KFDI News Reporter Wil Day discusses the tornadoes that struck Joplin, Mo. on May 22, 2011. Day talks with Wichita meteorologist and entrepreneur Mike Smith about his new book, which breaks down the failures of the warning systems in Joplin that day.

KFDI News Anchor Marc LaVoie interviews Paul Soutar of Kansaswatchdog.org about the Kansas Clean Air Act. The act outlawed smoking in most public buildings, including stores, restaurants and bars, but it exempted state-owned casinos. 

KFDI News Reporter Kyle McCaskey discusses the future of the aviation industry in Wichita. McCaskey interviews State Rep. Jim Howell (R-Derby) about the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University, as well as the outlook of the economy and the legislature relative to the aircraft industry. 

 KFDI's George Lawson interviews Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, Wichita Vice-Mayor Lavonta Williams and City Councilman Jeff Longwell. The city leaders provided an overview of the issues they discussed at the Annual Congressional City Conference of the National League of Cities, which was held Mar. 10-14 in Washington, D.C. Mayor Brewer serves on the NLC board of directors.

 KFDI News Director Dan Dillon discusses the Salvation Army's efforts in disaster relief after severe weather struck Harveyville in late February. Dillon interviews Dee Smith, division disaster services director for Kansas and Western Missouri. Dillon also talks with Tyler Rasmussen and Brian Carroll, who work for the Salvation Army in Wichita.

 KFDI Reporter George Lawson talks about a vote scheduled in Wichita on Feb. 28, 2012, in which citizens will decide if developers will be allowed to use guest tax rebates to help finance a project to convert a downtown building into a boutique hotel.  Lawson interviews guests on both sides of the issue.  Tulsa developer Paul Kouri is in favor of the program.  Bob Weeks is against it.  Weeks is chairmain of Tax Fairness for all Wichitans, a group that was formed to oppose the financing plan.

 KFDI Deputy News Director John Wright interviews Rhonda Walker, CEO of Miracles, Inc., a private, non-profit, faith-based agency that provides addiction treatment services for women.  Wright also interviews Diana Ushery, a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer who has had her own struggles with prescription drug addiction.  

KFDI reporter Julia Schwinn talks about the controversial issue of boundary changes in Wichita Public Schools that will take place before the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.  Schwinn interviews USD-259 school superintendent John Allison and Wichita Eagle education reporter Suzanne Tobias.

 KFDI News reporter George Lawson interviews Andrew Crane, a young Wichita man who is living physical disabilities, including partial blindness and cerebral palsy.  Crane is the co-founder of a support group for the visually impaired and an energetic advocate for an agency that provides guide dogs for the blind.   

 KFDI News Director Dan Dillon talked about animals that are abandoned in the Wichita area.  Dillon interviews Pat Morris, director and owner of Lifeline Animal Placement and Protection, a no-kill animal shelter in Wichita, Jennifer Campbell, spokesperson with the Kansas Humane Society and Carol Hughes, a KFDI on-air personality and lifelong animal lover.