The FBI has given the NCAA clearance to begin investigating possible code violations at universities related to the recent college basketball corruption trial, according to a Yahoo Sports report published Tuesday night.
It's not yet clear which universities' basketball programs the NCAA would be able to investigate, but the University of Kansas had become a focus of the trial before it ended in late October in ...
Update: 3:50 p.m. Tuesday
Many first-time voters cast their ballots at the University of Kansas’ Burge Union on Tuesday.
A line of KU students stretched out the door of the conference room where ballot booths were set up for the students who live and are registered to vote on Daisy Hill.
Tyler McLaughlin, an 18-year-old KU student from Maize, said he was excited to cast his first ballot. He said he wanted ...
Even though their votes didn't count, hundreds of Lawrence elementary students were making their voices heard on Election Day.
The members of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence at local elementary schools cast mock ballots on Tuesday to participate in the Kansas Kids Vote activity and learn more about democracy.
Prior to the election, the Boys & Girls Club educated the student members on voting with ...
When Lawrence resident Sherry Gill joined the U.S. Army in 1976, she said she was willing to kill if she needed to.
But that’s not how the higher command originally saw her, or any woman, contributing to the armed forces when she was placed in the Women’s Army Corps. The WAC was a military unit that placed women in "gender appropriate" roles, according to the National Museum of the United States Army.
“I ...
Douglas County residents looking to purchase health insurance through the federal marketplace will find they really only have one option for 2019.
Through the Affordable Care Act, Kansas has two health insurance companies providing care to state residents, but one of those companies, Medica, will not consider Douglas County medical providers as in-network, said Brian Edie, a local insurance agent.
Last year, ...
Honestly, who steals a lizard?
Allegedly, three out-of-county visitors to Pet World in Lawrence.
Clearwater, a bearded dragon lizard who is rehabilitating at the pet store, was allegedly abducted by a woman and two accomplices who were recently eyeing the lizard for some time in the store, according to the store’s security camera footage.
Sherry Emerson, owner of the store located at 711 W. 23rd St., No. ...
