It was Mother Nature who called Louis and Phyllis Copt to the plot of land that would later hold their home.
Phyllis remembers the day well. She described it with the grace one would expect of any 27-year English teacher. It was “one of those winter days with a beautiful snowfall,” and when the sun came out, the landscape shined with “glistening snow.”
So Phyllis and her husband, Louis, a well-known ...
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 47,500 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
Altogether, data from the four distributors — LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center — showed that 47,773 first doses and 26,994 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been ...
Some faculty members at the University of Kansas are considering unionizing, according to an email sent to KU employees.
Rachel Schwaller, a lecturer in the departments of History and Religious Studies, emailed faculty members this week inviting them to a meeting about “our shared concerns and experiences.” Schwaller included a working mission statement for a union called Kansas Faculty United.
According ...
After county health leaders alerted the public on Tuesday afternoon that there were nearly 2,000 appointments still available for a vaccine clinic on Wednesday, only about 1,000 people signed up to fill the spots.
George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said 2,856 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered on Wednesday, but the health department could have administered ...
It was the dead of night and Ryan Ortiz was in the last stretch of his longest run to date: a 100-mile race on the Prairie Spirit Trail.
The race started in Ottawa at 6 a.m. the day before. Ortiz had run south through small Kansas towns, reached the halfway point in Iola and turned north to retrace his steps. As he passed the 80-mile marker, the 37-year-old was mentally drained and could feel his muscles ...
Story updated at 4:21 p.m. Wednesday:
The director of the Bureau of Indian Education has rescinded directives sent by Haskell Indian Nations University leaders that restricted how employees could communicate, stating that the bureau is committed to freedom of expression.
In a Tuesday letter to Haskell faculty and staff, Tony Dearman, director of the BIE, said a March 11 memorandum from Haskell president ...
