Lawrence, KS News

• Lawrence, KS News
• Days without remote seem remote
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• School finance case nears court date
• 100 years ago: Swimming excursion ends in tragedy for young boy
• Around and about in local business
• Kansas tax act most regressive in nation
• Court order
• 25 years ago: Storms drive LHS grads into Allen Fieldhouse for ceremonies
• 40 years ago: Two local women complete long-time education goals
• Kansas soldier killed in Afghanistan
• ATM thefts a growing concern
• Nats even more fun when they win
• Around and About for May 26, 2012
• Summer Concert Series Kicks Off
• 25 years ago: Planners hope for good turnout at post-graduation party
• 40 years ago: LHS seniors award Outstanding Teacher prize
• 100 years ago: Votes for Women? Local businessmen share their opinions
• Blastball Registration Ongoing
• City Offices To Close Monday, May 28 For Memorial Day
• Tax gamble
• Political rivalry may hurt Colombia
• Eudora police arrest woman after domestic dispute
• Brother’s sacrifice still haunts sister
• Tonganoxie grad makes debut at Shrine Rodeo
• Haskell provides no new details on violations
• Bishop Seabury grads sent off with words of wisdom
• Lawrence man accused of robbing Topeka bank 12 hours after posting bond in Lawrence
• Douglas County district attorney reviewing allegations against door-to-door solicitors
• Homeless man charged in Kansas TV station attack
• Parts of New Hampshire and 10th streets to be closed as part of Art Tougeau event; parade to start at noon
• Douglas County Commissioner Nancy Thellman seeking a second term
• Lawrence man charged with robbery and theft after incident at apartment
• Lawmaker subpoenaed in meetings probe
• Brownback signs bill blocking use of Islamic law
• Fort Leavenworth adds 2 generals to hall of fame
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Thellman files for re-election to county commission; News of salvage yards, curbside recycling and a pig
• $1,900 reported stolen in forgery
• Three people injured in accident on County Road 458
• Franklin County Attorney sworn in
• Warrant issued in ATM theft attempt
• Man, 60, accused of child sex crimes
• Heard on the Hill: KU prof weighs in on increasing number of companies facing distracted-driving lawsuits; KU event to show how to preserve family history items; new KU blog features books with chains
• God, marriage
• Funding irony
• 25 years ago: KU, K State cooperate on academic ventures
• 40 years ago: Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame to move to Lawrence
• 100 years ago: City expands 'clean-up' ordinance
• Media miss point on religion
• Syria feeds instability in Mideast
• Aquatics ‘Early Bird’ Passes Now On Sale
• Outdoor Aquatic Center To Open; Summer Schedule To Begin
• Koch Industries mulls site expansion
• Franklin County Attorney sworn in
• Travel to increase; area lake crowds expected
• Program to help with sidewalk repairs
• Lawrence police assisting Topeka police in search for bank robbery suspect
• Tornado doesn't stop Kansas couple's wedding day
• Obama signs disaster declaration for 14 Kansas counties
• Lawrence school official thankful for increase, 'scared to death' of impact of Brownback tax cuts
• Judges allow AG Schmidt to join in redistricting case
• Lawrence VFW may be able to replace some missing flagpoles in time for Memorial Day
• One driver treated and released after five-vehicle accident on Sixth Street
• Lawrence police arrest two suspects in car-wash burglaries
• Kansas parks agency develops mobile app
• Brownback to speak at Memorial Day event in Garnett
• Town Talk: VFW files plans to move post to site along Haskell Avenue; city has $40,000 for neighborhood sidewalk repairs; weekly land transfers including several commercial sales
• Land transfers for the week ending May 14
• Pump Patrol
• Heard on the Hill: Directive affecting Confucius Institutes not likely to affect KU; new structure to house basketball rules part of KU campaign; KU names interim director of CREES
• Lawrence man charged with child endagerment after driving motorized scooter on Kansas River bridge
• 40 years ago: Plans still under discussion for beautification project
• Construction zone
• Efforts to define ‘Other’ are doomed
• Identity politics entangles Warren
• 100 years ago: Date set for annual Children's Picnic
• Indoor Aquatic Center Closes Early For Training
• KU police, Douglas County prosecutors looking into online threat
• As Memorial Day nears, kids get lessons on Civil War
• Officers on seat-belt patrol now through Memorial Day weekend
• Shrine Rodeo in Tonganoxie is out of the chute Thursday
• Lawrence High English teacher $10,000 richer, thanks to guys named Bob
• Feds looking for Overland Park man who missed court date after alleged Facebook scheme
• State says DMV computer problems resolved
• Dems want to keep AG Schmidt out of remap case
• Analysis: Kansas governor owns aggressive tax cuts
• Serious injuries reported in 5-vehicle accident near Sixth Street and Kasold Drive
• Emergency drill at KU tests responders' preparedness for the worst
• Bicyclist injured after accident at 23rd and Naismith
• Flags to fly at half-staff to honor Kansas soldier
• Knife-wielding man stabs 2 at Topeka TV station
• Town Talk: $12 million worth of apartment projects begin construction; single family home building still at low levels; Raintree begins $1.4 million expansion; LMH starts $1.5 million renovation
• Heard on the Hill: Missouri representative (or is it Napoleon Dynamite?) blasts KU tags; grad with medical emergency gets his own ceremony; prof says Neanderthals are getting smarter every day
• Tonganoxie advances to soccer state semis
• Rainy day funds
• Politics hurts Latin American universities
• Turmoil threatens stability in China
• 25 years ago: KU band alumnus creates endowment
• 40 years ago: 100th KU Commencement moves indoors as skies threaten rain
• 100 years ago: KU seismograph records quake in Asia
• Pump Patrol
• Investigation ongoing of attempted ATM theft in Princeton
• Lawrence police arrest man on aggravated battery charge
• Lawrence man reports $2,000 worth of deck lumber stolen
• Lawrence man reports stolen scooter
• Planning commission recommends approval of rec center zoning
• 27 want to join Kansas redistricting lawsuit
• Cemetery will lack flags for Memorial Day as poles turn up missing
• 149 people express interest in KU buyout offers
• Farmland plant starting business transition
• Judge dismisses Lawrence man’s claim of wrongful termination in suit
• City Commisison asks Liberty Hall to tweak birthday plans
• Democrat announces for 2nd Congressional District
• Kansas Prison Review Board defers meeting with Joel Russell on his parole
• Brownback signs tax cuts, predicts boon; critics see budget-buster
• Body of KU grad found in Maine harbor
• State extends period to renew vehicle tags
• Town Talk: Recreation center zoning gets nod from Planning Commission; concept plan for Farmland business park taking shape; Lawrence home sales up in April; city pool to open Saturday
• Woman injured after vehicle strikes utility pole
• Heard on the Hill: Longtime Hilltop Child Development Center leader retiring; KU professor working on uniting 1.8 million species in a tree of life; KU administrator to take visiting NSF post
• 25 years ago: Domestic disturbance escalates into pyrotechnics
• 40 years ago: KU art exhibit shut down over 'objectionable' drawing
• Wrong cuts
• Tuition victims
• Amazing session
• Islamic victory looks likely in Egypt
• 100 years ago: Schoolchildren look forward to 'Old Soldiers Day'
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of May 21, 2012
• Lawrence police arrest man on robbery count
• Senior curator ousted at Kansas State’s art museum
• Man faces first-degree murder charge in hit-and-run death
• Lawrence police identify boy injured in Friday accident
• Car crashes through pet store on 23rd Street
• Two people injured in Saturday accidents in Douglas County
• Obama praises Joplin’s resilience after tornado
• Financial concerns escalating over K-10 Connector bus service
• Lawrence school board planning for bond issue
• New leadership elected at Kansas Board of Regents
• Redistricting panel rejects arguments from Kobach, allows more intervenors
• Around and About for May 19, 2012
• Lawrence man, 27, gets probation in aggravated battery case
• Basehor man dies in motorcycle wreck near Linwood
• Lumberyard Arts Center fire damage estimated at $50,000
• Chief justice cancels court furloughs
• Federal court plans hearing in remap lawsuit
• Chinese company to buy US movie theater chain AMC
• Proposed legislation uses religion to cancel out science
• Complaints against Lawrence police 2011
• State Rep. Bob Bethell dies in car accident
• Town Talk: Future of K-10 Connector bus service getting cloudy; city, school district talk about lighted tennis courts at Free State; local wine festival set for De Soto
• Free State High School's Class of 2012
• Lawrence High School's Class of 2012
• Baker commencement reflects tight-knit group of graduates
• Police complaint case summaries provide scant detail
• Shelter leader makes case for funding
• 2012 Free State graduates reflect on how far they’ve come
• 2012 Lawrence High School graduates anticipate big futures
• Heard on the Hill: KU chancellor's salary ranks 77th among public universities nationally; dino-dolphins got the bends, too; pharmacy school ranks second in the country in NIH funding
• 100 years ago: Over fifty years later, Lawrence still remembers
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Wrong message
• Not so friendly
• Economic roles
• Indicators point to tight election
• 25 years ago: Plans to replace KU smokestack to take up to a year
• 40 years ago: Evening entertainment options include movies, dances, and good burgers
• Legislature approves budget; tax cuts at center of dispute
• Two bills that would have affected Lawrence ignored by Senate
• List of 2012 Baker University graduates
• How to help: ECKAN seeks volunteer to assist with office tasks
• Statehouse Live: Bill halting state funds for remedial courses at KU, other regents schools sent to governor
• Anti-crime also anti-justice
• Fire damages Lumberyard Arts Center in Baldwin City
• Free State High School scholarship winners
• Need-to-know information for today’s graduation ceremonies
• Lawrence High School scholarship winners
• Admissions goal
• 25 years ago: Haskell maintenance needs not covered by budget
• Around and about in local business
• 40 years ago: Goodrich plant taken over by Converse
• Art Tougeau events next weekend to celebrate art on wheels
• 100 years ago: 'Unusually large number' of students qualify for high school
• Boomer Girl Diary: Logic doesn’t apply to luggage
• Government oversteps in Mass.
• ‘Fearless’ Free State grad expected to go far with music
• Lawrence High grad finds voice, confidence in public speaking
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Two injured after three-car collision
• Police put out lawn mower fire
• Pump Patrol
• 1st flush of giant toilet up for bids
• Kan. lawmakers unable to find smaller tax cut plan
• 5 KU students receive Fulbright awards
• City Commission agenda for May 22
• House gives final approval to redistricting map that puts portion of Lawrence in 1st
• Statehouse Live: Brownback says tax cuts will help the economy; critics say it will damage Kansas
• Vice presidential hopefuls face increased scrutiny
• Gay marriage stand hems in Obama
• City of Lawrence News - May 17, 2012
• Pump Patrol
• Search for missing man, 23, continues
• Fallen police officers honored
• Fate of ex-priest accused of death plot with jury
• 7-year-old seriously hurt in bike-car accident
• Brownback plans to sign more aggressive tax-cutting bill after Senate halts alternative
• 5 Kansas justices recuse selves from Phill Kline case
• Kansas Senate passes budget, awaits House action
• Groups urge veto of anti-Sharia law bill
• Impact unclear on how new federal regulations aimed at fighting sexual assault in prisons will affect Kansas
• Kansas Senate blocks debate on cutting income taxes
• Statehouse Live: Congressional redistricting plan advances that puts portion of Lawrence in 1st
• Lawrence residents chase intruder from home; shopper tries to thwart theft in Walmart parking lot
• Court denies request to rethink pipeline ruling
• DMV computer system down Friday due to computer glitch, now fixed
• Lucas auctioning first flush of giant toilet
• Kansas Senate majority leader hospitalized
• Prosecutor: Wichita teens playing dangerous game in fake robbery
• Vandals damage 67 grave markers in Hutchinson
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Orient restaurant not moving after all; homeless shelter funding request in question; city puts future of two old houses in limbo
• Survey: farming helps economy grow in rural states
• 1st ID soldiers set to leave for Afghanistan
• Kansas jobless rate drops in April
• Latest tax cut proposal drives state budget to major shortfalls, according to projection
• Baker graduation events this weekend
• Store reports robbery attempt
• 25 years ago: Lawrence sixth-graders head to national history competition
• 40 years ago: County planning ahead for subdivisions
• 100 years ago: Visitors will drop into Lawrence during 'aeroplane dash'
• Multiple atrocities
• Marriage threats
• Don’t be fooled
• Raising the bar
• Public Meeting Set For Residents To Discuss Concept Plans For Recreational Complex Northwest Lawrence
• Pakistan missed golden opportunity
• Skatepark Features Added at Holcom Park
• Lawrence Receives ‘Bicycle Friendly’ Designation
• Lawrence woman loses control of motorcycle
• California man reports theft of $5,360
• KU student reports burglary of $13,900 worth of jewelry and an Apple iPad
• Ottawa man charged with aggravated assault
• DUI checkpoint schedule for Friday evening in Johnson County
• CEO of life-sciences institute named
• Pump Patrol
• Driver of children charged with DUI
• Home security sales scam causes concern, complaints
• Judge sets May 29 deadline for redistricting
• Kiwanis club honors two Lawrencians for their service to community
• Lawrence man hired as president, executive officer of Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
• Michigan boy finds finger piece in Arby's sandwich
• Douglas County sheriff seeking re-election to third term
• Senate approves compromise pension measure
• Sixth Street repaving work starts Monday
• KU law student faces involuntary manslaughter charge in Missouri
• Wakarusa summer construction project to close portions of the road
• House Republican leaders push a new congressional split putting east Lawrence in the 1st
• Proclamation apologizes to African-Americans over injustices
• Drug-crime felon accused of illegally attempting to return to U.S.
• Brownback says Senate redistricting may be left up to the court system
• Town Talk: Development group files plans for 7-story building on Black Hills Energy site at 9th and N.H.; an update on Borders; roadwork set to begin Monday on 6th Street west of Iowa
• NBAF funding approved by US House committee
• Man with 14 DUI convictions charged again in Johnson County
• On anniversary of Brown ruling, Brownback to sign apology for segregation
• Conservative raises concern over Brownback's tax-cutting stance
• Fire crews respond to shirt ablaze, thrown out of car
• Heard on the Hill: University of Virginia poaches two professors from KU; article profiles KU strength coach Andrea Hudy; KU researcher looks at why teens form violent flash mobs
• Deciding issue?
• Hyper-partisanship leans to right
• Subsidized loans another entitlement
• Hershey’s Track and Field Games Coming to Lawrence
• Lawrence Municipal Airport to Host Kansas Youth Aviation Camp
• 25 years ago: Class of '37 marvels at changes at KU
• 40 years ago: Nontraditional grads earn KU degrees while working, raising families
• 100 years ago: Local farmer's industry, frugality led from rocky start to prosperous present
• Wasted effort
• Arts funds
• Woman arrested for DUI after accident at 12th and New Jersey
• iPad and golf clubs reported stolen
• $1,000 TV reported stolen
• Pump Patrol
• Officer, bank tellers testify in robbery hearing
• Gaslight Village community forced to find new homes
• Son of 1989 murder victim frustrated by lack of information
• KDOT to spruce up old U.S. 59, may take out passing lane
• Regents mull raises for faculty, staff in tuition proposals
• KU seeks tougher admissions criteria
• Statehouse Live: New tax-cutting plan emerges; Brownback urges passage
• Haskell, KU students walking to underscore environmental, Native American spiritual issues of trafficway
• Border business raids cost Kansas City millions in taxes
• Sebelius to address Georgetown grads amid flap
• Lawmakers approve $700k for new arts commission
• Public invited to see caterpillars, butterflies at Fitch reservation north of Lawrence
• Bishop Seabury receives FEMA grant to build safe room
• Three KU professors awarded Fulbright grants
• Former Kansas corrections secretary makes gift to KU School of Social Welfare
• Kobach asks federal court to settle redistricting
• Town Talk: County's chief building officer placed on administrative leave; city still waiting on financial numbers related to 9th and N.H. appeal; neighbors near proposed rec complex hire attorney
• Heard on the Hill: Regents to look at raising KU admission standards today; Missouri House passes amendment to spike KU plates; provost explains strategy for faculty, staff raises
• City Commission wants Taste Lounge's liquor license revoked
• City agrees to annex land for new recreation center in northwest Lawrence
• 25 years ago: No room at the inn: KU Commencement visitors fill up local accommodations
• 40 years ago: Lawrence residents deplore Wallace shooting
• 100 years ago: 'Elegant' Mass St. home destroyed by fire; lack of neighborhood water mains blamed
• Pump patrol
• Kansas may be conservative experiment
• Tax standoff
• U.S. losing clout in Latin America
• Baker University triple major is Oxford bound
• Man reports stolen Honda
• Coin machine reported stolen from Raco Car Wash No. 4
• $3,000 worth of clothes, shoes reported stolen from vehicle
• Air hockey table among $2,300 in items reported stolen
• Disciplinary action taken against Haskell employees after investigation of student-athlete test scores
• Friends and family still looking for missing Lawrence man
• Statehouse Live: Republicans at war with each other over redistricting
• Judge deciding fate of lawsuit alleging assault at Brandon Woods
• Group urges Brownback to veto bill aimed at Sharia law
• Ex-AG Phill Kline wants 2 justices recused in ethics case
• Legislators back at table to talk tax cuts
• Lawrence Schools Foundation distributes $24,000 in grants
• Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design
• KU proposes tuition hike of nearly 5 percent, effective next fall
• Workers wonder what's next as Jostens plant closes
• Lawmakers move closer to state pensions deal
• Former Kansas officer sentenced in sex case
• Statehouse Live: Committee introduces measure aimed at reducing politics in redistricting
• Town Talk: Briggs files plans for $1.4 million expansion at Auto Plaza; Lawrence retail sales increase for eighth month in a row; weekly land transfers
• Land transfers for the weeks ending April 30 and May 7
• Lawrence cardiologist — and many others — offer help to 11-year-old Lawrence entrepreneur who fell victim to theft
• Jostens moving Topeka production work to Tenn.
• School board favors tweaking middle school boundary line
• State closer to using casinos for KPERS
• Brownback signs anti-abortion bill
• Heard on the Hill: Alumnus originally pushed for KU license plate in Missouri; law school turns to basketball broadcaster to read graduates names; check out our Instagram commencement photos
• Lugar a lawmaker from a different era
• Summer Camps Offered To Keep Kids Active
• 25 years ago: Fraternity members cope with exams after house fire
• 40 years ago: Vietnam protest at KU postponed after lackluster attendance
• 100 years ago: Farmers predicted to buy more automobiles than city folk
• Backup careers
• Suicide focus
• Unwise cuts
• Rec questions
• Man accused of causing disturbance at hotel early Monday arrested
• Woman found injured in apartment hallway early Saturday
• Coroner identifies deceased inmate at Douglas County Jail
• Lawrence woman accused of cutting man's hand with steak knife
• Man injured in scooter accident Thursday in serious condition
• Proposals to expand dredging cited as peril to Kansas River
• Kansas University School of Pharmacy 2012 graduates
• Statehouse Live: Tax cuts at center of dispute in Legislature
• Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names
• Lawrence city commissioners to start crafting 2013 budget
• Basehor resident accused of hiring a man to kill his wife for $1,800
• Advocates urge funding of assistance for victims of domestic violence in Kansas
• Missouri lawmaker's vow: No Jayhawk license tags on his watch
• Owner of East Lawrence recycling center seeks to acquire property to address neighbors' concerns
• Lawrence police ask for public's help in search for man who has been missing for two days
• Firefighters set damage to home at $75,000 in Saturday morning blaze
• Around and About for May 12, 2012
• Town Talk: 12th and Haskell Recycling center strikes deal to move one block north; old home in 1300 block of Haskell may get razed; city finances tightened in 2011
• Immigration measure rejected in budget talks
• Budget talks resume with much work remaining
• Kansas State hires top scientist
• Two people remain hospitalized with injuries from Saturday night accident in Perry
• Heard on the Hill: Pearson residents participate in Indiana Jones romp through campus; KU looking for advocates to pair with nonprofits; KU research looks at the effect of stigmatizing obesity
• Overreacting
• 25 years ago: KU welcomes Bob Frederick as new AD
• Obama learns foreign policy on job
• 40 years ago: Astronaut Alan Shepard speaks at Baker convocation
• 100 years ago: Camera Club plans spring exhibit
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of May 14
• Midwest Lemonade Days at area Hy-Vee's
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Survey crucial
• IQs need work
• Distinguished KU alumni are first class for new award
• Guest speaker, honorary doctorates bestow added degree of distinction to KU's commencement
• State funding of remedial courses still in Legislature's crosshairs
• In N.C., a big step backward
• Kansas University School of Social Welfare 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Nursing 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Music 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Medicine 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Law 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Journalism and Mass Communications 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Engineering 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Education 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of Business 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School of the Arts 2012 graduates
• Kansas University School Architecture, Design & Planning 2012 graduates
• Kansas University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2012 graduates
• Student aims to extend passion for volunteering beyond graduation
• 25 years ago: Sixth Street entrance into Lawrence getting a makeover
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for May 15, 2012
• Around and about in local business
• American dream in an automobile
• 40 years ago: KU Chancellor defends recent law enforcement efforts
• 100 years ago: Interest is strong in Lawrence for A.A.A. membership
• Inmate at Douglas County Correctional Facility dies during medical emergency
• House fire reported along Lake Alvamar Drive
• KU faculty members to be honored with distinguished teaching awards
• Watkins exhibit explores energy use past, present and future
• Watkins Museum exhibit explores fallout from 'The Day After'
• International students recognized at ceremony
• City leaders to share details of recreation complex plans
• Police calls to bars draw official scrutiny
• Senior leaving KU knowing that he made a big difference for kids
• Economic council sounds good on paper, but is it smart?
• Inconsistency
• For Israelis today, it feels like May 1967 again
• ‘Finding Your Roots’ is must-see TV
• 40 years ago: Over two dozen arrests follow in wake of Vietnam protest
• 100 years ago: Local doctor nearly caught in flash flood
• Student hurt in April 25 crash released from hospital
• Free State student hurt in bicycle accident
• De Soto teens accused of stealing truck, burglaries
• Police investigating burglary at Radio Shack
• Pump Patrol
• LHS students study energy consumption
• Legislative leaders to Brownback: Veto the tax cut
• Haskell graduation becomes a family affair
• KU researcher receives $410,000 National Science Foundation award
• Lawmakers pass anti-Sharia law measure
• Day 90: Legislature attacks Sharia law, United Nations Agenda 21, but no resolution on budget, redistricting
• Kansas Supreme Court affirms Topekan's conviction for murdering man in downtown Lawrence
• Statehouse Live: Senators seek alternative funding for contract providing services to domestic violence victims
• Police issue warning after burglar enters two southwest Lawrence homes as residents sleep inside
• Backers of abortion bill still seek passage
• Public invited to Brown v. Board site to mark ruling's anniversary
• Kansas Legislature staring at extra days
• Town Talk: City set to annex recreation center site, but cost questions remain; parks and rec advisory board has questions about recreation complex; old Packards at 11th and R.I. slated for auction
• Scooter driven by Baldwin City man hit potholes before accident
• KBA considers spending $4.9M to attract professor to K-State
• From a place of ‘very little hope’ to a bright future
• Heard on the Hill: KU makes an appearance on MTV's "16 and Pregnant"; Sigma Alpha Epsilon national organization confirms KU chapter has not gone alcohol-free; look for maces, marshals at commencement
• 25 years ago: Bert Nash seeks funding for residental mental health program
• 40 years ago: Construction plans for downtown altered slightly
• Accessibility
• Obstructionism
• Not relevant
• Moving speech
• Taxing jobs out of existence
• Looking ahead
• 100 years ago: No more swimming allowed in Potter's Lake
• Time To Take The Bike For A Spin - May Is National Bike Month
• KU student reports laptop stolen from Jayhawker Towers apartment
• Baldwin City resident critically hurt in accident near Douglas County Lake
• Parents say LHS disciplinary action a little over the top
• Tonganoxie man charged with eavesdropping for allegedly videotaping children
• Kansas House defeats immigrant tuition repeal
• Kansas agencies wrangle over Keystone pipeline taxes
• Senators upset with SRS over conditions in sexual assault and domestic violence program
• KU, Lawrence joining forces to improve students' off-campus behavior
• Road construction planned on KU's West Campus, starting Monday
• Franklin County man ordered to prison for two Lawrence robberies
• Statehouse Live: Brownback made personal appeal to House Republicans to approve mammoth tax
• Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
• Obama, backing gay marriage, on fundraising tour
• Kansas House to take up Senate redistricting plan
• Kansas House advances property tax classification
• Woman reports robbery outside Wilde's Chateau
• Town Talk: St. John's files plans for major school, church expansion; KU, city contemplating joint effort to improve off-campus behavior; chamber stakeholders speak out on eco devo efforts
• Bus service available for seniors in Baldwin City
• Judge: Child can testify via video in Eudora sex crime case
• Lawrence woman injured in accident at Ninth and Mississippi
• Computer, TV reported stolen
• $4,600 truck reported stolen
• National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility gets $75 million in budget
• LHS students accused of trespassing in senior prank
• New Sunflower School principal named
• Heard on the Hill: Sigma Alpha Epsilon national fraternity publishes list of incidents; Missouri might be getting those KU license plates after all; KU Info has the answers to commencement questions
• Coping with accident among hardest tests for graduate
• Libyan missiles a serious problem
• 40 years ago: Anti-war protest group occupies Strong Hall
• 25 years ago: Danny Manning staying for senior year
• 100 years ago: Booker T. Washington to speak at KU this week
• Administrative Offices Relocated To South Park
• Congratulations
• Stay out of it
• Make plans fit
• Keeping track
• Ambulance service for Eudora would cost county $1 million
• Senate president shelves anti-abortion bill, citing concerns over provision dealing with KU Med
• Statehouse Live: House delivers mammoth tax cut bill to Brownback, who says he is prepared to sign it
• Kansas Turnpike Authority officials trying to catch peacock
• Lansing escapee apprehended in KCK
• Lecompton post office to remain open but have hours cut under new plan; more than 300 other Kansas post offices to have reduced hours
• Obama announces support for gay marriage
• Kansas lawmakers see quick 2013 budget resolution
• State revenue department figures say tax plan helps all
• Town Talk: Coffee, martial arts, bank slated for proposed development in N.W. Lawrence; speculation on the Olive Garden that has never materialized; chamber being sent message to stay out of retail
• Stakes high in Senate tax debate expected today
• After paying ‘debt,’ then what?
• Heard on the Hill: Dissertation research mentioned on NPR's 'Political Junkie'; KU to graduate a higher number of education students next year; Missouri to offer Pitt State license plates (but not KU)
• More cooperation
• Out of touch about Afghanistan
• 100 years ago: Engineering students pay tribute to drowned classmate
• Parks and Recreation Invites Seniors To Have /Coffee With The Experts
• Police Camp Registration Deadline Approaching
• Electronic Recycling
• House debates whether to commission study on whether to sell KU Hospital
• 25 years ago: Random poll shows Lawrence sympathetic toward Gary Hart
• 40 years ago: Local residents have wide-ranging opinions on latest Vietnam action
• Chicken law
• KU professors honored for research
• Times have changed during elementary educators' decades in the district, but joy of teaching remains
• City vows fairness on new council for economic development
• House debating budget
• GOP redistricting fight could mean courts make final decision
• New study says proposed tax cut measure would benefit wealthy
• Ottawa police seek public's help in finding man who kidnapped woman
• Kansas House rejects prison inmate policy change
• Gov. Brownback donates food to Lawrence homeless shelter
• Gift to KU honors longtime administrator
• Town Talk: Lawrence in running for "Most Interesting Town in America"; city to lose nearly $500,000 in CDBG funding; Ballard Center responds to cuts; transit route changes on tap
• DMV reopens after computer upgrade
• Attorney General Schmidt's office pays almost $628K to defend abortion laws
• Kansas House revives Kobach voter-citizenship plan
• Leavenworth woman held in child endangerment case
• House bill bans indirectly subsidizing abortions
• Heard on the Hill: Censure punishment changing with the times; energy audit helps KU staffers be a little greener; Monarch Watch Open House and Fundraiser set for Saturday
• Police youth camp set for next month
• Some wheat farmers expect harvest to start in May
• Wrong on jobs
• Blessed with art
• Share the vision
• 25 years ago: Fire team takes workshop on bomb site investigation
• 40 years ago: Art in the Park driven indoors by heavy rains
• 100 years ago: Engineering student drowns in KU campus lake
• MacArthur speech worth remembering
• 3 beef-processing plants to close
• City eyeing new council for economic development
• Severe storms cause power outages
• Kansas House panel to vote on Senate remap plan
• Lawrence city commission may change law to allow business to sell chicks
• One benefit of KU's loss to Kentucky: Brownback delivering burgers to Lawrence Community Shelter
• Highway deaths per mile fall to record low
• Statehouse Live: Critics of United Nations Agenda 21 voice concerns
• Lawrence school district losing longtime music teachers to retirement
• Democrats elect convention delegates
• Police looking for driver of stolen truck who led officers on chase
• Lawrence man, 19, sentenced to jail term, probation in two cases
• Kansas Star Casino to hire 300 more for summer
• Toddler walking through pasture run over by truck
• JCCC to get new Hospitality & Culinary Academy
• Kansas House to resume redistricting work
• Around and About for May 5, 2012
• Children treated for injuries after accident on turnpike
• Town Talk: National food magazine highlights Wheatfields loaf; city looks to change chicken ordinance; Chamber formally asks for new eco devo organization
• No arrest made after student walks into area high school with a stock of gun
• Pharmacists could refuse to dispense contraception based on moral grounds under bill
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• LMH employees chip in for mutual aid
• City of Lawrence News - May 04, 2012
• School priorities
• 25 years ago: Last Liberty Memorial teacher retires from LHS
• 40 years ago: Gaslight Tavern case goes to court in June
• Put education on the campaign agenda
• Amendment would have radical impact
• 100 years ago: South Massachusetts Street finally gets pavement
• Douglas County under severe thunderstorm watch
• Douglas County under flood advisory until 9 p.m.
• Heard on the Hill: Students entertain themselves on Stop Day by riding bikes off flaming ramp into Potter Lake; walking tour reveals new campus insights; KU staffer is candidate for Iowa St. registrar
• Americans link race and criminality
• Lawrence police subdue man with Taser in 23rd St. Dillons parking lot
• Baldwin High student’s ‘Google doodle’ best in state
• The very hungry caterpillars: KU woods swarmed
• Tax cut solution will have lasting effect in Kansas
• Bigger goals
• Finishing last
• 25 years ago: Sen. Branson wins award from ARC
• 40 years ago: Lawrence children and their bicycles take downtown
• Boomer Girl Diary: Can’t go wrong with coffee maker for Mom
• Health care shouldn’t be political football
• 100 years ago: Farmers anxious about jury duty during busy season
• Pump Patrol
• Vice provost for student affairs named
• Sewing club teaches students new craft while helping charity
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for May 8, 2012
• Around and about in local business
• Appeals court says Lawrence officer violated Fourth Amendment in DUI case
• Power restored to almost all Westar customers
• Democratic nuns?
• Health at stake
• Fowl law
• Obama promoting divisive agenda
• Rules Of The Road – Bicyclists And Motorists Must Share The Road For Safety
• 100 years ago: Sunday School students parade to downtown, hold rally in Opera House
• 25 yeras ago: Speed limit goes up, but not near Lawrence
• Annual Report Provides Details On Quality And Safety Of Lawrence Water
• 40 years ago: Hundreds of apartments in Lawrence complexes stand empty
• Wetlands Open For Recreational Use
• City, public need time to evaluate northwest plans
• Pump Patrol
• Carbondale woman arrested on charges of shoplifting more than $1,000 worth of goods
• Topeka woman reports attack at Jayhawk Motel
• Lawrence woman reports stolen 1990 GMC van
• Lawrence man reports stolen 2008 scooter
• Lawrence man reports stolen Pontiac
• Look! Up in the sky! It's Supermoon! Due Saturday
• Merchandise, cash stolen in Friday morning burglary of AT&T store on Sixth Street
• 27 people cited, mostly for underage drinking violations, in special patrol Thursday evening, early Friday
• KU Medical Center in middle of abortion legislative fight
• Statehouse Live: Domestic violence victim advocates withdraw bid with SRS
• Lawrence man, 36, ordered to stand trial on rape charge
• Man who escaped from Lansing in April still free
• Douglas County takes advantage of low interest rates to save up to $940,000
• Pump Patrol
• KU student injured in bike crash
• Laptop stolen in burglary within Jayhawker Towers
• Ottawa man arrested in connection with April burglary
• $1,500 laptop stolen from campus library
• Heard on the Hill: KU hires new vice provost for student affairs; researchers unveil one pretty huge learning map; student debt taking on increased focus in presidential campaign
• 25 years ago: Overcast skies fail to dampen spirits at Art in the Park
• 40 years ago: Rare pet leads owner, city workers on lengthy bird-hunt
• Justice delayed
• 100 years ago: Visitors take 'auto tour' of Lawrence area
• Elite college degrees may not pay off
• U.S. drone policy demands debate
• City Reinforcing Need For Safety In Work Zones
• Child’s testimony in sex case discouraged
• Register of Deeds seeks re-election
• Principal becomes district HR director
• Fire near Ninth St. causes an estimated $15,000 in damage
• Support drops for state 401(k)-style plan
• Lawmakers revise deal on proposed tax cuts
• State Senate rejects 401(k) but passes pension bill
• KCK man sentenced to eight years in prison for robbery of KU student
• City officials tell Orscheln Farm and Home it can't sell chickens or ducks from its Lawrence store
• Auto sale scammer sentenced in Kansas
• Bin Laden letters provide insight to al-Qaida
• Jensen urges legislators to reject bill to weaken indoor smoking ban
• Lawrence Business Hall of Fame gets four new members
• Anti-abortion group says it has patient records
• Olathe woman files federal suit over redistricting
• Koch gives Smithsonian $35M for new dinosaur hall
• Run to Remember 5K to benefit families of fallen law enforcement officers
• Stolen minivan found abandoned in median of K-10 Highway
• Three men released from hospital following helicopter crash
• Town Talk: City says chick sale at Orscheln afoul of code; a twist on sidewalk dining; an iconic trash Dumpster; weekly land transfers and an election filing
• Sobriety checkpoint planned near De Soto
• Woman arrested for aggravated assault after road rage incident near Clinton Lake
• House resolution criticizes United Nations Agenda 21
• Heard on the Hill: May 1 a big day for KU admissions; student newspaper examines how KU's disability services are working; I'm looking for a good homecoming memory
• Down syndrome son has own gifts
• Volunteers Needed To Assist With Flower Planting Saturday
• Energetic advocate
• 25 years ago: Farmers' Market opens 11th season
• 40 years ago: Local men receive award from KU Alumni Association
• 100 years ago: Warmer weather brings dandelions, electric fans, khaki pants
• Gay man’s Wichita speech is eye-opener
• Lawrence police called to medical emergency later determined to be unfounded
• Lawrence woman, 22, arrested for DUI
• Agency taking action against sex offenders following report
• City trying to revoke bar’s liquor license
• Kansas Senate approves $14.4 billion budget plan
• Kansas Senate passes abortion bill, sending it to governor
• Santa Fe Depot to host Train Day celebration May 12
• School district wants clearer funding picture
• Lawrence resident named 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholar
• Charge file in knife incident
• New estimate shows $712 million deficit from tax cuts
• House kills Senate redistricting plan
• Gingrich ends campaign, no endorsement for Romney
• 3 suffer minor injuries when helicopter crashes in Valley Falls
• Three people suffer minor injuries in helicopter crash in Jefferson County
• Four vehicles involved in wreck on U.S. 59
• Knology upgrade disrupts customer email, maintenance affects internet service
• Town Talk: Printing company to undertake $1.3 million expansion in N. Lawrence; SLT opponents fill City Hall; ice already melting on rink proposal
• Greensburg to mark 5 years since tornado with play
• Bill seeks to allow smoking in Kansas bars
• State gets custody of ex-doctor's abortion files
• Gingrich, with campaign $4 million in debt, to abandon presidential run on Wednesday
• New congressional redistricting map advances; puts Douglas County entirely in 2nd
• Democratic leader says Brownback-endorsed tax plan benefits big business at expense of low income
• Burglaries reported at King Buffet, Jin Shan Buffet, Raco Car Wash
• Parking meter, street signs stolen downtown
• Pump patrol
• N. Lawrence development project needs design guidelines, city says
• Heard on the Hill: Research on political donations' effect on stock price featured in TIME; KU looking to hire new post to help interdisciplinary research; robot essay graders' usefulness debated
• Term’s end spurs reflection
• Gas mystery
• Forever wild
• Lofty goals
• Legalized drugs on agenda
• Proposed rec center offers ‘huge’ opportunities
• Senate approves redistricting plan after heated debate
• City to study how much public funding needed for new police headquarters
• In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record
• Underage drinking crackdown shifts from bars to parties
• Gingrich posts farewell video to supporters on website
• Public invited to retired KU prof's annual campus tour
• Town Talk: Latest plans for N.W. recreation center now include ice rink, 15,000-seat track and field stadium; Schumm expresses disappointment over 9th and N.H. decision; Douglas County Bank turns 60
• House panel advances proposed state budget
• Kansas House OKs plan to join arts, film commissions
• Topeka-based owner of Payless, Stride Rite stores being sold
• House committee votes to stop use of state funds for legislators to participate in several organizations, including ALEC
• House budget committee holds back $22 million from Kansas Bioscience Authority
• House OKs grandparents rights in custody cases
• Senate rejects bill to cut senior discounts at state parks
• Pittsburg State receives $1.2M gift for arena renovation
• Douglas County Republicans hosting mixer featuring insurance commissioner
• Statehouse Live: Former legislators, all Republicans, criticize Brownback-endorsed tax cuts
• Statehouse Live: Veteran Republican legislators criticize proposed tax cut
• Fire in electrical panel sends firefighters to Haworth Hall on KU campus
• City to consider North Lawrence boardwalk development plans
• Delays expected on northbound Kansas River bridge
• KU staffs to merge in July
• Heard on the Hill: Annual Stop Day Walking Tour is Friday; 'Jeopardy' champion talks about seeing (and not seeing) Meadowbrook Apartments on Google; position description sheds light on KUMC search
• 25 years ago: Police recover stolen lawn art
• 40 years ago: Heavy rains usher in May Day
• 100 years ago: Nearly a quarter of Kansas HS grads head to college
• Court support
• Triumph of will
• Death with dignity
• Review due
• Shakespeare feeds hope in Kabul
• Revised Ninth and New Hampshire project still fails review
• Nuclear war to Civil War: Tourism leader has seen city through it all
• First Management staff member reports damage to elevator at 901 N.H.
• Trinity Episcopal Church staff member reports damage to tapestry
• Burglary, theft reported in 3000 block of Bob Billings Parkway
• Ottawa man reports forgery, theft involving U.S. Treasury tax refund check
• Investigation of April 24 mobile home fire continues
• More than 400 pounds of medication collected for prescription drug 'Take-Back Day'
• Federal authorities make new claims against Douglas County man accused of failing to register as sex offender
• Around and About for April 28, 2012
• Lawrence man, 38, sentenced to eight years in prison for crimes, including solicitation of a minor
• Around and About for April 21, 2012
• Number of meth labs in Kansas increasing, according to KBI
• Sheriff's officers discover loaded handgun behind North Lawrence store
• Lawmakers struggling with effects of income tax elimination on state budget
• Statehouse Live: Tax-cut would lead to state deficits
• Kansas Motor Vehicles offices closed this week
• Wichita memorial to Vietnam warriors installed
• Jail escapes prompt move of higher-risk inmates
• Kansas center preserves stories of local farm life
• Town Talk: City report details dollar totals for tax abatements, incentives for The Oread, other projects; city staff recommends approval of 9th and N.H. building at tonight's HRC meeting
• Heard on the Hill: 'Manna Meters' are collecting donations in the Kansas Union; KU prof weighs in on latest texting and driving research; Wichita State names former W. Carolina chancellor as president
• Is likability the key to ‘12 victory?
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week of April 30
• DMI Names Next President and CEO
• 25 years ago: Construction bids approved for new elementary school
• 40 years ago: County government determined to make switch to computerization
• 100 years ago: Young rural pupil sets record for school attendance
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Long haul
• Islamic influence survives bin Laden
• At least one injured in ambulance accident
• Baldwin City woman injured in Interstate 35 accident
• KanCare delay on developmental disabilities still touchy subject
• KU Medical Center says new education building vital
• KU law professor makes case for juror privacy
• Free State teacher reverses gender roles in traditionally female domain
• How to help: Small World seeks volunteer teachers to lead ESL classes
• Ottawa man dies after pedestrian-car accident in Johnson County
• No peace without justice
• KU fundraising campaigns through the years
• $1.2B goal set for KU capital campaign
• What's in a name? Lawrence school names are a nod to (sometimes obscure) history
• Elementary music teacher Lois Orth-Lopes brings the world to her classroom
• KU recording engineer Colin Mahoney is ‘a wizard in the studio’
• The 'Umbrella Incident,' and the yard art that inspired KT Walsh to activism
• The New Horizons Band plays on
• Devoted administrator Danny Lenz learns from Special Olympians
• It's a 'privilege' to serve Lawrence says LINK matriarch Katie Studebaker
• From Neil's Atomic Fireballs to Tharpe Has My Heart, KU ticket campout is serious, fun business
• ‘Tough and demanding’ teacher ‘made us care’
• At 89, former teacher Mary Gauthier is anything but retiring in her retirement
• Children’s excitement, passion are longtime teacher’s muse
• Teacher draws on own life story in special classroom
• By the Numbers: Education in Lawrence
• The Rev. Bill Dulin draws on experience, integrity to make Lawrence more inclusive
• Architect Dennis Domer documents way we live
• Thad Holcombe's ministry of the open mind
• Pop quiz: Test your knowledge of Lawrence schools' origins
• Regents name new president for WSU
• Washburn University announces $6M gift
• KU teams honored by Legislature
• Ex-mayor given leadership award
• Report: $30M police facility needed
• Needless suffering
• Foreign Levi’s
• Kansas Board of Regents needs new structure
• Obama shows lack of will on Syria
• 25 years ago: Cause of fraternity fire established
• 40 years ago: At KU speech, Sen. Dole unfazed by hecklers
• 100 years ago: County fair dates chosen; new Kansas-Colorado railroad; more advertisements!
• Pump Patrol
• Ottawa woman reports car stolen
• Holton woman injured in Leavenworth County crash
• Kan. officials pleased by farm labor rules' demise
• Career path leads area resident to life on the farm
• Douglas County remains under tornado watch
• Timeline: The intersecting lives of Joe Jones and Joel Russell
• State commits to building 15th Street interchange on SLT if $2 million in local funds is used
• Number of untested DNA from rape cases is 'big national problem'
• After trend of wrongful convictions nationwide, Topeka police change witness identification methods
• Wichita man sentenced for federal gun charge
• For wrongly convicted man, healing begins
• Lawrence man, 33, cited for allegedly kicking puppy
• Victim in 1985 rape case speaks out
• Brownback urges passage of tax cut plan
• Douglas County under tornado watch until 9 p.m.
