State and Region

KU ranked among the top U.S. universities for inventions, patents in 2024

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 ...

Man convicted in 2019 Kansas bar shooting that left 4 dead and 5 injured

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, ...