TOPEKA — Five public universities in Kansas are seeking in-state undergraduate tuition increases ranging from 3.5% to 6% in the upcoming academic year, while Emporia State University wants to hold tuition steady another year as…

Maybe you heard the yelps echoing from the hallways of Kansas schools last week as a software outage essentially paused academic work. No quizzes. No assignments. No grading. No video tutorials. And no sense of…

When I first sat down to write this speech, I felt a lot of pressure to find the right message. I could talk about the memories we made, the challenges we’ve overcome, or the people…

As a journalist, sometimes you make an error. And I’ve always believed that when you publish something that’s wrong, you need to be up front about it, acknowledge it, and correct it as soon as…

Well, that didn’t take long.  When the Kansas Legislature passed the so-called KIRK Act to prevent colleges and universities from regulating political activism on campus, I warned that lawmakers were rolling out a welcome mat…

For years, it advanced slowly, almost unnoticed.  It wasn’t advertised at freshman orientations or highlighted in admission brochures. Yet it’s everywhere, in classrooms, resident halls, even in the quad where students gather.     Over…

So, about this flap involving the local judge, ICE, and the hilarious inquiry into Manhattan as a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants. As you probably know, a federal prosecutor sent a letter to city officials…

YATES CENTER — The Arthur Capper Cooperative Center (ACCC) in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University recently recognized Aidan Yoho of Yates Center, as a 2025-2026 Otis and Mary Lee Molz Cooperative…

A team of volunteers gathered Saturday for LaHarpe’s annual Cleanup Day. The event, hosted by LaHarpe PRIDE, featured a number of Kansas State University and Allen Community College students, Thrive Allen County and other volunteers,…

LAHARPE — Teams of volunteers will once again help LaHarpe residents clear their properties of junk and debris Saturday. The annual Cleanup Day, hosted by LaHarpe PRIDE, will start about 8 a.m., where groups will…