• Former fundraiser for KU Endowment chosen to lead community's tourism industry
• Two people injured in 23rd Street accident
• Lawrence man charged with theft
• Kansas Senate panel advances new districts map
• Kansas trooper cleared in fatal shooting
• Wichita man gets life for rape, burning stepdaughter
• Kansas groups plan 'We Are Women' rally at Capitol
• Town Talk: State moving ahead with $17 million West Lawrence interchange for SLT; KDOT also preparing for SLT eastern leg construction; N. Lawrence project heads to City Hall
• Heard on the Hill: Alumnus puts his English degree to good use; Wichita State president should be named today; book collections earn cash for their owners
• 25 years ago: Fire causes extensive damage to fraternity house
• 40 years ago: Motorcycle race track approved
• 100 years ago: LHS Junior Prom a big success
• Run coverage
• Chamber hire
• Gasoline prices are a mystery
• War on terror is far from over
• Residents Invited To Premiere of PBS Documentary Featuring‘Take Charge Challenge’ Communities
• Advisory Board Seeking Input On Sustainability for Upcoming Planning Session
• Westbound 23Rd Street Down To One-Lane as Crews Begin Detour Construction
• Report provides details on trash carts
• Enrollment increase, money management have enabled school budget reversal
• KU student reports being hit by a car
• Baldwin City woman charged with aggrevated battery
• $5,000 laptop reported stolen on campus
• Three people in altercation, knife possibly used to threaten
• KU student teachers, Quail Run fourth-graders learn from each other
• Scottie Lingelbach has dedicated a life of service to her country and her community
• Wrestling ambassador Streeter nourishes ‘hidden treasure’ of sport he loves
• ‘If it wasn’t for Missi,’ beloved neighborhood pool ‘wouldn’t be open’
• Tuner Tom Eversole is the ‘pit guy’ of pianos on KU’s campus
• Educator takes kids on voyages of discovery
• St. Patrick's Day Parade is 'much more than just a parade' for dedicated committee members
• Kansas legislative negotiators agree on tax cuts
• Suspect in Lawrence police chase skips court date
• Kansas City, Mo., man charged with robbery
• Protesters say bill would allow discrimination against gays, lesbians
• Officials identify driver in one-car accident just west of Lawrence
• Brownback administration proposes $2 million to address staffing concerns at Larned State Hospital
• Lawrence man, 28, injured in one of series of fights Thursday morning outside The Granada
• Board rejects Lawrence rapist's parole request
• Kansas Senate passes plan to merge arts, film panels
• Truck overturns near Bonner Springs, killing up to 40 cattle
• Brownback strikes back at Justice Department probe into waiting list for services for physically disabled
• Town Talk: UPDATE: New police HQ building to cost $30 million; City staff presents plan to buy 23,000 trash carts; city estimating 7,000 households would see rate decrease with cart plan;
• Statehouse Live: Brownback agrees to delay in putting services for developmentally disabled in KanCare
• County forming panel to study towing prices
• Heard on the Hill: KU continues work on general education curriculum; why I'm (mildly) curious as to who is the next Purdue president; looking ahead to potential Military Science building changes
• Germany will try to preserve eurozone
• Illinois still needs reality check
• Access To Bluffs Drive From 6th Street Closed This Week
• 25 years ago: Local pilots plan reunion
• 40 years ago: Spring still being coy, slow to arrive
• 100 years ago: Suicide discovered this morning in city jail
• Helpful teen
• Unsung heroes
• Douglas County Sheriff’s Office offers citizens academy
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate renovations to Denious Hall at Baker
• Pump Patrol
• Two-car accident holds up downtown traffic but injuries minor
• Lawrence man pleas guilty to attempted aggravated criminal threat
• Football player James Sims appears in court
• One person injured in domestic dispute near Baldwin City
• Chancellor's residence burglarized
• House committee looks at measure that advocates individual rights
• Group of ex-GOP lawmakers: Schools need more funding
• Lawrence, Topeka reach record temperatures Wednesday
• One person injured in North Lawrence crash
• Leadership Lawrence celebrating 30 years with event Friday
• Lawrence woman injured in motorcycle accident
• One person critically injured in accident just west of Lawrence
• United Way seeks to make investments in Douglas County that make a difference
• Journal-World hosting reception for the unveiling of Only In Lawrence honorees
• Golf tournament to raise money for scholarships for children of first-responders
• Father accused of driving his children to school drunk released from jail
• SRS officials alleges fraud, inadequate record keeping at independent living centers; centers strike back
• No deal reached in Kansas abortion threat case
• Fort Riley brigade readies for Afghanistan
• Chamber hires Missouri economic development professional to become next CEO
• Emergency crews respond to rollover accident west of Lawrence
• Statehouse Live: Senate Republican leaders say Kansans want property tax relief, not income tax cuts
• Town Talk: Home builders off to better start in 2012; home sales, however, still down from a year ago; Spring Parade of Homes set for this weekend and next
• No-smoking sign is no Star of David
• Heard on the Hill: Presidential candidates talk student debt; law student enjoys his iPhone apps; undergraduates presenting research on everything from neon drums to Thromboxane A2 on Saturday
• KU, Lawrence To Rename Stretches Of Two Street After Don Fambrough
• Death, suffering
• Good service
• Parking problem
• KanCare reprieve
• 25 years ago: New faces to greet lake visitors this summer
• 40 years ago: Lawrence represented at Big Eight Cities conference
• 100 years ago: Soda fountain a delight for the senses
• City says 9th, N.H. hotel project making progress
• KU agrees on payment package with outgoing KUMC leader Barbara Atkinson
• Motor vehicle, license data conversion to affect county treasurer's office
• KU student reports damage to vehicle parked outside of Hashinger Hall
• Graffiti at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall reported
• Injury accident reported near 23rd and Alabama on Tuesday afternoon
• Lawrence school district names new administrator to replace outgoing chief academic officer
• Senate leaders say it's time to change redistricting process
• Driver accused of being intoxicated, other violations, while taking kids to school
• Justice Department to look at waiting list for Kansans with physical disabilities
• Mexican national sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegally re-entering country after fatal DUI case
• Tonganoxie City Council chooses new city administrator
• Lawmakers prepare to resume 2012 session
• Kansas travel group backs immigrant worker plan
• Town Talk: Local CEO buys N. Lawrence building for charity headquarters; city engineer leaving for private sector; weekly land transfers
• Statehouse Live: State employee association calls on Legislature to fund under-market pay increase
• KU student arrested for having gun in a scholarship hall
• Douglas County land transfers for the week ending April 16, 2012
• Lawrence man, 53, injured in fight outside Jazzhaus, flown to KC hospital
• Emergency crews respond to fire in unoccupied mobile home on West 31st Street
• Heard on the Hill: $790k gift for Hall Center boosts fundraising campaign; former KU botanist Ronald McGregor dies at age 93; fraternities, sororities remember 2009 alcohol-related deaths on campus
• Skatepark Closed For Improvements
• 100 years ago: KU Mandolin Club makes formal debut
• 40 years ago: Eudora HS marching band members thrilled with new look
• 25 years ago: Neighborhood fights against rezoning near bank
• Funding loss
• Evolving plan
• KU Hospital advance
• Lawrence school board votes to extend all-day kindergarten, reduce class sizes, hire more teachers
• Developers plan to shorten proposed hotel at Ninth and New Hampshire, while planning 80-foot building across the street
• Supreme Court postpones next two scheduled court closings, gives Legislature time to fund judicial system
• Several protest rallies scheduled for return of Kansas Legislature
• Owner of North Lawrence mobile home park trying to answer city's concerns
• Kobach warns of redistricting crisis
• Kansas court to consider custody case appeal
• Statehouse Live: Who has Romney's ear on immigration, Kobach or Rubio?
• Baldwin High School team wins national honors at aerospace technology competition
• KU police urge students to be cautious when walking on campus at night
• Johnson County authorities find body of missing man in abandoned refrigerator in De Soto
• Weekend Lawrence police roundup includes accidents, arrests
• Retro cars honor Kansas patrol's 75th anniversary
• Eudora police arrest man on allegations of child abuse
• KU Hospital to resume heart transplants
• Thieves strike small cowboy church in Haysville
• Man threatened with a chainsaw during argument
• Town Talk: UPDATE: New plans for 9th and N.H; Computer firm moves to N. Lawrence, adding jobs; city set to add another Iowa Street project to 2013 list; Busker Fest, other arts projects to get funding
• Heard on the Hill: Site to connect potential students with current ones via video; KU researcher diagnoses dinos with osteoarthritis; newspaper looks at experience of first-year med students in Salina
• Bankruptcies
• State board members respond to colleague
• Partisan roadblock
• Divorces
• Marriages
• 25 years ago: Santa Fe Trail approved for national designation
• 40 years ago: Two protest events approved for Relays
• 100 years ago: Rural school celebrates year's end with picnic, baseball game
• Battles remain for Romney
• Fetch homemade dog treats at local bakeries
• Working like a dog reporter
• Lawrence-Douglas County Community To Decide Future Of Transportation
• Gift, grant help replace trees in Greensburg
• Harlem Renaissance artist inspires class to create artwork
• KU meteorology students crazy about the chase
• Freshman chess champ stays several steps ahead of the game
• How to help: Support organization for youth aging out of foster care seeks office assistant
• Snow White not a role model
• Around and about in local business
• 2012 Academic All-Stars are impressive, humble
• Free State's Ruben Ghijsen is 2012's top Academic All-Star
• Pump patrol
• 25 years ago: South Iowa theater complex moves closer to reality
• 40 years ago: Local students encouraged to submit art for show
• 100 years ago: Police raid at 'house of ill repute' results in four arrests
• Scared Kansans?
• Informed choice
• Too young for a life sentence
• Annual Helmet Fair Scheduled as Part Of Spring Game Weekend Activities
• 2012 Academic All-Star nominees
• Judges exceedingly impressed with this year’s All-Stars
• From Dakar to D.C. to Eudora, 2002's academic all-stars continue pursuit of excellence
• Bringing a vision into view
• School board to look at expanding full-day kindergarten to all elementaries
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Volunteers help agencies with to-do lists on Day of Caring
• City Commission agenda for April 24
• KU student reports man accosted her early Saturday
• Future direction of state at stake in upcoming wrap-up session, legislators say
• City eyes improvements to Ninth Street intersections
• Age-appropriate?
• Chief route
• Earth Day
• Church and state?
• Shuttle flight really a funeral march
• Pump patrol
• Events highlight what makes KU such a special place
• 25 years ago: Trafficway subject of hot debate
• 40 years ago: Despite 'traditional' rainy weather, Kansas Relays a success
• 100 years ago: Lawrence resident learns sad truth about father's fate on Titanic
• Man who jumped from car in fair condition
• Man accidentally crashes vehicle into Miller Mart
• Man pleads no contest to charges in separate battery, escape incidents
• Volunteer finds special satisfaction in sharing expertise on safety
• Ex-astronaut Hawley laments end of shuttles
• Last of 4 Kansas escapees captured in Nebraska
• Douglas County road closures planned for Saturday
• KCK man, 28, pleads to role in robbery of KU student
• New Lawrence high school program aimed at helping prepare first-generation college students prepare for higher education
• Judicial officials to reconsider closings after assurances from legislators who say they don't understand how courts couldn't trust them to provide funding
• Statehouse Live: State hospitals reporting struggles because of low pay, long hours, early retirement incentives
• Linwood man indicted in assault case against deputy U.S. marshal
• Sex offender who escaped from Lansing still free
• Douglas County investigators identify body of Lawrence man found near railroad tracks
• Police asking public for help with information about shooting at apartment complex
• Pedestrian taken to hospital following accident
• Town Talk: Former manager of the Pig to open North Lawrence tavern; key report on Ninth and N.H. project still absent; lots of street closings downtown, including for her Majesty
• Douglas County closing some roads for repairs
• House panel rejects state employee pay raise
• Convicted murderer who escaped from Ottawa County jail got ride to arrest site
• Ex-Defense Secretary Gates to get honorary degree at K-State
• Convicted murderer captured after Kansas jailbreak
• KDHE develops program for medication disposal
• KDOT honors two local road safety advocates
• 80-year-old Lawrence woman scammed out of more than $7,000
• Lawrence man arrested after running from police
• Officials still working to identify man found near railroad tracks
• New proposed Keystone XL pipeline route unveiled
• Heard on the Hill: Special-education chairwoman leaving KU for deanship at VCU; KSU honoring former defense secretary Gates with honorary doctorate; I'm looking for anything that might be merging
• Pump Patrol
• City of Lawrence News - April 18, 2012
• Setting goals
• Campaigns distort women’s issues
• Shaky truce won’t last long in Syria
• Kansas pulls inmates from county jail
• Volunteer devoted to making big difference in lives of children
• Topeka police chief identifies suspect in decades-old rape that sent innocent man to prison
• Kansas City man charged with robbing banks in Topeka, Leavenworth
• City of Lawrence's cost for Final Four downtown activities: $180,000
• Police investigating armed robbery on Iowa Street
• KU engineering dean leaving for post at LSU
• All inmates removed from Ottawa County Jail after four escape Wednesday
• One person hurt in fight overnight, another injured in accident
• Kansas prisons agency mulls help for county jails
• 2 fugitives remain at large, 1 in custody in Nebraska
• Town Talk: BBQ supply store opens in West Lawrence; city looking for ways to increase helmet usage at skate parks; governor and Leadership Kansas members to have Lawrence gala on Friday
• Kansas launches new online parks reservation system
• Eisenhower Memorial staff connects with Kansas
• Heard on the Hill: Only 8 percent of students voted in recent student election; Dole Institute programs to focus on Nixon, Johnson; associate pharmacy dean leaving KU for High Point deanship
• Garden Incubator At John Taylor Park Receives Grant From Kansas Community Gardens Project
• West Bound 6th Street Goes To One Lane at Minnesota
• 25 years ago: Record-setting warm temps widespread across state
• 40 years ago: KU Chancellor not expecting repeat of violent spring of 1970
• 100 years ago: Advertisements for home improvement, beauty, style needs
• Pump patrol
• Human hazard
• Obama off base on drug legalization
• Constitution trumps majority rule
• Fire Saturday caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to building
• Fire crews respond to smoldering mattress
• Decades later, son discovers how his mother actually died
• Teachers ask district for $3,250 pay boost
• Reduced bond in April 1 shooting case denied
• Executive in firm buying Knology has ties to Lawrence
• Volunteer's know-how secures funds, sponsorship for arts programs
• Police called to possible shooting at Heatherwood Apartments; suspects flee in silver Honda
• Kobach still seeks change in Kansas citizenship rule
• School called off after inmates escape from county jail north of Salina
• Lawrence man who jumped from car on Kansas River bridge in serious condition
• Douglas County sheriff's officers seek help in identifying man hit by train north of Lawrence
• Fort Riley brigade gets updated vehicles
• Santorum's departure doesn't affect Kansas delegates
• Town Talk: Ross department store chain files plans to move into former Old Navy spot; city spends about $180,000 on Final Four operations; ADM signs lease to start local office
• Sex offender escapes from state prison in Lansing
• Knology sold to Denver area company for more than $750 million
• Ex-KU provost Richard Lariviere likely to head Field Museum
• LHS senior awarded sponsored National Merit Scholarship
• City approves new parking regulations for Oread Neighborhood
• Heard on the Hill: KU business dean gives advice to high schoolers; former KU CLAS dean Kim Wilcox could be headed to Hawaii; UDK reports on false fire alarms on campus
• Carbon fee
• Welcome Relays
• 25 years ago: Phone companies investigate long-distance 'code abuse' by KU students
• 40 years ago: Haskell students search for summer work
• 100 years ago: Local judge hears case of underperforming cow
• Kansas Relays Events To Be Held In Downtown Again This Year
• KU buyout plan praised
• Officials say storm chasers hindered emergency response
• Ceremony honors those who help make difference in community
• Kansas City woman injured in Tuesday morning accident on K-7
• Lawmakers struggle with social services costs
• Eisenhower Memorial staff connects with Kansas
• Fairway business owner admits steroid distribution
• Douglas County employees may have to pay an increased share of health care costs
• Former Lawrence police officer charged with DUI
• Around and About for April 14, 2012
• Water line replacement affects westbound traffic on Sixth Street
• Kansas Aviation Museum damaged by weekend storms
• K-State student national fishing champion
• Brownback to host ecotourism event
• Brownback proclaims 'Cowboy Poetry Week'
• Kansas Senate committee to reopen budget discussions
• Wichita announces plans for storm cleanup
• Town Talk: Sears Hometown store expected to open by Aug. 1; city receives grant for community garden; weekly property sales
• Land transfers for the week ending April 9, 2012
• One person dead near railroad tracks north of Lawrence
• Emergency crews respond to accident on Massachusetts Street bridge
• KU offering buyouts to 540 faculty, staff members on Lawrence, Edwards campuses
• Heard on the Hill: KU sophomore's Trayvon Martin video goes viral; Office of Multicultural Affairs to interview director candidates; KUMC research looks at how we see food and why we decide to overeat
• 25 years ago: Boat trip on the Kaw ends in tragedy
• Auto-centric life
• A money thing
• Rail route
• Trade barriers worry Latin leaders
• 40 years ago: Edgewood housing development accepting applications
• 100 years ago: Families must wait for news of traveling relatives
• Emergency Management Now Offering Text Or Voice Alerts
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of April 16, 2012
• Black-Footed Ferret To Make Debut During Earth Day Program
• Endangered Black-Footed Ferret Added To Collection at Nature Center
• Police investigating reported break-in at Meadowbrook Apartments early Monday
• KU students arrested Saturday on suspicion of stealing folding chairs from Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence man reports stolen Oldsmobile Alero
• Lawrence man reports theft of golf clubs, bag
• Lawrence woman reports theft of $3,600 worth of jewelry
• Sears employee reports stolen Rockwell JawHorse work stations
• No injuries reported in early morning rollover accident
• Ex-state senator Barone feels 'vindicated' in racing case
• Lawrence police say Taste Lounge violated liquor laws; bar site of recent gun incidents
• Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets
• Warnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak
• Discovery Center in Manhattan open for visitors
• New computer system will cause DMV delays in May
• Brownback to sign measure to conserve Ogallala Aquifer
• Kobach: 2 million business records now accessible online
• Town Talk: Chamber looking strongly at three candidates for top spot; King Buffet adds hibachi grill, sushi bar; Deerfield Park improvements taking shape
• Lawrence man, 32, accused of leading police on lengthy chase
• Divorces
• Actions, consequences
• 25 years ago: All four Rusty's stores to be replaced or renamed
• 40 years ago: 'All in the Family' picks up 11 Emmy nominations
• Santorum’s impossible dream
• Egypt seeks to blend Islam, democracy
• 100 years ago: Shocking news of Titanic disaster reaches Lawrence
• Simple sustainability: Energy-saving changes you can make today
• Many hybrid-car owners buy once, but not again
• Park Shelters And Restrooms To Open For The Season
• Bankruptcies
• Marriages
• How to help: Lawrence Humane Society seeking homes to foster animals
• Rocket competition sparks Haskell students' interest in math
• All fun and ‘Olympic’ games for Girl Scouts and their dads
• Heard on the Hill: Data reveal what an average professor earns at KU; former provost Richard Lariviere to head Chicago's Field Museum; incoming freshmen to read 'Notes from No Man's Land'
• Scam in Lawrence area involves so-called tech-support call about computer viruses
• Kansas hit by more than month’s worth of tornadoes
• Titanic reminder of how small we are
• Sedgwick County storm damage could total $283M
• Early risers observe rare sight of greater prairie chickens’ annual mating ritual
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Unfit homes
• 25 years ago: LMH to start up sleep apnea lab
• 40 years ago: Tornado sensor tested at KU
• Have a great mom? Send us your stories
• Boomer Girl Diary: Texting can be a pain in the neck
• Airlines still experiencing turbulence
• 100 years ago: White Star official issues soothing, but false, report
• Around and about in local business
• Pump Patrol
• Cleanup to mark 1 year since accident
• Autograph collection to be auctioned off to buy exercise gear
• Democratic caucuses this year no repeat of 2008
• All walks of life gather to celebrate Earth Day
• Gov. Sam Brownback warns of storm dangers
• Storm produces as many as 10 tornadoes in Kansas
• Small fire damages building near 23rd and Haskell
• City Commission agenda for April 17
• Forecast prompts schools to move proms
• Lawrence man appears in court on aggravated battery charges
• Resignation clears the way for key hirings at KUMC
• 25 years ago: School bus company applies for contract renewal
• 40 years ago: Future president speaks at Lawrence Chamber dinner
• New owners of Jackpot Saloon fulfill life-long dream
• Reading revolution bears watching
• Buffett rule won’t close federal deficit
• Deep Purple — the map not the band — would place Lawrence in vast 1st congressional district
• 100 years ago: County jail prisoner makes casual escape
• Departure of Brownback's chief of staff raising questions
• Drivers education class registration is Saturday
• Lawrence parents get advice on how to combat teen-aged drinking
• New Kansas fiscal forecasts more optimistic
• Amtrak says Kansas rail service could move by 2016
• Man accused of striking 16-year-old during alleged road-rage incident
• Chesapeake Energy Corp. pledges $5 million toward KU's new Energy and Environment Center
• Man flown to Kansas City hospital after fall at south Lawrence mobile home park
• Statehouse Live: Democrats criticize Republicans over court closings
• Kansas delays decision in abortion referrals case
• Bill Kurtis selling part of ranch near Sedan
• Committee holding hearing on biosecurity lab
• KU medical school in Salina touts new anatomy lab
• Forecasters say Saturday storm system could be 'life threatening;' severe weather expected for Lawrence area
• Truck driver sentenced to 3 years for police chase
• Wichita fire crews stage dramatic dog rescue
• Wichita holding annual Walk Against Gang Violence
• Town Talk: New owner takes over Z's Divine Espresso; city pondering $2.5 million project to improve road for possible rec center; black-footed ferrets and Earth Day
• 25 years ago: In spite of new speed limit, cars might still slow down for Lawrence
• 40 years ago: 'Dustfall' spatters cars with mud
• 100 years ago: KU girls to hold benefit for dormitory fund
• Historic district
• Wasted effort
• Safety measure
• Laptop stolen from KU library
• $1,200 in stereo equipment reported stolen
• More than $1,500 in unauthorized purchases reported
• Pump Patrol
• KUnited candidate wins big
• Democrats to caucus Saturday
• De Soto Iraq war veteran found safe in Illinois
• Lawrence man, 36, charged with rape, domestic battery
• Judge: ATF sting operation not racially motivated
• Grain elevator company cited for serious violations in deadly Atchison blast
• KU student arrested on DUI, reckless driving charges after car crashes into residence
• Arguments heard before Kansas Supreme Court in 2006 slaying of woman in Lawrence
• Winona woman's curious life seen in auction items
• Severe weather possible in Kansas until Saturday
• Construction of new grain elevator lifts Atchison
• Adding GLBT to Hutchinson ordinance recommended
• AG Schmidt to hold town hall meeting
• Statehouse Live: Kansas tops states in current wind energy projects, report says
• Man reports $1,000 in damage to Chevrolet Impala
• Woman reports over $2,200 in jewelry, other items stolen
• $1,350 worth of damage done to Kentucky Street signs
• $3,200 in damage done to street lights on Tennessee Street
• Pump patrol
• Heard on the Hill: Student body presidential elections wrap up today; law school newspaper talks about 'gunners' (you probably don't want to be one); KU alumnus named president of Seattle Pacific U.
• DUI deterrent
• Truth too often goes unspoken
• Drug legalization has pros, cons
• County backs promoting weather alert system
• Earth Day celebration to show off ways to help environment
• County courts won’t close entirely
• Corporations drop memberships in ALEC, which has strong ties to Kansas Legislature
• U.S. agriculture secretary touts Obama’s ‘all-of-the-above’ approach
• George Zimmerman charged with second-degree murder in Trayvon Martin case
• Prosecutors file attempted murder charge against Lawrence man for Michigan Way shooting
• Second-degree murder charge in Trayvon Martin case
• SRS says it's still investigating Kansas school
• Mistrial declared after reporter tweets courtroom photo
• KU to determine plan to search for new Medical Center leader
• Statehouse Live: Brownback pushes for tax cuts during panel discussion in New York
• Early-morning accident sends Lecompton woman, 21, to LMH
• Motorist strikes 10-year-old boy on bike near Deerfield School
• Heard on the Hill: Shakespeare in original pronunciation coming to KPR; report shows the gap between Latino and white students in getting college degrees; construction coming to West Campus
• 25 years ago: County appraisers finally finished with Oread neighborhood
• 40 years ago: Changes in store for main KU thoroughfares
• 100 years ago: First school playground equipment installed
• Koch responds to criticism
• ‘Gator memory
• Cemetery theft
• KBA politics
• Volunteers Needed To Assist With Flower Planting In May
• Bouncer testifies to being shot outside Taste Lounge, Bar and Grill
• City votes in favor of banning camping trailers, large vehicles from spots near South Park
• City may create swimming pond in dog park
• 1968 Chevrolet Camaro stolen in Lawrence found Tuesday
• Osage County officers recover counterfeit $100 bills in Lyndon, Melvern areas
• 16-year-old from Perry taken to hospital after rear-ending vehicle Monday
• Competition to find Earhart hot after 75 years
• Abortion provider seeks end to Kansas criminal case
• St. Patrick's Day Parade committee distributes $60,000 to Lawrence charities
• Douglas County ready to seek plans for new public works facility in southeast Lawrence
• Payment for pizza includes bag of meth
• 2 injured in RV crash leave Kansas
• USDA secretary touts importance of NBAF project
• Hallmark to offer buyouts to long-term employees, including those in Lawrence plant
• Santorum suspends GOP presidential campaign
• Baldwin City hunter, 70, pleads to criminal discharge of a firearm
• Judge orders probation for 19-year-old Lawrence man charged in fight
• 4 astronauts to help mark Cosmosphere anniversary
• Iowa man arrested after running from Franklin County authorities following accident
• USDA to provide $5 million grant to Western Plains
• State reminds drivers of Turnpike storm shelters
• 18-year-old Lawrence man accused of making false theft report
• Town Talk: New details on Kwik Shop expansion at 19th and Mass.; weekly land transfers including East Lawrence and South Iowa commercial sales; cell phone repair business opens
• Douglas County land transfers for the week ending April 2
• Kansas Supreme Court to hear appeal of man convicted of beating girlfriend to death
• High school graduation dates to change in 2013
• Heard on the Hill: I'm looking for awesome graduating students to write about; Fort Hays State wants to train midlevel dental providers for Kansas; student earns environmental honor
• Legal bigotry
• Support board
• Setting the norm
• Camper action
• Latin American schools fall short
• Mobile homes at Riverview Trailer Park declared unfit for habitation
• Lawrence school board votes to keep all elementaries open for now, but issue likely to return
• Warrant for Lawrence man's arrest issued for failure to appear in court
• Two cited for throwing water balloons at cars Saturday
• Ottawa man reports stolen items worth more than $1,000
• House arrest ordered in meth trafficking case
• 38-year-old Lawrence man pleads guilty to solicitation of 15-year-old girl
• Barbara Atkinson stepping down as executive vice chancellor of KU Medical Center and executive dean of School of Medicine
• Brownback reappoints State Fair Board member
• Salina Rep. Roth giving up Kansas House seat
• Around and About for April 7, 2012
• Eudora man faces aggravated robbery, assault charges from incident in Lawrence hotel
• Rapist, murderer both eligible for parole in June
• Fort Hays professor among 2 killed in accident
• Military school asks judge to toss abuse lawsuit
• Kobach plans archery contest for kids
• Washburn lecturer immerses students in medieval period
• Town Talk: Indian gift and food store to open in downtown; DMI getting close to naming new leader; fieldhouse/rec center project to create retail zoning question
• Article co-authored by KU professor speaks to need for ESL teachers
• Heard on the Hill: Playing the KU fight song over the intercom in Mo. elementary school leads to irate parents; more details emerge on KU drug lawsuit win; LSU provost search continues
• KU sees rise in applicants from China, India
• Selling freedom
• Koch causes
• Time to choose
• GOP contests rumble below surface
• Department To Sell Woodchips
• 25 years ago: Recent election set record for turnout
• 40 years ago: Lawrence practices 'tree awareness' on Arbor Day
• 100 years ago: 'The Outlook' nears completion on Mount Oread
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Kansas officials await ruling on Arizona immigration law
• In Johnson County, homelessness significant but harder to see
• KU running back James Sims arrested for operating under the influence
• GOP is enemy of reason
• Jayhawks’ success boosts local economy, too
• Alcohol-related traffic fatalities in Kansas down
• Pump patrol
• Serving up hate
• Business team
• Ryan, Jindal top running-mate list
• Basketball success a financial boon for KU
• Lawrence school board asked to take vote on consolidation
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Friends in Council has deep roots, ties to KU
• Hunt eggs on candy seekers
• 12th and Haskell Recycling Center action still to come
• City Commission agenda for April 10
• Around and about in local business
• ‘Equity index’ shows wide disparities in Kan. between whites, blacks
• Inmate's mom loses lawsuit over suicide
• Man, 38, guilty of murder in cheerleader’s death
• Man injured in 1-car crash on KU campus last weekend in fair condition
• Police investigating string of auto burglaries
• Woman reports car suffers $10,000 in damage downtown
• Pump patrol
• U.S. job market takes a break after hiring binge
• Maryland high court hears lesbian divorce case
• Creative state?
• Reader disputes view of Kochs
• Health care case has Democrats reeling
• 25 years ago: Four-way stop approved for east Lawrence intersection
• 40 years ago: Lawrence river bridge is a 'faithful servant,' but where's the love?
• 100 years ago: Lawrence needs extra rooms for visiting editors
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of April 9, 2012
• Ordinance targets vehicles in front of South Park
• 2 people seriously injured in U.S. 24 wreck involving semi
• Faulty reports inflamed reaction to Florida shooting
• Sunflower School principal announces resignation
• Statehouse Live: Brownback's chief of staff steps down, but will continue working on governor's behalf
• Brownback vetoes barber change as economic burden
• Topeka man enters plea in Johnson County killing
• Korean War vet's remains to be buried in Wichita
• 7 injured as Navy jet crashes into Virgina apartments, pilots eject
• Residents told to leave North Lawrence mobile homes declared unfit for habitation
• Kansas winner comes forward to claim record jackpot, but remains anonymous
• Leavenworth man, 19, sentenced to probation for gun shop burglary
• Police say charges unlikely in Wichita woman's death
• Speaker of Kansas House, Supreme Court chief justice disagree on furloughs
• State lotto says Mega Millions winner has come forward
• Lawrence Chamber of Commerce to interview candidates for top job
• Town Talk: City delays vote on Ninth and New Hampshire hotel/apartment project again; city to tackle issue of longterm R.V. campers near South Park; Lawrence chosen as Midwest retirement 'haven'
• Auto burglaries reported northeast of Sixth and Iowa streets
• Kansas sextuplets celebrate 10th birthday
• Kansas agency urging removal of dead pine trees
• House, Senate budget committees to convene
• Two people injured in pickup-semi crash on U.S. Highway 24 in Jefferson County
• Agriculture secretary named to Kansas Bioscience Authority
• Feds receive Kan. abortion complaint
• Recycling center loses 1st appeal
• Douglas County growing, albeit slowly
• Heard on the Hill: Kansas Relays to try to break record for biggest nacho plate; 2012 Homecoming theme announced; Hall Center announces upcoming lectures for 2012-13
• Pump patrol
• Lawrence resident pleads no contest to misdemeanor for failing to report deadly ATV accident
• DLI thanks
• Gas gouge
• Special guy
• GOP should embrace Alger
• Bin Laden, Pakistan questions remain
• Egg Hunts
• Retiree Attraction Task Force Holding Public Forum
• Chevrolet Cavalier reported stolen from Louisiana Street
• Woman reports $8,000 in damage to car downtown
• Man reports over $2,000 worth of items stolen in burglary
• Man reports damage to vehicle
• MacBook Air reported stolen
• Woman charged with striking person with weapon
• Supporters of NBAF say they are confident it will be funded
• Johnson County teacher admits to sex with students
• KU eliminates 80 jobs at medical center campus in Kansas City
• Kansas Mega Millions winner remains unknown
• Topeka man, 23, charged with stealing two cars in Lawrence
• State DMV's computer problems resolved
• Crime rate on KU's Lawrence campus down in 2011 from previous year
• Kansas regulatory board seeks abortion files pact
• Pharma company moving 400 jobs from Missouri to Overland Park
• Town Talk: Two hot dog stands to open in Downtown Lawrence; Chamber narrowing field in search for new president and CEO
• Pump Patrol
• Judge dismisses Yellow House lawsuit against KU police
• Cloud County Community College to lower 3 wind turbines
• More than $3,000 reported stolen on Saturday
• Car damaged on Kentucky on Monday
• Wetlands burn slated for Thursday
• Laptop stolen in burglary
• MacBook stolen on campus
• LHS grad a rising star in the field of astronomy
• Ex-Sen. George Mitchell hopeful about future of politics
• Heard on the Hill: Mizzou-Norfolk State got a lot of Twitter attention; KU external research funding increases again; contest to name KU Rec Center wall is down to three finalists
• Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed
• It’s a start
• Alcohol lessons apply to other drugs
• 40 years ago: Peach crop suffers a sad end this year
• 100 years ago: Farm children can help with this crop
• Great game, T-Rob
• Rights for all
• Volleyball Clinic Registration Being Accepted
• Gas prices
• A great dance
• Rain washes out Wednesday sporting events
• Kansas driver's licenses remain on hold
• Statehouse Live: Legislative budget impasse will cause court closings, furloughs, Chief Justice Nuss says
• Man seeks reversal of conviction in '74 slaying
• Civil rights symposium scheduled in Overland Park
• Lawrence, Eudora Scouts to conduct food drive on April 14
• Lawrence woman, 39, arrested on aggravated battery charge
• Town Talk: Bigg's to open burger joint at Sixth and Wakarusa; key hearing for 12th and Haskell Recycling Center set for Thursday; land transfers for the week
• Douglas county land transfers for the week ending March 26, 2012
• A rush to — or from — judgment?
• Lecompton elects council members
• Franklin County man convicted in pair of Lawrence robberies
• State testing postponed because of late NCAA championship game
• Outgoing mayor reflects on year
• More than a dozen hurt after tornadoes strike Dallas area
• NBC News apologizes for editing tape of 911 call
• Romney takes Wisconsin, Maryland, D.C.
• Briggs Auto Group reports burglary, damage to vehicles
• Lawrence woman reports 1998 Ford Taurus as stolen
• Police recover stolen vehicle on Saturday
• Lawrence man reports auto parts worth $17,000 stolen Sunday
• Lawrence man reports aggravated burglary
• High school student from Lawrence named Achievement Scholar
• Heard on the Hill: Watch out for fake basketball accounts on Twitter; KU profs compare men's, women's basketball coaching salaries; student Sarah Stern one of Glamour mag's Top College Women for 2012
• Case sets strip-search precedent
• Welcome help
• Imposed beliefs
• Special concerns
• New effort aims to reduce wasteful medical spending
• California attack suspect upset about expulsion, teasing
• U.S. automakers post best monthly sales since 2007
• James Murdoch steps down as BSkyB chairman
• Obama: Reagan couldn’t survive in GOP today
• Oil to be sought on Kansas-owned Wichita land
• End of review into Brownback's private meetings with legislators delayed
• Franklin County prosecutor resigns from office
• Six women inducted into KU hall of fame
• Four KU students receive Goldwater scholarships
• 2 still critical after Osage County RV crash that killed 5
• Computer issue downs state driver's license system
• Military hall in Kansas inducting 3 honorees
• Kansas officials to issue new fiscal forecast
• Lawrence police report 14 arrests after KU loss to Kentucky
• Heard on the Hill: KU research featured on ‘This American Life’; KU prof Worster talks about water shortages; KU plagiarism case makes list of top university research frauds
• Police respond to post-game disturbances
• Brownback replaces former Gov. John Carlin on Bioscience Authority
• 25 years ago: Opening night fizzles for locally-produced movie
• 40 years ago: New trash policy mostly successful, city workers say
• 100 years ago: Weather-watchers report average March winds decreasing
• J-W still a good deal
• Delivery fee
• Porching charge
• Carriers hurt
• Legislative delays
• KU debaters make Elite 8 in national contest
• Teen was driver in deadly motorhome crash
• Woman arrested downtown early Sunday after striking individuals with vehicle
• Lawrence man, 41, to appear in court for child sex crime charge
• Eudora man injured in rollover accident on K-10
• First of kindergarten roundups in Lawrence set for Wednesday
• Southwest Middle School names new principal
• Victim of 2011 Lawrence robberies testifies at trial
• A message from the Journal-World about home delivery issues
• Waiting for The Game: Scenes from around Lawrence
• Missouri man sentenced in Leavenworth bank robbery
• Police identify shooting victim as 22-year-old Lawrence man
• Sentencing set for Hutchinson man for threatening Obama
• Douglas County judge re-sentences man, 32, in aggravated indecent liberties with a child conviction
• Governors bet food on Final Four outcome
• ECM alters upcoming lectures
• Additional police will be downtown Monday night if KU basketball fans celebrate a win
• State of Kansas also wins in Mega Millions lottery
• Town Talk: Ten Thousand Villages to open non-profit gift shop downtown; Sixth and Iowa intersection upgrades on drawing board; a crazy day in store for downtown
• 5 from Minnesota family killed in Osage County crash didn't wear seatbelts
• Kansas lotto jackpot winner still unknown
• Group wants Topeka Zoo to move elephants
• Kansas State exhibit to showcase black media
• Attorney General's office pays almost $597K to defend abortion laws
• KCC names director of utilities division
• Statehouse Live: Democrats say 'carve out' issue on developmentally disabled and KanCare won't go away
• Police suspect speeding, alcohol contributed to a crash on KU campus Saturday night
• Free State counselor killed in vehicle-train accident near Riverfront Park north of Lawrence
• LJ World Circulation resolving delivery delays
• Upsetting words fail the test
• Police respond to shooting near apartments north of Lawrence Memorial Hospital
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Jayhawk fans storm downtown to bask in afterglow of Final Four victory
• Lawmakers seek truce in economic ‘border war’
• Top 2 Kansas Juvenile Justice officials fired
• ROTC cadets’ physical, mental stamina put to test in competition
• 25 years ago: Crimson Girls routine deemed 'inappropriate'
• 40 years ago: Curbside trash pick-up begins
• Arts compromise
• Boomer Girl Diary: Win or lose, watching the game a good time
• Positive move
• Costs change health care delivery
• 100 years ago: Local electrician nearly killed on the job
• Lawrence man, 41, arrested on suspicion of indecent liberties with child
• Driver injured in car wreck on KU campus
• Around and about in local business
• ‘UNSURVIVABLE!’ New tornado warnings aim to scare
• Prosecutor in Trayvon Martin case known for being tough
• Syria says it won’t be first to lay down arms
• Done right, humor can help candidates
• Titanic’s legacy: A fascination with disasters
• One of the three winning tickets of $640 million lottery sold in northeast Kansas
• City Commission agenda for April 3
• Pump patrol
• Man pleads no contest to attempting to elude police
• Law enforcement officers execute warrant in west Lawrence
• Preschool students can enroll Monday
• Judge sides with ACLU on abortion insurance
• City appeals ruling on sidewalk ordinance
• Obama ‘flexibility’ sends chilling message
• Around and About for March 31, 2012
• 100 years ago: A narrow escape for KU campus building
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week of April 2
• Koch Industries and Koch brothers are assets to state
• 25 years ago: Majority of school-board candidates against second high school
• 40 years ago: Kansas City researchers attend Lawrence workshop
• Gift of health
• ‘Phog’ stories
• Missouri rivalry will be missed
• Fire on Barker Ave. likely caused by heat gun
• Legislature adjourns after budget meltdown; goes on break
• Perry man gets probation for choking teenager multiple times last year
• Emporia State president tells gathering in Lawrence he wants to increase enrollment
• Lawrence man, 52, faces solicitation and child exploitation charges
• Officers won't face criminal charges in ticket-fixing case
• Proposals to cut taxes put off until Legislature returns, officials say
• Third level of Lawrence's parking garage will be closed Saturday night for Final Four downtown security
• Mega Millions jackpot increases to $640 million
• Lawrence man, 49, sentenced to probation for disturbance last July
• Topeka man faces June hearing in girl's killing
• Town Talk: $13 million likely city contribution to proposed youth fieldhouse/rec center, incoming mayor says; couple of sites under review for possible BMX track in Lawrence
• Statehouse Live: Arts advocates confident in proposal to start new state agency
• Romney’s attack ad strategy: time to take on Obama soon?
• Report claims illegal overtime on Apple’s China assembly lines
• Brownback, other governors tour beef plant to see ‘pink slime’
• Justices to vote on health care case today
• Video raises doubts about gunman’s story
• Tomatillo plant shows promise in cancer treatment
• Driver cited in utility pole crash
• Man reports attack in 800 block of Mass.
• Man stabbed, possibly in self-defense
• Pump Patrol
• Heard on the Hill: KU loses international student services director to Purdue; Kentucky won't cancel classes, either; NCAA tournament brings about lots of crying
• Douglas County Fair 2012
• Celebrate the Final Four Safely in Lawrence
• 25 years ago: State bowling tournament comes to Lawrence
• Local Boy Scouts Plan ‘Good Turn’
• 40 years ago: Doctors agree: Cigarettes lead to lung cancer
• Recreational Baseball, Softball Registration Deadline Approaching
• Coaching move
• Tennis Block Party
• Final Four fever
• Got a Great Final Four Celebration Photo? Share It!
