Two Lawrence police officers on Thursday morning saved a man in a convenience store bathroom after he apparently overdosed on fentanyl. One of the officers, who happened to be at the Casey's store for a trespassing call, went to use the restroom at about 5:30 a.m. and happened upon a man who ...
The Kansas Board of Regents — the organization that oversees the leaders who hand out grades to thousands of the state’s college students — had the tables turned on it at Wednesday’s meeting. Lt. Gov. David Toland, who also is Kansas’ secretary of commerce, came to Wednesday’s ...
A solar project planned for north Lawrence got more time to move forward Wednesday after county commissioners approved a one-year extension to keep its permit alive. The County Commission voted 4-1 with Commissioner Erica Anderson opposed. The applicants of the Kansas Sky Energy Center – ...
A late-arriving bill in the Kansas Legislature has a power struggle brewing between the Kansas Board of Regents and the University of Kansas, among others. A bill introduced Wednesday morning would strip the Kansas Board of Regents of several key oversight powers related to KU, Kansas State ...
GENEVA — A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to "grave human rights violations." The ...
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers were digging into Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling financial portfolio on Wednesday as a committee deposed his former accountant and tried to understand his connections to some of the world's wealthiest men. Richard Kahn, who worked closely with Epstein for years and ...
