At their home in Wichita, Orin Hart is preparing for Circle of the Stag’s annual Yule ritual. Hart is a High Priestex of the Alexandrian Wiccan coven, which formed a decade ago. They held up a long braided cord adorned with wooden charms. “We call it a cingulum. We wear it around our ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas official who is an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on immigration issues doesn't expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches. But Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach does ...
The University of Kansas has been chosen to run one of seven centers across the state that will help both teachers and parents learn how to help children read better. Now, KU has to figure out exactly where it will locate this new center that likely will employ about 10 professionals who are ...
There is a truism in college football: When it is time to watch the games, the couch should already be in place. The University of Kansas is seeking permission to change its upcoming school calendar, in part, to make it so. KU leaders want to start the university’s fall semester one week ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s auditing agency concluded Monday that personnel practices and procedures at the Kansas Department of Commerce were inadequate to prevent applicants with a criminal history from being hired. The analysis was inspired by the commerce department’s ...
When a small community in Kansas has a homelessness problem, what's stopping it from just dropping people off on the streets of a bigger city like Lawrence? Last year, the deterrent might have been some “colorful language.” According to Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart, that's what ...