LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod is seeking permission to obtain a $20 million, short-term line of credit in case the coronavirus pandemic significantly modifies the 2020 football and basketball seasons.…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag, a design that went viral on social media, said he created it as a…

Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters Friday while an attorney in Nebraska demanded Commissioner…

An investigation by the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica found that despite years of warnings about the possibility of a pandemic, meatpackers didn’t heed guidance on how to prepare. The report says infectious disease experts and emergency…

A leader of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice on Thursday called for refreshed police training programs focused more squarely on historical context and the role of police in perpetuating inequalities. Shannon…

NEW YORK (AP) — Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Western & Southern Open on Friday because of an abdominal injury she wants to rest before the U.S. Open. The 37-year-old Belgian…

A total of 10 gift cards have been given to nine area cancer victims since July, Wings of Warriors members learned at their Aug. 13 meeting. Damaris Kunkler, who has been asked to oversee the…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Nathaniel Todd vs. KaeLynn Keener, automobile tort Tim Hess vs. Fred Hess, Eddie R. Spainhoward, Kristin N. Arth, landlord/tenant dispute Brandi A. Gott vs. Austin L. Gott,…

After three nights of searing criticism aimed at President Trump and numerous testimonials about his personal character, Joe Biden took center stage at his Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in an enviable and yet…

To the editor, I have been a registered Republican since I was 18, and have voted in every election during my life. Today, I am an unhappy Republican, because my party has abandoned me. They…