LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * 'Conquest of Mexico' chronicles complex history of Spanish contact with New World LAWRENCE -- The "Conquest of Mexico" is both a misnomer and an oversimplified depiction of history, according to John Schwaller. "People think there was a plucky group of Spanish swashbucklers who defeated an empire of millions of natives," said Schwaller, a research adjunct in Latin American studies and history at the Univer  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 15 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Alan Cates Awarded Jac Chambliss Lifetime Achievement Award National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Chattanooga, Tennessee-based attorney Alan Cates was awarded the Jac Chambliss Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chattanooga Bar Association's 128th Annual Meeting. The award is presented to a member who has demonstrated the highest standards of excellence for the legal  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Groundwater levels fall across western, south-central Kansas LAWRENCE -- Preliminary groundwater level measurements compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey show an overall decline of almost a foot across the High Plains aquifer region in western Kansas in 2024. All areas in western and south-central Kansas experienced declines in water levels. "For the most part, we've been on the dry side the last five y  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 15 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-5053-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 02/14/2025 * * * 25-BLVT-321-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Application for Blue Valley Tele-Communications, Inc. Date Filed: 02/14/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more