The 15th running of the Presidents Cup continues this week at the Royal Montreal Golf Club as the United States looks to continue its dominance over the international team in Canada. The visiting team enters this year’s competition with an overall record of 12-1-1 and a nine-game winning streak and appears keen to achieve more of the same in the Great White North.

At least that’s how the Presidents Cup started, as the Americans managed just one of seven complete victories in Presidents Cup history on the first day. The United States jumped to an almost insurmountable 5-0 lead on Thursday, but just 24 hours later the Internationals responded with an identical 5-0 win to tie the game. There are 20 games left to play – eight on Saturday, 12 on Sunday – so the Presidents Cup is still wide open.

While the U.S. boasts a long winning streak and brings to the table players like world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and world No. 2 Xander Schauffele, road matters have become inherently more difficult in recent years. After cruising past the international team in South Korea, the U.S. trailed until the final day of the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne before staging a memorable comeback in Sunday’s singles.

The red-white-blue will hope it doesn’t come to that; Not only does it bring the two best players in the world to Canada, but also major champions such as Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Keegan Bradley and Brian Harman, as well as Presidents Cup newcomers Russell Henley and Sahith Theegala.

The Internationals, meanwhile, pack a punch of their own, with star players like Adam Scott set to compete in the Presidents Cup for an 11th consecutive year in the hope that it will be the first of the victorious ilk. He will be joined by familiar faces such as Hideki Matsuyama, who had an outstanding 2024 season, as well as Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim, who both hold winning records in the competition.

There are players like Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee and Jason Day who are expected to make big contributions for the home team, but the deciding factor is the three Canadians that captain Mike Weir has selected for his squad. Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners are looking to avenge their poor debut at Quail Hollow in 2022, and they will be joined by fellow countryman Mackenzie Hughes, who will be making his debut in his home country.

Join us on how to follow the event TV schedule and coverage guide for the 2024 Presidents Cup. Below is a complete preview of the Presidents Cup, from the event’s format and rules to the scoring process, teams and full event schedule.

Format, Rules of the Presidents Cup 2024

Unlike the Ryder Cup, which features four sessions over the first two days of competition, the Presidents Cup begins with a session on Thursday and a session on Friday before play intensifies over the weekend. Golfers from the United States and international teams will compete Thursday in the four-ball (best ball), selected by the home captain. On Friday the teams switch to foursomes (alternating throws). The busiest day comes on Saturday as a morning four-ball session is followed by an afternoon four-ball session, setting the table for Sunday, which will consist of 12 one-on-one singles matches.

Below we break down each type of match you’ll see this week.

Four-ball: Teams of two from each side compete against each other. Each of the four golfers plays their own ball and the lowest score between the two players on each team counts for the hole. The two points not selected are discarded.

Four: Teams of two from each side compete against each other. However, golfers must take turns hitting the same ball until it is holed. Example: If Player A hits the tee shot on No. 1, that means he makes all tee shots on odd-numbered holes and all approach shots on even-numbered holes. Player B tees off on all even-numbered holes and hits approach shots on odd-numbered holes. More strategy is involved here, as the player who tees off on the odd-numbered holes will make shots on all four par-3 holes and second shots on both par-5 holes at Royal Montreal.

Single: Only played in the final round on Sunday. Singles matches consist of 12 one-on-one matches played throughout the day.

Rating of the Presidents Cup 2024

Event: Each game is worth 1 point. For games that end in a draw, each side receives 0.5 points. The first team to reach 15.5 points over the three matchdays wins the Presidents Cup. If the 30 games end in a 15-15 draw, both teams will share the Presidents Cup.

Matches: Each hole is scored independently with the lowest score winning. If both teams or players have the same score on a hole, the hole is considered a tie and no advantage is granted.

As teams or players progress through the round, more points can be earned or deducted from the game’s total score. Example: If team/player A wins the first two holes, they would have a lead of 2 UP. If Team/Player B then wins the third hole, Team/Player A’s lead is reduced to 1 UP.

Games may end early if the winning team or player has a larger lead than there are holes left to play. Example: If Team A has 4 UP and there are three holes left, they win the match with 4&3.

Concessions: Unlike stroke play golf, teams or players do not have to complete every hole. Shots (usually putts) may be permitted for sporting reasons if they are deemed to be easy to make or if attempting the shot does not result in a win or a tie on the hole.

