The brother of Charles Adair, who prosecutors say was killed in the Wyandotte County Jail when a sheriff’s deputy knelt on his back, says the deputy’s treatment shows the county’s “two-tiered justice system.” Richard Fatherley, 32, is charged with second-degree murder and, in the ...
Many maintenance workers at the University of Kansas are set to get a 4% raise, and some may get more as KU works to bring wages closer to what the private sector pays. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday is expected to approve a new contract between KU and the local chapter of the ...
The price of progress regarding the University of Kansas’ Gateway project technically will include KU giving up ownership of a key piece of land near its football stadium. KU officials this week are seeking approval to transfer ownership of nearly five acres of property immediately east of ...
A co-creator of the Google Earth platform has given, along with his wife, a $4 million gift to the University of Kansas to help find and create the next generation of software engineers. Beth Ellyn and Brian McClendon made the multimillion dollar gift to support KU’s School of Engineering, ...
TOPEKA – A tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City, Kansas, area is officially over after no new patients have been diagnosed with the disease since April. The outbreak began in early 2024, ultimately including Wyandotte and Johnson counties, according to a news release from the Kansas ...
Tenured faculty members at the University of Kansas would get reviewed more often and might have to teach more classes under a set of proposals that the state’s higher education leaders soon will review. With several state lawmakers saying they have concerns about the current tenure system ...