescribed burns in the Flint Hills is causing smoke in the air. People with lung disease, such as asthma, children and teens, older adults, and people who are routinely active outdoors for six or more hours a day are encouraged to take steps to reduce their exposure. website suggests shortening the amount of time you spend outdoors and staying active outdoors after the air quality improves. Choose less strenuous activities (like walking instead of running) so you don't breathe as hard. Shorten the amount of time you are active outdoors. Be active outdoors when air quality is better. For more Kansas news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news by downloading our mobile app and signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track 3 Weather app by clicking here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Yahoo
Social Rundown: Texas v. Kellogg, Train derailment, and child rescued with infrared technology
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Welcome back to the Social Rundown, where you can learn about the online trends happening globally and in Texoma, too! Want to get the latest tea or news on what's trending on social media? Tune in daily! Texas vs. Kellogg Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is looking into 'fake claims' that Kellogg cereal may not be as 'healthy' as it says it is. Kellogg could be violating the state's consumer protection laws, and how the dyes could lead to health concerns. A starchy derailment mess One freight train in Indianapolis derailed on Sunday, April 6, and caused a mess as it carried cornstarch. Six cars derailed, four of which were empty and two full of cornstarch. A child disappears, found by technology. Michigan State Police found a child thanks to infrared technology. The heat signature from the child made it easy to see him as he was in a ditch but safely found and taken to safety. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Texas weather: Showers, storms, and possible quarter-size hail
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Texas be Texasin'. A few showers will hang around into the early afternoon hours, and then we'll get a break in the precipitation. More storms/good rain will move in late tonight after midnight again. The trend continues to be downward as far as severe weather possibilities are concerned. Quarter-size hail and brief strong wind gusts will still be possible with an overall low severe weather concern. Saturday night will have rain move in during the evening hours. With colder temperatures in place, there will be a chance for a LITTLE snow in spots Saturday night into Sunday morning. It'll likely be a snow/rain mix. Although it could have patches that look pretty as it falls, it likely will have little to no accumulation. Most of Texoma will likely not see any snow. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
June-like heat precedes Texoma's rain chances
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Texoma's weather is off to a great start, with lots of sunshine and light winds. Tuesday will be our warmest day this week, with places like Seymour, Graham and Jacksboro experiencing highs of 90 to 92 degrees. A cold front will stall over the Red River Valley Tuesday night, and we expect showers and thunderstorms to develop along the front early Wednesday morning. Rain will likely be relatively isolated. Thursday offers our best chance of measurable rain with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. Rain chances fall to the slim category on Friday evening. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Social Rundown: Texas Tech explosion, Prohibition Era bottles found, Good Samaritan Day
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Welcome back to the Social Rundown, where you can learn about the online trends happening globally and in Texoma, too! Want to get the latest tea or news on what's trending on social media? Tune in daily! Texas Tech Campus explosion An explosion at a substation on the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, Texas, last night caused outages at the Health Sciences Center and multiple other areas of campus. This caused Spring Break to arrive early for students. Beach walk prompts finding of Prohibition Era bottles How cool would it get to be to hold history in your hands? Especially eleven pieces of history from the Prohibition Era! Well, one man and his dog were walking on the Jersey Shore beach when they stumbled upon many bottles labeled 'Lincoln Inn,' which originate from Montreal, Quebec and were wound up in the United States during the Prohibition Era. National Good Samaritan Day It is a great day to be a good Samaritan, as it is National Good Samaritan Day, but we should try to be good to others every day. To celebrate, you can do so by adding any of these into your daily routine…..-smile at someone-volunteer, develop kind habits-acts can be big or small-#goodsamaritanday Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