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Thursday, September 26th

Round 1 (four-ball): 11:35 a.m

Live TV broadcast: 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Golf Channel
Live stream: 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on fubo (try for free)

Friday, September 27th

Round 2 (foursomes): 1:05 p.m

Live TV broadcast: 1-6pm on Golf Channel
Live stream: 1-6 p.m. on fubo (Try for free)

Saturday September 28th

Round 3 (four-ball): 7:02 am
Round 4 (foursomes): 6:25am

Live TV broadcast: 7-8 p.m. on Golf Channel | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on NBC
Live stream: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on fubo (try for free)

Sunday, September 29th

Round 5 (Singles): 12:02 p.m

Live TV broadcast: 12-6pm on NBC
Live stream: 12pm-6pm on fubo (Try for free)

A group of Jersey swimmers who swam across Lake Geneva hope their success will inspire others to give open water swimming a try.

Sally Minty-Gravett, Fay de Gruchy, Alice Harvey, Karen Le Cornu, Rachel Sayers and Julia Morris were members of the Jersey Girls team who completed The Ultimate Trophy Swim on Tuesday morning.

It took them 28 hours and 56 minutes to swim about 70 km (43.5 miles), which is twice the width of the English Channel at its narrowest point.

Alice Harvey from the team said she hoped it would show others the benefits of open water swimming.

Conditions were difficult as they began swimming at Chillon Castle in Veytaux on Monday. They completed the challenge on Wednesday morning.

Ms Harvey said she thought “we all underestimated how hard it would be” and “as the swim progressed the winds increased and the currents were against us for most of the swim.”

She added: “I’ve always swum and we’ve done a lot of local swims but this is something bigger and it’s important to get out of your comfort zone to show others how great open water swimming is.”

Ms Harvey also said “warmth and sun are on the list” for the next challenge after the “cold and dark experience” at Lake Geneva.

Looking to bounce back from an 0-4 start, the Cincinnati Bengals (0-3) face the Carolina Panthers (1-2) on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium. Carolina is 1-2 overall and 0-1 at home, while Cincinnati is 0-3 overall and 0-1 away. The Bengals are looking to bounce back from their 38-33 loss to the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football in Week 3. Meanwhile, the Panthers want to build on their 36:22 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Andy Dalton is expected to start again at quarterback for Carolina. Adam Thielen (hamstring injury) is out for the Panthers.

Kickoff in Charlotte, NC is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The Bengals have a 4.5-point advantage in the latest Panthers vs. Bengals odds, according to the SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is at 47 points. Before you decide on Bengals vs. Panthers, check out the NFL predictions and betting tips from SportsLine’s proven computer simulation model.

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Why the Bengals can cover

The Bengals suffered a 38-33 surprise loss to the Washington Commanders in Week 3. Despite the loss, quarterback Joe Burrow was outstanding. The 2019 Heisman Trophy winner completed 76.3% of his passes for 324 yards and three touchdowns.

All-Pro wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase also had his best game of the season, catching six passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns. The entire offense benefited from the return of wide receiver Tee Higgins, who caught three passes for 39 yards. His presence opened up the breakthrough for Chase and was a big reason why Cincinnati finished the game with 436 total yards. See which team you should choose here.

Why the Panthers can cover

The Panthers’ 36-22 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders was a true team effort with many players putting in solid performances. Perhaps the best of them was Andy Dalton, who threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns. Dalton replaced Bryce Young, who was on the bench, and provided the spark Carolina’s offense needed to get going.

Dalton played for the Bengals for nine years and had some success against his former team. Dalton is 2-1 against the Bengals and has thrown four touchdown passes with no interceptions in those three starts. Running back Chuba Hubbard was solid for the Panthers, totaling 169 yards and a touchdown against the Raiders. See which team you should choose here.

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Penn State will face Illinois on Saturday, September 28, 2024 (9/28/24) at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania on NBC.

How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free through a trial of fuboTV and DirecTV Stream, or through a subscription to Sling TV, which offers $25 off the first month.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: Big Ten football

Who: Penn State vs. Illinois

When: Saturday, September 28, 2024

Where: Beaver Stadium

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. CT)

TV: NBC

LIVE STREAM: fuboTV And DirecTV stream

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Tim Walz is trying very hard to make it look like he’s not trying too hard.

“Look, a few weeks ago, I was sitting in St. Paul, minding my own damn business,” Walz said recently at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This has been a standard line of his since Kamala Harris picked the Minnesota governor to be her running mate and special envoy to the coveted “White Dudes for Harris.” These particular dudes are both the literal folksy folks in the crowd in their literal White Dudes for Harris T-shirts and the potential swing voters spread across the mythical sectors of Whitemanistan, U.S.A.