• Diplomatic solution best in Syria
• 100 years ago Local telephone company releasing new directories
• Severe thunderstorm watch in effect tonight
• Brownback, two other governors tour Nebraska beef plant to see 'pink slime'
• Proposal to double fines on K-10 gets closer to approval
• 52-year-old Lawrence man in jail on charge of exploitation of a child
• Brownback allies thwart pleas from advocates for those with developmental disabilities to stay out of KanCare
• Three finalists named for KU vice provost job
• House gives final approval to bill that opponents say will allow discrimination of gays
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Reports about future of Best Buy, Knology; Retail sales in Lawrence up for seventh month in a row; Berry Plastics files paperwork to go public; Brew to Brew to bring 3,500 downtown
• Drought has had impact on Kansas aquifers
• House advances bill creating prayer room
• Ex-Kansas prosecutor convicted of meth charges
• In Cuba, Pope calls for more freedom
• Lawrence man, 52, arrested on one cout of sex exploitation of child
• Kansas House rejects proposed amendment on funding
• Mass. Street to close on Saturday if KU wins
• Heard on the Hill: Students say they may ignore chancellor's decision to hold class if KU wins title; Allen Fieldhouse to host Final Four party; Alumni Association releases team hotel, party sites
• Transparency
• Basketball Court Closed At Veterans Park
• Houk League Registration Deadline Nearing
• 2012 Summer/Fall Activities Guide
• 25 years ago: Late blizzards continue to pummel state
• 40 years ago: KU law school bursting from its seams
• 100 years ago: Snow disappearing rapidly; grasshopper population on the rise
• Wishful thinking
• Miscalculations
• Author examined
• Bill setting up prayer room advances
• Kansas House advances abortion 'conscience' bill
• Severe thunderstorm watch in effect
• House gives preliminary OK to bill that supporters say preserves religious freedom, but opponents say allows discrimination
• Richmond man, 24, sentenced to 39 months in prison for his role in robbery
• Richmond man, 24, sentenced to 39 months in prison for role in robbery
• Kansas Hall of Fame announces first 2012 honorees
• Kansas House GOP split stalls immigration proposals
• Statehouse Live: Brownback confident tax cuts will be approved; says immigration should be left to feds
• Douglas County Commissioner Jim Flory seeks re-election
• In final vote, House rejects constitutional amendment aimed at Kansas Supreme Court, school finance
• Brownback and other governors have a beef with ‘pink slime' critics
• Woman hospitalized, apartments briefly evacuated during haz-mat call
• Passengers recount fears during captain breakdown
• KU chancellor tells students: Don't expect canceled classes if Jayhawks win national title
• Pittsburg State to restore Veterans Memorial
• Lawsuit planned in fatal Topeka house explosion
• City of Sedgwick wants out of Sedgwick County
• Rural house fire causes at least $450,000 in damage; two cats missing
• Lawrence man, 19, pleads no contest to charges stemming from bar fight
• Town Talk: California-style luxury lounge to open in downtown; crowd control plans to change for downtown Final Four celebration; city studying natural gas trash trucks
• Florida teen was a victim of fear
• Lawrence man enters not guilty plea for drug charges
• Passenger in Friday morning accident released from hospital
• Man pleads no contest to disorderly conduct charge
• Wis. publisher: Employees wrong to sign recall petitions
• EPA plan limits new power plants’ carbon pollution
• Supreme Court justices signal deep trouble for health care law
• Heard on the Hill: Army ROTC cadets converge on Lawrence for competition; National Endowment for the Arts chairman blogs about Lawrence trip; more students accept financial aid
• Oread Neighborhood Path To Be Dedicated on March 29, 2012
• Reports Of Diseased Raccoons Increasing In City
• Affordable education
• Fantastic fans
• Spending doesn’t equal achievement
• Registration For Girls Fast-Pitch Softball
• Dam Run Registration On-going
• Public Meeting Planned To Discuss Revitalization Of Deerfield Park
• City approves policy in effort to make streets more pedestrian-friendly
• Cottonwood seeks county support on Medicaid reform concerns
• Input sought on Deerfield Park remake plans
• Group to host Easter egg hunt, train ride
• Charges unlikely in case of abortion file dumping
• Police conclude search of area where human remains discovered in Osage County
• Police identify Edwardsville gunshot victims
• Free State High School getting new associate principal
• Commission supports DC Eisenhower Memorial design
• Kansas House and Senate negotiating plans to cut millions in taxes
• Statehouse Live: House advances proposed constitutional amendment in reaction to 2005 school finance ruling
• Cancer researcher and LHS graduate to speak at Lawrence School Foundation breakfast
• McPherson County refinery agrees to pay $700,000 penalty
• Attorneys seek proper care for Iraq suspect
• Fire destroys home southwest of Lawrence
• House approves bill prohibiting state funds for remedial courses at universities
• Kansas appeals court rejects false teeth argument
• Ex-doc dumps abortion files in KC-area recycling bin
• Shots fired at Lawrence home, no injuries reported
• Town Talk: Homes sales up in February; Fairway Mortgage sets up shop in Lawrence; weekly property sales; parks and rec to discuss Deerfield Park's future
• Douglas County real estate transfers for the week ending March 19
• Downtown damage from Final Four celebration not too bad
• Public asked to report ‘docile’ raccoons to city
• Cameron: Earth’s deepest spot desolate, foreboding
• Bernanke: U.S. job market weak
• Afghan forces kill 3 NATO troops
• City defers issue of tennis court lighting
• 2 found dead in Edwardsville home
• Salina nears deal to clean polluted site
• Suspect in standoff fails to show up in court
• Officers continue search in area where human remains found
• Heard on the Hill: More on NCAA coaching bonuses; reading Trollope can earn you money; Kansas Debate makes Final Four of its own
• Naismith legacy
• Abortion coverage
• More facts
• Summer Job Fair
• Redistricting rift
• Afghan women fear U.S. exit
• 25 years ago: Good deed backfires for KU student
• 40 years ago: Area Boy Scouts celebrate Arbor Day early
• 100 years ago: Newspaper ads tout steamship tickets, health supplements, new suits
• Justices moving to heart of health care overhaul
• House blocks measure that would have set up program of tax credits for private school tuition
• 'Pink slime' maker suspends some plant operations
• Statehouse Live: Measure de-funding remedial courses at universities advances in House
• Eudora High teacher charged in Wichita with four counts of indecent liberties with 15-year-old
• Heard on the Hill: NCAA success means success for Self's pocketbook, too; KU debaters support basketball while experiencing their own tournament success; two politicos to be in Lawrence on same day
• Woman reports she was raped Saturday at a home south of Lawrence
• Supreme Court health care arguments under way
• Town Talk: Free State Brewing Co. expanding East Lawrence bottling plant; what KU's Final Four may mean to city's coffers; skate park renovation taking step forward
• Wife defends soldier accused in Afghan rampage
• Kansas House panel to restart work on Congress remap
• Kansas theater suspends live performances
• High stakes for church in case against Kansas City bishop
• Three Kansas districts receive some waivers from No Child Left Behind
• Council aims to preserve historic sites in Douglas County through survey
• Ambitious road work schedule dubbed ‘summer of progress’
• Dancin’ in the streets: Fans revel as KU advances to Final Four in New Orleans
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Dick Cheney’s heart transplant reopens debate about age
• Obama: N. Korean rocket test would isolate regime
• Bill hampers doctor-patient honesty
• City of Lawrence News - March 23, 2012
• Wind support
• Tennis compromise
• First-class partnership
• Books debate future of U.S. power
• 25 years ago: Construction to begin on Quail Run school
• 40 years ago: Historical society encourages new members
• 100 years ago: KU's class-changing whistle takes town by surprise
• French gunman’s brother charged, denies role
• Shooter in death of Fla. teen may face hate crime charge
• Human remains discovered in Osage County
• ‘White’ not really about race
• Around and about in local business
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for March 27, 2012
• Pump patrol
• Ike honor
• Tennis lighting
• Haskell film festival set for weekend
• Health care case raise contract issue
• 25 years ago: Sears agrees to have store in proposed downtown mall
• 40 years ago: Burglaries occur during spring break
• 100 years ago: City surprised by heavy springtime snowfall
• U.S. says soldier split killing spree
• Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Redistricting battle pits Chamber of Commerce, governor vs. moderates
• 8 killed, including 6 children, in W.Va. house fire
• Attorneys in Trayvon Martin's death make arguments
• Sandusky called ‘likely pedophile’ in 1998
• Few U.S. cities prepared for aging baby boomers
• Health care ruling could shake fall elections
• Study: Volunteering up in down economy
• Pump Patrol
• More than $1,700 worth of property stolen in burglary
• Cold Weather Rule lasts until March 31
• State shuts down roll-your-own cigarette machines
• Bin Laden obsessed with news media
• 25 years ago: KU, scientific community suffer loss of gifted researcher
• 40 years ago: Supreme Court makes far-reaching decision on birth control
• 100 years ago: Schoolchildren to test seed corn for area farmers
• Kentucky makes mockery of student-athlete hype
• Around and About for March 24, 2012
• False prophets
• Food police strike in New York
• Fox’s Rivera: Fla. teen’s hoodie had role in death
• Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’
• Stuck with high gasoline prices, drivers pump less
• Obama makes surprise pick to lead World Bank
• Warm spring causes trees to bloom a couple weeks earlier than normal
• Brownback pushes for tax cuts, denies heavy-handed pressuring
• Construction firm owner is new KDOT secretary
• Lawrence man, 32, arrested on battery charge after domestic disturbance
• Two people arrested in connection with robbery reported at local motel
• Brownback says he had meetings to discuss agenda, but did not violate Open Meetings Act
• Rally planned in Topeka for slain Florida teen
• US soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage
• Abortion foe Randall Terry wants court input on ballot, after Dems say he's not a bona fide member of the party
• Texan charged with witness tampering in federal sex case that involves Kansas
• Kansas researcher spared prison in conspiracy case
• Two Berryton residents injured after SUV runs into large utility pole just north of Lawrence
• Town Talk: Large salvage operation slated for N. Lawrence site; 12th and Haskell Recycle Center submits new plan to ease city's concerns; B.A. Green Construction likely to lead library project
• House votes on Medicare rationing
• Soldier to be charged with murder in Afghan killings
• State disability funds going broke
• Etch A Sketch back in the picture thanks to Romney gaffe
• Jobless aid applications at lowest in 4 years
• Santorum’s best shot: Winning Iowa caucuses — again
• 2 officials step aside in teen death probe
• Assad in control after bloody year
• Pump Patrol
• Effect of Supreme Court ruling weighed locally
• 8 indicted in Oxycodone trafficking case
• Suspect arrested in recent car burglaries
• Study says lower state income taxes will lead to higher property, sales taxes
• 100 years ago: Lawrence to have more uniform sidewalks, building permits
• Energy priorities
• Safer world
• KPERS course
• Health care act back at center stage
• 25 years ago: Kansas spring weather ranges from blizzards to tornadoes
• 40 years ago: Kansas River bridge cause for concern, says citizen
• Oklahoma prosecutor seeks extradition of Kansas inmate
• KCK woman accused of leaving kids in car at casino
• Second Lawrence police officer in ticket-fixing investigation no longer employed with the city
• Ex-mail carrier admits not delivering Kansas mail
• Shawnee County DA's interviews lengthen probe of meetings
• Lawrence man must face trial for rape charges
• This 'needs to be in Lawrence': Famous painting of Quantrill's Raid goes on sale for $30,000
• Man arrested in connection with auto burglaries in west Lawrence
• Rural Baldwin City woman's vehicle rolls during brief police chase
• Town Talk: O'Reilly Auto Parts coming to Sixth and Kasold; Schwada files rezoning request for fieldhouse/rec center site; no deal done for Black Hills move to Compton site
• Police kill suspect in French school shooting
• Hot weather bodes ill for ski resorts
• Was Florida shooter a vigilante or good neighbor?
• Police press besieged gunman to surrender in France
• Wisconsin town longs for relief from mysterious booms
• Obama, GOP vie for upper hand on energy
• Study: Move-in before marriage no longer predicts divorce
• Analysis: GOP race lining up for Romney
• Wounded Topeka soldier dies of injuries
• Bob Dole honored for practicing lost art of compromise
• Kansas Senate passes proposed $14.2 billion budget
• Change just part of nation’s order
• 40 years ago: USD 497 adopts new policy on teachers' aides
• 100 years ago: Humane Society plans benefit
• 25 years ago: Two early Haskell football stars enter Hall of Fame
• Pertinent facts
• City Ready To Ship First Load Of Glass For Recycling
• Lasting mystery
• Happy ‘Hawks
• Music captures America’s mood
• Senate urged to consider gun bill
• O’Neal drops push to split K.C. in Congress map
• House rejects congressional redistricting map
• Dole: Santorum must soon consider dropping out
• Reversal of fortune: Senate changes Brownback tax plan then votes it down, then votes it up
• Oklahoma man, 20, arrested after early-morning foot chase
• K-7 closed in Bonner Springs after fatal crash
• Police arrest wanted man outside of Lawrence
• KU student reports burglary at Ohio Street residence
• Lawrence man reports theft of items, including tax papers, social security cards
• Lawrence woman reprots burglary at apartment
• United Western Properties reports theft of air-conditioning unit
• 46 killed in attacks across Iraq
• Romney routs Santorum in GOP primary in Illinois
• Strong quake shakes Mexico; no deaths reported
• Heard on the Hill: Monarch populations continue long-term decline; law school leading the way in energy savings; article shows that Naismith's rules almost ended up in enemy territory
• 25 years ago: Kansas AG issues legal opinion on drug testing
• 40 years ago: Haskell chosen as site for Athletic Hall of Fame
• 100 years ago: Mysterious bundle found near waterworks
• Legislature to blame for KPERS mess
• Good investment
• Bribes drive corrupt Russian system
• New clue gives hope to solving Amelia Earhart mystery
• Statehouse Live: Senates advances tax measure; rejects major parts of Brownback's plan
• Jefferson County authorities seeking man described as armed and dangerous
• Hutchinson man expected to plead guilty to threatening Obama
• Kansas plan uses casinos to boost pension system
• Two Lecompton City Council members resign
• Statehouse Live: Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback announces book festival grant winners
• Senate advances school finance plan
• House rejects O'Neal plan to split KCK
• Bill adding protections to victims of abuse, stalkers could soon head to Gov. Brownback
• Kansas House passes bill for fixing pension system
• Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords
• Town Talk: New downtown business to offer studio space, training to budding film makers; signs that new writing studio may emerge in North Lawrence; Alzheimer's unit planned for West Lawrence
• Judge to hear gag motion in military school suit
• Lawyer says Afghan killings suspect Robert Bales recalls little
• Eisenhower Memorial designer Frank Gehry open to changes
• Big Red One moving into Afghanistan's east
• Apple to offer shareholders dividend, stock buybacks
• Romney seeks primary-fight breaking point
• Panel: Problem schools hurt nation’s security
• 4 slain at French Jewish school
• Construction begins on new downtown office for Treanor Architects
• Topekan charged in shooting outside Taste Lounge
• Kansas City police officer lauded for devotion to DUI arrests
• Kansas Bioscience Authority approves spending on painkiller
• Fire reported at abandoned building in North Lawrence
• Burglary reported at Jayhawker Towers on Friday night
• 25 years ago: New lighting for KU campus
• 40 years ago: City commission reviews sidewalk proposals
• 100 years ago: Rising rivers and 'real live grasshoppers' mark spring's arrival
• Exhibitor Registration Deadline For The 2012 Lawrence Earth Day Parade and Celebration
• Culture is destiny
• Spring Compost Sale Benefits Lawrence Residents
• Poor comparison
• Pastor defended
• Sleepless fans
• Law school rankings
• Mission creep hits Export-Import Bank
• City hall in volley between players, neighbors over tennis court lights
• House gives preliminary OK to KPERS change for future hires
• Junction City asks state help on debt load
• Kansas government ranks in top 10 in transparency
• Statehouse Live: Kansas University law professor to help states fight Affordable Care Act before U.S. Supreme Court
• Kansas House passes $14B budget; cuts $600M
• Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect held at Fort Leavenworth
• Driver ticketed in connection with Sunday afternoon accident on Iowa Street
• Suspect in weekend shooting outside Lawrence bar expected in court on Monday
• KU officials make plea for return of pieces of historic fence
• Around and About for March 17, 2012
• Lawyer prepares to meet Afghan killings suspect
• Kansas gets $4.4M to turn around faltering schools
• Woman taken to hospital following fall from horse southeast of Lawrence
• Town Talk: Group hoping to start Lawrence Founders Day celebration, make improvements to Sesquicentennial Point; city to host spring compost sale Friday and Saturday
• Research firm: New iPad more expensive to make
• Occupy Wall Street activists differ on direction
• Romney wins Puerto Rico; GOP campaign continues
• Many willing to cut Afghan shooting suspect slack
• U.S. makes modest gains in high school graduation rate
• Census documenting Great Depression to be released
• Arctic fox dies at Topeka Zoo
• Basketball wizardry to be displayed in Perry
• Capitol Briefing: Removal of food sales tax debated
• Comparison of large, small class sizes underscores importance of personalized interactions
• Heard on the Hill: Former UN Ambassador John Bolton to speak at KU; doctoral candidates have five years to finish dissertations after oral exam; comedian Rob Riggle not happy Missouri leaving Big 12
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Costs whom?
• Unrealistic plan
• Lasting legacy
• 25 years ago: Spring about to break into bloom in Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Changes coming for county trash disposal
• Hawthorne offers insight on Lincoln
• 100 years ago: KU students unwilling ferrymen for possible escaped convict
• One transported by helicopter after two-vehicle accident at 25th and Iowa streets
• Invisibility deadly to teen
• Oil patch near Vinland sees boon with increase in crude prices
• Ban aimed at drug K2 extended by Drug Enforcement Administration
• Bingo has charms over casino gambling
• Missouri caucuses marked by contention, with no clear victor yet
• Romney, Santorum head to Illinois
• Pilot project seeks better tornado, storm warnings
• Pope of Coptic Christian Church dies
• Occupy protest anniversary ends with police sweep
• Aging, SRS plan
• Move on
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Boomer Girl Diary: The secret to getting a good night’s sleep
• Documents reveal bin Laden plots
• 100 years ago: KU student jumps into freezing Kaw on a bet
• 25 years ago: Local horses and their riders receive prestigious honors
• 40 years ago: Governor signs first state 'open meetings' bill into law
• Supreme Court weighs making health coverage a fact of life
• Mauritania arrests ex-top Libyan official
• Artist changes show after Apple firestorm
• GOP preps for budget battle with Democrats, Obama
• N.J. spycam case stirs debate
• Two suspects being questioned in shooting early Saturday
• Company reports stolen A.C., copper tubing
• Man reports stolen Buick LeSable
• Fifth-grader reports man made her feel unconfortable
• Pump patrol
• Panel won’t act on Kobach citizenship rule
• KDOT To Begin Construction On Kansas River Bridge On Monday
• City of Lawrence News - March 14, 2012
• 25 years ago: 'Bald is Beautiful' for some Lawrence men
• 40 years ago: Local man damages bridge to move house
• Gun rebuttal
• Capital campaign will play critical role in KU future
• Performance art
• Eating cake
• Gas prices are political problem for Obama
• 100 years ago: Snow still causing trouble for sidewalk-shovelers
• Persistent higher gas prices would threaten economy
• Presidential candidates get boost from star power
• ‘This American Life’ retracts Apple story
• Afghan massacre suspect identified, now at Leavenworth
• Kan. House gives budget first-round approval
• Statehouse Live: House approves measure aimed at KU Medical Center, abortions
• Capital murder charge filed in Topeka girl's death
• Woman injured in crash near Baldwin City
• Eudora woman, 29, enters no-contest plea in theft case
• Atchison man gets 15 days in jail for injuring Lawrence man
• Abortion activist asks judge, not jury to try case
• Details emerge about US suspect in Afghan massacre
• Gun falls out of Topeka man's pants when security removes him from bar
• Town Talk: Lawrence home building off to best start in five years; another volley in the tennis court lighting debate; a St. Patrick's Day tale about an old Irishman and 11th and R.I..
• Senate won't vote on Kobach citizenship rule
• Diluted drugs victims want civil suit reopened
• House panel dismisses complaint against Democrat accused of misleading debate
• Charges not yet filed in Topeka girl's death
• Kansans destroyed more than 5 tons of documents during National Consumer Protection Wee
• Afghan shooting suspect to be brought to Fort Leavenworth
• Attempted burglary leads to arrest early Friday
• Male flies deprived of sex go for booze
• Iran cut off from global financial system
• In Afghanistan, Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back
• Pump Patrol
• 7-year sentence given for bath salts
• Probation granted in battery case
• Military school seeks gag order in abuse lawsuit
• U.S. Highway 59 between Lawrence and Baldwin City on schedule
• Heard on the Hill: Students say no to dorm room privacy policy change; KSU hires first member of prestigious National Academies; lectures to focus on Arab Spring
• Heavy-handed
• Tax support
• Missed opportunity
• Worth the risk
• Preventive golf
• Library future
• Incidents don’t alter Afghan strategy
• Brownback's Facebook page swamped with posts critical of his anti-abortion stance
• Statehouse Live: Committee approves abortion bill; puts in amendment for KU Medical Center
• Defense Department supports legislation that could lead to Medal of Honor for Korea-era chaplain from Kansas
• Many teacher pension funds underfunded
• In trip to Lawrence, National Endowment for the Arts chairman says the arts should be part of public policy, funding
• Kansas House prayer gets political
• Critics say Kobach not focused on Kansas office
• Kansas House tax cut plan cheaper than thought
• Suspect in Pittsburg slaying arrested in Missouri
• Kobach's bill on voter citizenship in limbo
• Kansas storm victims eligible for SBA loans
• Early-morning accident causes traffic slowdown on 24-40 highway northeast of Lawrence
• Hawker Beechcraft will keep Wichita plant open
• Repaving project on Kansas River bridge to disrupt downtown Lawrence traffic
• Home in rural Franklin County destroyed by fire; no injuries reported
• Sheriff's deputies plan saturation patrol Friday night
• Kansas City, Kan., man charged in connection with 2008 robbery in Lawrence
• Town Talk: Treanor begins construction on new downtown headquarters; parking changes on tap for area near 10th and Vermont; Capital City Bank has expansion on its mind
• Muppet manifesto: Blistering exit for Goldman Sachs executive
• GOP campaign fight stretches to Puerto Rico
• Obama, Cameron announce shift in war role
• Former health insurance executive questions Brownback's Medicaid plan
• Police chase, arrest man after reported domestic disturbance
• Man allowed to represent himself in court in assault case
• Officers, KU officials offer safety tips for spring break
• St. Patrick's Day event to benefit Boys and Girls Club
• County commits $1 million to Bioscience and Technology Business Center
• Heard on the Hill: More brackets track everything from social media impact to proximity to equator; brown recluse research gets national attention; journalism school makes top 10 list
• City of Lawrence News - March 12, 2012
• Eudora school district says it followed standard procedures before hiring teacher who now stands accused of sex crimes
• EITC support
• Basketball state
• Academic champs
• Where is nation’s outrage?
• States seek to rein in union costs
• House committee approves splitting Kansas City, Kan.; Democrats allege `gerrymandering'
• Ottawa mother gets jail sentence for son's death after he was hit by vehicle
• House approves tax cuts despite misgivings
• 50 from De Soto treated for food poisoning during East Coast band trip
• Delay in computer project shadows Kobach bill
• Three Olathe men charged with illegally hunting deer in Douglas County
• Committee adopts bill that prohibits state funding of remedial courses at public colleges
• Janitor uses mop to stop theft from Lawrence grocery store
• Two-day hunter education course scheduled
• Drought forces relocation of Kansas bison herd
• Bungled escape plot leaves Wichita teens all wet
• Judge sides with Nebraska firm in Kansas gas lawsuit
• Kansas lawmaker faces new complaints from activist
• Town Talk: Kia dealership on 23rd Street to build new showroom; Douglas County job growth outpaces the state, but how has Lawrence become a magnet for government jobs?
• Statehouse Live: Committee to consider resolution condemning United Nations Agenda 21
• KU Hospital expanding to meet demand
• Heard on the Hill: All about academic brackets: chancellor talks up Inside Higher Ed bracket; KU men fall in Sweet 16 in another academic bracket; KU women drop in first round
• Ideas endorsed
• Clean energy
• Question time
• Dems outmaneuver GOP
• Romney lacks Hispanic support
• KU’s law school drops again in national rankings, while 12 programs make top 10
• Kansas budget plan draws fire over school funding
• Koch Industries executive among new owners of Bella Sera condominium development
• Kan. House advances tax cut bill
• Economist answers questions on unemployment rate in Kansas
• Police investigating attempted robbery at Ottawa Mini-Mart
• Homeless shelter’s permit extended until fall
• City approves sidewalk variance for neighborhood
• Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries
• Lawrence public school district administrator heading to Nebraska
• Leavenworth County authorities warn residents about scam artists
• Advocates voice concerns over KanCare proposal
• Statehouse Live: Senate committee approves $112 million school finance increase
• Kansas House votes to end sales tax on food
• 8-year-old Topeka girl found dead; man arrested
• Statewide tornado drill planned for 1:30 today; Kansans encouraged to practice severe weather safety plan
• Kansas unemployment drops to 6.1 percent in January
• Kansas wheat crop comes out of winter dormancy
• State seeking artists for Brown v. Board mural
• Monday night fire at Berry Plastics started in molding machine
• Legislature decides to ignore plea for state dog
• House committee votes to freeze KNI admissions
• Eudora High School teacher arrested on sex crime charges in Wichita
• Wichita officer who led BTK case retires
• Town Talk: Downtown bar inches closer to rooftop seating; CVB reports Lawrence visitor spending up in 2011; half-marathon seeks full closure of downtown block
• EPA leader discusses pollution, stresses importance of regulations
• Winfield-based CornerBank to sell its shares to Vintage Bancorp
• Woman, 18, injured in accident near 21st and Iowa
• No charges filed in weekend arrests
• School board may subtract English as a Second Language program from closing equation
• Lawrence man accused of driving away from traffic stop arrested on charges of assault
• Man cited for indecent exposure
• Fire reported at Berry Plastics on Monday evening
• Heard on the Hill: Nobel laureate, former KU prof, dies at 84; KU looking for new study abroad director; Occupy KU looking to field lone opposition candidate for student body president
• Lost and found
• Keeping a list
• Dental care
• Putin’s hatred of U.S. poses challenge
• `No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act' contains more than tax issues
• Judge orders 22-year-old Lawrence man to stand trial in connnection with police standoff
• City considers fate of Packard graveyard in middle of Lawrence
• KU wins the Academic Performance Tournament national championship
• Kansas House OKs changes to concealed carry law
• Two-vehicle accident on Farmers' Turnpike sends 2 to Lawrence Memorial Hospital
• Legislation on track to get dinner train
• Kansas House approves property tax measure
• Mother of two urges legislators to reject Brownback plan to eliminate EITC
• Material shortage causes furloughs at Hawker
• Repairs to delay traffic on NE Kansas bridge
• Officials optimistic about Kansas economy
• Wichita grocery owner faces sentencing in food stamp
• Kansas House delays debate on GOP plan for tax cuts
• Town Talk: Dog treat bakery and art boutique coming to downtown; housing development seeking to cut back on sidewalk requirement; land transfers for the week
• Douglas County land transfers for the week ending March 5, 2012
• NATO detains US solider for allegedly murdering 16 Afghan villagers
• Statehouse Live: Santorum wins, but Kansas Democrats criticize Romney
• Pro wrestlers act out Good vs. Bad melodrama monthly at a ring near you
• Mother, 3 children die in western Kansas fire
• Pell Grant use surges at JUCOs
• 2012 queen o' the green is crowned
• Lawrence middle school students do well at regional competition of Model U.N.
• Heard on the Hill: Engineering dean makes visit to LSU; one more chance for KU-MU before Tigers leave for SEC; Santorum's Kansas success no surprise to KU politico
• Family planning
• Meth battle
• 25 years ago: KU athletes to continue early-enrollment privilege
• 40 years ago: Anyone missing a goat?
• 100 years ago: Snowstorm stalls trains, but rural mail carriers make it through
• Mushrooms grown as packing material
• Pressure tactics could work in Iran
• Aquatic Fitness Classes Begin Soon
• A Statement From The City Of Lawrence Concerning Recreation Center Discussions
• Bankruptcies
• Marriages
• Divorces
• Involve parents
• A political ploy
• Another option
• Capitol Briefing: Major tax debate on tap; voucher bill in play; seniors on the hook to fish, hunt
• Around and about in local business
• How to help: Support group needs volunteers to supervise children during meetings
• American Muslims need pop culture
• KU's business school dean stresses need for new, updated building
• Kaw Water Treatment Plant improvements begin
• Pump Patrol
• Stretch of county road to close Monday until November
• Shots fired after Wichita concert; 1 killed
• Syria assaults opposition as diplomacy staggers
• A year after tsunami, distrust lingers
• Pentagon aims to resume military help for Yemen
• Recreation opportunity
• Bigger government is more lawless
• 25 years ago: Seasonal downtown banners unveiled
• 40 years ago: Haskell students injured in downtown fracas
• 100 years ago: Eudora girl wins first place in county spelling bee
• Armed robbery suspect still at large
• Santorum wins Douglas County Republican caucus
• Rick Santorum wins Kansas presidential caucuses
• Enthusiastic crowd turns out for Paul rally ahead of today’s GOP caucuses
• Charges dismissed in domestic dispute
• Second woman charged in Burrito King altercation
• Charges filed in shooting of decoy deer
• Edgerton man arrested after report of road rage
• U.S. adds 227,000 jobs
• Deal reached on prison handover in Afghanistan
• Aging gorilla gets bunny companion
• Saturday column: Money will be key factor in presidential campaign
• 25 years ago: Lottery ticket sales a possibility on KU campus
• 40 years ago: City staff rush to Topeka to save Lawrence jobs
• 100 years ago: Winter continues wet and cold for Lawrence
• Review of Olive Garden becomes Internet sensation
• Greece secures biggest debt deal in history
• Price range wide for birth control
• Word offends
• Right action
• Signs of hope on race relations
• Around and About for March 10, 2012
• Israel’s future more urgent than Obama’s
• Gingrich: I won't quit if I lose Tuesday in South
• Paul seeks Kansas delegates, 'the more the merrier'
• Santorum: Obama, Romney share distrust of America
• Romney eager to connect with Southern voters
• House supports concealed carry in public buildings, but allows universities to opt out
• Anti-abortion group opposes KU Medical Center efforts to change bill
• Economy adds 227K jobs, jobless rate unchanged
• Pittsburg State receives $5 million gift
• Kansas House finishing work on budget
• State Senate panel to review voter citizenship bill
• Town Talk: Clothing resale store opens near Hy-Vee on Sixth; a story of old Packards at 11th and Rhode Island; one-bedroom apartments planned near KU
• Statehouse Live: Senate leaders propose tax incentives for bioscience, manufacturing businesses
• Stocks double in three years, but it’s a lonely party
• Senate blocks bid to speed pipeline from Canada
• Syrian oil minister defects, calls regime sinking ship
• Fire destroys rural Tonganoxie home
• Woman released from hospital after March 2 motorcycle accident
• Baldwin City man, 70, arrested for illegally shooting decoy deer in December
• Heard on the Hill: Brackets are everywhere (and more to come); KU vertebrate paleontologist weighs in on new dinosaur find; KU Student Senate committees OK funds for Wescoe Beach
• Break oil cycle
• Wall or hedge?
• Partisan appearance
• 25 years ago: KU faculty discuss unionization
• 40 years ago: Gambling struck down by Kansas Senate
• 100 years ago: Weaver's owner returns from NYC buying trip
• What rivals can teach Romney
• City of Lawrence News - March 6, 2012
• Schools prepare for tornado season
• Developers of hotel at 900 N.H. seeking financial incentives from city
• Anti-abortion leader in Kansas endorses Paul
• Santorum adds Topeka event to Friday schedule
• West Middle School names students to honor roll
• Anti-abortion bill that concerns KU Med Center will be considered next week, chairman says
• Road-rage incident near Baldwin City involving gun leads to investigation
• No charges filed in apartment fire; investigation continues
• It's official: Bill Self, KU want to join city in development of rec center, fieldhouse
• KU grad hired as Lawrence Public Library's new director
• Statehouse Live: New arts agency, funding under review; Kansas faces crucial deadline
• Dole backs Romney in Kansas caucuses
• Greensburg about half way through master plan
• Senate approves antifreeze resolution
• Arts advocates expect to crowd Statehouse
• Kansas Supreme Court disbars convicted attorney
• Semi crashes after driver struck in face with rock
• Town Talk: Ninth and N.H. hotel project seeking incentives from city; more on the plight of the Lawrence Athletic Club; city wins transparency award
• Lawrence woman, 49, arrested on suspicion of arson
• Lawrence man, 37, reports $2,700 worth of jewelry
• Lawrence woman, 85, reports stolen items from residence in 3000 block of West Ninth Street
• Lawrence man, 30, reports stolen 1983 Chevrolet truck
• Lawrence man, 26, arrested after running while being served warrant
• Authorities arrest man accused of hitting father in the head with handgun
• Mobile print shop promotes moveable type
• Hiring grows as companies hit limits with workers
• Romney encourages rivals to fold
• Large solar storm racing toward Earth
• Talk of U.S. military in Syria divides Congress
• Va. governor signs ultrasound bill
• Conservation group plans workshop
• Photographer discusses work documenting King James Bible
• Foundation provides record number of grants as need for services grows
• Heard on the Hill: Graduation rates challenged; library contest offers cash for students with interesting book collections; blog ranks basketball announcer Falkenstien as best ever
• Education focus
• GOP club
• Dangerous crossing
• Limbaugh just part of broader trend
• Heard on the Hill: Student fees to be discussed soon; rec center looking for a name for its climbing wall; business ethicist to speak on Thursday
• Electrical problem causes light smoke at Buffalo Wild Wings
• Howard Johnson hotel employee reports stolen items
• Lawrence woman, 45, reports $8,750 worth of items stolen
• Romney wins Ohio, four other Super Tuesday states
• Lawrence woman, 26, reports stolen items from residence
• Wichita board votes to close 5 schools, change boundaries
• Lawrence man, 25, sentenced to 2 years probation for aggravated battery
• Interest swells in Douglas County tax auction
• Debris from town struck by tornado hits home
• City approves $100K for shelter
• 25 years ago: Decrepit section of county road to be abandoned
• 40 years ago: Car chases and presidential races
• 100 years ago: Duplicate cats cause confusion
• Three City Programs That Help Your Garden Grow
• Financial expression
• City of Lawrence News - March 5, 2012
• Liberal arts still relevant
• Athletic example
• Russians wonder: Will Putin change?
• KU Cancer Center director happy with NCI review
• KBA approves severance deal for interim CEO
• Romney, Gingrich score Super Tuesday victories
• Heritage Conservation Council plans workshop on applying for grants
• KU expects to ask Kansas Bioscience Authority to fund new chemotherapy drug delivery research
• Kansas House member faces complaint over tax debate
• High winds knock city light pole onto vehicle parked in downtown Lawrence
• KU Cancer Center director encouraged after National Cancer Institute reviewers' visit
• Shooting victim undergoes two surgeries; family awaits more information
• Baker University hires chief academic officer
• Kansas moves closer to ending ban on happy hour
• Lawrence's rental licensing ordinance at center of legislative dispute
• Lawrence woman, 32, sentenced to 50 years in prison for ex-boyfriend's murder
• Registration now available for KU's annual Mini College
• Statehouse Live: Mental health advocates seek funding after years of budget cuts
• Town Talk: Extra Virgin olive oil and vinegar store to open in Downtown Lawrence; retail sales off to best start since 2008; weekly listing of property sales
• Douglas County land transfers for the week ending Feb. 27, 2012
• Emergency crews responding to report of smoke at Buffalo Wild Wings
• Participants cited for disturbance early Sunday
• Man, 20, to serve 18 months probation for role in November burglary
• Secretary of State Kris Kobach criticized for forming PAC
• School funding No. 1 priority for group of parent-lobbyists
• Couple give $1.6M to Baker University
• Mild concussions can cause lingering issues
• Overhead bins getting bigger to fit more carry-on bags
• Riot police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow
• Obama, Netanyahu talk unity, underline differences
• School closings to still be addressed
• Survey: More optimism about jobs, economy
• McCain seeks airstrikes on Syria; U.S. presses Putin
• What’s so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates
• Heard on the Hill: KUMC doctor discusses new child snoring research; KU School of Medicine gets $100k for scholarship; KSU student newspaper apologizes for column that offended international students
• Trash truth
• Minority votes
• Draw the line
• GOP must ponder constructive loss
• Kansas University’s fall 2011 HONOR ROLL
• Republicans, Democrats duel again over property tax relief
• Statehouse Live: Opposing sides of rail-trails square off before committee
• Plenty of events coming to Downtown Lawrence, including some that might close streets
• Atchison man pleads no contest to aggravated battery in Lawrence
• Man reports he was robbed of about $1,500 in cash early Monday
• Gingrich names Kansas election team
• American Legion pancake feed raises $6,000 for baseball
• Thieves take items from three vehicles on KU campus over weekend
• Former LHS student shot Friday night during party in Kansas City, Mo.
• National Weather Service reviews decisions on tornado warnings
• Cabin where state song was written receives grant
• Brownback signing water policy changes
• Brownback announces annual Easter egg hunt
• Town Talk: Local winery looking to open tasting room at golf course; January home sales down 28 percent; surprising report on Lawrence home values
• Support drops for Kan. 401(k)-style plan
• Indiana baby found in field after tornado dies
• Former Lawrence student reportedly injured in Kansas City shooting
• Parent advocacy group to study state’s school funding plans
• Meth takes heavy toll on users
• Bowlers hit the road for St. Patrick’s Day Parade fundraiser
• Heard on the Hill: Basketball team spending more than $500k to schedule games; fan celebrates a little too hard after KU-MU game; students suggest that professors clarify use of technology in class
• Divorces and annulments
• Marriages
• Undue attention
• Chicken stew
• Potential loss
• 25 years ago: State lottery to start with scratch-off tickets
• 40 years ago: Welfare workers seek relief as budget cuts restored
• 100 years ago: City finds solution for unshoveled walks, unpaid court costs
• GOP field not likely to change
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week of March 5
• Kaw Water Plant Construction Begins, Water Crane To Be Temporarily Out Of Service
• How to help: Lawrence Community Shelter seeks coordinator for orientations
• 98-year-old Kansas man becomes pen pal with Georgia kids
• Kansas University's Honor Roll for fall 2011
• Capitol Briefing: Brownback tax plan, Kansas on GOP presidential radar, train drinks, good export year
• Soon, kiss won’t be controversial
• Environmental damages from BP oil spill still an issue after deal
• Official: Mistakes led to burning of Qurans at base
• Storms demolish small towns across South, Midwest
• Iran trumps Palestinians as top U.S.-Israel issue
• 4 straight: Romney wins Washington GOP caucuses
• City officials looking for flaws in police ticketing policies, system
• Losing the meth war
• Ron Paul to speak at Lied Center on Friday, according to Facebook event
• West Middle School 8th-grader wins regional spelling bee
• Pump patrol
• 40 years ago: KU faculty object to sabbatical rules
• 100 years ago: Oldest Kansan passes away at age 101
• Birth control
• Eating chicken raised to an art
• Language needs
• Boomer Girl Diary: Not quite ready for a life of leisure
• 11 arrested in meth lab raid
• Around and about in local business
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for March 6, 2012
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Statehouse Live: Legislators see upcoming fights over major issues
• Cranberry judging set for Sunday
• Pump patrol
• New leadership is top priority for KU medical school
• Around and About for March 3, 2012
• Science must guide environment policy
• Bible, sensuality
• Romney still the presumptive nominee
• 25 years ago: Early-morning turnout appears light in city primary today
• 40 years ago: Accident causes injury at KU construction site
• 100 years ago: Robbers break into train at Lawrence rail yard
• Man reports stolen Dodge Durango
• KU says Title IX satisfied in case
• Obama warns both Iran and Israel, ‘I don’t bluff’
• Research Triangle opens 3rd building
• Employee groups uncertain about Kan. pension plan
• House committee flooded with redistricting maps
• Motorist who hit tree after police chase faces several charges, traffic violations
• Prosecutor denies allegations of entrapment by KU basketball player accused of illegally possessing alcohol
• Rural Franklin County home destroyed by overnight fire
• KU engineering dean chosen as finalist for LSU job
• KU prof: Gay marriage bans had 'ironic outcome'
• Few people using Kansas fund for problem gamblers
• 2 people hospitalized after early-morning motorcycle crash in Lawrence
• Coffeyville man reports that he was robbed and beaten in downtown Lawrence
• Town Talk: Activity heating up on possible public-private rec center; Housing Authority exploring partnership on affordable housing development; city starts planning for March Madness
• Homeland Security: Design changes at NBAF substantially reduce potential risks
• Statehouse Live: Bi-partisan school finance plan introduced in Senate
• Meth, by the numbers
• Lender seeks ownership of athletic club
• Iowa man reports wallet theft, altercation Saturday morning
• Jobs picture brightens; economy awaits liftoff
• Second victim listed in altercation involving Marcus Morris
• 2 U.S. troops killed by Afghan partners
• Syrian rebels withdraw from enclave after siege
• GOP senators fail to reverse contraceptives rule
• Brown v. Board visits bring in $886K
• 3 arrested after car chase, crash
• Democrats seek to end corporate personhood
• Sticker Shock program aimed at liquor buyers
• More violent weather in forecast
• 2012 warmer, wetter than usual
• Douglas, 18 other counties covered by Brownback disaster declaration
• Heard on the Hill: KUMC male birth control pill gets finger-wag from Stephen Colbert; KU's Dancing With the Stars Friday night; philosopher to discuss religion for atheists in Hall Center lecture
• Yard Trimmings Collection Begins
• Tibet support
• KBA credibility
• Quiet Yemen transition offers lessons
• Local Economic Development Partners Produce 2011 Progress Report
• Judge acquits man accused of shooting Bullet the cat
• Kansas Legislators raise concerns about schools reaching dyslexic students
• Kochs file lawsuit over think tank ownership
• Petition drive targets governor's school finance proposal
• Town Talk: Lender seeks ownership of Lawrence Athletic Club over default of $2.4 million loan; New York real estate trust buys downtown property; more on chickens and art
• Tornado did strike southern Douglas County, National Weather Service says; several buildings damaged
• Tornado did strike southern Douglas County Tuesday, National Weather Service says; several buildings damaged
• Bald eagles nesting in Kansas
• Harveyville tornado claims 1 life
• Statehouse Live: Proposal to charge senior citizens to hunt, fish faces stiff opposition
• Two men die near Lansing in apparent murder-suicide
• Conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart dies at 43
• Heard on the Hill: KU, K-State competing in recycling again; KU looking for director of institutional compliance post; KPR recipient of 3,700 classical music CDs
• Pump patrol
• 25 years ago: Spelunkers meet at KU for conference
• 40 years ago: Striking KU employees reach settlement
• 100 years ago: February broke only one weather record
• Tuition clock
• GOP worldview misdirects the fear
• Super PAC hysteria not justified
• Mo-ped reported stolen
• $1,500 in jewelry reported stolen in burglary
• 2 laptops reported stolen in burglary
• Senators want House to leave map alone
• Phones, coat reported stolen
• Weapons among $2,200 in items stolen in reported burglary
• Laptop, iPad reported stolen in burglary
• Over $1,000 in equipment reported stolen near Spencer Research Library
• Man with outstanding warrants apprehended near U.S. 24-40
• Couple plead to welfare fraud
• 6 arrested in weekend saturation patrol
• Negotiations begin between Lawrence teachers, school board
• High school seniors candidates for Presidential Scholar Program
• Bicyclist injured after accident at Fifth and Michigan streets
• Attorney for KU's McLemore suggests entrapment defense in minor in possession of alcohol citation
• Two men receive lengthy prison sentences related to 2010 drug raid east of Lawrence
• Rare Douglas County Treasurer's property sale usually includes some interesting buys
• West Junior High basketball players thank their biggest fans
• House Republicans change course on measure providing property tax relief
• Statehouse Live: Speaker O'Neal wants to end taxpayer funding of remedial college courses
• White House receives Kansas NCLB waiver request
• K-State expanding recruiting in Vietnam.
• Kansas House panel expects to vote on abortion bill
• Douglas County ready to help Harveyville following tornado
• Town Talk: Former Gaslight spot in N. Lawrence to get new life, and bikes for rent; Wall St. Journal speculates Knology looking for buyer; former Rod's Hallmark going out of business
• Powerful storm injures 14 in Harveyville
• Case focuses on if ATF targeted blacks
• Lawrence man, 36, taken to LMH after being struck by car
• Director candidate: Technology can be good for libraries
• City wants more info on possible rental registration program fee increase
• Americans feeling better about economic recovery
• Legislature considering measures to conserve state’s groundwater
• National Geographic photographer to speak at Baker
• State A.G.: Office’s funding needs to be more balanced
• Presentation offers tips on severe-weather spotting, safety
• Basehor residents recall mayor, 2 City Council members
• Heard on the Hill: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity returning to KU; fertility expert exercises caution on new stem-cell research; it's already time to apply for graduation
• Ticket aftermath
• Politics won’t shrink God gap
• Romney misses chances on religion
• 25 years ago: Judicial building already having roof problems
• 40 years ago: State legislators meet with students at KU forum
• 100 years ago: Local centenarian has voted for Democrats since 1832
• Mitt Romney sweeps to double Republican primary victory
• Tornado watch issued for Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson counties
• New images show Ike's DC memorial amid criticism
• Statehouse Live: Brownback voices disapproval of Obama rule on contraceptives
• Lawrence police investigating whether man's death was related to previous physical altercation
• Death toll rises to 3 in Ohio school shooting
• Anti-immigration law would hurt U.S.
• Trial ordered for rural Valley Falls man accused of shooting neighboring landowner
• Ottawa man gets probation for stealing from 95-year-old woman
• Kansas panel mulls cutting remedial course funds
• Topeka man sentenced for his role in robbing KU student during drug deal
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Planners split on North Mass plan; Chinese restaurant opens at 23rd and Iowa; rental registration fee topic of city audit; weekly land sales, including activity at Bella Sera condos
• Land transfers for the week ending Feb. 20, 2012
• Final library director candidate to interview today
• Brandon Woods seeks dismissal of lawsuit
• Board gives go-ahead to school improvement projects
• Heard on the Hill: Academic boycott begins to have effect; women study abroad more than men; 'SNL's Jason Sudeikis enjoys KU-MU game, 'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm not so much
• City Adds Four Drop-Off Bins To Increase Glass Recycling Efforts
• 25 years ago: KU faculty object to cut in subscriptions
• 40 years ago: KU recycling effort recognized
• Oil supplies
• Threat to democracy
• Free to discriminate?
