With school districts cutting back, teacher shortages have given way to a teacher glut

Teacher shortage gives way to teacher glut

Kansas, federal officials to discuss construction of proposed electric transmission lines

Kan., feds to meet on power lines construction

American Indian college president faces backlash over tuition; students demand free education

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether those ambitions could cost her the job.

Intoxicated 21-year-old arrested for stealing ambulance, police chase in Kansas college town

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Police in the Kansas college town of Lawrence say they have arrested a 21-year-old man who stole an ambulance to get home after a night of drinking.

Kansas attorney general’s office issues warning of serial rapist during college fall breaks

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Almost a year after the last sexual assault attributed to a serial rapist who has preyed on young women near two college campuses, the state attorney general’s office is urging women at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas to remain vigilant.

Sierra Club wants to intervene in federal lawsuit filed against Westar over coal-fired plants

LAWRENCE, Kan. — An environmental group said Tuesday it wants to intervene in an anti-pollution lawsuit filed by the federal government against Kansas’ largest electric company, a case the utility hopes to settle.

Hall of Famer and former Kansas All-American Gale Sayers takes fundraising job with Jayhawks

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hall of Famer and two-time All-American running back Gale Sayers is returning to Kansas as a fundraiser in the athletics department.

Recession leads to states cutting cultural budgets, more hardship for struggling artists

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Ben Ahlvers is a full-time arts education coordinator, but his passion is with the fanciful creatures, human figures and oversized hammers he fashions from clay.

Well-known- Mass. defense lawyer accused of assaulting, ‘bear hugging’ female attorney

LAWRENCE, Mass. — A well-known Massachusetts defense lawyer faces an assault and battery charge after a female attorney said he bear-hugged her and put his chin on her shoulder in court. Attorney Pamela Saia-Rogers told Lawrence police that attorney Robert LeBlanc assaulted her in November 2008 while she was talking the other attorneys in Lawrence District Court.

Victimized Mass. Little League gets donations to cover theft, enough extra for secure storage

LAWRENCE, Mass. — A Massachusetts youth baseball league that had $1,500 worth of equipment stolen before the season started has received so many donations that it can replace the equipment and build a more secure storage area.

Donors, including former Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn, respond after Mass. Little League theft

LAWRENCE, Mass. — A Massachusetts youth baseball league targeted in an equipment theft is getting help from donors across the country, including former Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn.

Mass. Little League serving mostly low-income children has equipment stolen just before season

LAWRENCE, Mass. — Lawrence police say a thief made off with $1,500 worth of equipment belonging to a local youth baseball league days before the start of the season.