The point is, Walz likes to emphasize that he was not out there gunning for this job like some try-hard politician would. He didn’t go looking for this assignment. He was just minding his own damn business one day, puttering around at home: playing with his dog, or inspecting his gutters and picking up some new downspouts at Menards.

Something authentic like that.

But then, after President Joe Biden’s debate face-plant on June 27, and his exit from the campaign a few weeks later, Walz decided he might as well get himself out there a little more. He would shed his camouflage hat, throw on a tie, and try to fit some TV interviews into his busy schedule of changing air filters, hunting pheasants, and governing Minnesota.

And wouldn’t you know it, Walz was an instant sensation: He relentlessly touted Harris and crushed Donald Trump and dismissed certain Republicans as “weird” in a punchy procession of appearances. Next thing he knew, in early August, Harris was on the phone asking him to be her running mate, and Walz was saying, Sure, why not, he’d be happy to help—just as he would if, say, Harris were his friend down the road who needed help shoveling out her car after a blizzard.

“As I told the vice president, whatever I can offer, I will do,” Walz said in Grand Rapids, recounting Harris’s fateful “Let’s do this, buddy!” invitation. A sensation was born.

David A. Graham: It’s Walz

“I love this guy,” Barack Obama raved about Walz at the Democratic National Convention last month, the night before the effervescent everyman himself delivered arguably the best speech of the week. “You can tell those flannel shirts he wears don’t come from some political consultant,” Obama said. The guy was just so genuine, so pleasing, and seemingly everything the Democrats needed.

In early September, I set out to get a closer view of the pop-up populist persona—to see this happy accident in action. I wanted to get a better sense of how much of this character was real, how much was a bit, and how the whole Walz phenomenon was evolving beyond his homey debut.

During the run-up to the most important night of Walz’s campaign—his debate Tuesday with his Republican counterpart, J. D. Vance—I attended several campaign rallies and smaller meet-and-greet events across four states. I talked with his friends, past and current staff members, and people I met along the way. In a few cases, his team allowed me access to Walz while he worked crowds and greeted donors, dignitaries, and volunteers in receiving lines. The campaign did not make Walz available for an interview.

Backstage in Grand Rapids, I ran into Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan. Whitmer had just introduced her friend Walz at the rally, telling the crowd of about 800 that both he and Harris “understand our lives because they live lives just like ours.” She agreed to talk with me later about Walz. Like many people who know him, Whitmer described her midwestern neighbor in terms of mundane life scenarios. “If you drive by someone who’s stuck on the road,” she told me, “they might need a lift or a phone call or a tire change. I wouldn’t be able to change the tire, but I could make the phone call or give them a lift. Tim could do all three.”

When Harris picked Walz, she knew that this would be an abbreviated race, with limited time to make an impression. The campaign clearly saw Walz as embodying an archetype of American masculinity that would stand in contrast with the noisy grievance guys in the red MAGA hats and creepy venture-capitalist types like Vance, who can’t order a damn doughnut without breaking into hives. Walz is a much more approachable avatar for would-be Harris supporters, those classic rockers, tellers of dad jokes, and football-watching wearers of Taylor Swift friendship bracelets. They are content to sit at home and mind their own damn business unless called upon, in which case they’re happy to pitch in and help. How could these dudes—who ideally live in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin—not relate to Tim Walz?

Several people in Walz’s crowds held signs reading coach, a reference to Walz’s former career as an assistant football coach at Mankato West High School before he ran for Congress in 2006. So what if it’s been nearly two decades since Walz has worn a whistle around his neck? The coach thing has been a key component of the regular-guy shtick, one that he does tend to lay on a bit thick.

In a video that the campaign released last week, Walz can be seen popping his head up from under the hood of the figurative turnip truck in his driveway. The vehicle is in fact his 1979 International Harvester Scout, which has served as a recurring prop in Walz’s stage set—just as Harris has deployed Walz himself as a kind of prop.

In the ad, Walz is schooling his online audience in the finer points of keeping a dirt-free carburetor. “You can always tell something about somebody’s maintenance by how clean their air filter is,” Walz said, picking up the truck’s filter and then putting it back down again (for the record, his hands are also immaculate). He is like a midwestern version of the Car Talk guys—except that Click and Clack could never pivot as seamlessly as Walz can into a discussion of, say, the evils of Project 2025.