• Deserting the arts
• 100 years ago: After snowstorm, residents arrested for failure to shovel
• Lawrence middle school educator earns Kansas Master Teacher honor
• Lawrence man suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say
• City law interpretation spares lives of chickens slated for slaughter in public display of art
• School finance lawsuit looms over Legislature
• Man charged with threatening officers with a knife, breaking neighbor's window
• Former KU player Marcus Morris cited for misdemeanor battery
• Kansas GOP leader questions pace of meetings review
• Lawrence robbery suspect pleads on day of trial
• Around and About for Feb. 25, 2012
• Shawnee County DA to begin interviews on private meetings with Brownback
• Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell to deliver this year's Dole Lecture
• Lawrence police officer receives department's first Purple Heart for his injuries
• Statehouse Live; School funding lawsuit looms over Legislature
• Report: Russia, Ukraine foiled plot to kill Putin
• Lawmakers take long break after 'turnaround'
• Salina considers changes to discrimination law
• Plaque stolen from historic former Topeka school
• Kansas State researcher: Don't rekindle romance
• Fort Riley division readies for Afghanistan
• 5 students reported wounded in Ohio shooting
• Town Talk: Large youth Texas fieldhouse may serve as model for Lawrence project; North Lawrence river project up for key votes tonight; downtown homeless shelter sets Sept. 16 as move-out date
• Officials say 3 killed in Canadian train derailment
• Santorum: Romney isn’t conservative enough for GOP
• Rule could cost debtors their only income
• Hutchinson Zoo limits wild animals it will help
• Shooting reported at Broken Arrow School Sunday evening
• Regional differences complicate Kansas redistricting
• Arts checkoff won’t complete picture, advocates say
• Heard on the Hill: The Big Event has students ready to volunteer, but they still need projects to work on; local AAUP chapter involved in tenure spat; fans take to YouTube after KU-MU game
• 100 years ago: Local hunter loses automobile in snowbank
• 16 Things: Steve Hawley traveled the world and outer space before returning to KU
• Capitol Briefing: Tax debate; proof of citizenship; Kobach wins and loses in Neb., KEC v. Paul
• Schools scenario shifts to boundaries
• Convicted sex offender won rare judicial reprieve
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of February 27, 2012
• Constitution vote dismissed as ‘farce’
• City of Lawrence Police Department News - February 24, 2012
• Meeting To Be Held To Discuss Improvements To Devictor Park
• ‘Art’ violence
• Santorum views
• Concealed-carry changes
• Balance key for preschool readiness
• ‘12 elections may turn on turnout
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Police respond to shots fired near 4700 block of West 27th Street early Sunday
• Contraception takes step back
• Man sentenced to 50 years in wife’s death
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission to give public report on Wolf Creek
• Around and about in local business
• GOP governors concerned about long primary race
• East Lawrence homes spruced up with modern, unique appearances
• 2 U.S. advisers killed in Kabul
• Church hosting talk on immigration Sunday
• Pump patrol
• Area cities approach trash services differently
• 12 years after sexual assault, suspect found and will stand trial
• 25 years ago: Local chef competes for national recipe prize
• 40 years ago: Hard drug use increasing in spite of raids
• Credible appraisals
• Judicial buffer
• More arms wrong strategy in Syria
• 100 years ago: Late February snowstorm surprises residents
• Baldwin wrestlers win state titles
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Bill changing court appointments stalls
• Parents, county press for safer railroad crossing
• Nurse gets 3 years for drug tampering
• Man injured in two-car accident on I-70 near Lecompton
• Pump Patrol
• 25 years ago: City considers mall-related ballot questions
• 40 years ago: Central Junior High library to get an upgrade
• Study needed to update Kansas Board of Regents
• Act on Syria
• Rivalry’s roots
• U.S.-Taliban talks worry Afghan women
• 100 years ago: KU engineers hold annual banquet
• Romney: Raise Medicare eligibility age
• ‘Friends of Syria’ vow support for opposition
• Oil prices rising to near 2011 highs
• Former defense secretary Rumsfeld visits Fort Leavenworth
• City Commission agenda for Feb. 28
• Suspect in vehicle chase drives on railroad tracks
• Lawrence Community Shelter seeks $100,000 each from Douglas County and city
• Brownback's school finance plan may be subject of interim study
• Brownback focuses on Leavenworth County in Senate redistricting plan
• Kansas Highway Patrol to conduct a saturation patrol Saturday night in Lawrence, Douglas County
• Statehouse Live: Proposal would put chapel in the Capitol
• Statehouse Live: Proposal would put chapel in the
• One police officer accused of fixing traffic tickets no longer a city employee; second officer still on suspension
• Town Talk: Plans filed to add new retailers next to Walmart on South Iowa; homeless shelter seeks $200,000 of annual funding from city, county; former Lawrence radio host lands gig in San Diego
• Claim surfaces that Mormons baptized Anne Frank after death
• Ridicule helped doom Va. ultrasound bill
• Romney pounces on Santorum’s compromises
• St. Pat’s charity auction Saturday
• In battered city, cries of tragic plight
• Poll: Millionaire tax, spending cuts popular
• Obama apologizes as Quran protests rage
• Higher gas prices cloud Obama’s re-election
• Input sought on 6th St.
• Lawrence woman makes bomb threat, arrested for shoplifting
• Heard on the Hill: Tuition compact idea spreading to other schools; physics professor finds extinctions could be related to radioactive isotope; KJHK radio station nominated for mtvU award
• 100 years ago: KU debating club argues pros, cons of parcel post system, divorce laws
• 30 Households Receive Assistance With Weatherization Funding
• Flawed theory
• KU asset
• New attacks on free speech
• Iran won’t back down easily
• Business-backed unemployment insurance bill approved in the House
• `Health Care Freedom Act' falls one vote short of getting on November ballot
• Statehouse Live: Democrats get Republicans to join in property tax relief proposal
• USPS consolidating 7 mail processing centers
• Kansas House passes citizenship bill; Senate divided
• 'Fake Beard Bandit' admits robberies in 4 states
• Kansas House approves income tax check-off for arts
• Senate OKs increased fines for Kansas Highway 10; bill now moves to House
• Free State High School's Lynne Renick named as Lawrence Secondary Teacher of the Year
• Lawrence man, 28, indicted on federal gun charge
• Senate passes bill honoring Frankfort soldiers
• State modifies system for paying legislative pages
• Galena mayor holds robbery suspect at gunpoint
• House approves bills repealing outdated laws
• Olathe woman who faked research data faces sentencing
• Brownback's chief of staff testifies in redistricting
• 3 car break-ins reported at KU Park and Ride lot on West Campus
• Town Talk: Pair of single moms open East Lawrence sports bar; alteration shop zips into South Lawrence; second-floor apartment project slated for downtown
• KU athletics department showing interest in west Lawrence recreation center
• Douglas County Commission to move ahead with application process for heritage grants
• Kansas City man, 36, charged with aggravated assault
• KU scholarship program for wounded veterans in flux
• Ticket case’s legal aspects unclear
• Heard on the Hill: Adjuncts across the nation share data on working conditions; KU among universities that opposed multi-year scholarship rule; youth basketball tournament set for Saturday
• 40 years ago: City considers restricting trash pick-up to curbside only
• St. Luke’s credit due
• The strong survive
• School gratitude
• Share the reports
• Water laws
• GOP still lacks formidable candidate
• 100 years ago: Governor speaks out against one-size-fits-all education
• 25 years ago: City commission candidates meet for first debate
• Proposal to double fines on K-10 advances in Senate
• Lawrence man, 45, charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child
• Perry man, 19, pleads no contest to child endangerment for choking girlfriend
• Skull found in Sedgwick County tied to 1949 Halloween prank
• Rumsfeld to speak at Fort Leavenworth
• Child abuse reporting changes move forward in Kansas House
• Brownback's chief seeks changes in state Senate districts that could affect Holland, Kultala
• Kansas GOP income tax plan hits poorest
• Douglas County judge orders release of sex offender Christopher Saemisch, who has served his prison sentence
• Town Talk: Talk of a West Lawrence recreation center involving KU Athletics heats up; a car wash project and a discussion about whether the city is business friendly
• GOP-led Kansas House rejects Democratic tax proposal
• Kansas House advances voter citizenship bill
• Kansas students create art for Dream Rocket Project
• Kansas City man admits embezzling from homeowner groups
• Lin helps break stereotypes
• Lawrence man taken to LMH after 19th and Iowa accident
• Man, 20, sentenced to 1 year probation for role in Eudora burglaries
• Lawrence resident files lawsuit against Google
• Loss of license ordered in Kansas abortion case
• Workshop offers advice to small businesses
• Fluker Award recipient named
• House gives preliminary approval to bill protecting students with disabilities
• Heard on the Hill: Cancer Center collaborates to bring drug to trial; KU Libraries' funds shrinking as percentage of overall budget; KU research shows age of eyes can affect circadian rhythm
• 100 years ago: Lawrence celebrates Washington's 180th birthday
• Shoppers have no secrets
• Police questions
• Police support
• Tuition break
• NCI review
• 25 years ago: Homeless shelter finishing up first winter of service
• 40 years ago: Lawrence schoolchildren share views on first President
• 2nd library director candidate presents vision for future
• City moves Auto Plaza project forward
• Douglas County prosecutors to review cases involving Lawrence police involved in dismissing speeding tickets
• Republicans rebuff Democratic property tax cut plan
• Kansas Senate panel stalls on governor’s school funding plan
• Power restored on KU campus after mouse causes electrical short
• Two arrested in separate overnight incidents in Lawrence
• Phony DEA agents scamming Kansans
• Cessna moves sport aircraft work to Independence
• Kansas Star Casino nets $21.6 million in first weeks
• Topeka Zoo's oldest female orangutan dies
• Proud K-Stater from Woodlawn School named Lawrence elementary teacher of the year
• Town Talk: Homebuilding off to stronger start in 2012; Crown Volkswagen undertakes major remodel; weekly property sales, including a large downtown building
• Douglas County land transfer for the week ending Feb. 13
• Baker University names finalists for new executive position
• Lawrence therapeutics company among latest recipients of investment money from KBA
• Seoul holds military drills despite threat
• Oil jumps to nine-month high after Iran cuts supply
• House panel approves bill cutting income tax
• Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines
• Forces mass outside rebel stronghold in Syria
• Property values decline for most homeowners in Douglas County
• Final report from school consolidation group doesn’t include closings
• Hepatitis C deaths up; baby boomers most at risk
• EU diplomat: Bailout deal for Greece reached
• County commission sets hearing on heritage spending
• USDA chief to give Landon Lecture
• Heard on the Hill: Professor who was denied tenure still attracting attention; search for KU medical school dean continuing; former philosophy prof to take over University of Maine system
• Drug legalization gaining support
• Killing for ‘art’
• Who will pay?
• Common sense
• Many honors
• Political hot potato
• Proposal gets aired that would allow in-state tuition for military veterans at Kansas universities
• Lawrence ordinance at center of fight over 'Kansas preservation of religious freedom act'
• Suspect in Topeka burglary, battery case held in Douglas County Jail
• Senator proposes adding funds to Brownback's school finance plan
• Second Lawrence library director candidate ready to meet the public
• Kansas water policy changes moving forward
• Report: Overbrook woman fell asleep before fatal accident on U.S. Highway 56
• Statehouse Live: House approves bill that labor says is unfair
• Kansas House panel backs away from 401(k)-style plan
• Kansas House panel postpones vote on abortion bill
• Town Talk: Esquina reopens with new emphasis on Spanish-Mediterranean, seafood dishes; Tapas looks to create open-air storefront; 23rd St. quick lube proposal not so quick at City Hall
• German government, opposition agree on new president
• Sex-changing treatment for kids: It’s on the rise
• Iran cuts oil exports to Britain, France
• FDA to review inhalable caffeine
• Arizona sheriff facing long odds after gay outing
• Pilot Club's antique show to be held this weekend
• Romney faces questions about intensity of support
• Wichita-area thieves targeting police cars
• Santorum backtracks on Obama remarks
• Kansas officials open to NBAF funding alternatives
• Can the stock market pick the next president?
• 2 judicial officials slain in Syria
• ‘Riverdance’ saying goodbye to North America
• Around and about in local business
• New building to showcase ‘BEST’ of KU’s Edwards Campus
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Man, 21, arrested on aggravated burglary, possession of stolen property charges
• Heard on the Hill: Nearly 2,000 students show up for Missouri campout lottery; Legal Services for Students offering free tax help; KU alumnus, TV journalist Russ Ptacek leaving Kansas City
• KU Cancer Center staff has chance to sway reviewers during site visit
• Parents urged to keep eye on kids’ Facebook accounts
• 1 of 2 paths await KU after National Cancer Institute decision
• School consolidation group split on recommendation
• Gas prices highest ever for this time of year
• NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast
• KU student cited for improper turn after accident
• Pump patrol
• 100 years ago: Man skips town with rented team and buggy
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Truth is key to reconciliation
• New biography honors Ike memory
• Police case
• Boomer Girl Diary: Sun worship burns later in life
• 25 years ago: Hunter S. Thompson gives talk at KU
• 40 years ago: County commissioner stresses need for new judicial building
• City Commission agenda for Feb. 21
• Group mobilizing people to protest Brownback, Kobach
• Number of farms drops in U.S., stable in Kansas
• House speaker’s remap plan splits K.C. area
• Two men injured in U.S. Highway 59 accident near Pleasant Grove
• Motorcyclist gets in wreck trying to avoid collision
• Woman not seriously hurt in accident at 13th, Connecticut
• Sebelius touts health IT initiative
• Pump patrol
• GOP must make case against Obamacare
• Local survey looks at economic development attitudes
• 25 years ago: Downtown mall will now cost over 35 percent more
• 40 years ago: Governor signs 'progressive' highway bill into law
• 100 years ago: Having led 'wild life,' young girl to appear in juvenile court
• Around and About for Feb. 18, 2012
• Policy group looks at Laffer tax claims
• Fat tunes: Group makes music for Mardi Gras
• Suspended police officers’ names not released
• Similar tragedies to deadly Honduran prison fire could occur across region
• Global clearinghouse to evict Iranian banks
• States attack ‘Obamacare’ with birth control bills
• Congress approves tax present for 160 million wage-earners
• Federal court camera experiment begins
• Koch releases emailed threats on eve of protests
• Explosives in Statehouse incident were fireworks
• Kobach-supported immigration bills probably stalled, Kansas leaders say
• Leavenworth police looking for murder suspect
• Ron Paul plans KC visit Saturday
• House to start working Kan. income tax bills
• Ford CEO Mulally to be featured speaker at KU's commencement
• No charges planned in abortion records shredding
• Shawnee County DA meets with agencies on Capitol incident
• New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria
• Town Talk: Medical testing business opens on Sixth Street; from 2x4s to lathe tools, the weapons that may get you tased in Lawrence
• KCK man pleads guilty to 2008 Lawrence robbery
• Kansas sites added to historic places list
• Abortion insurance case reassigned again
• 8 Kansas legislators endorse Gingrich for president
• Lawrence High School honor roll for fall 2011
• Government asks automakers to curb dashboard tech
• Report: Parents need more info on phone apps for children
• Southwest Middle School honor roll for fall 2011
• Development leader, city leader offer 2012 business predictions
• Pump Patrol
• Lawrence man reports 1977 Chevrolet stolen
• Lawrence man reports Honda Civic stolen
• Lawrence woman reports $3,700 in cash stolen
• Lawrence man reports car stolen
• Companies awarded county road projects
• Koch protest may draw 500
• 9th and N.H. project rejected
• Heard on the Hill: Lawsuit sheds light on tenure process; basketball campers upset about potential rules change
• 25 years ago: KU seeks new parking garage
• 40 years ago: Target date set for Clinton dam
• 100 years ago: Kansas women meet on suffrage issue
• U.S. is betting on Muslim Brotherhood
• City Offices To Close On Feb. 20, 2012 for President’s Day
• NYC rent control is illegal taking
• Where credit’s due
• Professor files lawsuit after KU denies him tenure
• Lawrence to the 1st under congressional redistricting proposal
• Highway interests in Kansas try to run GOP tax plan off the road
• Lawrence police officer arrested for DUI
• Suspect whose truck contained homemade explosives released
• Brownback waiting to comment on concealed carry on campus proposal
• Kansas Senate committee approves increased fines for K-10 traffic violations
• Two Lawrence police officers suspended for role in fixing traffic tickets in exchange for KU basketball tickets
• Brownback confident NBAF will be built
• Federal charges unlikely for man whose truck was found with homemade explosives near Statehouse
• Trucking company moving 120 jobs to Overland Park
• House committee approves bill that requires candidates for state and federal offices to prove citizenship
• Town Talk: Developer seeks to add art gallery, offices, more apartments around the Poehler building; predictions for the Lawrence and KC area economy
• Statehouse Live: Committee approves letting state agencies buy water but doesn't provide funding
• Clinton Lake Historical society sets annual meeting
• Many in N.Y. cheer delay of animal disease lab move
• Gov. Brownback touts gains in wind energy
• County approves plan for senior housing
• Library director finalist vetted by employees, public
• Heard on the Hill: 5-year-old KSU fan refuses to color Jayhawk in class; reader asks about KU's helium connection; Engineering Expo coming soon
• A dog of a bill
• Apology may open dialogue
• Ignorance of history alarming
• No closings
• Snow Update: Snow Operations End
• 25 years ago: Local group traveling in Soviet Union can't phone home
• 40 years ago: Northwest acreage to be annexed by city
• 100 years ago: Lawn-mowing bunny missing after encounter with neighborhood dog
• Longtime Audio-Reader volunteer honored for rare sense of empathy
• Journalists discuss college sports scandals
• Manufacturers providing outsize boost to economy
• Iran claims progress made in nuke fuel
• Officials: 358 killed in Honduras prison fire
• Douglas County judge won't dismiss case against two Lawrence robbery suspects
• Kansas Board of Regents OK tuition break for some Missouri students at Edwards Campus
• Kansas Board of Education OKs No Child waiver
• Two sent to hospital after crash on highway 24-59
• Missouri man arrested for alleged threatening calls to Brownback's office
• Rally hits Capitol in opposition to Brownback, Kobach initiatives
• KDOT awards two construction bids for Douglas County projects
• Homemade bombs found in vehicle parked near Statehouse
• Police involved in brief chase Wednesday morning
• Statehouse Live: Committee advances higher education budget, but several issues will be visited again
• Protestors plan 'Occupy Koch Town' in Wichita
• KCC to study Westar's shareholder return
• KC Chamber announces plans to pursue 'Big 5' ideas
• Kansas Democrats name new communications director
• Kansans United in Voice and Spirit to rally
• Natural gas leak causes evacuation of buildings near 11th and New Hampshire streets
• Exhibition - Prepared: Strategies For Activists
• Owner of former Yellow House Store files lawsuit against KU Police Department, detective
• Lawrence man, 24, reports $9,000 stolen from him via criminal use of credit card
• Lawrence woman, 24, reports stolen items valued at $2,050
• Heard on the Hill: Nunemaker Center getting new exterior lights; provost's office still looking for research collaborations; car sharing program attracts first users
• Lawrence man, 33, reports stolen vehicle
• 25 years ago: Do neighborhood PACs have unfair impact on elections?
• 40 years ago: Sunday beer sales defeated in Kansas legislature
• 100 years ago: Lunchtime cafeteria opens at KU
• Still too tall
• Shrinking paper
• Action on Syria
• Halting carnage in Syria isn’t easy
• Predictable end
• Lawrence man, 23, arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, criminal damage
• Junction City man, 26, charged with aggravated assault
• Lawrence man, 20, charged with aggravated battery
• City Commission approves plan to build apartments on mobile home lot
• City puts plans for west Lawrence recreation center on hold
• School board cooling on consolidation plan
• County Commission to hear plan for senior housing
• Brownback administration supports bill that critics say could invalidate Lawrence anti-discrimination ordinance
• Property owner claims in lawsuit Overbrook man cut $50,000 worth of trees for firewood
• National Weather Service hosting discussion about severe weather
• Sex crime defendant's attorney wants information about teenage accusers
• Despite federal budget cut, getting NBAF remains a priority for Kansas, leaders say
• Missouri man gets 5-year prison sentence for robbery on KU campus
• Democrats, Republicans express concerns over popping the cap on local property taxes for schools
• Drug testing for Kansas welfare recipients proposed
• Wichita might strike oil at proposed library site
• Town Talk: Minsky's to open in downtown Lawrence; renderings for 31st and Iowa apartments; East Lawrence coffee house up for approval
• Feminist author featured at Kansas NOW event
• Statehouse Live: "Rubber stamp" incident over abortion bill generates more comment
• Two Lawrence police department employees suspended, pending investigation
• Perry-Lecompton schools cancel classes due to power outage
• Bombers target Israeli diplomats
• Most of Romney’s top fundraisers remain anonymous
• Washington governor signs gay marriage bill into law
• School consolidation working group won’t pursue specific closings
• High school principals give update on grade realignment
• Heard on the Hill: Love is in the air for really old insects, too; Obama's budget reflects increases in many higher ed programs; those against the "woo" in Rock Chalk Chant appear to be gaining ground
• Energy options
• Ongoing effort
• Ike was both common, extraordinary
• 25 years ago: Two city commissioners in favor of putting mall on ballot
• 40 years ago: State legislation and Valentine ads
• 100 years ago: KU Glee Club leaves on western tour
• Divisive task
• Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers
• House GOP leaders have backup on payroll tax
• Lawrence man sues Kansas highway patrolman over Tasing incident
• Debate starts in Kansas Legislature on illegal immigration
• House GOP tax cut proposal would also cut highway program, transportation officials say
• Bill designed to raise disaster funds criticized as establishing hidden tax
• After tornado, young professionals in Joplin search for a new, service-oriented path
• Obama's budget: Government still getting bigger
• Branch manager of Chicago Public Library to be first of three finalists to interview for directorship of Lawrence Public Library
• Around and About for Feb. 11, 2012
• White House's 2013 budget includes no new money for Kansas bio-security lab
• Short supply of helium not expected to deflate Valentine's Day balloons
• Statehouse Live: House GOP plan to cut taxes would short transportation program
• City to appeal judge's ruling that part of sidewalk ordinance unconstitutional
• Printable Valentines from Go!
• Legislature considering 13 alcohol bills
• 6th grader submits antifreeze law to Legislature
• 12-year-old Wichita girl dies after hit by police car
• Legislators to resume Kansas tax debate
• Town Talk: Craft beer festival coming to Downtown Lawrence; city commissioners set date to begin discussing trash changes; weekly property sales
• Douglas County land transfers for week ending Feb. 6, 2012
• Two area schools cancel classes, activities postponed because of snow
• Heard on the Hill: Conference football likely to be set soon, brides-to-be exhale; KU music students offering free lessons; Kansas State coach wants everyone to stop swearing at KSU games
• Emergency crews responding to one-vehicle, injury accident on Kansas Highway 10 near Eudora
• Derby man injured in I-70 accident
• Junction City man arrested on aggravated assault charge
• Aggravated battery arrest made after fight
• Bankruptcies for Feb. 13
• Ex-staff chief to Democratic governors discusses Cedar Crest meetings
• Man charged with poaching 14-point buck
• DNA database helps provide missing links in unsolved cases
• Obama’s budget going to Congress
• Swim Lessons Starting Soon
• Entrepreneurship Program allows Students to “paint” own experience.
• Marriages
• Capitalism
• KOMA loophole
• Elite decision
• A salute to unexpected actions
• Accept change
• Together 24/7: Couples who do business alongside one another share secrets to success
• 25 years ago: Mall opponents present petition to city
• 40 years ago: A peek at Lawrence's movie offerings, burger stands
• 100 years ago: Young Lecompton girl walks 12 miles to elope with Lawrence man
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of February 13
• NWS issues winter weather advisory in Douglas County for early Monday
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Pump Patrol
• Around and about in local business
• KU trying to get more Missouri students to enroll at Edwards Campus
• Flory dairy farm selling equipment, taking on different work after 60 years
• 80-year-old Utah man hurt in accident, car fire on I-70
• 25 years ago: Kansas planning state task force on AIDS
• 40 years ago: Judge rules gay student group can't access KU funds
• 100 years ago: Lawrence woman treasures Lincoln's letter to her father
• Public financing is a must
• Not broken
• Alabama case could criminalize politics
• It takes time
• Romney wins Maine’s caucuses
• Oldest federal judge remembered at Kan. service
• D.A. withdraws request for legislators to keep records
• Construction starts on home for family who endured tragedies
• Kansas officials eye disaster relief fund
• Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies at age 48
• Accident on I-70 causes wrecks, fuel spill
• Woman reports jewelry stolen in aggravated burglary
• Vending machine reported stolen from apartments
• Man pleads no contest in Taser incident
• Egypt’s military warns of plots on eve of strike
• Sandusky seeks visits with grandkids
• Under fire, Obama adjusts stance on birth control policy
• Pump patrol
• Aging secretary responds on KanCare
• Politics drives retreat on insurance issue
• 25 years ago: DLA considers changing official mall policy
• 40 years ago: Will daycare center at KU become a reality?
• 100 years ago: Lawrence women meet to discuss 'standards' of city
• City Commission agenda for Feb. 14
• Netflix and Hulu air new scripted originals
• Audit: North Dakota university awarded unearned degrees
• Navy names ship for Giffords
• Suicide bombers kill 28 in Syria; rebels deny involvement
• 7-year-old girl hurt in accident on Kansas Highway 33
• Students show off projects at county science fair today
• Lawrence City Commision to review plan to turn Gaslight mobile park into student housing complex
• Kansas Court of Appeals rules Martin Miller should get new murder trial
• CNN's Candy Crowley receives William Allen White award from KU
• Brownback initiatives have problems, legislative leaders say
• Kansas House GOP issues tax plan
• Topeka bank officer charged with $2.8 million fraud
• Kansas Senate leader rejects bill to allow guns on college campuses
• Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
• Report: Teacher in LA molest case paid to resign
• Kansas Supreme Court affirms verdict in teen's death
• Congressman asks for delay in Eisenhower Memorial
• Proposed abortion ban blocked by abortion foe
• Historian to discuss life of Lecompton man killed in Quantrill's raid
• Statehouse Live: House redraws its own lines with strong vote
• Court finds Kansan competent for trial on Obama threats
• Town Talk: PepperJax Grill plans to move to Mass. Street; retailers post strong holiday sales numbers; Gould Evans slated to be architects for rec center idea
• AARP asks consumers to contact KCC to oppose Westar rate hike
• Ottawa man arrested in connection with a Jan. 10 robbery
• Lawrence man charged with eluding police
• Employee groups oppose proposed KPERS changes
• Leaving ‘No Child’ law: Obama lets 10 states flee
• Greek deal to cut spending does not end debt drama
• $25B foreclosure abuse settlement reached
• South Middle School honor roll for fall 2011
• Heard on the Hill: NCAA makes changes to $2,000 stipend for athletes proposal; Jayhawks get some love on 'Wheel of Fortune'; KU looking for new accessibility and ADA education post
• Public Invited To Attend Meetings About Proposed Transit Changes
• Musical delight
• Garden caution
• Condemn sin
• Pummeling KU
• Poor evaluation
• U.S. should foster Egypt democracy
• Shared burden
• Lawrence’s Traffic Signals Now 100% LED
• Kansas House chair removes teacher rating measure
• Grocer faces sentencing in food stamp scam
• Audit clears State Department in Keystone probe
• Teachers deliver pension petitions to Capitol
• Judge sets trial date in abortion threat case
• Kansas woman delivers baby after hit-and-run crash
• KU Chancellor discusses race relations at Fort Leavenworth Black History Month event
• Three long-time Lawrence public schools administrators to retire
• Lawrence city sidewalk ordinance ruled unconstitutional
• Committee hearing heats up on Kansas abortion bill
• Statehouse Live: Public broadcasting dealt setback in House Appropriations Committee
• Lawrence leaders say changing to LED traffic lights a bright idea, money saver
• High school students invited to program on college financial aid
• Tonganoxie man injured in a one-vehicle accident near Basehor
• Police arrest second suspect in connection with robbery at Lawrence apartment
• Town Talk: Roger Morningstar to open New York pizza place in West Lawrence; library to introduce three finalists for director job to public; Iwig Dairy to open store on Friday
• Early morning fire displaces residents in northern Lawrence
• In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
• Romney’s losses show conservative doubts
• After wins, new challenges await Santorum
• Jobs gap between young and old is widest ever
• Police dispatch questioned after father torches house, killing boys
• New military roles to be recommended for women
• Opponents criticize latest abortion bill in Kansas Legislature
• Ottowa man arrested on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping
• Fire damages house southwest of Baldwin City
• Chamber of Commerce names interim vice president of economic development
• Bill would give certification to batterer intervention programs
• County may face $2.4 million budget shortfall in 2013
• Heard on the Hill: Student body president is against concealed carry law; evolution in Kansas has been an issue for a long, long time; article details an interesting meeting with James Naismith
• Medicaid push
• Recycling plea
• Suggestions/Ideas Sought For Dog Park
• Public faith vs. private faith
• ‘Hawk’ card won’t work for GOP
• Police investigating reports of shots fired near Second and Michigan streets
• Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore has Alzheimer's
• Kansas Senate approves congressional map that consolidates Lawrence in 2nd, puts Manhattan in 1st
• Lawrence, KU hosting public forums to disucss public transportation, transit depot idea
• 5 people in custody after police chase on Kansas Turnpike
• Labor groups blast Brownback over tax plan, several other bills
• Kansas House moves remap bill; Senate plans debate
• Kansas income tax debate accelerates
• Hutchinson mayor helps nab thieves
• Concealed carry on campuses approved by committee
• Kansas teachers to deliver pension petition
• Missouri teen gets life with possible parole in killing
• Statehouse Live: Committee approves new voter registration requirements
• Town Talk: Wind turbine and cars in the median proposed for Lawrence Auto Plaza; home show set for this weekend; neighbors want new downtown study as result of Ninth and N.H. hotel/apartment plans
• Woman transported to hospital after motorcycle accident
• Dow approaches 13,000, and maybe a record to come
• Gun investigation bill dies in House committee
• California same-sex marriage ban struck down
• City allows fake grass at apartments
• More offenders may be required to register under proposed amendments to act
• Brownback sees threat to NBAF
• At KU, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says candidate needs to unite, excite GOP base
• Activist reflects on, looks ahead to feminist issues
• $2.4 million gift to KU to establish scholarships
• Heard on the Hill: Huron recommendations bring changes in KU facilities department; KU looking for new director of undergraduate research; lecture to focus on anti-evolution controversies
• 100 years ago: Law against cigarette sales spelled out
• 40 years ago: Letter-writer objects to sex education
• 25 years ago: Funding running out for defense of county poor
• Legislature should limit major initiatives
• Why Israeli strike should worry U.S.
• Local talent?
• Jubilant Santorum sweeps Minnesota and Colorado
• Documents show high costs for prosecution of Burundi-born Topeka resident suspected of participating in Rwandan genocide
• Top lawmakers say legislators can't be forced to answer questions about governor's mansion dinners during session
• Auditors release 2nd report on KBA probe
• KU Chancellor Gray-Little outlines retention, graduation goals
• Douglas County prosecutors seek to keep sex offender in prison
• Kansas Land Trust hosting workshops on the benefits of conservation easements in Douglas County
• New lights near KU campus designed to improve student safety
• Opposition increases to Brownback tax plan, KPERS changes
• Statehouse Live: Bill would require information on emergency contraception as part of sexual assault examination process
• Kansas, Missouri fight possible move of Marine center
• Shawnee County DA to decide course soon in Planned Parenthood documents case
• Kansas House honors late member who died of cancer
• Memorial service set for 104-year-old Kan. judge
• Town Talk: Children's fun center coming to downtown; changes at Alvamar Country Club; architects release renderings of new design for 9th and N.H hotel
• Corporate profits not what they seem
• U.S. closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
• U.S. targets Iran's Central Bank in sanctions
• Accident involving trailer reported in northwest Lawrence
• Event to offer social media tips to parents
• Heard on the Hill: University Senate considering boycotting publisher Elsevier; newspaper readership program popular at other places, too; KUMC researcher mentioned in LA Times story on Alzheimer's
• 100 years ago: Local man on bicycle struck by broken power line
• 40 years ago: Lawrence schoolchildren spend day on the job with Dad
• 25 years ago: St. John students prepare 'time capsule'
• Message of love
• Gun sense
• Health plea
• Iran-Latin America ties draw U.S. focus
• Turf battle
• Kaw Water Plant Construction To Put Water Crane Temporarily Out Of Service
• School consolidation working group renews resolve for mission
• Free State High School honor roll for fall 2011
• Westar, KCC staff file settlement that would increase electric rates by $50 million
• Prosecutors seek to keep man convicted of sex abuse in custody for more treatment
• Man convicted in Lawrence robbery pleads to federal gun charge
• Statehouse Live: Wichita legislator wants to deduct $75,000 from Brownback's budget because of Laffer
• Jefferson County man, 66, faces charges of distributing, possessing child pornography
• Lawrence commissioners to determine whether to create four community gardens
• Rich district, poor district on opposite sides of Brownback school finance plan
• Lawrence public schools, United Way program in running for Kansas Leadership Center award
• Kansas voting rights advocates oppose accelerating proof of citizenship requirement
• Lawmakers say issues arose at governor's dinner events
• Panel endorses Kansas House proposal
• Victim seeks legislative help to strengthen Kansas anti-stalking law
• Pope names bishop for Salina, Kansas
• Google installing fast Internet service in KCK
• Olathe sets homicide record in 2011
• Town Talk: Headmasters moves out of downtown; community orchard, other gardens planned on city land; Del Monte expanding dog food plant
• Early-morning fire destroys parks and recreation maintenance facility at 12th and Haskell
• Fire reported at Lawrence public works garage
• How to help: Small World needs help for its smallest charges
• Obama: Israel has not decided on Iran attack
• After U.N. veto, U.S. proposes coalition
• Road work planned for week of Feb. 6
• Baldwin High’s culinary arts program at risk under proposal
• Heard on the Hill: Transfer students can have difficult path to degree; former KU library administrator takes over libraries at U. of DePaul; I saw lots of smart kids at Douglas County Spelling Bee
• February, 2012 Flame Newsletter
• Pardon denials range from murder to traffic tickets
• City of Lawrence News - February 3, 2012
• Pay it forward
• Backward plan
• Gingrich may shift GOP’s course
• Oread parking
• 25 years ago: Multi-screen theater planned for south Iowa Street
• 40 years ago: City postpones final decision on annexation
• This Valentine’s Day, consider the gift of song
• 100 years ago: Lawrence playground concept languishing
• Capitol Briefing: Brownback lobbies for tax credits
• City to decide whether to allow use of artificial grass in commercial projects
• With iPads, judges in touch any time, any place
• KU students designate SafeBus as preferred ride
• Rollover accident near Basehor reported Friday
• Around and about in local business
• Time winding down for working group's school consolidation recommendations
• Overland Park Bomb Squad brings cautious approach on every call
• Project lets Kansas students find Civil War graves
• Panel discusses effect February Sisters had on women’s rights at KU
• City Commission agenda for Feb. 7
• Defense: ATF sting targeted black males
• Eighth-grader spells out a win in county bee
• Only in Lawrence to honor local unsung heroes
• Capitalist system promotes change
• ‘Soul Train’ host’s death spurs memory
• Political lines
• 25 years ago: Burglar gets away with dozens of boots
• 40 years ago: KU reaches agreement with 'February Sisters'
• Boomer Girl Diary: Getting into a Siri-ous friendship
• 100 years ago: Winter hasn't left yet; gas pressure still low
• KU looking at ways to maintain affordability
• Mitt Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses
• Differences arise between legislators over school finance, voter registration
• Warm winter saving us money
• Car hits bicycle at 15th and Iowa streets
• Officers, citizens lauded for service to public safety
• KU video doesn’t replace live speech from chancellor
• Around and About for Feb. 4, 2012
• 100 years ago: Advertisements show range of businesses in 1912 Lawrence
• Lighted Pathway Through Oread Neighborhood Completed
• 25 years ago: Petitioners vow to fight mall proposal
• 40 years ago: Kansas legislature considers helmet law
• Higher education options are many
• New direction
• Supportive Syria magnifies Iran threat
• Big political donors have big agendas
• Iranian leader warns U.S., Israel
• Chief of Staff visits Fort Riley as troop cuts loom
• Crash north of Baldwin City injures one
• Man previously convicted of fatal crash in Lawrence faces more prison time, deportation
• Eudora man sentenced to one year in prison for threatening couple in Linwood
• Revved up crowd helps open Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway
• Fans chirping over what could be last KU-Mizzou basketball game in Columbia
• Brownback consolidates SRS and 2 other agencies, names director for new children and families department
• Lawrence residents plan anti-ALEC rally in Topeka
• Unemployment drops to 8.3 pct. after hiring burst
• Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
• Perry man, 19, going to trial on aggravated child endangerment charges, accused of choking teen girl
• Survey: Recycling up statewide in Kansas
• Cause of grain elevator blast undetermined
• Town Talk: Two New York-style pizza places slated for West Lawrence; city interviewing finalists for library construction job; land transfers for the week of Jan. 30
• Douglas County Land Transfers for week ending Jan. 30
• Eudora officer injured in K-10 accident
• DA tells legislators to save records from dinner meetings with Brownback
• Cancer charity confronts backlash
• County judge to hear cases with high court
• Judge orders trial in apartment robbery
• After IPO, Facebook will face new profit pressures
• Library hopes new director hired before expansion starts
• Kansas officials warned to keep records about meetings at governor’s residence
• Smoke reported Thursday was controlled burn at golf course
• Person suffers minor injuries in accident near Clinton and Wakarusa
• Ottawa man faces life in prison in child sodomy case
• Leavenworth man enters plea in domestic disturbance
• Police track down leads in homicide of Topeka man
• Pump patrol
• Lawrence teenager’s job comes with unexpected complications
• Heard on the Hill: Honorary degree recipient — not KU's chancellor — likely to give commencement address; KU officials seek higher enrollment through 'yield'; financial report reveals new data
• Possible Israeli attack on Iran worries U.S.
• Rate grab
• 100 years ago: Mayor Bishop contends that there are no immoral dances in Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Local youths respond to latest draft lottery
• 25 years ago: Kansas governor invites world leaders to Lawrence
• Ottawa teen must face trial in Lawrence robbery
• Developers revise plans for Ninth and New Hampshire hotel to respond to neighbors' concerns
• Hollywood Casino Kansas Speedway opening could have impacts across the region
• Prognosticating physician Tonganoxie Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter - and some rain
• Kansas water policy proposals advancing
• Lawrence woman testifies that husband beat, stabbed and tried to rape her; court orders defendant to stand trial
• Smoke south of Lawrence due to controlled burn at Eagle Bend golf course
• Statehouse Live: Bill aimed at increasing swine production facilities advances
• Auditors may revisit Kansas Biosciences report
• Grain elevator explodes; 1 injured
• Ron Paul gambles on caucus states to amass delegates
• Abortion insurance case assigned to new judge
• Lawrence's Alvin the Chipmunk concurs with Punxsutawney Phil: six more weeks of winter
• Judge gives Ottawa man, 24, probation in battery cases
• Judge Paula Martin to join Kansas Supreme Court to hear four appeals
• Town Talk: April 8 target date for Sears closing, but company interested in opening Hometown Sears store; Dick's Sporting Goods in the mix for Sears space; a new ag land real estate firm
• Groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter
• Criminal damage leads to $1,000 loss in 1300 block of Kentucky
• Lawrence man loses nearly $6,00 in burglary
• Burglary at Fuel Stop on Harper leads to more than $1,000 loss
• Alcohol suspected as factor in accident near Eudora
• Distraction suspected in accident near Lecompton
• Haskell reaches deal to bolster interaction with Environmental Protection Agency
• County employees going green for games
• Pump patrol
• Project to restore mural downtown expected to begin in April
• Labor Department agrees to change plan for child labor
• Heard on the Hill: I'm looking at how Obama proposals may affect KU; debate squad ranked second in the nation; 'Helvetica' filmmaker to visit KU
• Kind gesture
• It’s high noon, not morning
• State laws threaten political speech
• Dinner debate
• 100 years ago: Forger passing bad checks in Lawrence, Lecompton
• 40 years ago: Local residents awake to heavy snowstorm, dropping temps
• 25 years ago: With Lawrence winter this mild, six more weeks no problem, say residents
• Unfair plan
• ‘Eggs and Issues’ breakfast set for Saturday
• Lawrence's Deciphera Pharmaceuticals gets $7 million for project with Eli Lilly
• Brownback to discuss human trafficking Thursday at KU
• Tax refunds cut into Kansas revenues
• Plan to hire illegal immigrants complicates Kobach's vision
• Equality group asks legislators to repeal sodomy law
• Company withdraws permit application for sand-dredging operation near Eudora
• Senate committee approves map putting Lawrence in 2nd U.S. House District
• Douglas County judge reviewing case in which girl allowed boyfriend to choke her
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas says it won't submit proposal to be Medicaid contractor
• Kobach touts bill on citizenship rule
• Statehouse Live: Family of Cainan Shutt urge passage of bill making K-10 safety corridor
• Lawrence woman jailed after man hit with car in driveway
• Proposed oil pipeline would connect Oklahoma and Illinois, cutting through Kansas
• Bill would allow utility rate hikes before approval
• Zombie movie to be filmed in SE Kansas
• Fort Scott man charged in wife's house fire death
• Kansas now recognizes West Virginia gun permits
• Kansas Senate panel to vote on congressional map
• Brownback says lawmakers warned about open meetings law
• Town Talk: African/Caribbean/food store/laundry business opens; owner seeks historic landmark designation for property at 15th and Haskell; rumblings of a shorter plan for downtown hotel project
• Lawrence man, 61, reports theft of $1,400 in cash
• Haskell president says university faces challenges in convocation speech
• Prosecutors plan to drop charges against man, 45, accused of threatening neighbors
• Heard on the Hill: Alderson Auditorium gets a makeover; Dole Institute announces more spring programming; KU fans respond to 'We Are Mizzou' video
• Obama oil policy
• Make some sense
• One-term gov
• Well-deserved honors
• Cartoon case may set tone in Egypt
• Legislators show little interest in bill legalizing medical use of marijuana
• Major GOP ‘super PACs’ raised millions in 2011
• Romney wins Florida primary
• U.S. court puts up roadblock on Sunflower Electric Power Corp. coal-burning power plant in Kansas
• Agriculture department downplays talks about immigrants
• Judge orders environmental review in Sunflower Electric's proposed coal-burning power plant
• State revenues for January down from 2011
• Gov. Brownback’s approval rating falls; Kansas GOP disputes poll
• Suspects in Cirilla's robbery face federal charges
• Gas leak briefly closes down highway in Manhattan
• Alcohol suspected in rollover accident south of Eudora
• Diamond found in Salvation Army kettle now graces ring to be auctioned for charity
• Judge refuses to change bond for defendant in rape case
• Business coalition reveals plan to keep some illegal immigrants in Kansas
• Topeka house explosion caused by damaged gas line
• New documents show cost of KBA's legal fees
• Kansas Senate president says he questioned 'legislative dinners' that may have violated Open Meetings Act
• 2 die in wreck that closes part of I-35 near Gardner
• Kansas vineyard and winery on auction block
• Kansas group to ask senators to repeal sodomy law
• Town Talk: Kwik Shop plans to rebuild store at 19th and Mass.; hobby shop on 23rd closes amid tax problems; loan program for Douglas County businesses raises $63k
• Firm maps out school consolidation group's proposals
• Heard on the Hill: Chancellor outlines specific goals in State of the University video; new political website geared toward students; KU-Mizzou game this week inciting some nastiness
• Homeless progress
• Pollution ignorance
• Learn respect
• Local treasure lost
• GOP stands alienating Hispanic voters
• Serious charge
• Public opinion
• County to consider plans for sand-dredging operation near Eudora
• Lawrence man, 24, pleads no contest to aggravated battery
• Tax checkoff for the arts draws little interest at public hearing
• Residential real estate market endures dismal 2011
• Explosion levels home in southwest Topeka
• Woman involved in accident Jan. 3 on U.S. Highway 56 near Worden dies
• Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq
• Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes
• State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy
• Redistricting plans consolidate Lawrence in 2nd District
• Forms for free birth certificates will be online
• Baldwin City youth injured in Friday night accident listed in good condition
• Statehouse Live: Consumer, elderly advocates pitted against natural gas utilities
• League of Women Voters hosting meeting on proposed changes to Kansas tax structure
• Suspects in robbery of Cirilla’s arrested in Wichita
• Brownback names new IT chief
• Newest Kansas Speedway casino doing test run for regulators
• Boeing closure spurs interest by job recruiters
• Proposal would make Cairn Terrier state dog
• Colyer touts plan to push jobs for disabled
• Town Talk: Radio station apologizes for KU mistake of ‘epic proportions’; sand plant slated for Jeff. Co. but traffic slated for Douglas; a three-story office building for cheap
• U.S. Highway 59 closed north of Baldwin Junction because of accident
• U.S. Highway 59 shut down south of Lawrence after accident
• Lawrence man, 20, charged with DWI, drug possession, reckless driving
• Heard on the Hill: Natural History Museum hosts event on popular horse Comanche; University of Nebraska looking for cancer money, too; Dance Marathoners will stand for classes on Wednesday
• Death penalty protesters call Brownback; Natural gas bill considered; A Proposal to save on Capitol landscaping
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Lax enforcement
• Statehouse bully
• Renaming policy
• Republican ground is shifting
• 25 years ago: Kansas House passes death-penalty bill
• 40 years ago: KU student robbed in parking-lot tunnel
• 100 years ago: Local men enjoy another 'wolf hunt'
• iPhone, iPad app rewards being a couch potato
• The politics of being president: Richard Norton Smith reflects on White House successes, failures
• ‘Bleeding Kansas’ series kicks off in Lecompton with Underground Railroad lecture
• How to help: CASA seeks volunteers to help children through court process
• Liberty Memorial Central Middle School honor roll for fall 2011
• U.S. must talk, listen about guns
• Medal of Honor sought for priest
• Older students in Atchison getting iPads
• Kansas seeks to beef up budget to deal with fracking
• Lawrence couple help rescue children in Third World countries through Kids Alive International
• Report shows industries in Douglas County with growing, shrinking payrolls
• Arab League halts observer mission in Syria
• IMF chief presses for more cash
• College leaders wary of Obama cost-control plan
• Most sexual predators in Kansas never make it out of treatment, according to data
• Romney would rank among the richest presidents ever
• Pump patrol
• Woman, 2 children killed in crash near Topeka
• Selected verses
• Obama rejects patience of politics
• Amtrak delay
• Around and about in local business
• 25 years ago: Kansas dignitaries, local schoolchildren celebrate state's birthday
• 40 years ago: Sledding and skating available on this cold Kansas Day
• 100 years ago: Campus activities quieter as tests approach
• Dog killed in mobile-home fire; no injuries reported
• Man convicted in accident that killed girl
• Ottowa man pleads no contest in battery charge
• Report: Nation’s cattle herd continues decline
• Lawrence man sentenced to probation for criminal threat
• Separate boards would provide better university oversight
• How Democrats got their pockets picked
• Weakened Obama now pushing small ideas
• Harsh tax plan
• Around and About for Jan. 28
• 25 years ago: Entertainment options in and near Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Snowmobiling Kansans must seek snowier regions
• 100 years ago: Women's suffrage still 'debatable' according to local poll
• Lou Frydman, Holocaust survivor and mental health advocate, dies
• Area students provide labor, collect life lessons during recent sojourn in Haiti
• As inmates age, medical costs soar
• Kansas residents oppose plans for federal lab
• American economy not healthy yet, but healing
• Security Council talks Syrian crisis
• Lawsuit filed after injury at KU Fiji party moving to Douglas County
• KBA paying ex-CEO Thornton's legal fees
• Democratic leaders criticize Kobach for backing GOP state senate hopeful
• Kansas Highway Patrol plans saturation patrol this weekend
• Taiwan official deported, sentenced to time served
• Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes
• Statehouse Live: Officials accelerate road and bridge projects
• Overland Park man, 38, sentenced to 18 months in prison for battery
• State speeds up work on 32 road projects
• Agency holding NBAF hearing in Kansas
• Man guilty of using child as shield in standoff
• Workers at GM's Kansas City, Kan., plant vote to authorize strike
• State says water in Kansas creek healthy again
• U.S. Rep. Jenkins looking over congressional redistricting map
• Town Talk: 2011 Lawrence home sales fall nearly 15 percent; Papa Keno's pizza changes ownership; N. Lawrence customer service center plans to add 60-plus jobs by year's end; weekly land transfers
• Douglas County sand Transfers for the week ending Jan. 23, 2012
• City again orders recycling center to clean up property
• Businesses spend more, fire less as economy grows
• No energy industry backing for the word ‘fracking’
• Pentagon: Army, Marines to shrink as budget slows
• After SEAL raid, pirates move hostage
• Romney the aggressor in last Fla. debate before primary
• Heard on the Hill: State of the University speech moves to video; Mandy Patinkin rocks and chalks at Kauffman Center; Allen Fieldhouse gameday video attracts attention
• Millions now manage aging parents’ care from afar
• KBA restart
• City of Lawrence Meeting Set To Discuss Santa Fe Station Restoration Plans And Transit Offices
• 25 years ago: New prenatal-care program catches on in Kansas
• 40 years ago: Car registration shifting to staggered schedule
• 100 years ago: Latin requirements reduced for Kansas college admissions
• Trash input
• Gingrich is pragmatic choice
• Candidates must move beyond slogans
• FEC commissioner says important PAC issues are being oversimplified
• KCK man convicted after plea in 2008 Lawrence robbery
• Consulting firm to help Lawrence Chamber of Commerce with CEO search
• Two Lawrence men charged with assault following early-morning confrontation
• KU, former employee settle discrimination lawsuit
• Judges reject appeal by former Yellow House owner
• Gov. Brownback's plan to post teachers’ rankings causes outcry; GOP senator describes plan as 'toxic'
• Lawrence police investigating report of armed robbery at Cirilla's adult store on 23rd Street
• Rep. Jenkins wants Manhattan in 2nd District
• Kansas ag secretary blasts KBA board of directors
• Grain elevator to be rebuilt in Atchison
• Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods to celebrate 25th anniversary
• Trial postponed for defendant accused of shooting Bullet the cat
• Kansas farmers claim $1 billion after drought
• KCK meat company execs face fed indictment
• Federal inspectors to visit Wolf Creek nuclear plant next week to determine cause of shutdown
• Inmate convicted of threatening judges
• New Kansas Speedway casino plans test run Monday for charity
• Legislators take up Kansas water policy plans
• Town Talk: Garden store opens in West Lawrence; home store to close in downtown; student housing project wins key votes; N. Lawrence developers to meet more; NE Sector plan still stalled
• Burglary reported at Jayhawker Towers
• Pump patrol
• Baker’s oldest alumna dies at age 114
• Gay marriage returns to political spotlight
• Obama and GOP candidates offer a campaign preview
• League of Women Voters seeking nominations for Fluker Award
• Bill would allow guns on campus
• Activist Angela Davis to speak at February Sisters anniversary at KU
• K-State president discusses drive to secure NBAF funding
• Heard on the Hill: Mother, daughter look at a year's worth of expenses from KU; mice and rats used for research might get roomier homes; KU Hospital executive leaves for post in Chicago
• Hope fading
• Clear choice
• Trash conflict?
