Kansas University journalism Professor David Guth will not return to the classroom this year, the university announced today.Guth was placed on leave after he posted a controversial tweet following the Navy Yard shooting in Washington, D.C., in September that left 13 dead.Guth posted a message ...
Officials of The World Company, the parent company of the Lawrence Journal-World, announced today that for the first time in 122 years, the Journal-World will be printed at an off-site location. The current production plant at 608 Massachusetts St. will be closed Jan. 14, 2014, with the paper ...
Topeka ? The chairwoman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee today said she will introduce legislation to require background checks and licensing of Affordable Care Act navigators in Kansas.State Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, said she is filing the legislation because of ...
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is being asked to defend the State Board of Education in a lawsuit that challenges the Next Generation Science Standards that were adopted in June.The board met in executive session for about 30 minutes Tuesday and again for 15 minutes Wednesday to discuss ...
A Tonganoxie High School girl was taken to the hospital during the THS homecoming parade Friday afternoon after being run over by the Class of 2017 float, police say.Tonganoxie police chief Jeff Brandau said the freshman girl jumped from the freshman classes' float to give candy to some ...
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To the editor:As a volunteer at the Good Shepherd Thrift Store and Food Bank, I would like to remind everyone in the area what an asset it is to the community. In August, we assisted 94 families with food and other needs. No one working at the thrift store takes a salary. All monies go back ...
I had put in my paperwork to retire from the Navy a couple weeks before Sept. 11, 2001, having served for more than 20 years.I was stationed at the Naval base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I worked in what was called migrant operations. We took care of Cuban and Haitian migrants whom the U.S. Coast ...
I love summer. Love love love it. Part reptile, part human, I’m one of those weird people who is happiest when it’s the hottest. In fact, my wife often ridicules me when she sees me out mowing the yard at 3 p.m. on a 106-degree day while drinking my cup of hot Starbucks coffee. At times ...
There is a lot of stress and fear in today’s world. Everywhere you go, people are asking, “What is wrong with this world? Why is there such neglect and abuse? Why is there so much corruption? How did we lose the understanding of what is right and wrong?”The answer is simple. We have ...