First, KU fans wore "Muck Fizzou" T-shirts as a thinly veiled attempt to speak their minds about the collegiate rival.Now, some Missouri fans are fighting back with a T-shirt of their own, as the two teams prepare for a Nov. 24 football matchup at Arrowhead Stadium, with the winner likely ...

Here's a new measuring stick to compare Lawrence with rival Columbia, Mo. - street sign theft.The [Columbia Missourian][1] reports that the Public Works Department in Columbia replaced more than 1,600 street signs last year at a cost of about $100 each. Some of the most commonly stolen signs ...

¢ KU journalism professor Rick Musser tells the [Baltimore Sun][1] the Westboro Baptist Church lost its shock value in Topeka, and that's why "they took their show on the road."Musser wrote a chapter about the church in the 1999 book "Culture Wars & Local Politics."_All of which the church ...

¢ A KU graduate who developed a key test for syphilis in the 1920s will be honored by the Boston History & Innovation Collaborative next month. Dr. William Augustus Hinton entered KU's premedical program at KU when he was 16._When Dr. William Augustus Hinton developed his test for syphilis ...

Rick Clement, the KU librarian who is a finalist to be dean of libraries at Utah State University, had his on-campus visit and interview Tuesday._"I come from a different kind of background," Clement said at the open forum. "I come out of the world of rare manuscripts and archives. It's unusual ...

¢ "Lawrence" is the title of a track on the new album by counry band Cross Canadian Ragweed. The band's guitarist, Grady Cross, explains the song in the [Herald-Zeitung][1] of New Braunfels, Texas:![][2]_"Cody (Canada, the band's lead singer) wrote that after we saw a homeless family sitting ...