TOPEKA — Approval of a last-minute addition to Kansas’ state budget took the gambling and sports betting sphere by surprise, leaving the future of the industry in the state uncertain. The Kansas Legislature Friday passed the state budget bill, which included a provision that bans the ...
The University of Kansas was one of the top 60 universities in the country in terms of creating new inventions in 2024, reaching a new high in the brief history of the National Academy of Inventors report. KU was 59th in the country in the recent NAI report that measures the number of utility ...
A man who was on the run for two months after a Kansas City, Kansas, bar shooting that left four people dead and five injured has been convicted of eight felonies. A judge found Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 35, guilty Wednesday of capital murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, ...
A roiled bond market hasn’t yet threatened plans for a $300-million-plus hotel, retail and student housing development around the University of Kansas’ football stadium. A quiet Kansas Legislature, however, has thrown into question the future of another KU project: A $60 million building ...
Kansas health officials confirmed five new cases of measles Wednesday in an outbreak in the southwest corner of the state that's linked to Texas and New Mexico. Last week, U.S. measles cases topped 700 as Indiana joined five others states with active outbreaks. Even as the virus continued to ...
At the University of Kansas’ Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall, banners have been hung. Windows have been screwed shut. Lights have been turned off to evade security cameras. Someone even wore something called a “morph suit” — a superhero-caped version — to conceal their identity. ...