Michael Roehrman

The spiders hide in shoes, clothes left on the floor, cardboard boxes and dark storage areas.

The storm touched down for just two minutes and struck without a tornado warning.

From a massive downtown Wichita transformation to new restaurant openings and a suburb paying people to start businesses, readers had plenty to follow this week.

These were the most-read stories on Kansas.com yesterday.

From the passing of a local icon to K-State landing a transfer guard, a new restaurant opening and more.

Top Wichita stories: a man threatened Mayor Lily Wu over a food stamps delay, the Wichita Thunder parted with coach Bruce Ramsay, and local rezoning and plea deal updates.

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Here are some of the highlights of our award-winning journalists’ work this year.