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KU’s Hilltop childcare center set to close next month, officials say

Story updated at 6:38 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23. The Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas, a childcare facility that has served families in Lawrence for 54 years, is shutting its doors — and parents are scrambling for alternatives. The announcement, from Chari Young, ...

$16.8M for healthcare tech slated for rural Kansas

TOPEKA — Rural healthcare in Kansas will benefit from nearly $17 million in federal dollars to expand technology such as telehealth, artificial intelligence and diagnostic tools, and expedite transportation to specialty healthcare. The funds are a chunk of the $80 million in rural grants ...