BY DANIEL SALAZAR dsalazar@wichitaeagle.com A new tag office with more parking spaces will finally open next year. Sedgwick County commissioners unanimously approved the contract for a new office at a former Dillons store on the southwest corner of Douglas and Meridian. The county’s current
BY CARRIE RENGERS For anyone who has ever struggled to find parking at the county’s main tag office at Murdock and Water or been stuck in a crowded line there or left standing when there haven’t been enough chairs, there’s hope. The county is close
Screenshot from website Courtesy of XtremeHelmets.com BY CARRIE RENGERS Lisa Greenwood has no problem admitting she has “a weird fascination for helmets.” “I don’t know how to explain it,” she says. “I like the graphics. I like the technology. And I like providing safety gear for people.
Monday’s news that Marriott International is buying the Starwood hotel chain in a $12.2 billion deal didn’t faze hotelier Jim Korroch, who is helping Great Plains Ventures open a Starwood property in Wichita. “Starwood and Marriott have two of the very top … guest loyalty programs,” Korroch says. He says it’s huge that Starwood
Linda and Doug Brantner are opening their second Planet Sub, this time on the west side where customers have been requesting one. Courtesy photo BY CARRIE RENGERS A new restaurant is opening in the former Metro Grill space at Central and Maize Road, and it’s one that west-siders
BY DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle Exchange Place, at Market and Douglas, is an absolute mess. So is the Bitting Building, across the street. But that’s a good thing. Work on the conversion of two long-vacant office buildings into apartments – plus the addition of
