12 years ago
The University of Kansas says it received a record $253.2 million in donations in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The university said in a news release Tuesday that the donations compared with $174.2 million donated the previous fiscal year. The contributions to the university and the University of Kansas Hospital included $193.1 million ...

12 years ago
A survey of Kansas Highway Patrol employees found a high degree of loyalty to the organization but strong frustration with management. The $20,000 study was done by University of Kansas researches and was prompted by complaints of weak morale in the organization. About 83 percent of those surveyed said they cared about the fate ...

12 years ago
Kansas State University Salina is experiencing an influx in its international student population this year after 55 Brazilian students arrived on campus to study engineering technology. The students are participating in the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, which allows them to study for one year at a university in the United States. They continue with their ...

12 years ago
A new Kansas State University study finds gender affects the likelihood of young drivers being involved in different types of crashes. For the study, a civil engineering professor and doctoral student looked at five years of Kansas accidents involving 16- to 24-year-old drivers. Their findings include that young female drivers had more crashes at intersections and collisions ...

12 years ago
Kansas is receiving nearly $350,000 in federal grants to help schools serve healthier meals and snacks. The Kansas Department of Education says it will use the money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide training. The state also will take steps to increase participation in the school breakfast program and use gardening as a way ...

12 years ago
When the Kansas State Fair opens Friday, it will include a new museum honoring a longtime painter and fair fixture who died last year. The fair's new Lair White House is located on the site of the former home of J.B. Holdren, long known as Bardo the Clown. He was a clown and show painter at ...

12 years ago
A Wichita motel employee who was cleaning rooms found a device with wires and a pair of tubes that were made to look like sticks of dynamite, but it turned out to be a novelty item. The Wichita Eagle reports 30 people were evacuated from the Mark 8 Inn shortly after the employee reported the item ...

12 years ago
A 71-year-old central Kansas man has been identified as the person killed in a shootout with Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Barton County deputies over the weekend. Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir on Monday identified the man as George Carson of rural Barton County. He was wounded during an exchange of gunfire with officers who had ...

12 years ago
Reports from the Kansas Department for Children and Families show that more children in the state are removed from their homes and placed in foster care because of concerns about parents' drug and alcohol abuse than for any other primary reason - including physical abuse, neglect and sexual abuse. The agency says mental illness often plays ...

12 years ago
Kansas City police say a man has been shot and killed during a confrontation with officers. The shooting happened early Sunday after officers received a report about a suspicious person armed with a gun in the northeast party of the city. Police said in a news release that officers encountered the suspect, and shots were fired. An ...

12 years ago
A person is shot and killed by law enforcement in Barton County Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at 6:40 PM troopers assisted the Barton County Sheriff's Office with an armed suspect. The armed suspect had previously injured a family member, and was threatening to harm others. At 7:19 PM the armed suspect was confronted, ...