12 years ago
The university of Kansas is partnering with a Massachusetts company to recruit international students to the university. Shorelight Education, based in Cambridge, Mass., will recruit international students into the university's new Academic Accelerator Program. The program will be a 12-month, three-semester program meant to introduce international students to Kansas and U.S. culture and college curriculum. ...

12 years ago
The order of nuns who founded Newman University in Wichita has given $2.5 million to the university. University officials announced the gift Tuesday from the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. University spokeswoman Kelly Snedden says the money will be used to fund science and health care initiatives, which includes a proposed new science building. ...

12 years ago
A 73-year Salina landmark is gone. Kansas Wesleyan University's historic Glenn Martin Stadium has been torn down. Because of its condition, Glenn Martin Stadium has not been utilized for KWU games since 2007. The stadium, which opened back in 1940, is being demolished to make way for a new sports complex. Demolition began on January 9th. ...

12 years ago
The man portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the Oscar-nominated movie "Captain Phillips" is scheduled to give a lecture at Hutchinson Community College later this year. Capt. Richard Phillips is to deliver the Dillon Lecture in Hutchinson on Sept. 23. Phillips was captain of the commercial ship Maersk Alabama when Somali pirates seized the ship in 2009. ...

12 years ago
A 93-year-old Kansas woman who died in May left a lasting legacy to her city's animal shelter. Hutchinson city officials say they were caught off guard by the $226,000 donation from Eula Fray. Fray lived most of her life in Hutchinson, where she worked as an insurance company secretary. She was divorced, with no children and no ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty is campaigning against legislation limiting the time allowed for appeals of capital punishment convictions. The state Senate approved a bill last month setting a limit of three years and six months for the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and decide an appeal of a death penalty conviction. There is ...

12 years ago
The president of ESPN will join three college athletics executives in delivering a Landon Lecture next month at Kansas State University. ESPN's John Skipper is also CEO of Disney Media Networks. He'll be joined for the April 2 lecture by Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, retired University of Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds and Kansas ...

12 years ago
Wichita's airport will now be known as the "Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport." The Wichita City Council vote Tuesday to change the name to honor the former president, who grew up in Abilene. It will cost the city about $140,000 to change signs at the airport. It wasn't immediately clear when the new name ...

12 years ago
A body recovered from Tuttle Creek Lake has been identified as a 56-year-old woman from rural St. George. Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat said in a news release that the body found last Friday was that of Jane Peterson, who worked in the physics department at Kansas State University. Peterson's family reported her missing on Jan. 19.  ...

12 years ago
President Barack Obama is proposing Congress provide another infusion of cash to continue construction of a new biosecurity lab in Kansas. The president's budget was announced Tuesday and includes $300 million for the Department of Homeland Security to continue work on the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility under construction near Kansas State University. The $1.25 billion new ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are focusing their investigation on a known suspect in a forgery and theft case. According to Captain Mike Sweeney, someone stole and forged checks belonging to 56-year-old Steven Jacobs of Salina. Police say on five occasions between November of 2013 and January 20th, of this year the suspect forged his name and cashed checks at ...