• ‘Fixing’ Kansas
• Wiley building
• Nanny state
• Pro-life?
• Gingrich makes coded appeal to racism
• 40 years ago: Funding received for a future Wells Overlook
• 100 years ago: His health worn down by 1903 flood, farmer dies at home
• Islamists, liberals square off in Egypt’s Tahrir
• Probe into Planned Parenthood document shredding nears end
• Kansas lawmakers want to review food stamps change
• Brownback staff had significant role in KBA audit
• Dive team called to investigate vehicle in Kansas River at De Soto park
• No danger detected after Douglas County Courthouse evacuated
• Kansas attorney general targets scams that prey on military families
• Proposal to expand rail passenger service in Kansas gets off track
• Giffords resigns House seat to focus on recovery
• Secret hostage rescue in Somalia played out as Obama spoke, rescuing 2, including 1 American
• Strong farm income means higher profit at ag banks
• Finney County offers online visits to inmates
• State Department: 'Serious' questions on GOP pipeline bill
• State legislators continue KBA audit review
• Town Talk: Heavy metal rocker Slash to produce horror flick based on Stull cemetery; American Eagle closes downtown store; planners to consider 31st and Iowa student housing, N. Lawrence plans tonight
• Kansas homeless shelters report increase in clients; directors seeing more families
• Statehouse Live: KU Cancer Center ready for NCI inspection, director says
• Explosive response team called to report of suspicious object just east of Lawrence; part of old natural gas line determined to be safe
• Officials still investigating cause of house fire in southwestern Lawrence
• Lawrence man, 41, reports Jan. 6 burglary in 1300 block of Lawrence Avenue
• De Soto man, 18, reports stolen 1994 Honda Accord in Lawrence
• Lawrence Landscape employee reports stolen copper, brass fittings
• Lawrence man, 59, reports stolen 1995 Honda Accord
• Lawmakers consider bill to keep Phelps family, Westboro Baptist Church from protesting funerals
• Heard on the Hill: Old Watson Library elevator comes to a stop; KU unveils new website for its efficiency plan; alumnus creates comic book bio of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs
• Military spouse hopes to build up support network for families
• 25 years ago: 'Baby John Doe' celebrates first birthday with adoptive family
• 40 years ago: KU receives grant to build research computer network
• 100 years ago: Girls' club to promote friendship between Lawrence, KU
• Super PACs influencing races
• Paterno legacy
• Romney must meet Gingrich challenge
• City agrees to rename street for Fambrough
• Kansas Republicans critical of Obama's address
• Fact check: Obama pushes plans that flopped before
• In GOP response, Daniels blames Obama for economy
• Obama: American dream in peril, fast action needed
• Full text of President Obama's State of the Union speech
• Romney's mountain of wealth could cause loud echo
• Obama: US must reclaim values of fairness for all
• Brownback hints at need for more KBA scrutiny; supporters say it's not needed
• Ottawa man pleads no contest to taking $90,000 from woman, 95, under his care
• Lawrence jobless rate falls in December
• Incumbents only candidates for three seats on Lecompton City Council
• Rally held in support of medical marijuana
• 3 high school students from Lawrence named candidates for Presidential Scholar designation
• Sloan's proposal for an electric car fee met with skepticism
• Schmidt critical of Mission's 'driveway tax'
• Statehouse Live: Brownback says he will look into SRS food stamp policy that has cut assistance to some but plans no change
• Mexican national gets nine years in prison for molesting girl, will be deported after serving sentence
• Heard on the Hill: Former philosophy teacher up for chancellor in Maine; snowy owl 'irruption' makes New York Times; law students have a ball
• Florida debate full of heated charges, countercharges
• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says farewell to Tucson constituents
• Aggravated battery charge filed against suspect in fight at Cadillac Ranch
• Warrant needed for GPS tracking, Supreme Court says
• Judge won't lower bond for KU student facing aggravated child endangerment charges
• Baldwin City man injured in Saturday crash near Vinland in serious condition
• Principals give update on grade realignment
• Baker to begin search for leadership position
• Deal reached with Stormont-Vail over billing issue
• Warmer weather helps Kansas unemployment in December
• Federal Reserve likely to hint of no rate increase before 2014
• Iran revives Gulf threats after sanctions
• Obama to take on economic anxiety in State of the Union address
• Tax plan logic?
• It’s a home
• Higher law
• Equality issue
• Major parties etching new profiles
• No rush
• Tornadoes leave 2 dead, over 100 hurt
• Republican legislator seeks delay of governor's Medicaid plan
• Audit criticizes Kansas Bioscience Authority, leader
• Legislators criticize emerging Kansas congressional maps
• Statehouse Live: Kobach touts voter ID law; Democrats say it will deprive legitimate votes
• KC group creates alternative to payday loans
• Topeka Zoo seeking quarantine building for animals
• Figure in food stamp scheme faces sentencing
• Town Talk: Some optimism about Lowe's future in Lawrence; local youth to appear on Jones Soda Co. labels; skate park improvements planned: UPDATE: What's up with 105.9 and no KU games on the radio?
• Legislators to get bio-defense update
• Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress
• Change in definition of rape likely to cause increase of reports
• Advocates for children raise concerns about tax, budget proposals
• Boeing to boost spending with Kansas suppliers
• Heard on the Hill: Journalism prof details how iPads worked in his class; look for bioscience audit today, other KU matters coming later; law, business students offering free tax help
• 40 years ago: Group to study substance abuse in Lawrence
• 100 years ago: Milk chocolate banned at KU lunch room
• Gymnastics Open Gym Starting Soon
• Yoder reflects on lessons of first year in Congress
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Loss of reverence mourned
• Tax points
• U.S.-Iran communication confirmed
• Judicial moves
• 25 years ago: 'Just Say No' program implemented in Lawrence
• Lecompton icon makes way home
• Kobach struggles to find support for hunting bill
• Kansas cuts food aid for illegal immigrants’ kids
• Capitol Briefing: Davis on O’Neal's Obama email; Fee for electric vehicles; What's next
• Pump patrol
• Even contraception now controversial
• Health care case will be a landmark
• Tax shift
• 25 years ago: Up to half of KU summer classes cut
• 40 years ago: Plans approved for Mass Street redesign
• 100 years ago: Little boy seriously injured in sledding accident
• Working group gives pros, cons of school consolidation options
• Lawrence could be consolidated into 2nd U.S. House District
• Assistance dogs trained in Kansas provide gift of independence
• Around and about in local business
• Online, tech companies win piracy fight
• Teen ends globe-circling voyage in St. Maarten
• Obama to offer economic blueprint at State of the Union
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for this week
• Judge sets hearing for convicted doctor
• State officials working to curb spread of measles
• At competition, students model future cities around clean energy
• KU School of Nursing touts benefits of e-textbooks
• Gingrich wins South Carolina primary
• LifeStar air ambulance called to one-vehicle injury accident north of Vinland
• Obama isn’t 1st president to serenade the public
• Taxpayers deserve better performance from higher ed system
• Chant tradition
• Pipeline decision
• Unfair tax plan
• Ironing out the irony
• Republicans buy into class-warfare narrative
• 100 years ago: New Bowersock Opera House opens to cheering public
• 25 years ago: Reappraisers face problems in Oread neighborhood
• 40 years ago: Flu season passing its peak in Lawrence
• Year later, Egypt activists seek further revolution
• Home sales up at end of dismal year
• Cruise ship’s oil threatens marine paradise off Italy
• New trial ordered in 1997 rape case
• Two injured in accident at Wakarusa and Bob Billings
• Street name change would create intersection of Fambrough and — ack! — Missouri
• After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill
• Brownback's tax proposal on the ropes
• Kansas Supreme Court says local judge erred when sentencing man for indecent liberties with a child
• 51 measures proposed for repeal, but not law criminalizing gay sex
• Town Talk: City to host meeting about converting Santa Fe Depot into transit hub; a bus system the city uses but doesn't pay for; more on gasoline prices; street renaming on city's agenda
• Statehouse Live: House GOP leaders unveil tax proposal
• Museum plans activities to honor Kansas statehood
• 100-year-old recalls life before highways, cars
• Opponents ask city to dump, alter trash plan
• Pump patrol
• Chamber VP leaving Lawrence
• 25 years ago: Area representatives split on death penalty
• 40 years ago: Funding awarded for sports complex
• Brownback says Perry fought hard race
• Fiery debate tops bizarre GOP campaign day in S.C.
• Out of darkness
• Art clarification
• War costs
• U.S. pressure already affecting Iran
• Vital vaccines
• 100 years ago: No more late hours: KU dances to end earlier
• Family claims in lawsuit that former 87-year-old resident of Brandon Woods at Alvamar was sexually assaulted
• Proposed ban on abortion introduced in Kansas House
• Douglas County jurors determine 42-year-old Lawrence man is sexually violent predator
• Attorney enters plea of not guilty for KU basketball player accused of possessing alcohol
• Attorneys for South Lawrence Trafficway supporters, opponents square off in oral arguments in Denver appeals court
• First-year math teacher at LHS singled out for honor
• Speaker O'Neal apologizes over anti-Obama email, but will stay in office
• Consultant Laffer praises Brownback's tax plan
• Ex-wife says Gingrich wanted 'open marriage'
• Details of his vast personal fortune trail Romney
• Santorum edges Romney in belated Iowa GOP count
• Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11
• Tradition of mystery figure who toasted Edgar Allan Poe appears over, as 'Toaster' fails to show for third year
• Unemployment claims at 352,000, fewest since 2008
• Rick Perry drops out of presidential race, endorses Gingrich
• Kansas River considered as National Water Trail
• Another Jefferson County resident dies on U.S. Highway 59, south of Oskaloosa
• Town Talk: From Denver, site of today's oral arguments in the SLT case; a primer on the fight over whether the road should be built through the Baker Wetlands
• KU School of Pharmacy applauded by Senate committee
• Pump patrol
• KU bioscience and tech center gets new tenant
• Prosecutors want sex crime convict to remain in state custody
• Landmark National to buy Wellsville Bank
• Heard on the Hill: E-textbook programs gain traction in other universities; KU prof's mass extinction theory getting new attention; Student Union Activities accepting submissions for film contest
• 25 years ago: Sculpting it or shoveling it, Lawrence dealt with a foot of snow
• 40 years ago: Computer-aided enrollment goes faster than ever
• 100 years ago: Son of local family stationed in China during revolution
• Fambrough St.
• War is a different universe
• Photography unfairly tied to terrorism
• Salary scale
• A Q&A on contested anti-piracy bills
• County approves district boundary changes
• Donations pour in for family who lost home
• Data show this winter is 16th warmest in Lawrence since 1909
• Ministers to deliver petitions calling on Kansas Speaker O’Neal to step down
• Obama rejects Canada-Texas oil pipeline - for now
• Brownback administration seeks to contain political fallout on taxes
• Senate panel floats Kansas congressional map
• KU incubator space fills up with addition of pharmaceutial company
• Bleeding Kansas is focus of annual lecture series in Lecompton
• Annual Eagle Day planned for Jan. 21 at Free State High School
• Brownback's tax reform adviser named in lawsuit that alleges Ponzi scheme
• State officials trying to hook senior citizens for fishing, hunting licenses
• Google's KCK plan for warp-speed internet hits snag
• Proposed bill would allow Kansans to donate to arts when paying taxes
• Kansas Historical Society surveying water towers
• Kobach representing self in federal court about how state treats small political parties
• Kansas woman's 2003 death reclassified as homicide
• 3 hearing-impaired pedestrians hit in Olathe
• Senate to begin Kansas redistricting process
• Jury convicts Colby man of selling mortgaged cattle
• Town Talk: Tapas opens Mexican restaurant on Mass. Street; is permit parking on the way for Oread neighborhood?; talk of expanding rental licensing program continues; Landmark to buy Wellsville Bank
• Bill aimed at online piracy panned by Internet companies, Kansas Congressional delegation
• Statehouse Live: House Republican leaders say Brownback's tax, budget proposals will be studied with others
• Veterans panel hears mental health issues
• City commissioners defer action on parking issue for boarding houses
• $25,000 from city to help Heartland Community Health Clinic improve billing process
• Study looks at how Kansas court system operates
• Public input sought on trash, recycling report
• Some pigs: City allows potbellied swines as pets
• Heard on the Hill: Researchers find opposites don't attract at KU; strategic initiatives report includes recommendations on wooing senior faculty to KU
• Real obscenity
• Plan ahead
• Solid Waste Task Force to Hold Public Meeting To Receive Input On Final Draft Report
• District balance
• Military hotline could head off conflict
• Owl observation
• Lawrence man ticketed after clipping elbow of bicyclist
• Fort Hays State University's online programs recognized by U.S. News and World Report
• Lawrence man, 38, ordered to stand trial on child sex crime charges
• KU Hospital receives award from EPA for its efforts to reduce waste
• State senator says she caught Rep. TerriLois Gregory recording conversation
• Speaker O'Neal says he won't resign, despite petition blasting him for anti-Obama emails
• Former governor and Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty to speak at the Dole Institute
• Forecast: Kansas economy to improve, but more slowly
• Brownback seeks spending cap but details unsettled
• 2 KCK policemen plead guilty in FBI sting case
• Kansas county sees oil, gas lease searches spike
• Lawrence man charged with aggravated battery after argument with woman
• 'Robin Hood in reverse:' Brownback's plan would raise taxes paid by poorest Kansans
• SRS to take applications for heating aid
• Kansas Democrats seeking pay boost for state workers
• Town Talk: Sources say local call center downsizing; city to host public input session on trash and recycling on Thursday; are renters getting a raw deal on trash?
• Fire at Perry home displaces family
• Statehouse Live: Democratic chair Wagnon blasts Brownback's tax plan
• Kansas Republican leaders under pressure from right
• Texas woman blames affair for Kansas City homicide
• Schools task force to forward consolidation proposals to consultants
• Parking concerns in Oread neighborhood drive boarding house debate
• Electric plants shift from coal to natural gas
• Immigration courtrooms silent during ICE review
• Front-runner Romney fends off attacks in South Carolina debate
• Heard on the Hill: KU astronaut, professor Steve Hawley gives talk about manned spaceflight; e-textbooks could be the future; Jayhawk license plates extend to Alaska
• 25 years ago: Lawrence drivers in dozens of accidents as snowstorm hits area
• 40 years ago: Governor's message gets lukewarm reception in Lawrence
• 100 years ago: Two Lawrence men build motorized sled
• Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk, study says
• Rally marks MLK day with voting rights message
• Targeted funds
• Inspiring words
• Fieldhouse slobs
• SLT loophole
• No safety net
• It’s time for the U.S. to look south
• Fate of Kansas elections bill tied to computer issue
• Western Kansas dairy at risk of losing key permit
• Kansas liquor stores back measure to allow tastings
• Historic church on Kansas plains being repaired
• MagnaGro owner answers lawsuit related to fatal accident at Lawrence plant
• New MBA program at Baker University targets recent grads
• Judge dismisses suit man made against Shawnee County couple he held at knifepoint
• Huntsman quits GOP race, backs Romney
• Oskaloosa man, 42, dies in one-vehicle accident early Monday
• Brownback's budget includes disaster relief funds
• Riley County GOP to fill House vacancy
• Town Talk: Prosoco to add second shift at East Hills facility; Oread boarding house issue back up for debate; property sales for the week ending Jan. 9
• Douglas County land transfers for the week ending Jan. 9, 2012
• Touring Mount Rushmore’s famous faces goes virtual
• Cruise ship captain’s conduct blasted as more found dead
• Rivals: Split conservative vote in S.C. aids Romney
• Towering legend, flawed man? MLK’s image evolving
• World War I dog tags returned to Kansas family
• Men arrested for having stolen 2004 Chevrolet truck
• Kansas town of Elmo now quiet after a busy past
• Heard on the Hill: KU communication studies prof Nancy Baym leaving KU; KU geographer William Woods interviewed in NY Times; JoAnn Browning hired as new engineering associate dean
• Marriages
• 25 years ago: Gas prices on the rise
• 40 years ago: LHS captures debate trophy
• 100 years ago: Salvation Army asks help for families even if fathers are 'shiftless'
• Bankruptcies
• Enforcement challenge
• Bureaucracy mires port improvements
• U.S., Iran need back channel to communicate
• Divorces
• Biography examines MLK mentor
• Inmate program nurtures freedom on many levels
• Hunstman to withdraw from GOP race, endorse Romney
• Pump patrol
• Waving goodbye to the wheat
• Arts move
• Join the cause and get the book
• Romney’s wins not great but good enough
• Around and about in local business
• 25 years ago: A bad day to be a Lawrence police car
• 40 years ago: KU architecture students re-imagine Lawrence's downtown
• 100 years ago: Couple rescue themselves from fall through river ice
• Man sentenced to life in death of 13-year-old
• Governor eyes gambling funds for Kansas debt
• Donations grow for family that lost home in fire
• Night of chaos, fear after cruise ship ran aground
• Brown v. Board site to honor MLK
• Egypt leader ends presidential bid in protest
• Police: Woman shot by officer had knife
• Man charged with trying to drown kids
• Analysts: S&P downgrades could have been worse
• KU professor studies how media cover mothers who kill kids
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for January 17, 2012
• Fundraiser for museum adopts speakeasy theme
• Account set up to help family displaced by fire
• City leaders shouldn’t be complacent about retail vacancies
• Artist responds
• Donation option
• Conservatives?
• Mannequins, art
• Little League teams reflect story of change
• 25 years ago: Neighborhood strongly opposes bank expansion on Tennessee Street
• 40 years ago: County asks feds for help with Clinton Parkway funding
• 100 years ago: School principal cleared of assault and battery after whipping student
• Tricky transfer awaits tanker inching to Alaska
• Balmy winter brings economic surprises
• Obama takes on big government: ‘It has to change’
• Tensions high, U.S. warns Iran not to block shipping
• Lawrence, Douglas County emergency dispatch operation needs $7 million in upgrades
• What Kansas taxpayers could expect under the governor's proposal
• Battle forming over Brownback's plan to scrap earned income tax credit
• Charles Price, ambassador under Reagan, dies at 80
• Abortion ban to be proposed in Kansas House
• Rep. Hensely predicts Manhattan could move to 1st District
• Court of Appeals upholds taxation of oilfield equipment
• Judge refuses probation request, orders man to prison in sexual battery case
• Lawrence man pleads guilty to attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child charge
• Firefighters extinguish blaze at Meadowbrook Apartments
• Obama seeks power to merge agencies
• US to send ambassador to Myanmar, upgrading ties
• Peru court sentences Joran Van der Sloot to 28 years
• Europe hit by downgrade speculation
• Marine video outrage not stopping peace talk moves
• Conservatives torn over defending, opposing Romney
• Stephen Colbert moves closer to entering South Carolina GOP primary
• Senate panel begins Kansas tax study
• AirTran Airlines to keep Wichita service as Southwest
• 2 wind farms in western Kansas secure financing
• Obama, DNC raise $68M in final 3 months of 2011
• GOP rallies around Romney after hits on Bain
• Young voters propelling 76-year-old Ron Paul’s campaign
• Panetta assures Afghans of full probe into Marines video
• Retail sales weaken in Dec. but cap record year
• Big storm hits Alaska as weary residents dig out
• Nursery cares for orphaned seal pups
• Fla. man injured in accident on Turnpike
• Lawrence man reports pickup stolen
• KU student reports car stolen
• Shelter Inc. employee faces child sex crime charges
• Heard on the Hill: KU medical dean in Wichita returns from India; 'godfather' weighs in on woo debate; I'm looking for new things going on in your world
• Board duties
• Teachers in U.S. deserve more respect
• Friday Is The Last Day For Tree-cycling
• Ron Paul is campaign’s biggest story
• 25 years ago: USD 497 to add a new elementary school
• 40 years ago: Area legislators ask opinions on state issues
• 100 years ago: Home Economics classes to begin serving food at KU
• Details of Brownback’s tax plan revealed
• City’s retail vacancy generally improves
• Prosecutors file aggravated battery charge against woman for Burrito King incident
• Lawrence man reaches diversion agreement in May aggravated assault case downtown
• Governor recommends funding for Lawrence SRS office
• Brownback's arts funding plan criticized as too little
• Richard Norton Smith to speak at Dole Institute
• Midwest gets first major snowstorm of warm winter
• Obama, DNC raise $68M in final 3 months of 2011
• Brownback proposes using casino revenues to pay off garage
• No raises for state workers in Brownback's 2013 budget
• 2 bald eagles shot and killed in Kansas
• Legislators to hear details of Brownback's tax plan
• Panetta blasts video that allegedly shows Marines urinating on dead Taliban
• Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear
• Justice Dept says recent recess appointments legal
• Company cautions against linking well, Ohio quakes
• Ohio panel sticks to 'White Only' pool sign ruling
• Winter wheat plantings up amid higher prices,
• Fight to move 2 elephants from Topeka Zoo resumes
• Attorney General Schmidt expands task force on human trafficking
• Emporia State to remember past during Founders' Day event
• Discussions growing in Eudora for new library, public safety building
• County adjusts voting districts
• Man accused of threatening Tonganoxie principal appears in court
• First Bell: 750 words could yield $5,000 for a young entrepreneur; board member joins advisory board for Community Corrections
• Heard on the Hill: KU plagiarism case part of a growing trend; snowy owls continue to generate interest; Baker University trustee wins CASE award
• 25 years ago: Thousands watch in Topeka as Hayden sworn in
• 40 years ago: Sen. Dole ends 23-year marriage
• Toll roadblock
• 100 years ago: Coal, wood, river water supply cold-besieged Lawrence
• Not businesslike
• Art funding
• Change overtaking bigoted views
• U.S.-Taliban diplomacy is intriguing
• Looking For A Parking Spot Downtown? Get A Parking Pass To Make The Search Easier
• Blast kills Iran nuclear expert amid ‘covert war'
• Brown winter means more green for cities
• Tiny frog claimed as world’s smallest vertebrate
• Against business? GOP split on Romney’s practices
• More planets than stars found in galaxy
• $1,000 motorbike reported stolen
• Firearm discharge reported within city limits
• Statehouse Live: In State of State, Brownback outlines plan to cut Kansas personal income tax
• Full text of Democrats' response to Gov. Brownback's State of the State address
• Full text of Gov. Sam Brownback's State of the State address
• Rep. Mike Pompeo sets up website, online petition to promote aviation industry
• Kobach endorses Romney for president
• Lawrence man sentenced to two years probation for assisting in 2010 Walmart robbery
• Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years
• Ohio Amish plead not guilty in beard-cutting attacks
• TransCanada: New route for pipeline nearly done
• Obama aims to reward businesses that invest in US
• Mitt Romney attacks Obama as too cozy with Europe
• Lawrence man enters aggravated battery plea for 2011 incident
• Astronomers see more planets than stars in galaxy
• On second anniversary of earthquake, few major Haiti reconstruction projects have begun
• Ohio parents admit denying ailing son medical care
• Cancer survivors lobby for bald Barbie
• Missouri man enters plea to 2009 armed robbery on the KU campus
• Missouri man enters plea to 2009 armed robbery on the KU campus
• After Tuesday accident on Kansas Turnpike, car ends up on embankment of rocks
• Kansas education board at impasse over Brownback school funding plan
• Kansas City man injured in two-car accident
• Lawrence man reports aggravated burglary
• KU student reports stolen 2004 Volkswagen Passat
• Drug charges filed against 32-year-old Lawrence man
• Kobach seeks to move up plans for citizenship proof to June 15
• First Bell: School board taking applications for Finance Advisory Committee; Prairie Park Nature Center offers trips for home-schoolers
• Heard on the Hill: KUMC prof gets honorary degree, Viking sword from Finnish university; Wash. Post blog is good higher ed read; winter break really is longer this year
• Working together
• Woo defense
• Negative ads
• Boeing jolt
• A poor fit
• International stories to watch in 2012
• City approves tougher rental regulations for single-family homes
• Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire primary; Ron Paul runs second
• Sen. Jerry Moran urges Boeing to transfer ownership of plant to attract industry
• Topeka police looking at links between homicide, crimes at shopping area
• United Way outlines strategies for helping student performance in Douglas County
• Area events to celebrate life of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Santorum opens primary day in NH with media blitz
• Russia concerned about Iran's uranium enrichment
• Supreme Court weighs policy against curse words on TV
• 2nd Lecompton City Council member files for re-election
• KU Hospital contributes $2 million to Cancer Center
• Eisenhower family asks to delay DC memorial
• Three honored for work with KU Endowment Association
• Former youth ministry coordinator sentenced to 30 days in jail for sex crime
• Bombardier Aerospace announces plan to expand Kansas Learjet operation, creating 450 jobs
• Kansas Democrats offer school finance plan
• Business lobby, aided by $36k from Koch Industries, targets eight Republican incumbents in state Senate for defeat
• Town Talk: New 'med spa' business to open in West Lawrence; home sale numbers still lagging; Sister Cities trip to Greece in planning stages
• Rivals looking to chip away at Romney in NH
• Guantanamo closure hopes fade as prison turns 10
• Special commision's report on Kansas judiciary to become public later this month
• First Bell: Free State to auction old-time jerseys; Consolidation Working Group receives direction
• Ruptured rail car dumps acid in creek
• Woman, 2 daughters die in Garden City fire
• State regulators to meet at new casino
• Man, 36, reports stolen tractor
• Items stolen in burglary of residence on Atchison Avenue
• Laptop stolen, door and table damaged in burglary at Rent-A-Center
• KU police report burglary, theft of copper pipe and wire
• Woman, 20, dies after crashing car into pond
• School consolidation options due from task force next month
• Heard on the Hill: Tales of the Rock Chalk 'woo' go far and wide; co-founder of KU School of Medicine-Wichita dies; journalist Candy Crowley to speak Feb. 10
• Ahmadinejad’s Latin ‘tour of tyrants’
• Arts Commission Seeking Applicants for 18th Annual Community Arts Grants
• New sex education standards released
• Iran sentences ex-Marine to death in CIA case
• GM likely to recapture global auto sales lead
• Romney claim
• Hate talk
• U.S. must re-enter space race
• Welcome news
• Woman, 40, to serve one year on probation for role in Baldwin City arson
• Kansas Republican legislator blasts Speaker O’Neal
• Incumbent seeks re-election to Lecompton City Council
• Douglas County to fight landowners' lawsuit over shooting range approval
• Lawrence city commission considering limits how many unrelated people can live in a single-family home
• Kansas Bioscience Authority wants to retain KU professor being wooed by another university
• Brownback rethinking state funding of the arts, officials say
• I-35 ramp off I-435 West to be closed Wednesday
• Kansas, Bombardier to details of expansion deal
• Big battle expected in Legislature over Brownback’s tax plan
• KU hires new liaison to Washington, D.C.
• Best friends remember 9-year-old slain in Tucson
• Rep. Giffords leads Tucson shooting remembrance
• UN agency confirms Iran nuke work at bunker
• Feds charge ex-Kosovo man in Fla. Islamic plot
• William Daley, Obama chief of staff, resigns
• US condemns Iranian death sentence for American
• US court backs foreign campaign contribution ban
• Ruptured rail car dumps acid in Kansas creek
• Restoration continues revelations at Statehouse
• Douglas County commissioners to consider changing district boundaries to better reflect census
• Lawsuit claims DES-breast cancer link
• Report: Iran enriching uranium at private lab
• Kansas Coliseum arena finds new use
• Topeka remembers victims of gun violence
• GOP rivals take aim at Romney 2 days before N.H. primary
• A year later, Arizona reflects on deadly shooting
• Proposals seek to address Kansas’ dentist shortage
• Safety of popular air shows, races under scrutiny
• Texas Electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court
• State’s Indian tribes concerned about water, gaming
• Experts warn of carbon monoxide leaks
• Health officials issue annual fish warning
• Manhattan murder-suicide victim had dropped protection order
• A basic right
• Due diligence
• School sense
• Budget cuts mark true shift at Pentagon
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of January 9, 2012
• Competitive edge
• Home School Classes Being Offered at Nature Center
• Police: Woman attacked Clyfford Still painting
• Exhibit views prairie from animals’ vantage point
• Lawrence resident hurt in rollover accident
• Men enter pleas for roles in fatal Salina beating
• Convicted rapist gets 67 years for attacks
• KC murder-suicide victim had protection order
• Police searching for stolen truck
• Memory of LHS grad who died in accident honored in basketball tournament to benefit scholarship
• Pay the piper
• Retiree taxes
• Voting laws wage war on poor
• Wealth redistribution is flawed policy
• GOP shift?
• 25 years ago: BIA proposes tuition plan for Haskell
• 40 years ago: Low-income rentals almost ready for occupancy
• 100 years ago: Firemen battle elements in two overnight fires
• K.C.’s Black Archives finds a new home
• Kansas doctor, wife say attorneys had conflict
• Kansas leaders pursuing 2 paths in next step after Boeing announces plant closure
• Gov. Brownback talks fracking in Oklahoma
• Wheel genius: Road work planned for this week
• Brownback has full agenda awaiting legislators as session starts Monday
• City, business leaders not sounding alarm over retail store closings
• 400,000 bottles of beer on the wall: 2011 by the numbers in Lawrence
• Man charged in string of auto burglaries
• Death of man found in woods investigated
• Ex-Dillons employee gets probation
• Library raises $1 million for expansion plans
• Farmland Fertilizer Plant: Clean Up and Project Update
• Texting and Driving
• Forecast Calling For Snow?
• Winter Hiking Club
• Eagle Watching
• Obama strength highlights need for GOP gains in Congress
• 25 years ago: DLA members polled on downtown mall proposal
• Latin America muzzles news media
• 40 years ago: Lawrence weather veers from icy to warm
• Santorum offers worthy alternative to Mitt
• 100 years ago: North Lawrence's Pilgrim Church merges with Plymouth Congregational
• Passengers in Wednesday U.S. Highway 56 accident remain in serious condition
• Seniors may have to pay hunting, fishing fees
• Warrant issued for Lawrence man accused of pointing a plastic gun at Walmart clerks
• Felony theft reported from the 2400 block of 31st Street
• Car stolen from 3100 block of Ousdahl Road
• Lawrence woman hit by car at 25th and Iowa streets
• County employee taken to hospital after being hit by tree
• Update to labor laws could prevent youths from doing certain tasks
• Gadget show has poor success record
• California homeless warned about serial killer
• Core of health care law defended
• Groups that benefited from hiring burst
• 200K jobs added in December surge
• Lawrence single-family housing starts hit all-time low in 2011
• Overland Park couple's death called murder-suicide
• Group studying Kansas pensions issues final report
• No dice on casinos in southeast Kansas
• US Navy rescues Iranian fishing boat from pirates
• Texas teen deported to Colombia headed back to US
• Joran van der Sloot hints he'll plead guilty
• Hawker Beechcraft CEO says Air Force contract cost 800 jobs in Wichita
• Riches from Nigeria
• At least Newt Gingrich respected his audience
• DUI deaths sobering
• Senators back creation of Kansas reserve fund
• State board proposes cut in Westar Energy's rates
• Bonnie and Clyde guns to be auctioned in Kansas CIty
• Town Talk: Lawrence home building totals hit historic low in 2011; city inks deal to add Ripple Glass containers across town; Lawrence Freenet operator on expansion path
• Unemployment rate falls to lowest in three years
• Holiday discounts crimp retailers’ profits
• Swank sushi: Tuna fetches $736K
• Scores killed in bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq
• Three still in hospital after U.S. 56 accident
• Trash task force sets recycling goal, public forum
• Coffee cups carried warning to Mount Rainier campers
• Feds reject Kansas request for health care waiver
• Heard on the Hill: Law student wants more focus on education, not job market; I'm looking for people who love to 'woo'; Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy helps fund university projects
• Conservatives: Time to rally around a 'not-Romney'
• War profits
• State mistakes
• Cans count
• Iowa helped clarify issues in GOP race
• Better safe …
• Chamber of Commerce raises $1,000 to help replace mural
• Officials investigate case of American teen deported to Colombia
• Advocates urge slow down on part of Brownback's Medicaid overhaul
• Lawrence's 2011 sales tax collections rose by $1 million
• Trial for Joran van der Sloot, suspected of killing Natalee Holloway and a Peruvian woman, begins Friday in Peru
• Pentagon probing possible leak of bin Laden raid details in upcoming movie
• Study: Romney plan raises taxes on poor families
• Conservatives: Time to rally around a not-Romney
• Lawrence man, 33, faces additional battery charges
• State transportation officials abandon idea of tolls on South Lawrence Trafficway
• With large field of candidates, Kansas GOP expects some notice in presidential race
• Lawrence man, 23, arrested in connection with auto burglaries
• Body of 39-year-old Topeka businessman found west of Lecompton
• Basehor man, 21, injured in single-car accident
• Statehouse Live: Speaker O'Neal apologizes for forwarding email that calls Michelle Obama "Mrs. YoMama"
• Air Force temporarily halts work on Hawker Beechcraft contract
• Lawrence man, 26, arrested on suspicion of rape
• Exhibit views prairie from animals' vantage point
• Kansas health secretary names finance director
• State regulators open investigation of home blast
• Town Talk: Lawrence sales tax collections post best year in more than a half-decade; idea of downtown donation meters still alive; popularity of 15-minute parking meters growing?
• County approves permit for healthy living facility
• Heard on the Hill: Opponents mobilize against the "Woo" after the Rock Chalk Chant; KUMC leader's parrot can perform the chant (without the woo); recent grad creates stories for NPR show
• Pump patrol
• 25 years ago: Former KU student tosses hat into presidential ring
• 40 years ago: Cold weather pleasant for some
• 100 years ago: While temperatures plunge, residents worry about natural gas shortage
• Seaver missed
• Caring counts
• America is dumbing down
• Santorum finding a constituency
• Goodbye, Boeing
• $77K in property stolen from storage unit
• Police: Search for student Aisha Khan cost $36K in overtime
• Hutchinson struggling with city’s housing stock
• Officials move ahead with 2012 Reno air races
• Grass fires near 10th and Connecticut streets being investigated
• Father faces child endangerment charges after arrest near levee
• Man charged with battery, threat against girlfriend
• Over $3,000 in items reported stolen in burglary
• Woman reports stolen purse, items valued at over $1,200
• Stirring up a fight, Obama names consumer watchdog
• Now you see it, now you don’t: Time cloak created
• Kansas officials outraged, saddened by announced Boeing departure
• County road north of Baldwin City to be closed on Thursday
• Expert sees Kansas recovering from Boeing decision
• Investigation continues into cause of head-on crash on U.S. Highway 56
• Rep. Mike Pompeo says he'll keep pressuring Boeing
• Brownback 'deeply saddened' about Boeing decision
• Leavenworth man pleads guilty to burglary, federal gun charges in Jefferson County case
• After Iowa, questions grow about Occupy's impact
• Santorum declares 'game on' after Iowa surge
• Artist exploring options for replacing Massachusetts Street mural
• Sen. Pat Roberts disappointed, Sen. Jerry Moran 'outraged' by Boeing decision
• 2,100 jobs lost as Boeing announces plan to shut down operations in Wichita by 2013
• Bachmann quits GOP race; Romney on to New Hampshire
• Town Talk: Old Navy sets date for Lawrence store closing; speculation heating up on future of Sears site; in defense of developers at City Hall
• Romney ekes out 8-vote win over Santorum in Iowa
• Dead heat? Romney, Santorum seesaw in Iowa vote
• City gives preliminary approval of incentives for new Ninth and New Hampshire building
• Factories, builders boost economy at end of year
• Woman sues Honda in small claims court
• Obama applauds help of Iowa Democrats
• Heard on the Hill: Two professors pen New York Times article on football coaching contracts; thanks for the help in finding that 'JAYHAWK' personalized license plate; new vice provost job posted
• Christmas 'Tree-Cycling' Collection
• 25 years ago: State legislature ponders microbreweries
• 40 years ago: Frigid weather spreads over state
• 100 years ago: Lawrence joins in national week of prayer
• Time’s up
• Consistency or just foolishness?
• Hunting benefit
• Casino message
• Birthday spurs a look back
• Lawrence man convicted on 'bath salts' drug charge
• Bomb squad removes object from Lawrence woman's deck
• Man to stand trial for rape of roommate
• Boeing plans employee meeting amid closure study
• Wildcat sees the light, renounces all things purple, starts waving wheat
• Absentee voting concerns raised under new law
• Woman arrested after fight at Lawrence burrito stand
• Topeka man pleads in infant son's death
• Wichita man dies after trying to break up domestic dispute
• 3-year-old KCK girl dies days after being hit by car
• 5 injured in head-on collision on U.S. Highway 56; highway reopens
• Statehouse Live: Speaker O'Neal forwards anti-Obama email
• Homicide in Manhattan related to motorcycle group
• Tougher sentences increase cost of justice in Kansas
• Sheriff's deputy says shooting death of Wellsville man was accidental, not homicide
• Midwest economic survey suggests further slowdown
• Town Talk: Compton's Ninth and N.H. incentive request up for approval tonight; former Stone Creek building sells to investment group; Burger King open on Sixth Street
• Buddy the Beagle, who roamed Kanopolis Lake for 2 months, has a new home
• Child shot in Topeka hotel room
• Obama, Congress begin 2012 in oil pipeline dispute
• Statehouse Live: Legislators to hear from area groups prior to 2012 session
• Douglas County Land Transfers for week ending Dec. 26
• Douglas County Commission to consider plans for sustainability center
• U.S. auto industry poised to post another good sales year
• Road funds at risk in some states over safety rule
• 3-year-old girl hit by car in Kansas City
• New Kansas casino plans to open Feb. 3
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment promotes walking through program
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback campaigns for Rick Perry
• Last bastion of GOP moderates in state politics under attack
• School consolidation group seeks more time to turn in report
• Redistricting likely to extend legislative session
• Franklin County officials investigate shooting death
• Family’s history at KU extends for six generations
• Get fit in the New Year
• Quick shift
• Resolution: Status quo is good enough
• GOP starts to narrow presidential field
• 25 years ago: KU aerospace grad helps with Voyager round-the-world flight
• 40 years ago: Sunflower Cablevision to launch first newscast
• 100 years ago: Shoveling ordinance on the books in 1912
• Obama, Congress begin 2012 in pipeline dispute
• Pakistan, U.S. assume less cooperation in future
• Body of suspected gunman in Mount Rainier shooting found
• Truck fire south of Lawrence contained by Wakarusa Township crews
• Pump patrol
• Voting test
• Knowledge punched by pundits in 2011
• 2011 may be hinge on 2012 door
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• 25 years ago: Mayor, commissioners share New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof)
• 40 years ago: Kansas AG drug raids top Kansas news stories, says AP
• 100 years ago: County provides for even the 'improvident' poor
• Tricks for avoiding dry, itchy winter skin
• No surprise to pastor religion tied to community engagement
• Law enforcement budgets to be key factor in 2012
• How to Help: 2012 offers plenty of volunteer opportunities
• Pricey picks: Powerball tickets doubling to $2
• Little Claire is 1st baby of 2012
• School consolidation: Student numbers factor into talks
• Midwest officials explore passenger rail expansion
• Fundraising goes on for planned Kansas war memorial
• Brownback’s daughter weds at Topeka church
• Obama seeks right tone on economy
• 2011 a year of closure for several significant crime stories in Lawrence area
• 2011 LJWorld Investigations
• Busy New Year's night for police, but no serious incidents
• Eudora mobile home fire contained
• Romney in position of strength in Iowa
• NYC, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough year
• Occupy protesters arrested
• NASA probe circling the moon
• Man with explosives detained at airport
• In reversal, Saleh opts to stay
• Obama signs defense bill
• Warming up to unexpected weather
• Bioscience industry aims to continue growth
• Kansas sheriff accused of distributing meth
• 40 years ago: Lawrence greets 1972 with pleasant weather
• 100 years ago: Coca-Cola factory to open in Lawrence
• Dave Barry's 2011 in review: A 'train-wreck of a year'
• Views questioned
• Christmas caring
• Happiness is hard to quantify
• ’12 may be good year for conservatives
• Challenges ahead
• Boomer Girl Diary: Resolving to play more Twister in 2012
• Pump Patrol
• City Commission agenda for Jan. 3
• South Carolina should fight voter ID ruling
• Jerusalem YMCA crosses religious barriers
• 25 years ago: Federal tax overhaul in store for 1987
• 40 years ago: Haskell campus fire tops list of local news stories for '71
• 100 years ago: Plymouth Congregational to sing out the old year
• 61-year-old man arrested for parole violation
• Obama delays request for debt limit increase
• Gas and other fuels are top U.S. export
• Law: Parents responsible for underage drinking
• Anatomy of a hangover: Is there anything you can do?
