WRITER: Conner Mitchell

Depositions in Beaty lawsuit can be part of KU infractions case, NCAA committee chair says; decision could affect basketball case, too

KU has lost a ruling in its NCAA infractions case related to evidence involving its former football coach, and the ruling ultimately may play a role in the higher-stakes case against the men’s basketball program. Depositions from University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long and two former football assistant coaches taken as part of former football coach David Beaty’s lawsuit against KU over his firing ...

Kris Kobach files for U.S. Senate, lists himself as a doctor — of political science

Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on Thursday filed to run in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant by outgoing Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts. In doing so, he listed his title as "Dr. Kris Kobach," which he has done for some — but not all — of his previous Kansas races. He has listed himself as a doctor when running for secretary of state, but not when he ran for ...

KU CFO to retire at end of calendar year, university announces

Diane Goddard, the chief financial officer at the University of Kansas and a university employee of nearly four decades, will retire at the end of the 2020 calendar year, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod announced Wednesday. During her tenure as KU's top finance official, Goddard was responsible for spearheading efforts to redevelop the university's Central District and for the creation of the university's Changing ...

Coming weeks crucial as Kansas looks ahead to second wave of COVID-19, top health official says

The next few weeks will prove vitally important to how fast or slow COVID-19 spreads throughout Kansas, the state’s top health official said Wednesday. Days after photos and videos from Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri showed packed pools and beaches over the Memorial Day weekend, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman said local officials in the state need to closely monitor ...

Girod, Long discuss what a fall semester could look like for KU academics, sports

An overarching theme of the COVID-19 crisis, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said Tuesday, is that it’s been much easier to shut down operations than to open them back up. Girod, appearing at the KU Health System’s daily media briefing, acknowledged that many things would almost certainly look different on the KU campus when the fall semester begins in August. “It’s not going to be our ...

Navajo woman, lifelong Lawrencian files to run for Kansas Legislature

Updated at 2:51 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 A third Democrat has filed to run for the seat left vacant by former Rep. Eileen Horn, D-Lawrence, in the Kansas House of Representatives. Christina Haswood, 26, would become the youngest member of the Legislature, and the second current Native American and only the third in the body’s history, if elected. Though she only filed and announced her candidacy on Friday, ...