Good morning, Lawrence.

A charter bus carrying 24 seventh-graders from St. John Catholic School collided with a semitruck in Oklahoma City, heavily damaging the bus but causing no injuries; students boarded a replacement bus to visit the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and will return home on Thursday, Oct. 29.

KU's Bachelor and Master of Social Work programs earned reaccreditation from the Council on Social Work Education through the 2033 to 2034 academic year after a peer review and a February 2026 site visit, reflecting curriculum updates and expanded student supports across KU's campuses.

Courtney Summers, a multi-term lecturer in speech-language-hearing (Department of Speech-Language-Hearing), was named the 2026 HOPE Award winner by Student Alumni Ambassadors during halftime of the Oct.

24 Homecoming football game for her teaching and student mentorship.

Scott McLewin was named director of KU’s Assessment & Technology Solutions Monday, Oct.

26 and will lead its Kite Suite online assessment platform (5 million assessment sessions a year across all 50 states). He brings more than 30 years in cloud, SaaS, enterprise architecture, and AI, joining from Balance Innovations.

KU School of Law and Haskell will host a free symposium on tribal sovereignty and climate change's effects on children’s health Thursday, Nov.

12–Friday, Nov. 13; Haskell hosts Nov. 12 (Haskell Auditorium, 155 E. Indian Ave.) and KU hosts Nov. 13 in Green Hall room 104; register by Friday, Oct. 30.

Evergy says it has turned down dozens of data centers that couldn't meet its requirements and reissued rules to clarify standards for facilities using 75 megawatts (75 MW) or more.

Large-load customers will pay higher rates, must post collateral, and face early-exit penalties under a plan the Kansas Corporation Commission approved on Nov. 6, 2025.