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KU basketball player Arterio Morris formally charged with rape, dismissed from team

A Kansas basketball player has been formally charged with rape in connection with an incident at McCarthy Hall this summer. The previously suspended player, Arterio Demetrius Morris, 20, of DeSoto, Texas, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape, according to ...

Douglas County commissioner named 2023 Dole Fellow

Douglas County Commissioner Karen Willey this week was named the 2023-2024 Dole Fellow by the University of Kansas’ Dole Institute of Politics. The Dole Institute announced Willey’s fellowship in a news release on Tuesday. It’s a partnership with the Kansas Rural Center, a state-based ...

KU enrollment grows by nearly 1,600 students; freshman class largest in history

Updated at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 The University of Kansas has its largest freshman class ever, and has hit a new 13-year high in enrollment, according to figures released by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday. In addition, the new numbers for the fall 2023 semester show that KU ...