The Latest Breaking News from Lawrence

When Doug Peffer opened his big-game butcher shop, deer hunters around the intersection of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties could pick from perhaps a dozen full-service processors to carve their harvest.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Norm Roberts has completed his stint as acting coach of the Kansas Jayhawks with four wins in four games.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas men’s basketball will carry a perfect 2-0 record into Tuesday’s Champions Classic showdown between AP top-10 squads in KU and Duke.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas men’s basketball stretched its winning streak in home openers to 50 games on Monday night, slugging Summit League team Omaha, 89-64, at Allen Fieldhouse.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — By 4 p.m. Saturday, the field inside Kansas Memorial Stadium had been cleared, vacated by all but a couple of workers packing up items from the team benches. To the southwest, outside the stadium, a cleanup crew paced over what students here simply refer to as The…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — It’s a shame that No. 17 TCU’s showdown with No. 19 Kansas was broadcast on FS1.

The 87-year-old won’t be at the desk in Lawrence as he continues to recover from an illness.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold says he’s spoken to his team about ESPN’s GameDay crew coming to town for Saturday’s 11 a.m. Big 12 battle between No. 19-ranked Kansas and No. 17 TCU.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas stretched its season-opening winning streak to five games — and may have emerged as a true contender in the Big 12 Conference football race — by downing Iowa State 14-11 Saturday before a sellout crowd at Booth Memorial Stadium.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — In the wake of its exhilarating 55-42 overtime win at West Virginia last week, Kansas football is 2-0 for the first time since 2011 and leads the nation in scoring (55.5) points a game.

LAWRENCE, K.C. — Kansas athletics has locked second-year football coach Lance Leipold into an additional year on his contract, KU athletic director Travis Goff announced on Thursday afternoon.