LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Brian and Beth Ellyn McClendon make $4 million gift to KU Engineering to boost recruitment and retention * LAWRENCE The University of Kansas has always meant "home" to Brian McClendon. From his early jobs on the local newspaper route or delivering pizzas to campus to graduating from the KU School of Engineering and famously making his childhood home in Lawrence the literal center of the world when he co-  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Evolutionary biologist and poet Brandon Kilbourne to visit KU * LAWRENCE Brandon Kilbourne, a research biologist at the Berlin Museum of Natural History, is the author of "Natural History" (Graywolf, 2025) and the winner of the 2025 Cave Canem Prize. He will visit the University of Kansas Nov. 17-18 and participate in two public events. Kilbourne's first book of poetry, "Natural History," builds upon the  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Nov. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri posted the following news release on Nov. 17, 2025: * * * Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Faces At Least 5 Years in Prison * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican National pleaded guilty in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, 44, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Acco  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Mini Wheat State Tour highlights efforts to preserve Atchison's history * LAWRENCE "We started with no money, only a dream of revision about how we could save these buildings." That's how Patty Boldridge and her sister Sonya, members of a family with deep equestrian roots in Kansas, describe the beginning of their efforts to preserve Atchison's historic Black Business District, a once thriving area fille  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Parents of autistic children find training, support through online OASIS program * LAWRENCE When her 2-year-old daughter was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Wyandotte County resident Veronica Fernandez tried to take in the information and project normalcy. But on the inside, she said, she was scared and overwhelmed with questions about her daughter, Valeria Hinojosa. Fernandez wondered if there   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study finds Marion County Record raid created 'shared press distress' among fellow journalists * LAWRENCE When police raided a newspaper in the small town of Marion in 2023, they made international headlines as computers and phones were seized in an apparent attack on press freedom. New research from the University of Kansas has found the incident sparked "shared press distress" among fellow journalists, w  more