LAWRENCE — Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic. She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but isn’t officially recognized. “This is about something so much bigger than me,” ...
If the beginning of the new year is that dreaded time where you start listing all your home’s needed maintenance projects, the state’s higher education leaders can offer you a bit of solace. At least you have a home rather than a university. Leaders at the University of Kansas and the ...
TOPEKA — The number of abortions performed in Kansas during 2024 surpassed 19,000 for the second consecutive year in wake of judicial and political decisions in other states restricting access to the medical procedure. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported clinics and ...
College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has relaunched a bachelor’s degree that originally blazed a trail in the U.S. for nuclear studies. This news comes at a time when two advanced nuclear companies have announced ...
As De Soto envisions expanding the industrial park near the massive new Panasonic factory, a small nature park near the Douglas County border could literally be in the way of that growth. The Sunflower Nature Park in De Soto — a 58-acre park about five miles outside of Eudora — sits just ...
A planned $55 million National Security Innovation Center on KU’s West Campus has signed its first tenant, and it indeed will be keeping an eye on airborne threats. Think wind, snow, rain and hail. The National Weather Service has signed an agreement to locate a regional forecasting ...