TOPEKA — The Sternberg Museum of Natural History will remain open after fear of its closure pushed donors to gift $1.2 million toward its operating expenses, the president of Fort Hays State University told a legislative committee Monday. Despite the museum’s reprieve, legislators ...
In his first State of the Campus address since assuming the provost position at the University of Kansas eight months ago, Arash Mafi, speaking to a room of more than 200 attendees, made one thing clear: We are not backing down. His message was a response to the many pressures KU — and the ...
Douglas County commissioners adopted a budget for a program providing peer support services on Wednesday. Launched in 2019, the Peer Fellows program employs people with lived experience of mental health challenges, substance use disorders and homelessness to help others navigate similar ...
Douglas County Zoning and Codes will be hosting a community drop-in session about battery energy storage systems next week. The BESS session will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Douglas County Public Works building, 3755 E. 25th St., according to a press release from ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Three people arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had gotten a floor plan of the school and chosen a date to carry it out early next school year, according to arrest warrants. Shane Keith Taylor, 17, and Michael Brandon Terry, 21, had ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the height of the Los Angeles fires in 2025, millions of residents were exposed in a 24-hour period to toxic lead levels from smoke that were 80 times higher than the typical background level, according to a new study. Researchers from the California Institute of ...
