WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate amid the ongoing Iran war. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index tumbled 6.7 points to 81.9 in ...
A Douglas County jury on Tuesday found a 64-year-old man guilty of lewd and lascivious behavior after several witnesses testified that the man had publicly masturbated at an apartment complex's swimming pool in the presence of a minor. Jay Janicke's attorneys from the Public Defenders Office ...
Members of the public are invited to tour the University of Kansas Field Station on Saturday as part of a twice-yearly event, where they will get a glimpse of ongoing research projects that are not typically open to the public. Visitors will have a chance to walk a 1.5-mile loop from 10 a.m. ...
The University of Kansas’ Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host its annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration next month, featuring six new presenters and a lunch with traditional Indigenous ingredients. The daylong program will include presenters from six tribal nations and will ...
Douglas County is planning a pilot program to repurpose some "tiny homes" near the city's homeless shelter as temporary housing for people with complex behavioral and medical needs following a health crisis. The Monarch Village was previously designed during the COVID-19 pandemic to offer ...
TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a cease-and-desist letter Friday to the League of Women Voters to stop violations of state and federal law by offering financial incentives to high school students who registered to vote. The issue surfaced after state Rep. Pat Proctor, a ...