Read: The political tradition Harris and Waltz are bringing back

But that’s the beauty of Walz, the Harris campaign and his allies will tell you a million different ways: He can do both. “He’s someone who can connect with people and knows what it’s like to be in their shoes,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, the Harris-Walz campaign chair, told me. “To be able to work on a car and talk about Project 2025 is great. But also, to know what it’s like to not have a ton of money in your checking account, and have the kind of struggles to go to the grocery store and live the life that people live.”

“THIS car video is why Tim Walz is so loved,” gushed Victor Shi, a member of the Harris-Walz youth-engagement team, while sharing the link on X. “No one else can deliver a message so authentically & get to a demographic that Democrats have struggled often to reach.”

Here’s another thing that Democrats sometimes struggle with: subtlety.

Let me pause now to remind everyone that Tim Walz is a politician. He is a former six-term congressman and two-term governor who until recently served as chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association. He can hustle, grandstand, “misspeak,” and be opportunistic, just like the rest of them. When Biden dropped out in July, Walz saw an opening. He seized it.

Walz had been thinking about what he might do when his second term as governor ended at the end of 2027. He’d kicked around the idea of running for president himself, according to people in his political circle. “But then, when it looked like Biden might drop out, things got accelerated for him,” Blois Olson, a longtime political commentator in the Twin Cities, told me.

Read: The good-enough primetime debut

The idea was that being mentioned as a possible running mate in 2024 would help if Walz wanted to be part of the conversation for 2028. He did not appear to be on Harris’s original shortlist. But as soon as it started looking like Biden might quit, Walz started doing as much cable TV as he could. He was an instant phenom and shot quickly into Harris’s top ranks of running-mate candidates.

“Having a good shtick is part of being a good politician,” Brendan Buck, a Republican communications strategist who was a top aide to Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan when Walz served in Congress from 2007 to 2019, told me. “Walz always struck me as a bit of a loudmouth, who was one of those guys on the Hill who maybe seems to be trying a little too hard.” This doesn’t make Walz a bad person, Buck added, or especially unique among politicians. “But it doesn’t give him special status as The Authentic One, either.”

Olson says that in his brief career as a running mate, Walz has benefited from the frenetic pace of contemporary politics: the fact that people tend to experience candidates as impressionistic blurs and pay little attention to anything that lies below the surface. Being able to cultivate a persona and ace a role can get you a long way. Olson said that Walz has unquestionably proven himself a talented political performer throughout his career. But veteran Walz watchers can also grow weary of his practiced yokel act. “Oh, he is totally full of shit,” Olson said of Walz. “And he’s also really good at being full of shit.” Olson seemed to mean this as a compliment.

In a crass sense, being “really good at being full of shit” distills a certain essence of what it means to be a good politician.

Walz is unquestionably a good politician. This has been evident in a variety of settings, beginning with cable interviews, the format that, more than anything, positioned him for this job. Back in July, he was firing off lines about Democrats fighting to preserve basic American freedoms—over their own bodies, lifestyle choices, health-care options, and whatnot—that went immediately viral. “These are weird people on the other side,” Walz said on MSNBC. “They want to take books away. They want to be in your exam room.” His message: Americans should be free to mind their own damn business, and have others mind theirs.

Oddly, since Harris picked him, Walz has been largely hidden away from the national media. The campaign has been content to deploy Walz as more of a cartoon than a multidimensional character: dress Coach up in camouflage, pop in the Bob Seger eight-track, juice him up on Diet Mountain Dew, and send him onto the stage. His rallies are loud, boisterous, and well attended, usually more so than Vance’s.

Vance, in contrast, has been a constant media presence, often on friendly networks (such as Fox News). Polls show that Walz is much more popular than his Republican counterpart across the broader voting population, although Vance has received strong reviews from Republican-base voters, to whom he has become the ticket’s main message ambassador.

It’s a bit of a mystery why Walz has largely stopped doing national media, especially given how effective he was over the summer. The campaign seems to have trapped him in the same hyper-protective Bubble Wrap it has placed around Harris, and that was placed around Biden before her. This strikes me as a massive waste of Walz’s talent, but what do I know?

Perhaps this will change after Tuesday. The debate—between two midwestern populists of very different backgrounds, styles, and sensibilities—will be fascinating. Walz can detonate a line with the best, packs a lot of words and umbrage into tight sound bites, and has proved adept on TV. But how will this translate against the cool, cerebral vitriol of Vance? Will Walz’s default nonchalance survive the high stakes of the event?

What’s clear from watching Walz these past few weeks is that he can land a speech. He is honing his lines as he goes and trying out new ones that he’ll likely reprise against Vance. And he projects a particular relish on the stump when attacking his opposite number.

