LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three ...
Thousands of area veterans were honored Saturday morning during Lawrence's Veterans Day Parade. Onlookers convened at 11 a.m. to see the displays, including military vehicles and the KU Marching Band, go up Massachusetts Street from South Park to Seventh Street. The parade came a few days ...
Updated at 1:25 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 The family of a 20-year-old University of Kansas student killed in a hit-and-run Thursday evening in North Lawrence is asking the public to provide any information it can about the case. Elsa McGrain, of Omaha, Nebraska, was killed around 6 p.m. Thursday ...
TOPEKA — Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins stripped three Republicans of committee chairmanships for refusing to sign a petition calling for a special legislative session to redraw congressional boundaries in a bid to block reelection of Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and to tackle a ...
Lawrence school board members will consider approving four architecture and engineering service contracts for the expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary School. All four contracts are listed under Monday meeting’s consent agenda, meaning they will be approved together in a single motion. ...
It had been 72 hours since Ken Hush had taken over as interim president of his alma mater, Emporia State University. Despite growing up in Emporia, Hush wouldn’t exactly say he was comfortable in his new setting. He had spent more than 20 years as a successful executive with Wichita-based ...
