Updated at 6:20 p.m. Friday, March 7
Haskell Indian Nations University is rehiring 14 employees, "including some teachers," after laying off nearly 40 workers last month, the office of U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran confirmed Friday, though little is known about what led to the reversal.
Individuals were reportedly being rehired Thursday, as the Journal-World reported, but officials at Haskell and at the Bureau of ...
A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife swayed from side to side, sometimes appeared to grin and barely spoke as attorneys and a Douglas County judge again discussed his competency to stand trial.
The defendant, Chad Marek, 29, accused of killing 25-year-old Regan (Gibbs) Marek nearly three years ago, appeared via Zoom from the Douglas County Jail. A week ago, Marek had refused to attend a similar ...
The Journal-World has learned that at least some probationary employees who were fired from Haskell Indian Nations University last month during a nationwide purge of federal workers will be reinstated with back pay as early as next week.
Details were sparse Thursday afternoon, but a source familiar with the situation said more than a dozen employees who work with students had been invited back and that their ...
A death in the family has a way of revealing secrets — not just about the deceased, who is no longer there to conceal them, but also about those who are gathered to mourn.
The drama of revelation can be intense, but it can also be comical as people make self-discoveries, see others in a new light and adapt to an evolving family landscape.
That's the energy behind "Chicken and Biscuits," if you ask Darren ...
A group of Haskell Indian Nations University students have requested a meeting with President Donald Trump to urge that the Feb. 14 layoffs at the university be rescinded.
"Order the School Year to be completed as planned," dozens of cross country and track and field student-athletes asked in a written statement to Trump. "We humbly request you review the Future of Haskell."
The students asked Trump, whose ...
A Douglas County courtroom on Monday was nearly full as dozens of people turned out to support a young woman as she confronted the man who "eternally changed" her life with a brutal crime.
"I want you to look at me and know what you did to me," she told Daniel James Garcia-Hernandez, sitting in a blue suit just a few feet from her. "You raped me."
The woman, her mother and her aunt all told Judge Stacey ...