“We saw Senator Vance lead an audience when he said, ‘Well, they reduced interest rates this week; how terrible is that?’” Walz said last Saturday during a rally in a high-school gym in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. “WHO BOOS FOR LOWER INTEREST RATES!?” Walz yelled, drawing out his disgust. He paused before dropping his punch line: “Venture capitalists, apparently.” (In fact, Vance reacted to a crowd booing a reporter’s question about the drop in rates by saying that it wasn’t enough to help struggling families.)

Read: Authenticity just means faking it well

Walz is a winning retail politician, a prodigious hugger who laughs easily and is always passing out little pins imprinted with loons—the Minnesota state bird—to the kids he meets. At every stop he is endlessly deferential to Harris and careful to portray himself foremost as a servant to her success. He projects none of the self-important traits of certain past running mates who envisioned themselves as presidential “partners” (Biden always made a big deal out of saying he would not have accepted the No. 2 job from Obama unless he was assured that his vice presidency would be sufficiently consequential and worthy of his talents). Walz, in contrast, carries himself as a charmed political lottery winner, plucked from the prairie.

“Look, I just want to help,” I kept hearing Walz tell people. He cuts a convincing beta figure, content to play the ultimate assistant coach. Minnesota has a proud and winning tradition of vice-presidential candidates: Hubert Humphrey in the 1960s and Walter Mondale in the 1970s. (Both fared less well when they tried to run as alpha nominees—Humphrey losing to Richard Nixon in 1968, and Mondale to Ronald Reagan in 1984.)

Walz takes the stage to “Small Town,” the rollicking hayseed homage by John Mellencamp, released in 1985. The tune is fun, familiar, and apt for Walz’s rural upbringing in Butte, Nebraska, where he says there were 25 students in his high-school graduating class, 12 of them his cousins.

But for what it’s worth, every time I hear “Small Town,” I think of a previous Democratic running mate, another self-styled fighter for the little guy with a small-town rap: John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, a two-time presidential candidate, and John Kerry’s running mate in 2004. Edwards was a dazzling political performer in his own right, and he, too, used to wear out “Small Town” at his rallies. The lesson here is that shticks don’t always age well, and neither did the story of Edwards. His sweet-talking country lawyer routine—righteous champion of justice and handsome family man—would eventually vaporize in a swirl of $400-haircuts, extramarital liaisons, legal woes, a lovechild, and other tabloid unpleasantness.

Yes, Walz, like Edwards, was born in a small town (and he could breathe in a small town). But no, Walz is not John Edwards. He’s much more accomplished and less slick than Edwards ever was. These are very different political times, and just because he and Edwards have the same campaign song doesn’t mean that Tim Walz is also destined to come crumbling down.

The comparison, however, does ring with a cautionary echo. Very little in politics is truly authentic. And nothing is as simple as it seems—in a small town or on a big stage.

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – For nearly two decades, Scott Peters has poured his heart and soul into the bar at his Crabbie Dad’s, just across the Steinhatchee River on Florida’s Big Bend Coast.

It has weathered storms and floods, the ups and downs of tourism, the economy as a whole, and just about everything else the world has had to offer. And hurricanes have long been commonplace – and usually mild enough to make landfall in the city.

Locals threw hurricane parties, cracked open beers and howled in defiance of the wind. But after 2016, when Hurricane Hermine devastated the small town he calls home, they started taking the storms more seriously.

“We’re basically at sea level,” Peters said Wednesday.

That was before Hurricane Helene barreled ashore and pushed a wall of water forward. Helene’s eye hit the shore a few miles away, and Steinhatchee was hit perhaps harder than almost any other place.

And Peters’ Bar may have been hit the hardest.

He rode out the storm in Gainesville, about 70 miles away, and had not yet returned home to survey the damage.

Seventeen restaurants, hotels and other businesses in and around Wichita were out of compliance during food safety and lodging inspections conducted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture from Sept. 15-21.

They were cited for a number of violations, including ongoing cockroach infestations, flies landing on food and surfaces that touch food, moldy bathtub caulking, water leaks, missing information and equipment, dirty equipment, missing smoke detectors and fire extinguishers, foods that weren’t stored at safe temperatures, an employee who didn’t wash their hands and more, according to inspection reports.

Information about the food establishments and hotels and motels, as well as a summary of their violations, appears below. All of the businesses listed are located in Sedgwick County. The list was compiled Sept. 25.

More than 40 establishments passed their inspections Sept. 15-21. A list of those also appears below. Some may have been non-compliant in previous weeks.