• Walking while drunk can be dangerous on New Year's
• KU cancer center designation may happen in 2012
• Chinese ‘Octomom’ stuns one-child public
• Obama wooing veterans in campaign
• GOP endorsement game intensifies
• Two juveniles detained in connection with arson at vacant Lawrence house
• Mother gets probation for role in child abuse case
• Kansas newspapers anxiously eye post office closures
• Interstate 470 in Topeka reopens after semi rollover
• Lawrence 16-year-old receives two traffic citations from injury accident
• Man, 46, arrested on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child
• Early-morning fire displaces family of 11 from rural Douglas County home
• Kansas abortion foes not resting after victories
• Railroad club plans to move historic steam engine
• Kansas attorney general's office spends $476K defending new abortion laws
• Kansas extends break on rules for hauling hay
• North Korea vows no softening under its new leader
• US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office
• 'Synthetic' marijuana is problem for US military
• Accident reported on Lazy Brook Lane
• Bachmann vows to stay in GOP race
• Republican voters’ focus on U.S. economy, not Iowa’s
• Brownback’s Medicaid plan sparks uncertainty, as well as hope
• Second suit filed in helicopter crash that killed Kansas couple
• First Bell: required make-up time shrinks for Free State High; looking ahead on Gov. Brownback's financing plan; First Bell to return a week into new year
• Timeless tale
• Safe night
• Fond farewell
• 100 years ago: Two young men of Lawrence build their own 'flying machine'
• 25 years ago: Lawrence bank suffers fourth robbery
• 40 years ago: Car plummets from turnpike bridge
• The top quotes of 2011
• Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011
• Politics is the driver of human history
• Holiday reading
• Revise plan
• Legal evil
• U.S. job market ends year in better shape
• Stanford archives offer window into Apple
• For Iran, cost of closing strait may outweigh gain
• Stocks up on new home deals, job growth prospects
• Scholars want help identifying slaves' origins
• Former Haskell athletic director, coach Phil Homeratha dies
• Lawrence man, 34, ordered to stand trial on burglary charges
• Free State High students to make up classroom time lost because of bomb threat
• Kansan resentenced for offering teens meth for sex
• Benedictine cancels game after player's death
• New casino takes in $3.25 million in 8 days
• Kan. expects $266K from bond case settlements
• BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
• California mom accused of tossing toddler out window
• North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader'
• Odd notes, mad-dash trips mark Iowa closing sprint
• Poll: In 2012, it can only get better
• First Bell: Keep math skills sharp during Winter Recess; Lawrence school board to receive reports in new year
• Heard on the Hill: Still looking for the magic "JAYHAWK" vanity plate; KUMC looking for ideas on how to use Google Fiber; law students to compete in Moot Court nationals in January
• 25 years ago: A mini-baby-boom at LMH
• 40 years ago: Police, firefighters to get reduced hours
• 100 years ago: Public outraged at shenanigans in residential district
• Capitol costs
• Judicial engagement has positive result
• Young victim’s courage shames adults
• Small Kansas town prepares for big Smithsonian traveling exhibit
• KDOT announces Kansas Highway 4 road work project among others
• In Iowa, Obama toils while GOP roars, then departs
• Economists: Obama’s policies ‘fair’ or ‘poor’
• U.S. warns Iran against closing key oil passage
• Brownback pushes agenda on taxes, schools, health care and state retirement for 2012
• If you’re drinking on New Year's Eve, use this free taxi
• Bargain hunters divided shopping season into two
• Retrial set in Kansas baby's hair dryer death
• Around and About for Dec. 24, 2011
• Lawrence man, 20, faces drug charges
• Highway Patrol troop asking for new headquarters
• Hawker Beechcraft sues over Air Force contract
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback shows a new practicality
• Data on kids is sobering
• Does pay-go amendment hold water?
• Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker's lawn mower
• Gingrich sharpens attacks on Romney, Paul
• Clergymen clash at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus
• North Koreans salute, cry for late leader Kim Jong Il
• AG Schmidt: Netsmartz reached more than 56K in 2011
• Saline County home burglarized while family volunteers
• SandRidge Energy trades some drilling rights
• Wichita shooting range considers changes after suicides
• First Bell: Lawrence school board to receive enrollment projections in new year; investigation continues into Dec. 1 bomb threat
• Heard on the Hill: Incendiary newsletters connected to presidential candidate Ron Paul can be found at KU; faculty member accused of plagiarism faces more penalties; six win Hall Center fellowships
• U.S. carefully offers political help in Iraq
• Timely message
• Tree tragedy
• Taxpayers should be top focus
• Casino crowd
• When it comes to meth, stats and officers tell different stories
• Highway Patrol reports no fatalities in traffic accidents over holiday weekend
• Kansas Turnpike Authority: Icy roads cause of 12 accidents on I-70 Monday morning
• Kansas Geological Survey to measure groundwater levels in west-central Kansas
• Lawrence man, 32, ordered to about 10 more years in prison for role in murder
• Lake Alvamar dam set for $1.4 million upgrade
• Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson announces retirement
• Consumer confidence index surges in December
• Fire investigators looking into possible arson at home on Creekwood Drive
• Kansas school districts prepare for retirements, shortages
• SW Kansas election is 1st test of new voter ID law
• Survey: Home prices down in most major US cities
• Police: Neighbor chopped up Indiana girl with hacksaw
• Syria pulls tanks from Homs as Arab monitors visit
• Pakistani president warns top court in scandal
• What to look for at Kim Jong Il's funeral
• Small Kansas town prepares for big exhibit
• Expansion of Larned hospital has begun
• Woman involved in Kansas prescription pain medication case dies in plane crash
• Armed robbery suspects still at large
• Survey: Economy will pick up but still be vulnerable
• Suicide of Virginia Tech student raises question on when to call home
• Expansion, renovations of Baker’s Mulvane Hall on track to be completed by end of next year
• Heard on the Hill: Student to peform cello master class with Yo-Yo Ma; former KU journalism prof involved of U. of Iowa dispute; KU student names a beetle after Robert Redford
• Republicans in Ron Paul denial in Iowa
• Latin America growing, but fiesta is over
• Enforcement issue
• 25 years ago: Heavy morning fogs cover Lawrence for nearly a week
• 40 years ago: Douglas County drivers coping with icy roads
• 100 years ago: Shadow on downtown street a 'perfect likeness' to famous face
• Weighty decisions lie ahead for KU in 2012
• Experts puzzled by drop in property crime, violent crime in Lawrence during economic downturn
• Registers keep ringing to tune of gift cards, exchanges
• Kansas Star Casino opens near Mulvane
• Fire crews investigating possible arson at west Lawrence house
• Journal-World's animal stories of 2011 feature heroism, heartbreak
• Kansas cuts contributions to problem gambling fund
• Derby couple home for first time since accident paralyzed both of them
• Topeka man shot and killed on Christmas
• Conviction upheld in Hutchinson officer's shooting
• Traffic is flowing better on I-70 after multiple accidents in Leavenworth County
• KU staff member interrupts apparent burglary at West Campus lab
• Marriages
• Divorces
• Bankruptcies
• Destiny plays a role in both life, politics
• Envoy’s exit strains U.S.-Pakistan ties
• Elementary efficiencies
• Help next generation of entrepreneurs get started today
• Teens offer parents tips to encourage driver safety
• 25 years ago: Preservationists hope to rescue old Oread home
• 40 years ago: Farm girl steps up while father recovers from accident
• 100 years ago: Burglars take advantage of family's absence
• School district’s lesson for 2012: Learn to manage change
• Volunteers help make free community dinner a success
• 5 years later, murder case may get some resolution
• Not all workers get holiday off
• Keep your tree green — recycle it
• StopGap aids transition from foster care to adulthood
• Attacks in Nigeria by sect kill 39
• Church blasts mar pope’s Christmas peace appeal
• Drinks and joy as defectors from N. Korea embrace Kim’s death
• Topeka liquor store clerk killed on Christmas Eve
• Former AG Phill Kline files ethics response, quotes Bible
• New SRS contract concerns advocates, lawmakers
• One man in custody after Shawnee County police chase ends in Douglas County
• No injuries in two-alarm fire at Applecroft Apartments
• Around and about in local business
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• 25 years ago: Postal deliveries go smoothly this season
• 40 years ago: Area volunteers add to Christmas joy
• 100 years ago: Post office opened for two hours on Christmas morning
• Santa trackers having record holiday
• Several U.S. states weigh in on cigarette label lawsuit
• Pump patrol
• Mizzou revenge
• Grateful driver
• Christmas still special to troops
• Holiday offers brief political respite
• Holidays at home
• Christian pilgrims pack Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations
• Small Kansas town vigorously attacks blight
• Governor's plan for managed care raising concerns
• Trash tops list of issues for city commissioners to tackle in 2012
• Aisha Khan’s family giving reward to police, charity
• Woman, 84, out $80,000 in sweepstakes scam
• Agencies adjust to year of hardships
• Morning house fire causes minimal damage
• KU music student to play with Yo-Yo Ma
• Okla. man treated and released from LMH after accident on U.S. 59
• Woman injured in 2-car accident near 6th and Iowa
• 25 years ago: Flamingo Club volunteers preparing Christmas dinner
• 40 years ago: Warm temps in Lawrence for Christmas Eve
• Hidden jewel
• Assumptions
• Politics aside
• House GOP picked wrong time to take stand
• 100 years ago: Charity encouraged to less fortunate
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of December 26, 2011
• Pump patrol
• Pros see stocks up in 2012, but risks, too
• France to pay for removal of risky implants
• City Commission agenda for Dec. 27
• Cancer fighter receives caroling surprise
• City urged to allow potbellied pigs
• Love of lights spreads like wildfire
• Retired Lawrence police officer receives award for saving baby at Nebraska Furniture Mart
• Deputy shoots Miami County teen in leg after altercation
• Charities find gold with extreme couponing
• Tax cut survives: Congress votes holiday approval
• Girl, 9, was feared missing after flight change
• Firefighters scramble to replace toys lost in fire
• No snow expected in Lawrence area for Christmas
• Future looks bright for Discovery Center
• Douglas County prosecutors charge two juveniles in armed robbery
• Student leaves $172,000 violin on Philly-bound bus
• Pakistani army denies intention to oust government
• NYPD's spying programs produced mixed results
• Santa Claus still flying high in new poll
• Kansas preparing to replace Statehouse roof, dome
• NY lawmaker renews call to halt lab move to Manhattan
• Gamblers test their luck at new Kansas casino
• KCK teen left to raise siblings after mom's death
• State Senate leader names members of tax panel
• Town Talk: Speculation growing that American Eagle Outfitters to close Lawrence store; Argenta finalizes deal at KU incubator; North Lawrence roadwork on tap; bike lane vs. parking on Conn. St.
• One critically injured in west Lawrence car accident
• Opera Is My Hobby’ going off the air
• Who would first lady be in next life? Bo
• Steve Jobs to receive posthumous Grammy
• Second-grader approached by two men
• Heard on the Hill: KU professor appears in NPR's "Planet Money"; Kansas unlikely to institute cell phone ban in cars, Wichita legislator says; get your own KU paper garland pattern
• Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves
• 25 years ago: Governor-elect to join other Jayhawk fans in Hawaii
• 40 years ago: Businesses, residences show variety of holiday decorations
• 100 years ago: Juvenile thief not responsible for his crimes, says Dr. Naismith
• Holiday misery
• Grief tempers holiday joy
• Obama should listen to commanders
• Community loss
• Middle ground
• Pump patrol
• Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Mo.
• Unemployment claims lowest since 2008 as job market improves
• Romney ignores Gingrich’s taunts
• Judge refuses to toss abortion threat suit
• Sentencing nears for Taiwan official in K.C.
• Event celebrates ‘power of light’ through giving
• Audit finds Brown Foundation accounting problems
• Kansas poverty report reveals bleak data
• Pump patrol
• Woman injured in accident on I-435 in Wyandotte County
• Heard on the Hill: 'Opera Is My Hobby' to air for the last time on KPR Dec. 30; Brazilian 'Apprentice' winner made a few friends at KU; provost teaches us the second verse of the alma mater
• Gingrich targets independent judiciary
• Boys Intramural Basketball Program Registrations Being Accepted
• Ousting Missouri
• Youth Indoor Soccer (Fustal) Registration Deadline Nearing
• FDR achievement
• City Offers Tips For Energy Efficiency This Winter, Funding Available For Emergency Home Repair And Furnace Replacement
• Budding artist
• Heart-warming tale
• Deserving drive
• From vets to moms, Iraq war leaves mark on town
• 100 years ago: Elks plan Christmas party for children
• Missing student Aisha Khan found safe
• Obama to Boehner: Two-month tax cut only option
• Kansas drug prescription firm to add 620 jobs
• Facebook timeline: 9 things to know now about the new profile
• Review: Take the time to curate Facebook Timeline
• Economy ends tough 2011 on a surprising upswing
• Abuse victims in Joplin struggle to find housing
• Former Lawrence resident sentenced to federal prison for gun charges
• State officials warn about foreign lottery scams
• Woodlawn teacher delighted and 'utterly shocked' to win $5,000 Dedication to Education Award
• New Lawrence police sergeant encouraging officers to engage with public in more proactive, positive way
• 8 US soldiers charged in fellow soldier's death in Afghanistan
• House, Senate show no give in payroll tax fight
• Defense rests case in military hearing of Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning
• NM woman gives birth in truck during snowstorm
• Man crashes Lamborghini 6 hours after winning it
• Russian president Medvedev to sum up his 4 years in Putin's shadow
• FAA issues rules to prevent tired airline pilots
• Romney says Gingrich can't take heat of a campaign
• Journalist: CNN's Piers Morgan must have known about hacking at Daily Mirror
• Thousands gather in snow to mourn Kim Jong Il
• Loss, fear, threats drive North Korea's mass grief
• Kansas Democrats name new director
• I-70 now open after early morning semi accident near Lecompton; injuries reported
• Wichita eases limits on concealed firearms
• Recall vote set for Basehor officials
• Lawrence man reports stolen Honda Accord
• Man reports damage to windows of house on Tennesee Street
• Lawrence man reports stolen construction equipment
• Lawrence woman reports stolen Jeep Cherokee
• House rejects 2-month payroll tax cut
• Rise in home building signals turnaround
• North Korea raises security, has troops on alert
• Staying out of the ring: Barely half of adults married
• Commissioners OK list of priorities to send to lawmakers
• Traffic-calming devices for Crescent Road mulled
• City seeks proposals on Sixth St. left-turn lane project
• Heard on the Hill: Libraries' online exhibit focuses on James Naismith; unemployment rate for young college grads falling; new policy allows profs to adjust time spent on teaching, research
• FDR defended
• KPERS commission a failure
• Bipartisan effort doomed U.S. in Iraq
• Loyal Jayhawk
• 100 years ago: Visiting musician says America 'too young' for great art
• Conn. mayor seeks to let illegal immigrants vote
• Holiday travelers can expect clear roads, more drivers and lower gas prices
• Paroled American Berenson arrives in US from Peru
• Obama, Biden welcome home US commander in Iraq
• Ron Paul emerges as outsider pick in GOP race
• Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown
• Jon Bon Jovi: 'Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey'
• Hunter's body recovered in SE Kansas
• Panel: Corps not to blame for Missouri River flood
• Former Kansas SRS Siedlecki chief hired by Florida
• Drifting snow makes travel tough in Great Plains; at least 6 dead
• Overland Park man pleads guilty to aggravated battery in Lawrence case
• NYC man sentenced for 1981 Riley County rapes
• Most major highways in southwestern Kansas now open
• Lawrence woman enters no-contest plea to stealing from employer
• Search continues for missing college student Aisha Khan
• Kim Jong Il body displayed behind glass, flowers
• Egypt's ruling generals face mounting criticism
• House begins debating payroll tax cut
• Kansas jobless rate down slightly in November
• Heard on the Hill: More people remember former alumni association director Dick Wintermote; KU animal rights group up for award; alumna is finalist on Brazilian version of "The Apprentice"
• Teamwork Awards Presented At Annual Holiday Luncheon
• Regents’ action
• Residents care
• Committed group
• IMF aid would highlight failures in Cuba
• Street focus
• 25 years ago: City to lose regulatory power over natural gas utility
• 40 years ago: Local merchants agree: It's back to basics
• 100 years ago: 'Useful gifts' recommended for men
• Preparing For Winter Weather
• Bond support builds, as consolidation plans for Lawrence elementary schools lag
• More snowy owls in Kansas this year
• Still no sign of woman reported missing from KU's Edwards Campus
• Father: paroled activist Lori Berenson can leave Peru
• Diplomats say Iran invites nuke aides
• Iran may move its nuclear enrichment plants
• North Korea mourns Kim Jong Il; son is 'successor'
• Mystery surrounds Kim Jong Un, the son set to succeed Kim Jong Il
• French doctor Francois-Xavier Roux confirms Kim Jong Il had stroke in 2008
• KU considering how to balance need to grow enrollment, tougher admission standards
• Swastikas painted on Sen. Pat Roberts' Wichita office
• Family, friends remember Dick Wintermote, former KU alumni director
• Lawrence city leaders to ask Kansas legislators for increased speeding fines along K-10, new sales tax for Internet shoppers, SLT to be completed
• Ottawa mother pleads no contest to three charges related to accident leading to son's death
• Kansas Star Casino certified to open Dec. 26
• Woman will stand trial in 2002 killings
• Snow, slick conditions expected tonight and tomorrow
• Kim Jong Il, a Cold War-era leader in modern times
• Egypt's military tries to discredit protesters
• As Romney's firm profited in South Carolina, jobs disappeared
• Suspect in NYC woman's torching due in court
• Officials: US weighs North Korea policy after Kim Jong Il's death
• Mixed emotions for Iraq vets in the White House
• Temporary power failure occurs in West Lawrence
• Heard on the Hill: KU compliance department tells me what I can and can't do; KU hasn't decided whether it supports $2,000 stipend for athletes; KU's Wichita med school dean headed to India
• Street sense
• Jobs logjam
• Policy challenge
• Gingrich bucking political traditions
• 40 years ago: Founder of School of Social Welfare dies
• 25 years ago: Bell-ringers carry on local charitable tradition
• 100 years ago: ASME students enjoy year-end banquet
• ESL programs factor into Lawrence elementary consolidation plans
• House GOP leaders voice opposition to payroll tax cut bill
• N.C. man, 23, last soldier killed in war
• Last of U.S. troops roll out of Iraq, ending nearly 9-year war
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Kansas wildlife department purchasing 700 acres of mined land for public recreation
• I-435 fatality crash victim identified
• Brownback faces doubt about public education funding plan
• Kobach: Kansas ID law not being reviewed
• Lawrence Free Community Christmas Day Dinner seeks helping hands, food donations
• Ag producers teaching kids about farming
• Two 20-year-olds killed in rollover crash
• Gingrich says rivals’ criticism taking a toll
• Pump patrol
• City to look at proposal to add turn lane at Sixth and Iowa
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Ferry case fights for economic freedom
• Obama must articulate global agenda
• Around and about in local business
• A poor fit
• Boomer Girl Diary: Recalling MawMaw
• 40 years ago: Local youth to pay respects to benefactor
• 25 years ago: Hundreds of local families 'adopted' for Christmas
• Police seek missing college student
• 2 brothers found fatally wounded
• Oil companies exploring Kansas
• Driver dies in accident on I-435 in Shawnee
• Palestinian textbooks debate reaches U.S. campaign
• Sexual orientation of soldier accused in WikiLeaks case raised
• Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
• 17 Westar customers lose power after squirrel interferes with equipment
• Pedestrian-car accident at 26th and Iowa sends Lawrence man to Topeka hospital
• Overland Park man charged in $5.7 million fraud scams
• Brownback names acting KDOT secretary
• Around and About for December 17, 2011
• Club news for December 17, 2011
• Extension and FCE news for December 17, 2011
• 100 years ago: Thirsty neighbor drinks from wrong jug
• Pump patrol
• Issues at KU, Bioscience Authority spur New Year’s wishes
• Death knell
• What choices?
• Immigration policy
• Code enforcement
• Obama lacks resolve on foreign policy issues
• 40 years ago: New postseason basketball game announced
• 25 years ago: Mall vote to be held in 1987
• Man remains in fair condition after Thursday accident on N. 1500 Road
• Topeka man accused of killing his mother
• Congress flips dimmer switch on light bulb law
• Penn State's McQueary testifies that he saw, reported abuse
• Senate leaders reach accord on tax cuts
• States unlikely to heed call for cell ban
• Edwards Campus searched after woman reported missing
• Old Navy confirms it is closing Lawrence store
• WSU instructor writes about transracial adoption
• Traveling penguin exhibit coming to Topeka Zoo
• Accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning faces military justice
• TransCanada CEO says oil pipeline debate may persist
• Judge to decide if Topeka slayings case goes trial
• Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo says priest closer to medal
• Kansas to end extended unemployment benefits
• Long-time Lawrence police sergeant retiring
• Kansas Democrats to unveil jobs plan
• New Capitol dome will shine like a penny, cost a whole lot more
• Lawrence man, 18, given probation term for sexual encounter with 14-year-old girl
• House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown
• Law enforcement officers receive gift of smiles from young shoppers
• Lawrence Public Library nears goal of raising $1 million
• Historic Resources Commission keeps Ninth and New Hampshire hotel/apartment project alive but height still a concern
• Donations of meat, pies still needed for Community Christmas Dinner
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Old Navy confirms it will close Lawrence store; city says pothole numbers way down; $900,000 project to add turn lane at Sixth and Iowa
• Jaeger conviction upheld by appeals panel
• YMCA, city may combine forces on new rec center
• Man injured in fatal Monday crash now in fair condition
• Man shot, killed in Wichita robbery
• Unemployment claims are lowest in 3 1/2 years
• Sunday liquor sales OK in Ellis County
• Man to stand trial for 2 robberies
• First Bell: District employees to receive bonuses during holiday season; Raintree Montessori student lands art in KDHE calendar; First Bell on winter break
• Heard on the Hill: Latest budget proposal helps NIH, preserves Pell maximum; Marvin Hall is smiling down on you; Facebook won't hurt your grades too badly unless you use it 'all the time,' study shows
• Holiday lights
• 100 years ago: Reduction in downtown crime credited to electric lights
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of December 19
• City Holiday Closures; Parks And Recreation Holiday Hours
• 2 injured in accident near railroad tracks
• Congress reaches deal to head off shutdown
• Obama falls short on promises
• KPERS facts
• Iraqis have power to topple Maliki
• Street precedent
• U.S. formally ends Iraq War with little fanfare
• Driver in fatality accident charged with involuntary manslaughter
• Brownback aide hints plan to touch on sales tax
• Statehouse Live: SRS Secretary Siedlecki steps down, returning to Florida
• Trials ordered in two alleged robberies that involved drugs
• Lawrence Salvation Army kettle campaign hopes to hit $100,000 goal
• Fund established to help Lawrence family displaced by fire
• Putin rejects any redo of fraud-tainted vote
• Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq
• Italian court explains ruling clearing Amanda Knox
• Federal prosecutors taking over Lawrence firearm case
• 7 miners rescued from Idaho underground mine
• Research shows hands-free phones just as risky
• Meyer deserved Medal of Honor, his comrades say
• Brownback 'bullish' on Kansas economy
• Unusual items turn up in Salvation Army kettles
• Mayor: Leavenworth would welcome new US prison
• Funeral for Atchison officer is Thursday
• Marines promoted inflated story for Medal of Honor winner
• Highway patrol trooper injured in rollover accident in Leavenworth County
• Town Talk: City still flirting with historic low on home construction; $4.4 million building permit issued for Poehler project; this and that about a new westside recreation center
• Injury accident reported just outside Lawrence's east city limits
• Pump patrol
• Man involved in fatality accident in serious condition
• Almost $5,000 in copper stolen from GSP
• First Bell: How's this for a homework excuse?; proposed school-finance plan ready for review
• Heard on the Hill: New coach Weis' contract differs from Gill's in several places; no decision on whether honorary degree recipients will speak at graduation; Hilltop Child Care auctioning birdhouses
• Driving distractions
• Immigration route
• No talking
• Essential skills
• Gingrich criticism of Romney unfair
• 100 years ago: Woman of the 'underworld' confesses, goes mad
• County grants OK for museum addition
• KU names first recipients of honorary degrees
• Regents want universities to put together policy on reporting sex abuse
• Kansas leaders approve $45.4M in bonds for National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
• Euro under pressure as EU summit optimism fades
• Shawnee police officer interrupts twins’ apparent birthday suicide pact
• Regents want KU to raise admission standards
• Lawrence commissioners considering renaming street after former KU football coach Don Fambrough
• Kansas to pay $350K to settle lawsuit against former Attorney General Phill Kline
• White House says no veto of defense bill
• KU expert on distracted driving supports National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation to ban cellphone use
• Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads
• Journey with Taliban shows militants' resilience
• Military rules guide hearing in WikiLeaks case
• Thousands of birds make crash landing at Utah Walmart
• Hard-line Indonesian police shave punkers' mohawks
• Japan to declare nuclear plant in stable condition
• Kansas Regents OK 2.5 percent in residence hall rates at KU
• New Emporia State chief outlines keys to enrollment push
• Former KU, pro football player seeks review of decision to suspend driver's license
• Historic Hays House closed after fire
• Kansas leaders tout initiative to recruit and retain engineering students
• Sandusky lawyer inadvertently touts gay sex line
• New Kansas rules expected to impact catfish trade
• What lobbyists want
• City sides with residents who say 12th and Haskell Recycling Center violates zoning laws
• Report recommends ways for city to fight ‘peak oil’
• City interested in switching to vehicles that run on natural gas
• City rejects plans to expand Remington Square apartments
• Kansas Bioscience Authority board to consider investment in medical device company
• First Bell: Consolidation option would displace board president’s department; district officials await word on Gov. Brownback’s school-financing plan
• Heard on the Hill: Brownback outlines higher education priorities; Wichita looking to add dental school; lots of people looking to calculate their GPA
• Snow Ordinance Will Be In Effect This Winter
• Upcoming issues
• U.S., Israel must coordinate on Iran
• America once was a nation of ‘makers’
• 100 years ago: Lawrence Creamery branching out into mush production
• State leaders to consider settlement in Kline case
• Lawrence man reports stolen Nikon camera lens
• Lawrence man reports tolen 1996 Honda Civic
• KU student reports stolen Honda Civic
• Lawrence woman, 41, reports battery
• Man convicted of lewd and lascivious behavior arrested in new case
• Two Kansas City men ordered to stand trial in 2008 robbery case
• Postal Service to delay cutbacks until mid-May
• No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges
• Fed to cut back on dollar coins, citing $50 million in savings
• Physicists close in on elusive subatomic particle
• US-born Syrian blogger faces criminal charges
• As US exit from Iraq nears, Sunni worries grow
• WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning seen as hero, traitor
• Fed says economy is healthier; takes no new steps
• Alexander Graham Bell recordings played from 1880s
• Eudora man, 29, given probation term for string of burglaries
• Trial scheduled for Lawrence man accused of shooting Bullet the cat
• Life sentence set in Kansas drug trafficking case
• Republicans plan House OK of payroll tax cut bill; White House vows veto
• Obama beseeches supporters to stick with him; says re-election isn't a 'slam dunk'
• 2 men sue Syracuse, basketball coach Boeheim for defamation
• Obama seeks to leverage $1 trillion spending bill
• Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy urges training to combat abuse
• KU basketball player Ben McLemore arrested after failing to appear in court for minor in possession case
• 19-year-old KU student identified as victim in fatal accident
• Brownback says he will push for reducing state personal income tax rate
• First Bell: School board honors students; bomb threat means longer days ahead at Free State High School
• School board backs standards-based grades
• Automation, recycling still on Solid Waste Task Force's working list while trash options being sorted
• In Lawrence, anti-bullying efforts depend on the school
• Tonganoxie district extends Weseman's contract
• County to discuss redistricting, heritage grants processes
• Heard on the Hill: Provost explains more about salary increases; blog takes journalism alumna to all manner of bizarre places
• Tax the wealthy?
• 9/11 comparison
• Concerts SRO
• U.S. must fight pessimistic outlook
• Pension reform
• Fire Medical Saves Over 41,000 Kwh Of Electricity
• New Playground Opens In East Lawrence
• Spirit union votes to support 9 1/2-year contract
• Kansas Star Casino gets OK for controlled demonstration
• Fed nearing a plan to clarify direction of rates
• Supreme Court to review Arizona immigration law
• Quiet town to take center stage for Sandusky hearing
• Fire closes Kasold Drive at Oxford Court
• 1 dead, 1 injured in Leavenworth County car accident
• Cordley, New York schools add ideas to Lawrence elementary consolidation mix
• Brownback administration seeks input on proposed tax changes
• Chancellor Gray-Little prepares to share KU's vision for improvement with Kansas Regents
• Man sentenced to probation after hitting estranged wife with vehicle
• Prosecutors filed charges against man accused of firing weapon outside Lawrence bar
• Another name change for former Blackwater firm
• Hezbollah identifies undercover CIA officers
• Fort Hays hopes all students out of motel soon
• Topeka woman pleads guilty to bank fraud scheme
• Brownback to outline school funding plan's details
• Neb. gov supports efforts to speed up Keystone XL
• Douglas County prosecutors seek to withdraw kidnapping charge against robbery suspect
• Search committee established to help select new med school dean
• Obama heralds end of divisive Iraq war
• Pakistan PM: President may be out for 2 weeks
• Many indifferent as Noriega returns to Panama cell
• NATO to end its training mission in Iraq
• AP IMPACT: Penn State culture explained away Jerry Sandusky
• 'Adopt a Grandparent' a tradition for duo
• Giving teacher a gift? Know the rules
• Obama raises issue for Kansas tax debate
• Memories of Tonganoxie are rendered in 3-D
• Bankruptcies for Dec. 12
• Divorces granted for Dec. 12
• Marriage licenses issued for Dec. 12
• State, local policies emerge on illegal aliens
• Trailing rivals question Gingrich, Romney
• Arab uprisings reshape map of U.S. influence
• First Bell: Deerfield students help humane society; West students embark on service learning; board members to honor gymnasts and others
• Heard on the Hill: Chancellor is present for this football coach's press conference; more KU music students headed to Eutin; Emporia State looks to Texas Tech for new president
• FDR legacy
• Environs review
• Paul in third-party run would hurt GOP
• Do no harm
• Cold Weather Precautions From The Utilities Department
• 25 years ago: In spite of opposition, downtown mall still under study
• 40 years ago: Homemade zip-gun misfires, injures owner
• 100 years ago: City's largest storm-sewer project nears completion
• Have holidays like a pro: How to make the most of your decor, gifts and organization
• Russian protesters given surprising amount of leeway
• Gingrich assailed by rivals at debate
• Gunmen try to kill head of army
• Climate conference OKs landmark deal
• Strong earthquake strikes in Mexico
• Evidence found that may solve 1985 case
• WWII memories
• Out of control
• The experts?
• GOP contest is classic tug of war
• Coaching choice
• 100 years ago: Residents of Perry to have electric light in 1912
• 40 years ago: School, church, and local businesses suffer break-ins
• Brownback has no plans to pardon any Kansas inmates
• Around and about in local business
• Wheel genius: Road work planned for this week
• Public retirement ages, benefits come under greater scrutiny
• Free media coverage both blessing, curse
• Many thanks
• Iraq War’s end leaves issues unresolved
• Kan. agencies cope with fewer workers
• District learns from bomb threat notification delays
• Group seeks recall of Shawnee Co. treasurer
• Kissick Construction reports stolen items
• Pump patrol
• Like coaches, deans who don’t measure up should go
• 25 years ago: Smoking ordinance gets first reading
• 40 years ago: Lawrence postal carriers stand up to heavy holiday load
• 100 years ago: Kansas man assures friends that he is not dead
• Around and About for December 10, 2011
• Club news for December 10, 2011
• Extension and FCE news for December 10, 2011
• Students impress
• Writing more important than ever
• Obama uses class resentment to pass buck
• Fire at Indian hospital kills 89 as staff flees; 6 hospital directors charged
• ‘Nutcracker’ beaming live to theaters
• Senators: Bill would encourage startups
• Europe forges fiscal union, sees way out of crisis
• School board to receive report on standards-based grading
• 18 people cited in underage drinking patrol
• Atchison police officer killed in murder-suicide
• Kiwanis Club of Lawrence hosting pancake feed fundraiser
• Lawrence man acquitted of aggravated assault
• KU, Baker planning weekend graduation activities
• Tree trimmer injured in North Lawrence
• Legislators want to know if governor will provide funding for Lawrence SRS office
• Drought watch impacts Lawrence, Clinton Lake
• Lawrence state Rep. Ballard leads National Black Caucus of State Legislators meeting in Chicago
• Wichita man wins nearly $1 million Kansas Cash
• New casino in Mulvane may draw 2 million-plus visitors
• NASA OKs launch of private space station trip
• Pakistan blockades forcing costly new routes
• AP sources: Obama makes push to change terror detention bill
• Emporia State names Texas Tech administrator Michael Shonrock new president
• Kansas couple killed in Las Vegas helicopter crash were celebrating
• Johnson County offering buyouts to government employees
• Missing ex-FBI agent in Iran hostage video: 'Help me'
• State police: Va. Tech gunman acted alone
• Accuser raises questions about Sandusky's wife
• Original Hooters in Florida gets a facelift
• Suspect caught after police chase
• Federal charges filed in sex-offender registration case
• Census figures show how Lawrence stacks up
• Court date set in attack on McLouth student
• Charges filed in Ottawa robbery
• Suspect surrenders in bond revocation case
• LMH reports two stabbing incidents
• Knife reported in domestic disturbance
• Iran shows captured U.S. drone on TV
• Va. Tech gunman kills officer, then found dead
• First Bell: Holiday guidelines for teachers in schools; Lawrence school board to receive standards-based grading report Monday night
• Heard on the Hill: News of new football coach travels fast; new video tells story of slain KU student Jana Mackey; parking enforcement continues over winter break
• Lawrence Tourism Leader Retiring After 30 Years
• Editor, advocate
• How do voters view affairs?
• Moderate voices still heard in Egypt
• Academic nudge
• Robbery reported at the Buckle
• Snow predicted tonight; city crews begin preparing for winter weather
• ACLU argues Kansas abortion insurance law is discriminatory
• Mexican national, who killed woman in 2005, heading to federal court after third DUI conviction
• 2 Wichita men sentenced to 11 years in prison for robbery
• Statehouse Live: Commission recommends end to legislative pension perk
• Virginia Tech: Police officer, 1 other killed
• Man who allegedly threatened Tonganoxie High School principal had gun when arrested
• Regulators approve Kansas power line application
• Obama on appeasement charge: "Ask bin Laden"
• Sebelius halts plans to put morning after pill on shelves
• Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky posts bail after latest arrest
• Foundation donates $150,000 to KU med school's Salina campus
• KU researcher explores early clusters of galaxies
• Unusually shiny donation in Salvation Army kettle could ‘help a lot of families’
• Manhattan-area death labeled homicide
• Brownback's policy director to give school reform update
• Kansas group to show Gaza children's art exhibit in Wichita
• Kan. casino regulators meet next week in Mulvane
• Regents to name Emporia St. president Friday
• Town Talk: Rumors of Starbucks looking to build in northwest Lawrence; city and convenience store exploring options for compressed natural gas; how about a bicycle fleet for city workers?
• Stabbing victim drives himself to hospital
• KU hires risk manager for new post
• Pump patrol
• County postpones vote on sand dredging near Eudora
• First Bell: No decision yet on makeup time for Free State; seeking holiday gift advice; ‘nation's report card’ released
• Heard on the Hill: SUA taking nominations for 'Dancing With the Stars;" former basketball player Reed to sign books in O.P.; Emporia State to pick president this morning
• Big promise is seen in 2 new breast cancer drugs
• Letter rebutted
• Lobbyist coercion
• Christmas gifts
• Voters’ wishes
• U.S.-Turkey partnership plays key role
• Healthy start
• City service
• Germany, France scale back summit ambitions
• Sebelius stops Plan B from being sold over the counter
• Billion-dollar disasters smash U.S. record
• Brownback's school funding plan will allow for more tax leeway
• Court to review decision in Westboro Baptist Church funeral protest ban
• Wichita grocers sentenced in food stamp fraud
• Judge hears testimony that man violated conditions of bond in sodomy case
• Panel endorses 401(k)-style pension plan for state workers
• Obama, Canadian PM Harper at odds over Keystone XL pipeline progress
• Captured U.S. spy drone may provide little intelligence to Iran
• Bombing further strains relationship between Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Aides: Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani not stepping down, despite pressure, illness
• Authorities thwart plot to smuggle Moammar Gadhafi's son into Mexico
• DA: Statute of limitations to prosecute former Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine has passed
• State Supreme Court hears Tonganoxie bar's case to continue allowing smoking
• Salina man's plan to arrest Obama goes nowhere after Secret Service visit
• Varsity House being disassembled to allow for construction of apartment building
• Pearl Harbor attack remembered at 70th anniversary, as survivors group disbands
• Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky arrested on new sex abuse charges
• Kansas City, Mo., police department doubles size of anti-gang force
• Pittsburg State adds new tower for rappelling
• Brown vs. Board of Education foundation audit's release delayed
• Wichita grocers face sentencing in food stamp scheme
• Fort Riley soldier dies from wounds suffered in Afghanistan
• Former Illinois governor Blagojevich gets 14 years
• Brownback urges earlier start to Kansas State Fair
• City seeks to hire construction manager for library expansion
• In lawsuit, Washburn denies claims of dismissal over medication incident
• Plans for new downtown hotel and apartment building shrink
• City approves creation of rifle lease-purchase program for police
• Why S&P wields so much power in European crisis
• $210M settlement reached in mine explosion
• Santa finds kids giving shorter lists in recession
• First Bell: Former student secures educator tickets for Obama; Eudora district honored for sustainability efforts; Hillcrest explores options for adding students
• Heard on the Hill: While provost doesn't get an official raise, he's still earning more than his initial salary; registration open for The Big Event; still more earn Pushcart nominations
• Act of kindness
• Lessons for us from 70 Christmases ago
• Leadership struggle continues in Egypt
• Critical count
• Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission Seeking Outdoor Sculpture Entries
• Man arrested after allegedly threatening Tonganoxie High School principal
• 420 KU employees get pay raises
• Personal information of some KU students stolen during break-in
• City commissioners cancel tonight's vote on Ninth and N.H. multi-story building project; revised design to go back to Historic Resources Commission
• For local Japanese-American artist, time spent in internment camps fueled a lifetime of work
• Pearl Harbor survivors return to ships after death
• Bill Self meets with President in Osawatomie
• 2 convicted murderers eligible for parole hearings
• Speaking in Osawatomie, Obama sees 'make or break' time for middle class
• Hundreds line up for Obama's speech in Osawatomie
• Moscow police clash with anti-Putin demonstrators
• US to use foreign aid to promote gay rights
• Former Ill. governor Rod Blagojevich's sentencing begins today
• BP accuses Halliburton of destroying evidence in gulf spill suit
• Kansas Supreme Court to decide whether smoking is legal at Tonganoxie private club
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Developers offer to reduce height of 9th and N.H. building; Home sale numbers down 14 percent for the year; city may rely less on bid process for library expansion
• Riley County health department office ransacked
• South-central Kansas city holds vote on anti-meth measure
• Chase follows discovery of woman's body August
• Kansas mentoring program for convicts reaches goal
• Fort Riley artillery unit returns from Iraq
• Obama's visit to Osawatomie highlights 1910 speech by Theodore Roosevelt
• First Bell: Consolidation Working Group bracing for its endgame; group welcomes two new representatives from Kennedy School
• Kennedy School representative on school consolidation: ‘Pick us’
• Heard on the Hill: Former KU Libraries director dies in New York; another KU student nominated for Pushcart Prize; professor is quoted about teenagers' use of cell phones to send explicit images
• Plan to delay first-class mail could create headaches for some businesses
• Too big a risk
• EU seeks to save euro, but S&P isn’t convinced
• Protect the river
• Keep it unique
• Romney, Gingrich too risky today
• Pakistani leader sees progress in U.S. ties
• Christmas 'Tree-Cycling' Collection
• Curbside Collection Of Yard Trimmings Ends For Season
• 25 years ago: KU libraries suffer financial blow
• 40 years ago: Kansas AG pursues lawbreakers to California
• 100 years ago: Tragic event on ice-covered Kansas River
• Tax talks
• KU’s Hall Center to receive $425,000 if it meets goal of raising over $1.2 million
• Permit for proposed sand pit near Eudora up for county consideration
• KU police investigating burglary at Corbin Hall
• Woman pleads no contest in Baldwin City arson
• Baldwin City man injured in one-vehicle accident in Douglas County
• Christmas dinner organizers seek food donations
• KCK man pleads no contest in 2010 Lawrence crime spree
• Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani says he wants to repair relationship with U.S.
