A former Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of sexual relations with a female inmate was convicted of aggravated battery on Wednesday after he accepted a plea deal.
Mario J. Godinez entered a no contest plea to the felony charge as part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office, which dropped his original charge of unlawful sexual relations.
Branden Smith, a pro tem judge who ...
A bill that would require church clergy to be mandated reporters of child abuse, including sexual assault, received initial support from the Kansas Senate on Tuesday.
Senate Bill 218 would add religious leaders, regardless of religion, to already existing laws that require teachers, social workers, firefighters, police, psychologists, therapists and other professionals to relay information of possible sexual ...
University of Kansas student Kara Fort finds her most recent research project has a little more at stake than her other, standard assignments, she said Friday before giving a presentation on how climate change is exasperating the agriculture environment in Nigeria.
Her research into one of the African nation’s largest economic industries is not just a project she wants to ace for her college grades. It also ...
When it comes to March Madness, employees of university athletic departments are just like the rest of us — they're keeping up with the games at work, too.
But in some cases, this lack of productivity is actually encouraged and produces its own set of benefits for workplaces, said Jordan Bass, a KU assistant professor and author of a study investigating workplace culture as it relates to the NCAA's national ...
Many Kansas businesses want state lawmakers to vastly increase funding for higher education, but initial budget bills approved this week call for a more limited funding allocation to state universities.
In letters sent to all Kansas lawmakers on Monday, a group of more than 30 business representatives and advocates requested that the Legislature provide the $50 million increase to the state's universities that ...
Although FBI wiretaps in federal court revealed University of Kansas assistant basketball coach Kurtis Townsend said KU would do “what it takes” to land a highly touted recruit, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday that he has not considered suspending any KU coaches, including Townsend.
The Journal-World asked about possible suspensions after Louisiana State University suspended its head men’s ...