Business owners and managers can contact Eagle reporter Amy Renee Leiker at 316-268-6644 or [email protected] to comment on inspection results that appear in this story. Comments will be added to the online version of this article.

More details about inspections are in The Eagle’s searchable database of non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspections at www.kansas.com/databases.

Out-of-compliance inspections

54 Craft & Co., 549 S. Rock Road in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 16 during a follow-up inspection. Water wasn’t hot enough at a three-compartment sink. Next inspection: Nov. 16.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 10788 W. 21st St. in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, containers of brownies and candies didn’t have lids on them to protect them from contamination including from flies, flies in restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Andy’s Frozen Custard, 3425 E. Douglas in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Water wasn’t hot at a bathroom sink, flies in the restaurant were landing on food and surfaces that touch food, a fly landed on brownies that weren’t covered. The next inspection date wasn’t provided.

Baymont Inn & Suites by Wyndham Wichita East, 12111 E. Central in Wichita — Sixteen violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. There was no cleaning or sanitizing solution in the fitness rooms for guests to use, no towels in the fitness room, no ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlets by sinks in some rooms, emergency lights didn’t work, carbon monoxide detectors weren’t checked every six months, smoke alarms didn’t work in two rooms, issue with smoke alarm testing logs, broken microwave, freezers in rooms had individual ice trays in them which isn’t allowed, moldy bathtub caulking, bottles of floor and surface cleaners weren’t labeled, the carbon monoxide detectors in the boiler room and the laundry room weren’t working, no carbon monoxide detector testing logs on site, smoke alarms aren’t checked every six months, no single-use gloves in laundry room. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Chick N Max, 3520 N. Maize Road, Suite 200 in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 18 during a routine inspection. Several foods including cheeses and chicken weren’t cold enough in a refrigerated preparation table, leaky carbonator below soda dispenser, hand-washing sink was blocked by a drink cooler and a bucket, equipment including lids and spatulas were still dirty even though they were in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 28.

Delux Inn, 8401 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. No records showing carbon monoxide detectors are checked every six months, bottle of air freshener wasn’t labeled, no single-use gloves in laundry room, leaky sink in laundry room, no fire extinguishers on the outside of the motel, no records showing smoke detectors are checked every six months, no emergency management plan available to employees, no smoke detectors in some rooms, battery is missing in a smoke detector. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Economy Hotel Plus Wichita, 5805 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 17 during a follow-up inspection. Leaky pipe in laundry room ceiling and standing water in the basement, water was coming from under the door for the electrical and sprinkler room, standing water in the hallway, trash and dirt on carpets throughout the building. Next inspection: Nov. 17.

Fat Ernie’s Family Dining, 2806 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 18 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A pitcher was blocking hand-washing sink, cockroaches in cabinets and in dining room, cockroaches in kitchen, flies, large gap above screen door in kitchen, several dead insects in building including bugs next to bakery supplies and in clean containers, dead cockroaches, containers and pans soiled with sticker residue were in clean storage. Next inspection: Nov. 18.

Fish and More, 2021 S. Oliver in Wichita — Four violations on Sept. 17 during a routine inspection. Cooked food wasn’t held at a safe temperature, no probe food thermometer, catfish nuggets and catfish steaks weren’t kept hot enough, there isn’t a hand-washing sink in a shed where the restaurant prepares yams and cornbread. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Jacky Chan Sushi, 7820 E. Harry in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Cooked rice left at room temperature, cabbage and cooked pork weren’t held at safe temperatures, no paper towels at bathroom sink, tuna was thawing in intact vacuum packaging, missing information related to cooking and storage procedures for cooked sushi rice, no soap at sink, sushi rice wasn’t labeled with the time it was made. Next inspection: Sept. 29.

Magnolia Cafe, 2424 N. Woodlawn, Suite 111 in Wichita — Nine violations on Sept. 19 during a routine inspection. Several containers of food including chicken salad and sausage gravy weren’t labeled with the correct preparation dates, sticker residue on pans in clean storage, sanitizer stored above uncovered containers of sugar and flour, pan of raw salmon was stored above pan of cooked sausages, bottle of degreaser wasn’t labeled, restaurant doesn’t have a disclosure on menu warning customers of the risks of eating undercooked or raw meats and seafood, cooked sausage wasn’t kept hot enough, the date wasn’t recorded on seafood shell stock tags, shell stock tags weren’t kept in chronological order. Next inspection: Oct. 19.