• As number of Pearl Harbor veterans dwindles, area survivors hope to keep lessons of history alive
• Trial ordered for Atchison man, 22, accused of attacking Lawrence man taking late-night walk
• Wichita grocers face sentencing for food stamp fraud
• Statehouse Live: Kansas ranks last in improving numbers of children with health insurance, study says
• Wichita school fights Facebook slam page
• Western Kansas group chosen for national mental health initiative
• State senator calls for early repeal of 1-cent sales tax
• State Christmas tree to be lit tonight
• Missouri paving company banned from doing work in Kansas; AG Schmidt claims fraud
• Leavenworth Penitentiary distributes nearly 200,000 lbs. of prisoner-grown produce
• No injuries reported at mobile home park fire
• Judge OKs $100,000 insurance settlement in fatal car accident
• Men allege sexual abuse by former Boston Red Sox clubhouse manager
• Woman gets life in prison for NW Iowa killing
• Newt Gingrich to meet with Donald Trump, running ad in Iowa
• Students suspended after suicide of gay NY teen
• Doolittle's raid recalled almost 70 years later
• Pearl Harbor survivors share stories of attack
• GOP rivals vie for Cain supporters
• Obama defends faith in America amid critique
• Europe's leaders, currency face pivotal week
• Spirit of giving comes through for nonprofit groups
• Italian government OKs austerity measures
• Kansas, Douglas County see parole and probation numbers increase in 2010
• Holiday Homes Tours reports record attendance in its seventh year
• Historians find Pearl Harbor fading from younger generations' memories
• ECKAN volunteer familiar with clients’ needs
• First Bell: Veritas senior earns nomination to U.S. Naval Academy; Consolidation Working Group ready to focus on scenarios tonight
• Heard on the Hill: Two with KU ties nominated for Pushcart literary prizes; researchers show foreign-born faculty more productive than those born in the U.S.; writer talks about Lariviere's fall
• State spying
• Tax priorities
• Thanks to Gill
• Health care costs stymie job creation
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of December 5, 2011
• Residential strategy
• Snow? City Website Is Where To Go To Stay In-The-Know
• What to wear in your holiday photo
• Second life: Vintage, thrift shopping provides opportunity for unique gifts
• Offbeat Occupation: Funeral director is always on call
• Gift Professor, developed by a Lawrence company, simplifies holiday shopping
• Cloudy or White Water From The Tap
• Man arrested after Jefferson County shooting
• Kansas soldier’s death under investigation
• Bias shortchanges white women
• GOP field leaves N.H. voters uninspired
• Rising rates
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Around and about in local business
• 25 years ago: School officials questioned on land purchase
• 40 years ago: Fax machine debuts at KU library
• 100 years ago: Football game erupts into street fight
• KU hopes flagging struggling students will boost retention
• Kansas tribal leader meets with Obama
• New $1.5M boarding platform unveiled at Santa Fe Depot
• Nativities set the scene for Christmas
• Ice, accidents close 40 miles of Interstate 70 in western Kansas
• Missing persons? City tries solving Census mystery
• Bishop of Kansas finds true calling helping to lead Episcopal Church
• New building to combine Kennedy, N.Y. schools would face a complicated path
• Statehouse Live: White House announces Obama's speech Tuesday in Osawatomie to focus on economy
• Pump Patrol
• House Republicans pass bill curbing regulation
• Unemployment rate drops to lowest mark since 2009
• Police report stolen car recovered
• Lawrence man reports battery
• Europe embraces German might
• Rental company reports trailer stolen in Lawrence
• Car reported stolen from 4600 block of Sixth Street Thursday
• City Commission agenda for Dec. 6
• Eudora man charged with aggravated battery relating to Thursday morning domestic disturbance
• Indoor Aquatic Center evacuated
• Rude behavior
• Gingrich, Romney pose unpalatable choice
• Military news for December 3, 2011
• 4-H news for December 3, 2011
• Club news for December 3, 2011
• Around and About for December 3, 2011
• 100 years ago: Plymouth Congregational Church cookbook selling well
• Lawrence City Commission Meeting Agenda For December 6, 2011
• KU Med Center situation not as smooth as regents may think
• Shakespeare’s complexity compounds mysteries
• Hitting rock bottom: Bowersock shows off construction site for new power plant
• Town of liquor foe Carry Nation OKs Sunday liquor sales
• Hemenways moving from Lawrence to Lenexa
• Lawrence police seek source of Thursday bomb threat at Free State High School
• Kansas Democratic Party leader says Obama will visit Osawatomie Tuesday
• Christmas tree donated to state pushed outdoors because of fire code
• Kansas Supreme Court suspends Lawrence attorney's law license
• Kansans support current tax rates, more school funding, according to survey
• City commissioners to act on proposed hotel/apartment development at 9th and New Hampshire
• Woman pleads no contest in Topeka toddler's death
• Statehouse Live: Christmas tree put up outside Capitol
• Suspect in Central National Bank robbery linked to earlier robbery
• Former Army MP given probation term for spending stolen money
• Drug traffickers using Kansas highways to move their products
• Advice for Saturday night: ‘If you are drinking, make sure to get a sober driver’
• Scotch Fabric Care's annual coat giveaway open for business today and Saturday
• 5-pound hunk of metal crashes into Mass. warehouse
• Ultraconservative Islamists make gains in Egypt Parliamentary elections
• Pakistan says U.S. gave wrong info before strike that killed 24 soldiers
• Shawnee County Treasurer being investigated by Topeka DA
• Kansas toddler dies of suspected child abuse
• Domino's Pizza driver in Wichita fires at would-be robber
• Parks And Recreation Offers Free Fitness Demo Classes
• Notification of bomb threat at Free State High lags as unofficial word spreads
• Lawrence woman, 20, given probation for her role in robbery at Walmart
• Kansas officials oppose proposed federal restrictions on children working on farms
• Man charged in connection with police standoff at Lawrence mobile home
• Kansas Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., features Langston Hughes ornament
• Lawrence man, 45, charged with aggravated assault after altercation
• Man sentenced for shooting at Leavenworth police
• Lawrence bank robbery suspect not expected to be charged until Friday
• Lawrence representative to lead National Black Caucus of State Legislators
• Eudora man, 27, arrested after domestic disturbance
• Brown vs. Board of Education foundation complies with order to vacate National Park site
• Franklin County man, 36, faces federal drug charges
• Kansas revenue department refuses Journal-World's request for information about tax reform group
• Governor's Christmas tree to be displayed at statehouse
• Sens. Roberts and Moran sponsor bill that would bolster Kansas' gas storage oversight
• Topeka seeks $25M federal grant for transportation center
• Residents of Onanga get grocery store a year after fire
• Town Talk: Student financial aid company moving to N. Lawrence, may add 100 jobs; Masonic Temple project on the ropes; Eudora to host Christmas extravganza
• Classes canceled at Free State High School because of bomb threat
• Gov. Sam Brownback says water plan will help Ogallala Aquifer
• First Bell: Lawrence is not alone in grappling with concerns regarding standards-based grades
• Heard on the Hill: KU trying to stave off 'Rock Chalk' pornographic websites; Spencer library gets spruced up reading room; several KU faculty to present ideas at MLA conference
• Pump patrol
• Unfair analysis
• Citizenship should be difficult
• Democracy demands vigilant citizenry
• Missing the mark
• City of Lawrence News - November 30, 2011
• Santa Claus is packing at Arizona gun club
• Serial rapes still unsolved years later
• Officers seize guns, drugs, explosives in Johnson County raids
• Man charged in burglary of Tobacco Mart
• Attorneys seek to resolve child endangerment case involving KU student
• County Commission clears way for Sadies Lake Addition plans
• Spirit, union reach tentative pact
• TV meteorologist Don Harman dies
• Central banks move to stabilize financial system
• Prosecutors dismiss felony charges against man accused of not registering as sex offender
• KU gets $1.6 million grant to better education for English learners
• Report shows Lawrence meeting goal to lower greenhouse gas emissions
• Rev. Billy Graham admitted to North Carolina hospital
• Kansas gets unexpected bump in November revenue
• USDA audit identifies Kansas food stamp fraud
• Suspect in bank robbery apprehended
• Statehouse Live: Indiana school considers opening college of osteopathic medicine in Kansas
• Hometown of Prohibition crusader Carry Nation OKs Sunday booze sales
• More than 200 arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, 50 at Occupy Philadelphia
• Britain withdrawing all embassy staff from Iran
• Herman Cain accuser stands by claim of longtime affair
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire buying Omaha World-Herald newspaper
• First Penn State abuse suit against Jerry Sandusky comes from new accuser
• Feisty Herman Cain presses ahead with bid
• US students: Turmoil can be dangerous lure abroad
• Senate, Obama clash on bill authorizing military detention of terror suspects
• Family of missing baby Lisa Irwin calls for end of nightly vigils
• Flint Hills Resources buys Nebraska biodiesel plant
• Kansas teen makes her point
• First Bell: Standards-based grading holding at sixth-grade level; board president prepares to ‘move on’; teacher describes ‘E’ work
• After hiking taxes, Ill. now considers easing them
• Senate rejects effort to strip detainee provision
• Greece gets $10.7 billion, but rescue plan stalls
• Parents, teachers voice concerns regarding standards-based grading
• Heard on the Hill: KU to get car-sharing program next semester; look for medical dean search committee next week; program director says KU doesn't employ third-party international student recruiters
• 25 years ago: LHS Lions win 6-A football championship
• 40 years ago: KU chancellor appeals budget recommendations
• 100 years ago: Lawrence boosters travel to Osage City to promote road
• Strive for cure
• U.S. facing constitutional crisis
• Tuition benefit
• Pancake Breakfast With Santa Quickly Approaching
• Topeka Walmart thief believed to have stolen at least $200,000
• Westar ratepayers oppose proposed $91 million increase
• Americans’ confidence in the economy surges
• House votes to ease airport screening for troops
• Police surround trailer on 3300 block of Iowa Street
• China’s entry into vaccine market may be ‘game changer’
• U.S. scrambles to contain fallout with Pakistan after NATO assault
• GOP candidates walk tightrope on immigration
• Douglas County mulls accepting items for Sadies Lake Addition
• Overnight police chase spans 2 Kansas counties
• Drug case against Guy Neighbors dropped
• Social service agencies dispute Douglas County census poverty rates
• Cain on Kansas GOP caucus ballot
• Panel slams Brownback proposal to move juvenile justice programs to SRS
• 13 miles of Route 66 in Kansas is historic byway
• Preliminary hearing for Lawrence robbery suspects delayed
• Kansas cattle producers focus on market, tax policy at forum in Wichita
• Police questioning man after woman stabbed at northern Lawrence residence
• Ohio officials take 200-pound boy from mother
• Conrad Murray sentenced to 4 years in manslaughter death of Michael Jackson
• Boy who accused Penn State's Jerry Sandusky disputes defense's approach
• Herman Cain tells aides he is reassessing his presidential campaign in wake of affair allegation
• US to pay $2.5M in tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens' 2001 anthrax death
• Advocates hope national release of Jana Mackey video will raise awareness about domestic violence
• Kansas Humane Society tries Black Friday sale
• Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton to host Christmas Vespers and open house Sunday
• First Bell: ‘Grading for Learning’ to include large-group Q&A; district offers free developmental screenings
• Lawrence school district testing new math assessment
• Blogger, political activist tells the tales of oppression in her country of Azerbaijan
• Heard on the Hill: Law students win moot court competition; look for emergency texting system test on Wednesday; Ian Cummings named editor of University Daily Kansan
• A rational GOP stand on immigration
• Shelter success
• Tennis, Basketball Courts, Skatepark To Close For Reconstruction
• 25 years ago: Packer Plastics begins expansion project
• 40 years ago: Stringent budget recommended for Kansas higher education
• 100 years ago: Full-page ad gives glimpse of Lawrence businesses
• Energy security
• Broken promises
• Citizens or sheep?
• No apology
• Gage Management alleges $10,581 taken from business account
• Lawrence man, 29, reports stolen property, including laptop, e-reader
• Lawrence man, 35, reports stolen Toyota Corolla
• Tech-savvy kids more apt to discover Santa Claus secret
• 67-year-old woman dies after Topeka fire
• Elementary school consolidation recommendations expected by end of January
• Chevron files lawsuit against Lawrence business for trademark infringement related to Salina gas station sign
• Kansas City woman admits to faking pregnancy to scam couples in Kansas, five other states
• Douglas County prosecutors drop charges against carjacking suspects
• Brownback apologizes for overreacting to student's tweet
• Statehouse Live: Landline Kansans more Republican than cell phone users, according to poll
• Thousands of Kansas groups lose tax-exempt status from IRS
• Wichita man discovers that feeding homeless requires permit
• For Kansas Bioscience Authority leaders, selling public on progress not always easy
• Spirits of the season can challenge efforts at sobriety
• KU student seeking passage of Kansas bill allowing veterans to pay in-state tuition rate at universities
• First Bell: ‘Informational discussions’ ahead for standards-based grading in Lawrence school district
• Heard on the Hill: Gill's contract states KU owes him about $200k in retention bonuses, too; Lariviere could be ousted as UO president today; foreign student recruiters come under fire
• Student says he was beaten after arrest in Cairo
• Bankruptcies
• Marriages
• Divorces
• Medicare penalty
• Grading systems
• Gingrich may be Romney’s greatest test
• Welcome improvement
• Homemade for the holidays
• Put a sweet spin on holiday celebrations
• Offbeat occupations: Site director lives at Lawrence Community Shelter
• 25 years ago: School board predicts need for second high school
• 40 years ago: Lawrence man awakens to find tree missing
• 100 years ago: Short storm brings blizzard conditions
• Festival of Trees kicks off annual holiday fundraiser
• Stuffed animal may have saved Kansas City couple's lives
• Teen rethinking apology letter to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback
• Academy combines high school, college for Eudora student
• iCompose: Student uses smartphone to make music
• Campaign looks to raise over $1 billion for KU
• Architect wants to create downtown trail under Kansas River bridges
• Kansas Equality Coalition seeks repeal of homosexual sex law
• 40 years ago: Need expressed for community blood center
• 100 years ago: Football fans enjoy mechanized reproduction of KU-MU game
• Around and about in local business
• U.S. military legacy rubs off on youth of Iraq
• Colleges defend humanities fields amid tight budgets
• If you raise the price, they’ll still come
• Groups want Thomas, Kagan to sit out
• Marines to wind down Afghan combat in 2012
• Federal loans
• Thanks to citizens with cameras
• Postal service should be privatized
• Creative thinking
• 25 years ago: Neighbors of the Outhouse complain of noise, traffic
• Structure fire damages Malott Hall on KU campus
• Pump Patrol
• Thieves ruin students’ ‘Stuff the Bus’ project
• Wichita senior shot on 2005 holiday recovering
• Developer ties up land by casino
• A.G. files brief in rail hub appeal
• Elementary essentials fill priorities list
• Prosecutor: Reagan, Bush not criminally liable
• Despite facing sanctions, Syrian army stands by regime
• Shoppers scuffle on Black Friday
• Santa’s rescue, lighting ceremony kick off holiday season
• 4-H news for November 26, 2011
• 25 years ago: Pre-Christmas events to entertain downtown shoppers
• 40 years ago: Ninth Street businesses affected by fire
• 100 years ago: Foundry worker suffers eye injury
• Hat rescue
• Dare Democrats to do something about debt
• KU should be wary of implementing ex-provost’s strategy
• Around and About for November 26, 2011
• Performance - Noah's Art
• Club news for November 26, 2011
• Scouting news for November 26, 2011
• Bert Nash Mental Health Center files plans with the city for an outdoor wellness center
• When it comes to holiday shopping, group wants Kansans to buy local
• Lawrence's Black Friday starts on Thursday this year
• Technology talk set for Monday’s meeting of Lawrence school board
• Town Talk: Bert Nash has plans for wellness campus on VFW site; downtown holiday lighting ceremony set for tonight; city to host candy cane hunt next week
• One transported for injury accident in Douglas County
• Boeing loyalty
• Shameful tax
• Work ethic needs some work
• Islamists outfox generals in Egypt
• Trash costs
• 25 years ago: Shoppers hit the streets
• 40 years ago: Lawrence schoolchildren express thanks
• 100 years ago: Praise for Lawrence's Social Service League
• Lawrence Festival of Trees
• Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal at Ariz. base
• Germany deflects calls for European Central Bank to have more power
• India allows more foreign retail investment
• Protesters mark holiday from encampments
• Court orders release of U.S. students
• Egypt’s military rulers reject calls to step down
• LINK's annual Thanksgiving meal delivery no small affair
• Spring Hill man dead after stabbing in Hutchison
• Stakes high for Wichita if Boeing leaves town
• Annual LINK meal delivery no small affair
• Crime reclassification affects case stats
• Soldiers' families get gift of laptops
• Survey: More Kansans back tax hikes for the rich
• Kansas City teen's tweet draws ire of Brownback administration
• Woman reports stolen car at Kwik Shop on Massachuetts Street
• Police may have found possible witness to Nov. 6 injury accident
• Lawrence man accused of pointing gun at officer is ordered to stand trial
• Douglas County prosecutors reviewing possible charges in sexual battery
• Obama pardons pair of gobblers
• Flint Hills gets development grant
• Soldiers’ families receive gift of laptops
• Former Marshall County attorney sentenced for theft
• Tryptophan not only thing to blame for post-turkey lethargy
• Kansas, federal officials evaluating Abilene fertilizer plant
• North Lawrence boardwalk proposal picks up steam
• Friends pack bars night before holiday
• 40 years ago: Jail inmates to get Thanksgiving dinner
• 100 years ago: Grant Township enjoys new C.P.A. hall
• Local thanks
• Cain stumbles are significant
• Common Ground Urban Agriculture Meeting
• Many reasons to be grateful remain
• Start Your Holiday Shopping Early at The Holiday Extravaganza
• 25 years ago: Local knitters make, donate hats
• Occupy protests cost nation’s cities at least $13M
• Yemen's president of 33 years to quit amid uprising
• Supercommittee failure complicates election year
• Three injured in Miami County explosion
• Four people hurt in two-vehicle accident on 24-40 highway in Tonganoxie
• Kansas City cops close missing Lisa Irwin command post, return investigators to regular duties
• Kobach task force completes plan for election regulation, use of voter IDs
• Lawrence man, 28, charged with one count of rape
• Once homeless Lawrence family makes goal of having own place by Thanksgiving
• New Fort Leavenworth commander says he'll help build the Army of the future
• Consumers expected to be cautious — and that's a good thing
• Prosecutors drop charges in Kwik Shop robbery
• Former KU provost Richard Lariviere out as University of Oregon president
• 2011 Eudora High School grad sentenced for vandalizing school's stadium
• NBA player Maurice Evans hands out turkeys in Wichita during lockout
• Kansas predicting 10 percent job growth by 2018
• Town Talk: A boardwalk-like development along the Kaw gaining steam in North Lawrence; city's retail vacancy rate lower than K.C.'s; a meeting for public farmers
• Lawrence man, 56, reports stolen 2007 UNI 10-foot box trailer
• KU student reports stolen MacBook Pro laptop
• Hurst Fine Diamonds reports 2 stolen rings
• Lawrence woman, 30, reports aggravated assault
• Lawrence man reports damage, theft to vehicle
• Sunshine Acres Montessori School staff members report $3,100 in damage to play set, table
• 2 Lawrence men released from jail after being arrested Monday for burglary, trespassing
• Lawrence man arrested in suspicion of unconscious rape
• Lawrence man released from hospital following car-bicycle accident
• Rural Lawrence man sentenced for leaving scene of injury accident
• Development plan would replace mobile home park near 31st and Iowa streets with apartments
• First Bell: Early-childhood reception coming up; consolidation talk blows through Windy City and beyond; Parent Connection Series set for Dec. 1
• Heard on the Hill: 'Manna Meters' to raise money for campus groups; NCAA ruling says guidance counselors can get free admission to sporting events; Alzheimer's study shows link to low body mass index
• Prepping That Thanksgiving Turkey? Get Rid Of The Grease In The Right Way!
• 40 years ago: Haskell students protest bed-check policy
• 100 years ago: Citizen involvement urged for cross-country road meeting
• Grading issue
• Hero needed
• Taxes on rich
• Steady Saudi leadership maintains calm
• Key commitment
• Lawrence Community Shelter to purchase new facility after surpassing fundraising goal
• Occupy Lawrence protester a no-show for court appearance
• KDOT director: State's diverting of transportation funds jeopardizes projects
• Statehouse Live: Brownback vows to keep Boeing in Wichita
• Emporia State announces Kathryn Cruz-Uribe as finalist for president
• Review puts future of Wichita's Boeing facility in question
• Kansas Congressional delegation dismayed at supercommittee's inability to reach agreement
• Kansas to begin collecting fees on pre-paid wireless phones and phone cards
• Topeka considering regional transportation hub
• Fallen Kansas soldier honored with stocking drive
• Civil War-era Leavenworth building wins national award for preservation efforts
• Town Talk: Plans call for Gaslight Village to become nearly 1,000 student bedrooms; city undertakes study to figure out future of blue-green algae in drinking water supply
• First Bell: Consolidation Working Group struggles with closure considerations; budget uncertainty spurs questions
• Prices shoot up for Midwest crop land
• Consolidating schools certain to ‘hurt,’ board member says
• Lawrence man involved in injury accident near Topeka
• Kansas University student reports burglary in Jayhawker Towers
• Police say Friday night stabbing self-inflicted
• Lawrence man accused of displaying a knife and handgun, charged with aggravated assault
• 12 cited for underage drinking violations in Saturday night sting
• Heard on the Hill: KU Scuba Club finds a beloved hat; KU shows off aerial photos; youth blogger coming to Dole Institute on Monday
• Kansas unemployment rate remains unchanged
• Super failure: Deficit-cutting panel gives in to defeat
• Debate on use of pepper spray arises
• U.S., Britain, Canada team up on Iran sanctions
• Where’s the salt? Hidden in your Thanksgiving menu
• Moral clarity?
• Tired argument
• Positive stats
• Drug war spreading to Central America
• Charitable chores
• Boeing studies future of Wichita defense site
• State to contact Lawrence property owners about purchasing right-of-way land for completion of South Lawrence Trafficway
• Former Dillons employee admits taking about $30,000 in 10 months
• Jayhawk Audubon Society to discuss the health of Kansas' reservoirs
• 1K Kan. state employees take early buyout
• Repealer says he has received hundreds of suggestions to erase state laws
• Town Talk: Items to watch for as trash talk continues in Lawrence; farm land prices rise at record pace; Lecompton interchange lawsuit gets new twist
• Statehouse Live: Brownback appoints new arts commissioner to replace one who resigned in protest
• Dodge City airport gets 9/11 memorial
• Kansas Bioscience Authority waits for results of reviews
• First Bell: Consolidation Working Group to talk ‘scenarios’ tonight; Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science now taking applications
• Heard on the Hill: Rhodes scholars often a point of pride for schools; universities will be watching federal budget this week; KU research shows credit cards users perceive less purchasing pain
• 40 years ago: City, Haskell students attempting better communication
• Volunteers adorn downtown with holiday decorations
• Students brave the cold to raise donations
• Officials laud new facility as economic boon
• Consolidation ‘scenarios’ for Lawrence schools to be considered beginning today
• University places officers on leave after pepper spraying of protesters
• Debt panel poised to admit failure
• Holiday chatter: Suggestions to start, stop, deflect or lighten up holiday small talk
• Saudis use resources to expand military
• Ideological purity fuels political gridlock
• Immigration agenda
• 25 years ago: Plenty to do in Lawrence
• 100 years ago: Kansas governor issues Thanksgiving proclamation
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of November 21 And November 28, 2011
• Southwest Kansas processing plant a top priority, Brownback administration says
• Marriages
• Divorces
• Child injured in accident at 23rd and Haskell
• State plane maker says Air Force bars it from bid
• Author sheds light on Penn State case
• Driver, passenger injured in rollover accident late Friday on U.S. Highway 59
• Right track
• Boomer Girl Diary: It's a dog's life at 3 a.m.
• 25 years ago: Commissioners say obscenity law due for overhaul
• 100 years ago: Pigeons come home to roost
• GOP candidates share stories of personal hardships at forum
• No pillows in coach, but it’s sundae time up front
• USDA targets stores in food stamp trafficking
• Obama gets little pushback during Asia-Pacific trip
• Deficit deal failure would pose crummy choice
• KU students provide labor in exchange for Habitat for Humanity donations
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Around and about in local business
• Tax basics
• Safe neighborhood is basic right
• Israeli-Palestinian peace process is dead
• Vertical expansion of downtown Lawrence draws more than shadow of a doubt
• Old DNA evidence could be key in cold case
• Buddhist monks find their calling in Kansas temple
• Basehor man released from hospital
• Theft reported at Walmart
• Woman reports Honda Accord stolen
• Woman flown to hospital after stabbing
• Pump patrol
• Taiwanese official pleads guilty to underpaying workers
• Gas firm wins legal skirmish in condemnation lawsuit
• Deficit gridlock looms, supercommittee deadlocked
• House says no to mandating balanced federal budget
• Tax bills coming for the holiday
• Military news for November 19, 2011
• 25 years ago: Hiring freeze implemented at KU
• 100 years ago: Yale scientist arrives to study fossil at KU
• City To Finish Kasold Street Project By Thanksgiving
• Pitts’ smokescreen
• Broad blame
• Obama puts politics ahead of good policy
• Around and About for November 19, 2011
• Extension news for November 19, 2011
• Scouting news for November 19, 2011
• Club news for November 19, 2011
• Man sentenced to probation for beating girlfriend's kids with belt
• Cyclist taken to hospital after colliding with garbage truck
• Additional police patrols planned during Thanksgiving holiday week
• Attorney for school districts says Brownback education finance plan would make matters worse
• Lawrence police seeking driver who might have witnessed Nov. 6 accident at 19th and Iowa
• Statehouse Live: New labor coalition forms to oppose what it calls anti-worker agenda
• New labor coalition forms to fight Brownback initiatives
• Town Talk: Lawrence library, others in dispute over Kindle E-reader; Lawrence police leaders trying to increase numbers of 'patrol rifles'; a piece of North Lawrence history on the auction block
• Topeka adds groups to anti-discrimination policy
• Businessman challenging city on parachuting rights
• Vital statistics provide snapshot of Kansas
• Pump patrol
• First Bell: Stacking cups offers lessons in Lecompton; school attendance challenge tips off in January for KU women’s hoops; Consolidation Working Group meets Monday
• Heard on the Hill: KUMC administrator Marcia Nielsen gets new job; Bible photographer hosting photo exhibit in Lindsborg; students to put on ‘KU's Got Talent’ tonight
• Buy small
• 25 years ago: Wichita paper endorses Dole for president
• 100 years ago: Coffee-maker explodes in downtown restaurant
• City of Lawrence News - November 16, 2011
• Lansing escapees recaptured
• Economy as birth control? Fewer born in U.S. again
• Jammed lavatory door on flight sparks terror scare
• The oldest old: Reaching 90 more likely than ever
• Income gap
• Recycling edict
• Regents chair has praise for KUMC
• Overt pledges undercut covert efforts
• Eudora clothing closet asks for help with the holidays
• Lawyer says Taiwan official in KC to plead guilty
• Perry-Lecompton students stack up for world record, education
• Brownback declares "A Week of Reconciliation," urges Kansans to settle their differences
• Kansas earns high marks from MADD for efforts against driving drunk
• Delays expected on southbound Kansas River bridge on Friday
• Statehouse Live: Focus on marriage to end poverty misguided, Democratic Party leader says
• Kansas still wants to license abortion providers
• 26-year-old Lawrence man identified as victim in fatality accident on turnpike
• Two women treated at LMH after accident at McDonald Drive and Princeton Boulevard
• Fort Hays student celebrates 100th birthday
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Kasold to be fully open by Wed.; Budding business hopes to teach people how to live green; new master plan includes millions for Lawrence airport; parachutists vs. pilots
• Two men who escaped from state prison captured in KCK
• Now what? Few tangible effects of Wall St. protests
• Newt Gingrich defends big contracts with Freddie Mac
• Study: Women more likely to have broken hearts
• Millionaires lobby Congress for higher taxes on rich
• Pay raises approved for some KU workers; housing vote to come
• Kansas seeks to end part of abortion insurance lawsuit
• Douglas County Commission approves requests for conservation grants
• First Bell: Advice for classroom volunteers; thanking a humble volunteer; superintendent accepting award nominations
• Heard on the Hill: Student, mother blogging for US News and World Report; chancellor honored by University of North Carolina; filmmaker raises $20k for newest film
• Pump patrol
• People’s choice
• Issue settled
• Immigration move
• Military cuts
• Economic goals clash with political goals
• KU efficiency
• 25 years ago: Music professor, orchestra director to win HOPE award
• 100 years ago: KU falls silent in memory of benefactor
• Girl injured in accident near Vinland
• Occupy Lawrence protesters plead not guilty to violating park hours
• ATF set up bogus Kan. pawn shop in sting operation
• Kansas apologizes to tribes for past misdeeds
• Tonganoxie driver involved in one-vehicle crash at Tee Pee Junction north of Lawrence
• Former Fort Leavenworth soldier to be sentenced next month for robbery on KU campus
• Chances Lansing prison escapees will remain free are slim
• Man dies in I-70 crash east of Lawrence
• Bible housed at Baker University used on National Geographic cover
• Princeton Review recognizes KU business school
• Kan. seeks to end part of abortion insurance suit
• Malott Hall evacuated after report of possible chemical spill
• 'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Karl Slover dies at 93
• Lawrence man, 23, sentenced to 32 months in prison for role in Walmart robbery
• Town Talk: Neighbors vs. developers in West Lawrence and a no-win situation for City Commissioners; Wakarusa Music Festival up for national award
• Man says old temple in Leavenworth oldest in state
• Topeka mayor opposes domestic partner registry
• World War II prisoner memorial set for Fort Riley
• Man pleads guilty to his part in adoption scam
• Penn State finally did the right thing
• Lecompton man, 42, reports stolen Chevy truck
• Lawrence man, 58, reports aggravated burglary, theft
• Topeka woman, 25, injured in single-car accident on U.S. 40
• Basehor man injured after crashing into building in fair condition
• Legislators hear details of possible Medicaid reforms
• Analysis: Kansas will take 3 years to recover jobs
• City commissioners want further study of transit hub plan
• Wichita approves Bombardier incentives
• Crackdowns reach epicenter of Wall Street protests
• Heard on the Hill: First strategic plan summit is Friday; more than 500 students have taken professors to free lunch; student interviewing for Rhodes Scholarship this week
• 4-year colleges not for all; explore your options
• Wrong number
• Give us names
• We’re all people
• City and County Launch 'Common Ground' Program
• 40 years ago: Trial transit service rolls to an end
• 25 years ago: Lee plant in Ottawa to close in December
• 100 years ago: Sara Robinson, one of earliest Lawrence settlers, dies at 84
• U.S. Postal Service moves closer to default as losses mount to $5.1B
• European economy has all but stalled, report says
• Nuclear defiance provides ‘common voice’ in divided Iran
• Is he ready? Herman Cain’s comments raise some questions
• Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches
• Supercommittee: Boehner endorses tax plan
• Lawrence man accused of flashing handgun, faces assault charges
• Legislators grill Kan. social services official
• Businesses hope to increase dredging along Kansas River; environmentalists warn that process is destructive
• Assurant Employee Benefits to lease space at KU’s Bioscience and Technology Business Center and establish internship program
• KU Hospital reports $141.2 million in capital expenditures
• Kansas drought losses now total $1.8 billion
• Town Talk: Chinese restaurant moving ahead at 23rd and Iowa; Bartlett & West moving to West Lawrence; city to purchase $850,000 fire engine; Varsity House nearing approval
• 1st Infantry Division brigade to mark formal return from Iraq
• 32 train cars derail near Topeka
• $100K settlement reached in fatal accident
• School district reallocates funds, will spend more than $1 million
• Heard on the Hill: Online quiz looks for athletics departments with highest revenues; KU administrator gets spot on AMA board; look for something called the NachoTron 3000 at KU-MU game
• House GOP leader says deficit deal likely
• Study finds patients shun free heart drugs
• Supreme Court to review health care overhaul
• Rules lag as factory dust explosions kill workers
• Penn State’s shame — and America’s too
• Militants endanger any hope of peace
• Do the right thing
• I Recycle. Do You? America Recycles Day Coming to Lawrence
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of November 14
• Symposium is final sesquicentennial event
• Burglary, theft reported
• Motorcycle reported stolen Friday
• Teen reports truck stolen
• Ford pickup reported stolen
• Data to show value of state’s libraries
• Man who robbed Lawrence convenience store in 2006 can now go free
• Construction at 15th and Kasold starts Wednesday
• Neighbors are upset over plans for more apartments along Clinton Parkway
• Former youth ministry coordinator enters no-contest plea to sex crime
• Eudora man pleads no contest to animal cruelty charge, must pay state for care of Shetland pony
• Douglas County district attorney warns about scam involving home, driveway repairs
• Roberts pushes for Kan. gas storage inspections
• Douglas County jurors convict man of hitting his estranged wife with car
• Kansas names interim IT chief after recent furor
• TownTalk: Signs that Olive Garden is still likely in Lawrence; city, county taking applications for land program; The Jackpot Saloon changing hands, focus; new Dunkin' location now open
• Analysis: Records shredding shadows Planned Parenthood criminal case
• Heritage council backs allotting $163K to farmhouse
• Manhattan apartment fire still being investigated
• Heard on the Hill: Mizzou newspaper blames end of rivalry on KU; lecturer Bernie Kish earns HOPE award; Monarch waystations find their way to Indiana, far reaches of the globe
• A suggestion
• Eating options
• Shelter support
• Let’s get college sports under control
• New energy
• Turkey Day equations solved for math-impaired
• Holiday hazards: Keep your family safe by watching out for these dangers
• 25 years ago: Car shop owner clings to runaway car as driver attempts to avoid paying bill
• 40 years ago: Speed restrictions placed on County Road 438
• 100 years ago: Will new interstate 'auto road' go through Lawrence?
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Drought-stressed plants might be deadly to cattle
• Rep. Mike Pompeo's employee top salary list
• Kansas prepared for unlikely earthquake
• Volunteers resuscitate Potter Lake
• Charity gave Sandusky access to vulnerable kids
• Contenders argue about Afghanistan, Iran, torture
• Vehicles have run off U.S. 59, hit fence on property over 30 times
• Legislature will have plate full of meaty issues
• Pump patrol
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Public workers get boost from sick time ‘cash-out’
• Aging Americans stay home with aid of ‘villages’
• Storm highlights decades of repeat issues
• Romney’s political shifts stir criticism
• 25 years ago: Plans under way for annual Bromelsick party
• Mississippi makes a statement
• 40 years ago: Local man unable to claim money lost and found at Kansas Union
• Our speech laws can be problematic
• 100 years ago: Speaker gives 'forcible' talk on keeping shopping dollars in Lawrence
• Safer K-10
• Custom bacteria fuels Wichita company’s growth
• Cotton has bright future in Kansas
• 16 Things: KU film professor on casting Martin Sheen, finding inspiration
• Abortion foes wary of Kansas district attorney in Planned Parenthood case
• Reading gets tornado cleanup help
• State yo-yo master shares story, advice
• School board to review state’s finance, achievement levels
• Around and about in local business
• Statehouse Live: Ad by Rove group blasts Virginia candidate over Capitol renovation spending
• Man reports stolen 2000 Isuzu
• Woman reports damage, burglary of car
• Pump patrol
• Farmers avoiding fed loan program
• Home energy conservation workshop Saturday
• City to spray brine to keep major streets clear this winter
• Dover mortuary whistle-blowers shocked by problems
• 25 years ago: As temperature drops below zero, Salvation Army opens new shelter
• 40 years ago: It's official: Watkins Bank to house museum
• 100 years ago: KU-MU game removed from Kansas City
• Having a lame-duck leader at KU Med is a terrible idea
• What not to do about the Iran situation
• Cart not needed
• Class ring racket
• Old-time GOP
• Around and About for November 12, 2011
• Club news for November 12, 2011
• Military news for November 12, 2011
• Extension and 4-H news for November 12, 2011
• Change in pipeline plan could present new problems
• Romney looks to solidify campaign
• Teachers, facing low salaries, opt to moonlight
• 16 killed in Syria during day of gunfire, raids
• City Commission agenda for Nov. 15
• Mayor wants to get rolling on discussion about depot's use as transit hub
• Couple start their married life with an extra dose of luck on 11-11-11
• Two women injured in accident at 15th and Iowa streets
• Lawrence recognizes the glory of service, the sacrifice of veterans
• Traffic redirected north of 23rd and Louisiana intersection after car hits pole
• Postal Service explains closing Topeka plant
• Wichita man sentenced to life in prison in bachelor party murder
• Few things remain of dead Kansas town
• Taiwanese official in Leawood accused of abusing housekeeper
• Missing Lisa Irwin's brothers interviewed again
• Town Talk: Tanning salon coming to Mass. Street; downtown kiosk planned to list merchants; City Commission to consider $400,000 in year-end payments to employees
• 65 years later, vet receives high school diploma
• Greece, Italy turn to financial experts for way out of debt
• 11-11-11 brings hopes of good luck
• Longtime attorney leaving city post
• KU medical school executive announces plan to retire
• Mandatory reporting of child abuse is obligation not to be taken lightly
• WWII nurse takes Honor Flight to D.C. to see memorial, grave
• Weaver's reports damaged window
• Pump patrol
• Heard on the Hill: More thoughts on departure of KUMC leader Barbara Atkinson; former KU vice provost sheds more light on toilet tissue issue
• City Attorney Retiring After Decades Of Service
• November Flame Newsletter 2011
• Haves, have-nots
• Climate costs
• DST scam
• The 2011 elections: a split decision
• Honored vets
• Woman pleads no contest in child abuse case
• Veterans Day has deep meaning for boy turning 11 today
• Bob Dole an ambassador to veterans
• Police: Hunt for Kansas City baby not out of steam
• Emporia State to expand scholarships by $7.5M
• Emporia St. announces 3rd presidential finalist
• Unanswered questions persist in Kan. abortion case
• Barbara Atkinson stepping down from leadership roles at KU medical school, medical center
• Perry man sentenced to 32 days in bicyclist's death
• Fire Marshal: Grain elevator explosion accidental
• Cooley to retire at the end of the year as Lawrence's city attorney
• Veterans invited to file discharge papers with county office
• Marines celebrate 236th birthday
• Town Talk: Mexican restaurant coming to old Jo Shmo's spot; The Oread to be featured on cable's 'My Fair Wedding'; Title Boxing set to open; Cooley to retire as city attorney
• Elevator company vows to rebuild in Atchison
• Arts advocates plan effort to restore state funds
• Heard on the Hill: Student newspaper tackles toilet paper issue; nearby university begins new fundraising push; provost signs international open access declaration
• Memorial service held for Atchison explosion victims
• Man charged with murder after wreck
• 2 plead guilty to distributing heroin
• Missouri woman, 74, found fused to recliner in home
• Forecast: Kansas corn crop even smaller than thought
• Football scramble puts focus on funds
• City To Alter Residential Trash Collection Over Thanksgiving Holiday
• This Is A Test; This Is Only A Test
• Winter Rates Have Begun at Eagle Bend
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week of November 7, 2011
• City of Lawrence News - Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery
• runLawrence Thanksgiving Day 5K
• Lawrence Parks And Recreation Department Announces 2012 Winter/Spring Activities Guide
• Man taken to hospital after aggravated battery at 14th and Ohio
• Visit to parents’ house puts Lawrence woman near site of Atchison grain elevator blast
• Jobs at grain elevators have both risks, rewards
• Family of Lecompton man who died in 2009 motorcycle accident files lawsuit against other driver
• Investigators say west Lawrence house fire was accident caused after cooking on grill
• State tax receipts for Oct. below estimates
• Judge issues warrant for arrest of Eudora man accused of pointing handgun at residents
• Economy needs China to slow growth
• KU may seek KBA funds for new initiative to create chemicals
• Tonganoxie grad among 6 killed in Atchison blast
• First Bell: District to discuss standards-based grading with parents; young restorer of tractors praised for proficiency
• Heard on the Hill: KU gets $7.5M to study online education; religious political activist Ralph Reed is at Dole Institute today; money available for people who can speak Uighur
• 25 years ago: Police consider it a 'quiet' Halloween
• 40 years ago: 'Litter Walk' volunteers to clean up downtown
• 100 years ago: Annual Barteldes party a big success
• Blind support
• Lawrence Fire Med Energy Smackdown Final Results: Over 41,000 KWH Saved!
• Costly bridge
• Rise of Islamist parties worries women
• Budig boost
• Federal agents probe Wichita mosque fire
• Crowds celebrate Halloween with downtown trick-or-treating
• Revenue secretary headed to western Kansas to hear views on overhauling state tax code
• Charges filed against man accused of pointing shotgun at Lawrence police officer
• Drug take-back day nets 265 pounds of medications
• Firefighters, medics save energy, thousands of dollars during friendly competition
• Douglas County Commission to consider deal to acquire property near new homeless shelter from towing company
• Application approved to circulate recall petition for two Basehor City Council members
• Rep. Davis says Secretary of State Kobach should focus on his job, not 'personal crusade' against illegal immigration
• 3 more victims of Kan. grain elevator blast found
• Town Talk: $28 million apartment project underway; building permit totals still sluggish; home sales steady for September; a ghost that dusts at The Eldridge
• Lawrence man arrested after shotgun incident with police
• No injuries reported in Lawrence house fire
• Brown Foundation leader under fire
• First Bell: Deerfield leads pack in Dollars for Scholars Program; Boys and Girls Club to celebrate ‘Lights on Afterschool’
• Heard on the Hill: KU ranks second in faculty Fulbright awards; Kansan.com picks up national honor; Student Union Activities sponsoring bus to First Fridays in Kansas City
• 25 years ago: National, local demand strong for new gold coin
• 40 years ago: Lawrence drive-in theater offers scary Halloween fare
• 100 years ago: Train-traveler from KC runs into trouble in Lawrence
• Impress kids with Halloween science
• Fourth-grade football player encourages other girls to try the sport
• Backpacker Magazine's FREE Get Out More Tour
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Lawrence volunteer: Helping at hospice ‘a very special thing’
• Rec boondoggle?
• Will Cain be just another ‘other’?
• Undue haste
• Report: Prosecutions up for war zone crime
• Studies challenge wisdom of GOP candidates’ plans
• Can Kodak rescue itself via a patent bonanza?
• Former lawyer in missing Lisa Irwin case to speak
• Analysis: Closing state pension gap still expensive
• Rescue efforts suspended at Kansas grain elevator
• Search policy violates rights
• Will Republicans settle for Romney?
• Enrollment outreach
• Air Force ROTC students get 'realistic' glimpse of deployment in exercise
• Around and about in local business
• Kansas groups partner for haunted house fundraiser
• Pump patrol
• Tennessee protesters defy curfew a 3rd time
• Man pleads guilty in 1981 shooting death
• Former colleague of abortion doctor Tiller blames state for his death
• 100 years ago: Full docket keeps police court busy past 3 a.m.
• Flood defenses hold off peak tides
• Lego man to stay in police custody
• Surfer hospitalized after shark attack
• Billboard battle: ‘Wanted’ posters vs. blight fight
• Immigration battle recalls civil rights history
• GOP rivals focus on flat taxes, smaller government
• 25 years ago: Developers release plans for downtown shopping mall
• 40 years ago: Football, Band Day to go on in spite of 'miserable' weather
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• For first Kansan exonerated through DNA, freedom remains elusive
• Eyewitnesses not always reliable
• Soldier sentenced to 2 years on probation
• Woman's car reported stolen
• Building the case for historic preservation
• Court in indirect talks with Gadhafi son
• Report: Security improved in Afghanistan
• Americans spending more with income almost flat
• No anthrax vaccine being tested on children — for now
• Many cities leaving Wall Street protesters alone
• Jayhawk flag back home after duty in Afghanistan
• 100 years ago: First snow arrives in Kansas
• Leadership issues coming to light at KU Medical Center
• Mary’s Lake To Be Site Of Family Trick-Or-Treat
• Dedication Ceremony For A New Playground
• True liberation
• Enforcement gap
• Treasured service
• Travel option
• Tunisia seeks to blend Islam, democracy
• Around and About for October 29, 2011
• 4-H news for October 29, 2011
• Club news for October 29, 2011
• Military news for October 29, 2011
• Police evidence facilities running out of space
• KU grads create mobile app to help people with Asperger’s
• Trial of admitted rapist delayed
• Lawrence man, 39, given probation for trying to photograph girls changing clothes
• Kansas Arts Commission dropped fundraiser in budget fuss
• Job fair exhibitors offer advice, encouragement to people seeking employment
• Kansas City lawyer leaves missing baby case
• West Virginia's two US senators ecstatic over Big 12 move
• Lawrence woman gets 2 years of probation for serving as a lookout in December Walmart robbery
• Unveiling of new home for Ottawa family set for Nov. 4 on ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’
• Brownback not jumping into talk on pension bonds
• First Bell: Former Ichabod’s, up for auction, still ‘smells like a school’; EPA OKs environmental education grant for Friends of the Kaw
• Heard on the Hill: KU Parking joins Twitter; Obama's student loan plan generates conversation; Border War headed to Kansas City libraries
• 23rd St. bridge to be replaced
• Historic Resources Commission blocks plans for downtown hotel
• Need for change not so crazy
• Gadhafi’s death fitting for defiant dictator
• Organizational void
• 100 years ago: Area families use pets as lawn-mowers
• Doctors to sue over new abortion clinic rules
• Mortar Board society to honor KU faculty, staff
• Summer growth calms recession fears: Will it last?
• Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest
• After poor debates, Perry may skip some
• Europe crafts debt deal that pleases markets
• Pump patrol
• Minimal trash
• Man pleads no contest in child sex case
• 2 teens apprehended after foot chase
• Man injured in single-vechicle accident on I-35 in Lenexa
• Soldier sentenced to two-year probation term in downtown knife attack
• KU Mortar Board members to recognize five faculty, staff members
• Some Knology customers experience Internet outages, delays
• Lawrence Giveback program going mobile
• Group to sue over new Kan. abortion clinic rules
• Town Talk: City's sales tax collections on the rise; local tech company lands $5 million investment; 715 looking to open new event space; Ninth and Penn site set for upgrade
• NEA delivers bad news to Kansas Arts Commission
• First Bell: ‘The Laramie Project’ opens on stage tonight at Lawrence High; school board goals available online
• Heard on the Hill: Renderings of the new GSP renovations available; statistics show breakdown of tenured vs. non-tenured faculty; School of Music's Halloween concert set for Friday
• Take Charge Challenge Results Released: Lawrence Loses To Manhattan
• Pump patrol
• Cutting costs
• Outsource trash
• Missed Mideast opportunity
• U.S. exit stirs mixed emotions
• Carbon Monoxide: A Silent Killer
• Transportation move
• 40 years ago: Temporary wall becomes medium for graffiti
• Road relief
• 25 years ago: Over 180 applicants vie for one firefighting job
• Three Local Organizations Come Together To Make A Child's Day Special With The Birthday Beat
• 100 years ago: Dr. Naismith speaks on need for children's playgrounds
• Three New Buses Join The T Fleet
• Patients of state mental hospital to be moved during renovation
• Part of I-70 closed in Topeka
• Fake cashier's check costs teen $1,300
• KU student faces child endangerment charge
• Woman pleads no contest to role in Walmart robbery
• Douglas County Commission OKs permit for firing range; owners to vote Nov. 14
• Flat tax renews fight on ‘trickle-down economics’
• Historic Resources Commission to consider plans for hotel, apartment and retail building downtown
• Trial set for January for Kansas City, Kan., man accused of robbing KU students last year
• ABC, police officers issue citations for under-age drinking on gameday
• Lawrence library director — who retired last week — lands job at university library in Olathe
• Federal grant to help children in foster care in Kansas succeed in school
• Kansas ethics commission levies $150 fine against Rep. Gregory for using state email account to solicit funds
• Statehouse Live: Kobach campaign given maximum fine of $5,000 for mistakes in reporting campaign funds
• Suspect makes a run for it, but police get their man
• State panel mulls changes to public pension system
• Town Talk: Natural Grocers set to open Nov. 11; a laundromat set for The Malls; a recreation center at Sixth and the SLT?
