Why Kansas basketball coach Bill Self promoted Jeremy Case on staff

LAWRENCE — Considering the conversation around how much longer Bill Self will serve as Kansas basketball’s head coach has become more prominent of late, a recent promotion might have caught some attention. Self and the Jayhawks announced earlier...

Northeast Kansas traffic stop leads to deportation 

A northeast Kansas traffic stop last week led to the driver's deportation, said Brown County Sheriff John D. Merchant. The Brown County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 11 handed over Diego Juarez, 39, of Lincoln, Nebraska, to the Department of Homeland...

As the Medicare enrollment window opens, a new study gives Missouri and Kansas below-average scores

Kansas and Missouri are below average when it comes to the cost and quality of Medicare coverage. That’s according to a new scorecard from The Commonwealth Fund that looks at how seniors are faring under the government health insurance program...

Penn State notebook | Mike Rhoades highlights his overall young roster at local media day

Mike Rhoades stood underneath the basket with a stern look on his face during practice, yelling at his players while they went through drills. Rhoades is entering Year 3 at Penn State with the youngest squad in the Big Ten. He spoke on his team...

Kansas town destroyed by tornado reinvents itself with clean energy

Two decades on, the memories of Greensburg's darkest moments are still painfully fresh. On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado destroyed 95% of the small town in Kiowa County, Kansas, killing 10 people and injuring over 60 others. Dea and Tom Corns lost...

KU groups denounce racist texts that led to Kansas Young Republicans' shutdown

The Kansas Young Republicans organization was shut down after racist, homophobic and antisemitic messages from its two leaders were leaked by Politico. Kansas Young Republicans chair Alex Dwyer and vice chair William Hendrix were among the members...

PRESSLEY, WARREN, 70 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS URGE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ADDRESS STUDENT LOAN "DEFAULT CLIFF" TO PREVENT ECONOMIC DISASTER

The following information was released by the office of Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley: Republican policies have pushed record numbers of borrowers into default and delinquency "[T]his devastating increase in past due payments threatens not...

Ron Estes addresses Kansas farmers, government shutdown, and Eisenhower in recent posts

‘This village raised me’: Bucky McMillan returns to Mountain Brook for first SEC Media Days

Bucky McMillan at 2025 SEC Media Days (Caleb Turrentine / Bham Now) Bucky McMillan said he used to walk right past the future Grand Bohemian Hotel location when he was a kid, carrying a basketball to school every day. Now, as the first-year head...

Kansas dairy operation recognized at World Dairy Expo

McCarty Family Farms, Rexford, Kansas, has been honored as the 2025 Dairy Producers of the Year at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The award, presented on Oct. 1, recognizes the McCarty family’s long-standing commitment to producing...

Kansas woman found safe, boyfriend charged after suspected abduction

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Crime World Wichita police said homeowner shared concerning footage showing woman being forcefully grabbed Authorities in Kansas released this image of a woman they believe was a victim of an abduction. Wichita Police...

POLITICO Releases An Egregious Hit Piece And Many Republicans Are Falling For It

In just the past few months, conservatives have seen tens of thousands of Democrats openly celebrate the murder of Charlie Kirk — just as they celebrated the murder of the United Healthcare CEO, and just as they celebrated the attempted...

Kansas Professor Calls for Doxxing of ICE Agents, Urges Activists to Disrupt Immigration Operations

A Kansas community college professor is facing backlash after calling for the doxxing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and encouraging activists to interfere with immigration enforcement operations. Steve Werkmeister, an English...

Kansas vaccine exemptions on the rise

TOPEKA — More Kansas families with kindergarteners attending school last year claimed state vaccine exemptions than in previous years, and the “unfortunate melding” of science and politics may cause that number to keep rising, an infectious...

Student Governing Association partners with police force for safer campus

Kansas State was the victim of a hoax swatting incident at Hale Library on Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m., which the Riley County Police Department responded to. Students and faculty were ushered out of the building and waited for police to clear the scene....

Tuition rates rise for Kansas universities

The Kansas Board of Regents voted unanimously on June 11 to approve the proposed tuition rates for each state university in Kansas, averaging the state tuition increase at 3.9%. Kansas State is set for a 3.5% or $179.25 increase in tuition for...

Nuclear startup wants to put reactor 1 mile underground in Kansas

A company with a vision of installing “discreet, bespoke,” small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other electricity-hungry industries plans to put its first reactors in Kansas, Texas and Utah. Deep Fission, which says its...

No. 20 Baylor volleyball defeats Kansas State, snaps 3-match skid

By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Writer The last time the Bears lost four consecutive matches was in November 2015. Success and consistency have been the standard for Baylor volleyball under head coach Ryan McGuyre, but coming off a three-match losing...

Here are the states most and least impacted by the government shutdown

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The current government shutdown marked the country’s 11th since 1976. The personal finance website WalletHub.com sought to compare how the states have been faring. On Wednesday, it released its report on the “States Most &...

Hawkeye Men's Basketball Media Day

IOWA CITY(KWWL)--Ben McCollum's coaching journey has been marked with success at the Division 2 and the NCAA Division One Mid-Major levels. During stops at Northwest Missouri State and most recently at Drake. McCollum's teams won 13 conference...