McDonald’s, 3430 S. Hydraulic in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Flies throughout restaurant. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

O.J. Watson Park Concession Stand, 2901 S. Old Lawrence in Wichita — One violation on Sept. 15 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure the strength of chlorine sanitizer. Next inspection: Sept. 25.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom, 7626 E. Kellogg Drive in Wichita — Five violations on Sept. 17 during a complaint inspection. Gap in back door, flies throughout restaurant, restaurant had cans of insecticide that are rated for use in homes only, several foods including yogurt and meatballs weren’t kept cold enough in refrigeration, sticker residue on plastic containers in clean storage. Next inspection: Sept. 27.

Tom’s Lotus Garden, 822 S. Broadway in Wichita — Three violations on Sept. 19 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. A gap around a screen door could let pests in the building, cockroaches in cooler and other areas including in kitchen and by ice machine, dead bugs and grease throughout the kitchen. The next inspection date wasn’t provided on the inspection report.

U Hungry Truck (mobile vendor/food truck), 4701 N. Glendale in Bel Aire — Four violations on Sept. 20 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. Flies, lettuce and cheese weren’t cold enough in refrigeration, fly landed on serving spoon, employee didn’t sanitize spoon after washing it. Next inspection: Nov. 20.

Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita — Six violations on Sept. 16 during a routine inspection. No test strips to measure concentration of sanitizer, dirty can opener, no probe food thermometer, hard-boiled eggs weren’t labeled with their preparation dates, employee didn’t wash hands between handling dirty and clean dishes, pans of cooked chicken wings weren’t covered in the walk-in cooler. The business was in compliance during a follow-up inspection conducted the same day.

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How do businesses fail inspections?

Businesses fall out of compliance when they have too many violations, issues that can cause a foodborne illness, when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as bug and rodent infestations, and more. But most violations are minor and are corrected while an inspection is taking place.

Typically, establishments are reinspected within 10 days to ensure they are following the rules.

It’s rare for a business to shut down over a failed inspection. But it can happen. Usually, closures are temporary, voluntary and due to major problems, such as sewage backups, pest infestations, and water or power outages.

The lists in this story include only businesses from Sedgwick County. But you can search food and lodging inspection results anywhere in Kansas at https://foodsafety.kda.ks.gov/FoodSafety/Web/Inspection/PublicInspectionSearch.aspx.

Complaint? Here’s how to submit it

If you see problems at a food or lodging establishment, you can file a complaint.

To notify the state about unsavory or questionable conditions anywhere that serves or sells food to the public, email [email protected] or call 785-564-6767. You can also file a complaint at www.foodsafetykansas.org.

To report an illness you think was caused by a restaurant, food or event where food is served, contact the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at 877-427-7317 or www.foodsafetykansas.org.

Complaints about conditions at hotels and motels can be submitted at www.agriculture.ks.gov/public-resources/comments-complaints/lodging-complaint.

For more information about foodborne illnesses, visit www.foodsafety.gov.

These businesses passed inspections

• Allen Elementary School, 1881 S. Elpyco in Wichita

• Artichoke Sandwichbar (mobile vendor/food truck), 811 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Breezy’s Snow Shack, 716 E. Dover Drive in Valley Center

• Calvin’s Hamburger Haven, 2417 S. Seneca, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Chisholm Trail Elementary School, 6015 Independence in Park City

• Clearwater Elementary School West, 100 S. Prospect in Clearwater

• Clearwater High School, 1201 E. Ross in Clearwater

• Culver’s, 3220 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Dollar General, 3445 N. Womer in Wichita

• DZ Ice Cream & Frozen Treats (mobile vendor/food truck), 142 S. Meridian in Valley Center

• Friends University – Retail, 2100 W. University in Wichita

• Grace Market, 1030 S. Oliver in Wichita

• Haysville Middle School, 900 W. Grand in Haysville

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wichita Northeast, 2340 N. Greenwich in Wichita

• Hong Kong Express, 7900 E. Harry in Wichita

• Lady Burritos, 204 W. Greenway in Derby

• Leeker’s Deli on the Go (mobile vendor/food truck), 6223 N. Broadway in Park City

• Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, 6215 W. Kellogg Drive in Wichita

• Maize Middle School, 4600 N. Maize Road in Maize

• Natural of Course, 8000 W. Central, Suite 100 in Wichita

• Ossman Concessions (mobile vendor/food truck), 1221 N. Curtis in Wichita

• Panda Express, 2760 N. Maize Road in Wichita

• Paradise Donuts, 612 E. Douglas in Wichita

• Pink Elephant Games and Cafe, 2431 W. Pawnee in Wichita

• Rex Elementary School, 1100 W. Grand in Haysville

• Riverside Cafe, 9125 W. Central in Wichita

• Round1 Bowling & Arcade inside Towne East Square, 7700 E. Kellogg Drive, Suite G03J in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 3123 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Scooter’s Coffee, 13335 W. Maple in Wichita

• SnackShack and Us (mobile vendor/food truck), 9923 W. Binter Lane in Wichita

• Sonic Drive-In, 1024 E. Louis Blvd. in Mulvane

• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, 645 N. 119th St. West in Wichita

• Super 8 by Wyndham Wichita North, 3741 N. Rock Road in Wichita

• Supermercado Del Pueblo, 2128 N. Broadway in Wichita

• Taco Bell, 6515 E. 37th St. North in Wichita

• Taco Shop, 1652 S. Webb in Wichita

• Tacos Uruapan (mobile vendor/food truck), 1021 S. Topeka in Wichita

• Tanganyika Wildlife Park, 1037 S. 183rd St. West in Goddard

• Tiendita La Pelota, 2819 S. Fees in Wichita

• Viola Groceries, 26320 W. K-42 Highway in Viola

• Wadadli Island Cuisine (mobile vendor/food truck), 228 S. Ceymarie Circle in Wichita

• Walmart Supercenter, 501 E. Pawnee in Wichita

• Whiskey Dicks, 801 S. Seneca in Wichita

• Wichita Heights High School, 5301 N. Hillside in Wichita

• Ziggy’s Pizza, 13605 W. Maple, Suite 111 in Wichita

Note: Sometimes addresses listed — especially for mobile vendors and food trucks — are not where food is actually served to the public. Contact those establishments directly for specific service locations.

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The No. 20 Oklahoma State Cowboys will play the No. 23 Kansas State Wildcats in a college football game today. The matchup begins at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN. Fans can watch this game online for free by taking advantage of the free trial offered by Fubo TV, which also offers new users a $30 discount during their first month of service. Likewise, Sling offers new users a first month discount. Alternatively, DirecTV Stream offers a free trial.

Oklahoma State comes into this matchup with a 3-1 record and the team is coming off a tough 22-19 loss to No. 12 Utah. Notably, the Cowboys were down 22-3 midway through the fourth quarter. Oklahoma State tried to mount an incredible comeback in the final six minutes, but they ran out of time.

The Cowboys are looking to bounce back with a win this morning, which will require a great performance from their starting quarterback Alan Bowman. He has thrown for 1,173 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, but also threw four interceptions.

Kansas State also comes into this matchup with a 3-1 record and the team is coming off a 38-9 loss to BYU. The Wildcats struggled to find success offensively as they trailed 31-9 early in the fourth quarter. What’s notable is that Kansas State’s offense had three turnovers, including two interceptions. The team’s starting quarterback, Avery Johnson, will be looking to bounce back this morning as he completed less than 54% of his passes against BYU.

Fans can watch this game online for free by taking advantage of the free trial offered by Fubo TV, which also offers new users a $30 discount during their first month of service. Likewise, Sling offers new users a first month discount. Alternatively, DirecTV Stream offers a free trial.

The No. 20 Oklahoma State Cowboys will play the No. 23 Kansas State Wildcats in a college football game today. The matchup begins at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN. Fans can watch this game online for free by taking advantage of the free trial offered by Fubo TV, which also offers new users a $30 discount during their first month of service. Likewise, Sling offers new users a first month discount. Alternatively, DirecTV Stream offers a free trial.

Oklahoma State comes into this matchup with a 3-1 record and the team is coming off a tough 22-19 loss to No. 12 Utah. Notably, the Cowboys were down 22-3 midway through the fourth quarter. Oklahoma State tried to mount an incredible comeback in the final six minutes, but they ran out of time.

The Cowboys are looking to bounce back with a win this morning, which will require a great performance from their starting quarterback Alan Bowman. He has thrown for 1,173 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, but also threw four interceptions.

Kansas State also comes into this matchup with a 3-1 record and the team is coming off a 38-9 loss to BYU. The Wildcats struggled to find success offensively as they trailed 31-9 early in the fourth quarter. What’s notable is that Kansas State’s offense had three turnovers, including two interceptions. The team’s starting quarterback, Avery Johnson, will be looking to bounce back this morning as he completed less than 54% of his passes against BYU.

Fans can watch this game online for free by taking advantage of the free trial offered by Fubo TV, which also offers new users a $30 discount during their first month of service. Likewise, Sling offers new users a first month discount. Alternatively, DirecTV Stream offers a free trial.