• Group urges city to make headway on rec center
• Heritage Conservation Council to consider grant applications
• Emporia State plans service for 2 killed in fire
• Kansas transportation secretary Deb Miller to step down Dec. 16
• First Bell: Math Expressions + teacher efforts = higher scores; historic grants offer educational opportunities; Pokemon, the bus!
• Heard on the Hill: Group to rally in support of non-tenured teaching positions; KU Dance Marathon hosting pumpkin carving fundraiser; KU Career Center looking for professional clothing
• Visiting theologian to present talk at Trinity Lutheran Church
• 25 years ago: KU employees give feedback on morale
• 40 years ago: LMH officials counter abortion claims
• As states cut budgets, tuition rises
• Trash fees
• ‘Occupy’ stands up for middle class
• Lucky accidents reveal terrorist plots
• Consolidation task
• 100 years ago: Wealthy woman changes will, flees Lawrence
• Perry calls for sweeping tax cuts, benefit changes
• Baby steps most realistic strategy for Obama
• Kansas City man in rollover accident released from hospital
• Hunt Martin Materials reports stolen trailer, other items
• American Royal wants Kemper Arena torn down, replaced
• Glum consumer confidence level marks lowest since March 2009
• Start your engines: Work on Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence wrapping up Wednesday night
• Big Springs residents thrown off balance by plans to topple water tower; county calls halt to project
• Trial in lawsuit against ex-AG Kline delayed
• Statehouse Live: Manhattan, K-State down Lawrence, KU in energy efficiency contest
• Kansas transportation secretary Deb Miller leaving post in December
• Occupy Lawrence group complies with police officers' order early Tuesday to leave South Park
• Town Talk: Reseller of clothing likely to land next to Hy-Vee on Sixth; an impassioned plea for a Peking Taste buffet; the city's debt, a recreation center and a lot of numbers
• Brownback postponing release of Medicaid plan
• Missing KC baby's age makes her harder to find
• Lawrence man, 20, dies at Wichita hospital after chemicals released in his car on I-70 near Manhattan
• Fatal crash closes I-70 in Topeka for hours
• First Bell: Consultants to help forecast enrollment, adjust boundaries; board member justifies consolidation efforts; advisers consider consensus possible
• Lawrence school board members differ on bond’s anticipated fate
• Bioscience panel recommends funding for two centers
• City hopes to land more retirees
• Douglas County Commission to consider permit for firing range
• Occupy Lawrence members report crimes at South Park camp
• Kansas group urges end to income tax
• Kansas City man ejected from vehicile in rollover accident Friday
• Lawrence man taken to LMH after crashing vehicle
• Judges leaves bond at $100,000 for robbery suspect
• Heard on the Hill: Athletics spending far outpacing academics spending; new Iona president is a KU graduate; your humble correspondent tries to moderate scholar's bowl tournament, Free State wins
• State responsibility
• Protest support
• Dental needs
• Obama support driven by racism
• Face it, Republicans, Mitt’s your man
• 25 years ago: Kansas Turnpike celebrates historic milestone
• 40 years ago: Master plan for county roads calls for three new freeways
• 100 years ago: Thieves take cement from Opera House construction site
• Report shows losses in government jobs choking economic recovery
• Former California educator named to Lawrence school district's administrative team
• Trial set for Kansas City, Kan., man on robbery, gun charges
• Brownback's rejection of health insurance grant continues to spur questions
• Judge postpones Kansas Planned Parenthood case
• Two Leavenworth men charged in connection with shooting outside Lawrence club
• Statehouse Live: Kansas GOP jabs Texas-bound Kansas Democrat
• KU officials: University has no intention of requiring freshmen to live on campus
• Wichita man, 63, cited for drunken driving after vehicle runs over KU student's foot after game
• Lawrence woman injured in first of two accidents reported Monday morning in Johnson County
• Town Talk: Mattress Firm heading to South Iowa; downtown health club to open after Thanksgiving; city set to discuss northwest recreation center and fieldhouse
• Portion of 14th Street closed this morning for maintenance
• Writer calls for better environmental foresight in new book
• GOP primary now a contest of character
• After Iraq, U.S. may shift approach to war
• Torch cams to shed light on new views from Statue of Liberty
• Alabama civil rights icon praised
• Libya declared free, but Gadhafi death questioned
• Share the Warmth program begins collection today
• State makes battle plan for toxic algae
• Joplin tornado survivor denied workers’ comp
• Holiday hiring not likely to increase
• Eudora school district extends standards-based grading to third grade
• Johnson County settles in sex discrimination lawsuit
• Lawrence man arrested after altercation
• Sediment creates issues in Kansas lakes, reservoirs
• First Bell: School finance scenarios coming in November; potential tax increase authority undetermined; National Merit semifinalists to be honored
• Stats in new books show less violence around the world
• Lawrence Magazine offers last-minute costume
• Halloween happenings
• ‘Third Reich’ was cultural landmark
• Trash options
• One-vehicle accident sends two men to area hospitals
• Woman pleads guilty to selling false Social Security numbers
• With death of Gadhafi, an era passes in modern Arab history
• Conflicted Iraqis face future without U.S. troops
• Actor takes stand to ‘make it better’
• 25 years ago: Wet weather reduces pumpkin crop
• KU housing
• 40 years ago: LHS teacher Stan Roth to take students spelunking
• Six-term senator faces election challenge
• 100 years ago: Comet appears in evening sky
• Republicans vie for edge in Iowa
• Around and About for October 23, 2011
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Sentence doubles for Kansas man after attacking guards
• Black women in nursing topic of KU lecture
• Topeka man sentenced to 3 life terms for abuse
• 90-year-old sorority pledge to be on ‘Anderson' this week
• Developer Doug Compton hopes ‘901 Building’ will spur living, shopping downtown
• New Ninth and New Hampshire building a sun-blocker for coffee shops
• Locals hope school finance play a ‘win for everybody’
• Number of Kansas listeria cases up
• Woman reports $10,000 in stolen property
• Man reports $5,000 worth of property stolen from apartment
• Man receives fourth DUI conviction
• Man accused of using vehicle as weapon
• Pump patrol
• Studies: Teen drivers most at risk in 1st month with license
• City Commission agenda for Oct. 25
• Obama: Iraq war over, U.S. troops coming home
• Gadhafi put on display in freezer
• KCK man brought to Douglas County to face carjacking charges
• Prize drawing to support library
• FCE news for October 22, 2011
• City of Lawrence News - Compost Sold Out
• Enrollment goals
• ‘Occupy’ permit
• Trash costs
• Obama’s strategy on Libya worked out well
• Scouting news for October 22, 2011
• Shelters And Park Restrooms Closing For Season
• Around and About for October 22, 2011
• Club news for October 22, 2011
• Military news for October 22, 2011
• Victims testify about robberies last December in Lawrence
• Jobs bill could modernize Lawrence schools, education official says
• Document: Cadaver dog 'hit' at missing baby's home
• Brownback denies Kansas tax plan is being formed behind closed doors
• LJWorld.com looking for Halloween pictures from readers
• Johnson County DA says abortion records destroyed
• Kansas eases rules on abortion clinics
• Statehouse Live: Brownback defends tax plan process; says Blackstone is consulting with state officials
• Share your Halloween photos on LJWorld.com
• Lawrence school board to answer consolidation questions Monday
• Lawrence schools committee hopes school-finance play could be ‘win for everybody’
• Kan. bank sues Virginia credit union over name
• Kansas jobless rate unchanged in September
• Town Talk: Chick-fil-A rumors growing in Lawrence; library nears $1 million fundraising goal; downtown LED lighting project to be expanded
• City's supply of compost gone; sale called off early
• Library design plans now include garage
• Few Americans take immigrants’ jobs in Alabama
• Man gets 4-year sentence in child sex case
• Passenger in crash released from hospital
• Driver still listed in critical condition
• Football player gets diversion on DUI
• Man convicted in auto burglary
• First Bell: Second-graders ‘Read to Feed’ family in Africa; Virtual School contractor willing to take price cut; federal education official to visit Cordley today
• Work in progress
• Honors due
• Shelter funding
• GOP race is still Romney’s to lose
• World looks warily to Libya’s future
• Pulled from pipe, Gadhafi was shown no mercy
• 25 years ago: Post-game rioting overwhelms Aggieville
• 40 years ago: Motorbike track debated for new park
• 100 years ago: J-W to provide play-by-play of KU -- K State game
• City of Lawrence News - October 20, 2011
• Obama awards Citizens Medal to Kansas father
• Enforcing civility
• Hidden agendas
• Library director Bruce Flanders retires, effective immediately
• How Lawrence governments, agencies fared on providing open records
• Victim of fatal ATV crash was the passenger, according to Douglas County Sheriff's report
• Sheriff, police officers to sponsor drug take-back day on Oct. 29
• Kansas protesters organize Wichita rally
• KU now charging for garage parking for women's basketball fans
• 20-year-old Lawrence man gets four years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl
• Kansas drops to 48th in the nation in energy efficiency ranking
• Scotch Fabric Care to kick off its 25th annual coat drive on Monday
• K-10 ramps at Eudora's Church Street exit to close Friday night for repaving
• Statehouse Live: Regents approve salary increases for university chiefs; hefty ones for some
• Lawrence woman, 25, receives probation on child-endangerment charges; judge orders her not to drink alcohol for a year
• KC police clear 700 leads in missing baby case
• Town Talk: Call center set to move to North Lawrence, add 70 jobs; my day with the South Park protestors
• Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, killed
• Family grieves after Brazilian boy’s remains found in Missouri River
• Occupy Wall Street becomes tourist stop
• Desperate retailers offer deals to snag shoppers
• County Commission agrees to make changes in permit for firing range
• Lions, tigers shot in Ohio after being set loose
• Indicted Kansas City bishop plans to continue leading diocese
• Man charged with battery for downtown altercation
• First Bell: Southwest students' Chinese exhibits (nearly) on stage at Lied Center; Woodlawn classroom to be on camera for The Teaching Channel
• Heard on the Hill: KU unveils sustainability plan; school marking Nirvana's campus performance from 20 years ago; bicyclist performs stunts outside Wescoe Hall
• 40 years ago: New policy on collisions: Everyone gets a citation
• 25 years ago: Discharge from Farmland plant worries residents
• LDCFM Reminds Residents Of Importance Of Smoke Alarms
• 100 years ago: School superintendent recommends fresh air
• Pump patrol
• Flawed approach
• Giving in to greed
• Protesters must set agenda
• Colorado TABOR issues land in court
• Budget pressures
• Kansas Department of Labor reports fewer job openings
• KU student reports stolen CDs, dresser
• Poor hit by Pakistan decision to spurn U.S. aid
• Republican primary contest is getting nasty, personal
• Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger
• Heritage projects in play: Applicants seek Douglas County grants
• 2011 Eudora High graduate pleads guilty to spray-painting at school's stadium
• Kansas Regents put off budget request for new KU medical school building
• UPDATE:City tells Occupy Lawrence campers they must leave South Park by Thursday night; campers consider defying order
• Man arrested after fight involving sword, knives
• W. Pa. police arrest 4 in nationwide lottery scam after Topeka resident reports fraud
• Town Talk: Kia set to open on 23rd Street; Subaru unveils new Lawrence location; compost sale begins Thursday; north Kasold project wrapping up
• Statehouse Live: SRS Secretary Siedlecki will request funding for Lawrence office in budget recommendation
• Police to again search Mo. home of missing baby
• AT&T store on 23rd Street reports stolen tablet computers, cellphones
• Lawrence man convicted of robbing convenience arrested for not showing up for sentencing
• First Bell: Resource officer making list for Blue Santa program; New York School earns assessment honor; ‘walking school bus’ effort gains speed
• Heard on the Hill: Article breaks down conferences academically; KU fan interrupts Occupy Wall Street in Denver; KSU alumnus converts to KU fandom; comedian Josh Blue at KU tonight
• Fall Compost Sale Benefits Lawrence Residents
• 40 years ago: Pumpkin harvesting needs the human touch
• 25 years ago: Whooping cough spreads rapidly across county
• 100 years ago: Automobile, bicycle collide at downtown intersection
• SLT tolls
• Whole picture
• Ballot power
• KU numbers tell troubling story
• U.S. funding cuts would only hurt U.N.
• Lawrence to make policy requiring signs for special sales taxes
• Officers, firefighters honored for heroic acts with inaugural valor awards
• Journal World editor Dolph C. Simons Jr. presented with The Ralph D. Casey/Minnesota Award for leadership, service
• Appeals panel hears child solicitation case
• Technology upgrade to interrupt Douglas County Treasurer's Office, DMV services
• City Hall leaders urge Occupy Lawrence protesters to ‘follow rules’
• Lawrence man gets jail time, probation for solicitation and burglary cases
• Kansas governor schedules public meetings focused on child poverty
• Delay means Kansans won't get federal funds to make their homes more energy efficient
• Man, 30, pleads guilty to child abuse charges; grandmother alerts police
• Six charities chosen to benefit from 2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Federal judge orders Kansas to fund clinic
• KC police begin new search for missing baby
• 21-year-old man tells judge he's ‘ready to do the time’ for robbing two KU students
• Wind energy projects increasing in Kansas, but they could slow down if federal tax credit changes
• 40th annual Halloween paint-in set for Saturday morning; registration now open
• 3-judge panel in Lawrence hears appeal of Matthew Jaeger, who was convicted in 2009 of kidnapping and mutilating his ex-girlfriend
• Kentucky Street reopens to traffic
• Town Talk: Golf USA going out of business; Hibachi Grill to open today; news on Lawrence Lowes darkens further; roundabout closure on tap
• Lawyer: Mom of missing baby has 'nothing to hide'
• First Bell: Consolidation Working Group mulls future for schools, awaits information before suggesting options
• Insect-borne disease killing deer in state
• Kansas City woman injured in crash on U.S. Highway 40
• Pennsylvania man rescued from pond after crash
• KU student reports stolen TV, laptops
• Protesters ready for long occupation of South Park
• Baxter Springs woman reports stolen laptop computer
• KU student reports stolen Dell laptop computer, DVD player
• KU student reports stolen Macbook computer, Kodak camera
• Kansas City man reports stolen Dell computers
• Heard on the Hill: You can download KU pumpkin stencils for Halloween; journalism associate prof Doug Ward earns Budig professorship; lecture honoring slain student Jana Mackey set for Oct. 24
• County Commission to consider permit for shooting range
• 40 years ago: Sen. Dole drops in at Kansas Union
• 25 years ago: Convenience store clerk kidnapped, raped after robbery
• 100 years ago: Licenses are the law for rabbit hunters
• Retirement benefits
• Unhealthy society
• Initiatives create own voting mischief
• Rental teeth
• Kohl's employee reports stolen items
• Journal-World seeks information on Brownback tax policy group
• Missing baby's family hires Van der Sloot attorney
• KU prof's research links slow economy to increase in men's desire for more sexual partners
• Legislators review Kansas veterans services
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Start-up pharma firm selects incubator; hopes for a rubber dam on the Kaw; Lawrence real estate scene adds Keller Williams agency; Re-Max agency reopens under new ownership
• KC mom admits she was drunk when her baby vanished
• One transported by helicopter after injury accident on I-70 near Lecompton interchange
• More than a dozen sex offenders living in Kansas nursing homes
• First Bell: Consolidation Working Group to crunch numbers regarding transfers, demographics
• Heard on the Hill: KU among top spenders, earners on basketball; researcher finds men more likely to be unfaithful during recessions; small wooden Jayhawk finds new home
• Challenges loom as world population hits 7 billion
• 25 years ago: Traffic warning signal near school still not working
• Fire Prevention Week: Have You Taken Steps To Protect Your Family From A Fire?
• 40 years ago: New shopping plaza planned for Perry
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Polarized positions
• Loan debt
• Street Closure at Harvard And Monterey Way - October 17 - 21, 2011
• Taxing the rich
• Basketball dispute stirs little sympathy
• Tax fairness
• Daisy Hill to host trick-or-treaters
• 100 years ago: Grant Township forms literary society
• Exchange student from Germany embraces the foreign: football, Mandarin Chinese
• KU funding, by the numbers: Research income largest slice of budgetary pie
• More than 100 volunteers still needed to help make a difference during day of service
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Mo. National Guard to help in search for missing baby
• Until case closed, CASA volunteers lend guiding hand
• Patrol releases ID of man killed in shootout
• Maple Leaf Festival provides fall fun, serves as ‘major fundraiser’
• 16 Things: Longtime KU staff member, assistant to the chancellor shares stories of world travels
• Study: Voter ID changes make it harder for 5 million people to vote
• Douglas County braces for likely drop in property values
• Man tries to rebuild life after serving time for crime he says he didn’t commit
• Around and About for October 16, 2011
• Ethics case unlikely to affect Kline’s teaching
• Mitt Romney’s rise challenges tea party’s clout in GOP
• Mexico’s newest export to U.S. might be water
• Can protests last without leaders?
• Lane markings
• Leadership void
• Cain waffles on issues of race
• GOP field falls short on foreign policy
• Good faith?
• Boomer Girl Diary: A love-hate relationship with Halloween
• 100 years ago: Girl accidentally locked in church during nap
• 4-H and FCE news for October 15, 2011
• Club news for October 15, 2011
• Pump Patrol
• Smoke machine leads to false alarm
• No one injured in apartment fire
• Motorcyclist in critical condition after losing control on U.S. 24-40
• 16-year-old on bike clipped by vehicle
• Policy would require developments with special sales tax to post signs
• Westside roundabout closed next week
• Scouting news for October 15, 2011
• Military news for October 15, 2011
• 100 years ago: Several arrests made in wake of 'merry-making'
• 25 years ago: Burglar robs emergency food bank
• 40 years ago: Board of Regents puts restrictions on Kansas Union beer sales
• Alleged assassination plot is stranger than fiction
• Obama seeking scapegoats to hide failures
• Trash options
• Around and About for October 15, 2011
• Bishop accused of not telling police about child porn
• 47-year-old Eudora man going to prison for molesting child
• Former Air Force airman from Hutchinson gets six years in prison for fatal crash north of Lawrence
• U.S. prosecutors are getting tough with felons who pick up guns again
• Corporate restructuring consultants from Blackstone Group meeting with Kansas officials
• $100K reward announced in missing KC baby case
• Video shows missing Kansas City baby in happier times
• Lawrence homeless shelter director hopeful about raising $800,000 in fewer than six weeks
• Anti-Brownback group plans meetings across Kansas
• Lawrence man given 6-month probation term for altercation at KU's Summerfield Hall
• Town Talk: 'Sneaky taxes' soon may come with a sign; signs of a rebound at 19th and Haskell; new furniture store and rumors of an East Lawrence doctor's office
• Theft by deception reported
• Burglary, theft from home reported
• Scope, tripod theft reported
• First Bell: No class is no vacation for teachers, especially with standards-based grading to do; Consolidation Working Group to review data
• Heard on the Hill, Late Night Edition: "James Naismith" to speak at KU; KU law school praised for reporting accurate salary data; other events are scheduled for tonight, too
• Romney has money and momentum
• Important gift
• 100 years ago: J-W promises play-by-play coverage for World Series
• Register for the 40th annual Halloween Paint-In
• 25 years ago: Firefighters get new fitness equipment
• 40 years ago: Baldwin kicks off another Maple Leaf Festival
• Experts offer advice to those worried about vitamin safety
• Hedge fund exec gets 11 years for insider trading
• King of Bhutan marries in elaborate ceremony
• Cain’s surge has campaign struggling to organize
• Voting power
• Win-win
• Pay it forward
• Middle school principals reject ‘Tom Sawyer’ as single ‘core’ text for eighth-grade English
• Woman taken to hospital after motorcycle accident near Sixth and Mississippi streets
• U.S. Deputy Agriculture secretary visits The Merc, discusses free-trade accords
• Panel: Suspend ex-AG Kline's law license in Kansas
• Immigration experts meeting at KU criticize Kobach’s laws
• Attorney for suspect in robbery of KU students says client wasn't involved in crime
• Local officials likely will turn to Kansas Legislature for money to fund Lawrence SRS office
• Wichita store robbed of hundreds of adult videos
• Franklin County Sheriff's deputy, 28, dies of unknown causes
• Four Kansas researchers honored with Higuchi awards
• Lawrence man pleads no-contest to charge of domestic battery; prosecutors say he hit former girlfriend with glass
• Motorcyclist injured in accident on U.S. Highway 24-40 just south of Tonganoxie
• Topeka, Shawnee County leaders meet over domestic cases
• Douglas County prosecutors file battery charge against Leavenworth man accused of injuring Lawrence woman
• Court panel to meet in Lawrence to hear appeal of Matthew Jaeger's conviction for kidnapping, assaulting former girlfriend
• Town Talk: Signs that Dillons demo is about to begin; Olive Garden pursuing national strategy of local tax breaks; more on city trash and recycling
• First Bell: Schools drink, flush and soak up plenty of water; Science Fair information offered; Pre-College Fair set for tonight
• Heard on the Hill: Labs in Malott getting a facelift; lectures abound at KU; another alumnus completes Ironman triathlon
• Tax and spend
• GOP still looking for love
• Occupy Wall Street vs. the tea party
• 100 years ago: Early cold snap forecast for Kansas
• City of Lawrence News - Crack-sealing Work to Affect Traffic on 23rd Street
• 25 years ago: Babcock Place still needing repairs
• 40 years ago: 3.2 percent beer to be sold in Kansas Union
• Pump patrol
• Pointless politics
• Motorcycle driver hurt in accident released from hospital
• Ex-state prosecutor pleads guilty to stealing over $70,000 from church
• Plans revealed for Flint Hills center
• Lowe’s asks for indefinite deferral of request to build west Lawrence store
• Hispanics skip work to protest immigration law
• Romney inevitable? Perry weighs TV ads to slow him
• Heartland Community Health Center secures Douglas County ‘investment‘
• Brownback administration outlines school finance concepts
• Survey: 80% of U.S. teenage boys use condoms the first time
• Siedlecki vows to try to get funding for SRS offices, but didn’t include it in his budget
• Douglas County commissioners extend ban against outdoor burning
• Judge: Prosecutors must honor agreement with man convicted in shooting death of hip-hop artist Anthony Vital
• DA says he may file some Topeka domestic cases
• Archer Daniels Midland looking at possibility of moving researchers to Lawrence
• It's that time again: Be on the lookout for deer as you're driving
• Lawrence man charged with shooting his 80-year-old cousin in Illinois soybean field
• Jefferson County Republicans select Jason Belveal as new prosecutor
• Many searches, few clues in KC baby disappearance
• Town Talk: Lawrence's Lowe's project on the ropes; Fuzzy's Tacos opens downtown; the Army to plant its flag in downtown
• Topeka repeals domestic violence law
• First Bell: District's new rooftop units ‘best’ available; teachers raise concerns about standards-based grading in middle schools; teacher cites ‘trust’ gap
• Heard on the Hill: Debate continues on student loan debt forgiveness; law assistant dean goes online to start conversations with potential students; KU alum, leukemia survivor finishes Ironman race
• 100 years ago: Police crack down on 'free-for-alls' in east Lawrence
• Election reform
• Trash penalty
• No clue
• Back to work
• Something to hide?
• Nations can foster or curb innovation
• City of Lawrence News - October 10, 2011
• 25 years ago: LINK kitchen serves over 1,000 meals in previous month
• 40 years ago: Local play returns to Baldwin stage
• Drake student from Kansas dies
• City approves incentives for Poehler development project
• Mo-ped driver injured in hit-and-run at Ninth and Ohio streets
• Topeka repeals domestic violence law
• One person injured in motorcycle accident, police looking for driver involved
• Man injured when vehicle hits him as he walks in alley near Ninth Street
• Former KU, pro football player Elvis Patterson pleads not guilty to drunken driving, speeding
• Contractors to work on East 23rd Street on Wednesday
• Jefferson County woman dies after night of drinking
• Grants will help Kansas organizations promote locally grown produce
• Youngsters in Allen County taught ABCs of 911 emergency calls
• Alcohol, medications cited in fatal 2010 crash on Kansas Highway 32
• Lawrence man reports vehicle burglary
• Lawrence woman reports stolen silverware set
• KU student reports stolen laptop, cash
• Man accused of threatening man with knife arrested on aggravated assault charge
• Horseshoes buff earns spot in state hall of fame
• Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign opens Nov. 11
• Audio-Reader celebrates 40 years of helping visually impaired
• Standards-based grading to face forum
• First Bell: Facebook status updates unavailable at district headquarters; Financial Advisory Committee in works; goals list offers giant ‘leap’
• Heard on the Hill: KU Quidditch team winning championships; intellectual disabilities research center gets $7 million grant; KU, Kansas State excited to welcome TCU to Big 12 Conference
• Netflix nixes plan to split online streaming, DVDs
• Congress takes up China, free trade, jobs bills
• City Of Lawrence News - City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of October 10, 2011
• Forgive loans
• Repeat mistakes?
• No transparency
• U.S. must send clear message to Pakistan
• Wall Street protests taking financial toll on NYPD
• Heartland Community Health center seeks $22,300 from Douglas County
• Lawrence City Commission to review proposal to move historic home at 11th and Indiana
• Kansas City, Kan., man injured in motorcycle accident Saturday night on Clinton Parkway
• Pony Express riders carry letters from Lecompton to Topeka in commemorative event
• Federal district judge talks to Lawrence Rotary about independence
• Roadwork to slow traffic on Iowa Street from 15th to 19th streets on Tuesday
• Event in Washington, D.C., to honor Dole, benefit institute
• 2 Leavenworth men arrested in connection with gunfire incident in Lawrence post bond
• Woman treated at hospital after rollover accident in west Lawrence
• Search for missing Lisa Irwin enters 7th day
• Town Talk: Peking Taste owners to add frozen yogurt store to operations; piano studio opens in West Lawrence; The Eldridge to be featured on national television
• New KCK casino looking for 1,000 workers
• Unemployed seek protection against prejudice in job search
• Deficit supercommittee struggles as clock ticks
• Connecticut not backing down from fight with Amazon on new tax law
• Seasoned activists critique Wall Street protests
• U.S. Army Corps to hold public meetings about Missouri River
• Cornerstone Southern Baptist Church sets chili supper for Friday
• Another funding deadline looms for Kansas arts officials
• Project aims to collect, analyze black writers’ works
• How to help: Making a difference easier through events
• First Bell: Hot topic — heating, air-conditioning units — up for approval; capital planning ahead for Lawrence school board
• Heard on the Hill: A guide to finding KU public censure notices; engineering students to present information learned in Brazil; graduate student involved in find that uncovers big dinosaur tracks
• 100 years ago: KU students backing Wilson for President
• Vintage Players reach audiences young and old
• View misrepresented
• Jobs bill support
• Debate stakes high for GOP field
• Tricky transfer
• 25 years ago: Old contraband falls from dorm ceiling
• 40 years ago: Homecoming decoration destroyed, rebuilt overnight
• Fire department contains car fires early Sunday
• Two Leavenworth men arrested in connection with gunfire at convenience store
• 10-year-old girl dies after I-70 crash
• Pump Patrol
• City Commission agenda for Oct. 11
• KU game day also a 'fantastic can day'
• School board to review annual goals
• Business commitment
• Simple facts
• Don’t dismiss public protests
• States should respect election system
• 25 years ago: Newly renovated Liberty Hall nears opening
• 40 years ago: Southwestern Bell applies for large rate increase
• 100 years ago: Lawrence woman answers 'Wife Wanted' ad, moves to Milwaukee
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Around and about in local business
• Emergency crews dispatched to accident near Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive
• Statistics indicate it's unlikely that missing Kansas City baby was abducted by stranger
• Kansas task force working in secret on tax proposal
• Lawrence lags in updating equipment, City Hall report says
• Statistics suggest KC baby unlikely taken by stranger
• One person dead following all terrain vehicle accident in field east of Baldwin City
• KU student hit by car while walking on campus
• Pump Patrol
• Lawrence man reports laptop computer stolen
• $1,200 worth of CDs reported stolen
• LG television reported stolen
• Money, not just school rivalries, at stake in Big 12 shake-up
• Around and About for October 8, 2011
• 4-H and FCE news for October 8, 2011
• Club news for October 8, 2011
• 25 years ago: Change to current liquor laws debated
• 40 years ago: Clinton Lake money awaiting approval in Washington
• New Deal II
• Speedy neutrino upsets scientific absolutes
• Reducing poverty should be top priority
• 100 years ago: Hundreds of female students rally on campus for girls' dormitory
• Sipahioglu, founder of photo agency Sipa, dies
• Sedgwick County man, 21, sentenced to short jail term, probation for planning thefts
• Baker University's largest gift will help expand, renovate math and science building
• Lawrence area thirsts for rain
• Redevelopment of Poehler building in East Lawrence could cost city $1.3 million
• Unpaid $57.69 dental bill decided by Kansas appeals court
• Eudora woman injured in fatal MagnaGro accident in 2010 files suit against Lawrence company, owner
• FBI: Search for KC baby leads to Shawnee landfill
• Douglas County prosecutors dismiss sexual battery case after new trial is granted
• Judge hastens briefing over Kansas clinic funding
• KU publicly censures two faculty members in connection with plagiarism
• Town Talk: East Hills project asking for last-minute $25,000 payment from city; brewery supply store and nutrition club open in West Lawrence shopping center; city's mulch sale underway
• Shawnee Co. not prosecuting Topeka domestic cases
• Mom of missing tot says she took lie detector test
• Man injured in motorcycle accident on U.S. Highway 56
• Catalytic converters stolen from cars near KU residence halls
• Girls Night Downtown to benefit Mario’s Closet
• Pump patrol
• First Bell: ‘Middle School Parent Connection’ starts next week; students visiting C-SPAN bus shouldn't expect scoop on MU and SEC
• Heard on the Hill: KU lobbying research used in creation of new market index; Lew Perkins raising money in Connecticut again; KU hoping to improve its distance learning offerings
• City Of Lawrence News - Mill And Overlay Project Planned
• Apple’s mystique may grow with Steve Jobs’ death
• Work a dim memory for big chunk of unemployed
• Unwinnable war
• More to story
• Voting choice
• Local support
• U.S. might dust off Cold War strategy
• Fine print
• 25 years ago: Temporary housing resource closes in Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Beer sales in Kansas Union still debated
• 100 years ago: Lawrence girl commits suicide in Kansas City
• Lawrence business leaders receive Hall of Fame honor
• Kids’ ER concussion visits up 60% over decade
• Police looking for man who ran from traffic stop in east Lawrence
• Parents of missing baby 'scraping for anything'
• C-SPAN Campaign Bus pulling into Lawrence
• Lawrence man accused of molesting 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl
• Leawood man sues Facebook over privacy issues
• Kansas transportation secretary supports Obama's jobs bill; KDOT unveils $650 million in road, bridge projects
• Lawrence resident accused of embezzling $26,000 from Dillons grocery store
• Colyer: Medicaid changes won't narrow eligibility
• Excavating company's quick action helps contain fuel leaking from severed pipeline
• Jefferson County rancher dies in prison; man convicted of killing wife, burying body in abandoned well
• Congressional redistricting: It's partisan, it can get ugly and it could mean Lawrence moves to the Big 1st District?
• Town Talk: Even nice old ladies ready to fight about trash carts; downtown spot to discontinue Sunday brunch; Occupy Wall Street appears to be coming to Mass. Street
• Kansas Film Commission official seeks more tax breaks for filmmakers
• Kansas City couple donate $4 million to KU; gift to benefit athletics, cancer center, journalism and music
• Kansas City parents describe panic after baby disappeared
• Crews respond to motorcycle accident on U.S. Highway 56
• Conservationist groups file lawsuit to block TransCanada pipeline
• Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, inspiration to MLK, dead at 89
• Vindicated: Ridiculed Israeli scientist wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
• NYPD spied on city’s Muslim partners
• Douglas County Commission imposes burn ban
• Douglas County buying devices to pump up cardiac care
• First Bell: Open house set for Adult Learning Center; LHS students to ask questions on C-SPAN; girls sought for middle school hoops
• Heard on the Hill: Emporia newspaper readers tie enrollment drops to tuition hikes; NASCAR looking to expand its presence on college campuses; federal grant to support Kansas City, Kan., art programs
• The social contract’s conservative side
• What Perry’s rock says about us
• City of Lawrence Newsletter - October 2011
• City Of Lawrence News - Volunteers Needed For Safe Winter Walkways Program
• Pump patrol
• 25 years ago: Residents disagree with bypass impact study
• 40 years ago: Student stereotypes challenged
• 100 years ago: Paved roads may lead to ban on sledding
• Utility taxes?
• Self speaks
• Judge denies bond request in Kwik Shop robbery case
• Woman gets probation in identity-theft case
• Woman ordered to serve probation in child battery case
• Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
• 30 tickets issued alleging under-age drinking; four Lawrence bars cited
• Dogs and their families invited to Dogtoberfest 2011 Sunday in South Park
• Appeals court strikes down funeral protest ban aimed at Westboro Baptist Church
• Missing Kansas City baby's parents make tearful plea
• City sewer project in North Lawrence sparks controversy
• 39-year-old Lawrence man arrested on a charge of indecent liberties with a child
• Seventh person charged in robbery last December at south Iowa Walmart
• Town Talk: Big bets may be looming for both landlords and the city; Title Boxing coming to Lawrence; a new children's store, for a short while
• Kansas City police hunt for clues on missing baby
• Statehouse Live: Kansas alone in de-funding the arts, national group says
• City adopts tougher penalties for landlords who violate city code for single-family homes
• First Bell: Administrator to offer Langston Hughes parents a lesson on standards-based grading; walkers to keep eyes out for dangers on way to school
• Heard on the Hill: Federal budget proposal cuts from Pell Grants, props up NIH; Columbia, Mo., paints over red and blue buses; journalism prof conducting federally funded cancer research
• 25 years ago: Study session to discuss smoking ordinance
• 40 years ago: Colleges, junior colleges showing enrollment increases
• Collateral damage
• U.S. electing a president, not a messiah
• High court considers big issues
• Modesty issue
• Cleaning Cloths, Baby Wipes And Sewer Systems Don’t Mix
• 100 years ago: Downtown store owners continue renovations
• Authorities still investigating cause of barn fire near Ottawa
• Haskell student reports damage to vehicle
• Lawrence man reports damage to Lexus ES 300
• Lawrence man reports damage to tires at residence in mobile home park
• Dole Institute to host health care reform debate
• T.J. Maxx reports 14 stolen purses worth $2,000 total
• Lawrence man reports $6,770 worth of stolen items
• 3 schools to mark Walk to School Day
• Apple’s iPhone announcement a bit of a letdown for some
• Bernanke warns economic recovery ‘close to faltering’
• Homeless shelter poised to purchase property for new building; an additional $800,000 needed for project
• Kansas argues order on Planned Parenthood funding
• Sprint gets iPhone, evens odds vs. AT&T, Verizon
• KC police searching for missing 10-month-old
• Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of armed robbery at Kwik Shop, crime spree
• Lenexa woman taken to hospital after accident on Kansas Highway 10 near Eudora
• Dispute may put a hold on e-book lending in Kansas
• Town Talk: Advocate for the homeless worries about stricter enforcement of occupancy code; Kaw bridge project to make 2012 encore; welcoming roundabouts
• Statehouse Live: Without a state health insurance exchange, feds will take over major portions of system, official says
• Kan. emergency officials warn of 'zombie invasion'
• Consolidation group readies for school board conversation
• Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism won’t confirm mountain lion sighting
• Indiana man treated, released from LMH after three-vehicle accident on I-70
• City to mull boarding house conversions
• Gov. Sam Brownback plans trade mission to Russia
• If an emergency arises, you want volunteers Paula Hladky and Willard Epling around
• Kansas Court of Appeals rules in favor of property owners; development of Lecompton turnpike area now in question
• First Bell: Sign prohibits unplanned play at Free State field(s); boosters bolster athletics complexes; McTeacher Night to serve up donations
• City of Lawrence News - September 30, 2011
• Enrollment boosters
• God’s way
• Warren wisdom
• Recycling pro
• America needs to get its act together
• Screening needed
• 25 years ago: Lawrence drivers still caught by new insurance law
• 40 years ago: AG Vern Miller raids 'gambling den'
• 100 years ago: Buried treasure in North Lawrence?
• County commissioners to review pact to keep SRS offices in Lawrence
• Lawrence man, 28, sentenced to 233 months in prison for sending sexually explicit texts, photos to 12-year-old girl
• Lawrence man convicted of indecent liberties says letter undermines child's allegations
• Revenue secretary eyes Kan. tax changes
• Baldwin City legislator TerriLois Gregory faces ethics hearing over using public resources for political campaigning
• Decision in Kan. abortion case not seen this year
• Statehouse Live: Ethics Commission says legislators can use campaign funds to pay for office water coolers
• Lawrence resident Denzel Daniels convicted of aggravated sexual battery
• 2 men jailed in Douglas County on suspicion of assault
• Kan. repeal office chief to tour state for ideas
• Town Talk: Neighbors win ruling in industrial zoning case near Lecompton interchange; airport sewer project creating concern; city to formalize agreement with SRS
• Storied vehicles on display at Lawrence Region Antique Automobile Club of America's car show
• Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve offers glimpse of pioneer perspective
• Larned State Hospital requires longer workweeks
• Underground gas storage uninspected
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Fewer job openings in higher education mean tougher search
• Conservation grant applications span ‘large and small, rural and urban’
• Public art project in Kansas City takes on national deficit issue
• Wall Street protesters: We’re in for the long haul
• Incomplete registries of sex offenders highlight monitoring problems
• First Bell: Federal gridlock boosts Safe Routes to School program financing for year; Eudora teachers, district plan to meet over planning time; C-SPAN bus to make ‘campaign’ stops
• Heard on the Hill: Washington Post highlights wandering KU graduate; two seniors honored with Ex.C.E.L. awards; retired English prof James Gunn pontificates in New York Times
• War of 1812 anniversary poses dilemma
• Education waivers have strings attached
• Election details
• 25 years ago: Downtown lighting undergoes improvement
• 40 years ago: Advisory committee named for new Audio-Reader program
• One person dies in single-car accident on 24/40 in Leavenworth County
• Kansas officials review economic report
• City mulls policy that would crack down on landlords
• Lecompton-to-Topeka relay to honor Pony Express
• Developer wants to breathe new life into former Poehler Mercantile Co. building in east Lawrence
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for October 4, 2011
• Pipeline issues
• U.S. pushes for Pakistan negotiations
• Bake sale tests free speech rights
• 100 years ago: Downtown speed limit of 10 mph to be more strictly enforced
• From Texas to Mississippi, it’s the attack of the hairy crazy ants
• Health care looms over Supreme Court term
• Anti-terrorism success may not help Obama in 2012
• U.S. general sees end to Libya mission
• Al-Qaida threat remains after drone strike
• Many government retirees also get public paychecks
• Congress’ ‘unprecedented’ dysfunction long in the making
• Destroyed Joplin hospital, workers find a way back
• 25 years ago: Rain continues to fall on saturated Lawrence area
• 40 years ago: Co-op attempts to clean up smoke emissions
• Academic standing
• Damar to fight closing post office
• Court overturns murder conviction
• Pump Patrol
• Grant to help second-graders learn pedestrian safety
• KU receives grants for at-risk students
• Colo. town at heart of listeria outbreak in fear
• Dodge City clinic seeks to join abortion suit
• California man found alive by his children 6 days after wreck
• Navy explores longer sub deployments
• Killing Americans: U.S. reaches uncharted ground with attack
• With al-Awlaki now dead, al-Qaida lacks Western voice
• Offensive term
• Club news for October 1, 2011
• 100 years ago: Bowersock Opera House employees arrested for fighting
• 40 years ago: KU students hired for neighborhood survey
• Dynamic leadership can help KU boost national rankings
• Palestinians are seeking land without peace
• Owners are best stewards of land
• South Park Recreation Center To Close For Remodeling
• Around and About for October 1, 2011
• Scouting news for October 1, 2011
• Bank of America debit fee is only the latest
• Eudora teachers, district negotiators reach agreement on contracts
• Kansas' tax collections exceed estimates by about 5 percent
• Leavenworth County hires former state secretary of administration as county administrator
• Colorado reservoir closing on Sunday; water heading to Kansas, Nebraska
• Bob Dole honored with first plaque on the Kansas Walk of Honor
• Enter the Journal-World's Scary Story Contest
• Sheriff's officers continue search for a cause in fire that destroyed rural Lawrence home early Thursday
• KU Endowment gives $112.3 million to university during past fiscal year
• Town Talk: City may lower golf fees at Eagle Bend; old Jet Lag Lounge gets new look; Jos. A. Bank begins downtown venture; 'bank robbery' tonight
• Statehouse Live: Repealer hitting the road to gain public input on what laws need to be repealed
• $939K in projects proposed for grants; only $350K available
• Police recruits sharpen defensive tactics
• Pump patrol
• TV among items reported stolen in apartment burglary
• Break-in reported at Harper Street Liquor
• KU student reports stolen TV, laptop
• First Bell: Spirit squads seek Junior Firebirds, Little Lions to support football teams; Ball Hawks sought for women's hoops at KU
• Heard on the Hill: Joe's Bakery doughnut holes to be available before football game; KU Alumni provides photos of students' Wescoe sidewalk chalk creations; student veterans group needs your help
• Analysis lacking
• Smart on crime
• 40 years ago: City-county government building defeated at polls
• 25 years ago: Fall rains close to setting record
• 100 years ago: Registrar celebrates two decades of service to KU
• Killer cantaloupe, scary sprouts: What to do?
• Bank of America to start charging debit card fees
• Germany keeps alive hopes for euro’s future
• Are model airplanes a terrorist weapon?
• Online jungle
• Joint chiefs chair reflects on tenure
• Clinton gem
• K-10 repaving project is back on; work to begin Monday morning
• Weather service working on fixing problem with its feeds to LJWorld.com, other media organizations' websites
• Lawrence man taken to hospital after rollover accident on U.S. Highway 40 near Douglas-Shawnee county line
• U.S. district judge bars doctors' group from joining Kansas abortion case
• Man, 21, pleads guilty to robbing two KU students as they walked on Memorial Drive
• City to close South Park Recreation Center; administrative offices of Parks and Recreation to occupy space
• Federal judge refuses to block Kansas' new abortion insurance law
• Kansas ethics commission may levy fine for errors in financial reports from Kris Kobach's campaign for secretary of state
• KU linguistics professor tabbed for annual Budig teaching award
• Town Talk: Engineering firm adding employees, moving to West Lawrence; $10 million apartment complex to open to public; Kasold Drive update; a Thanksgiving trash change
• House fire reported in North Lawrence; building reported to be unoccupied
• Cantaloupe illnesses, deaths expected to rise
• Kansas among states seeking health ruling
• Kansas GOP sets presidential caucuses March 10
• Pump Patrol
• Obama appeals health care setback to high court
• First Bell: 4-H'ers may get lesson in 911 information; legal approach questioned in Eudora negotiations; ‘What's the matter with teachers today?’
• Amazon targets the iPad: Ready, aim, Fire
• Can European Union survive current crisis?
• Violent incidents in Afghanistan up 39 percent
• Solid Waste Task Force likely to propose city-issued recycling cart
• ‘Cross Check’ sting nets 8 in Kansas
• Heard on the Hill: UKanTeach program has no issues with enrollment, and neither does Fort Hays State University; student wins national sculpture honor for 700-pound bust
• 25 years ago: Debate scheduled for liquor-by-the-drink
• 40 years ago: University students to meet with governor for discussion
• Arts funding
• Tea party could boil over
• Bill seeks change in Fed procedure
• Enrollment concern
• 100 years ago: County fair ends with 'School Children's Day'
• Douglas County commissioners OK land purchase, Berry Plastics incentives
• Douglas County buys into Smart 911 system
• U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom discusses balance of fighting terrorism, protecting civil rights during Rotary Club visit
• Eudora school teachers, district negotiators seek help from mediator to break impasse
• Four Lawrence graduates named for induction into Hall of Honor
• Several schools at KU — including engineering, pharmacy — buck trend of declining enrollments
• Douglas County continues to investigate options for regulating towing companies
• 62-year-old Lawrence man enters a diversion agreement for fight over parking stall at grocery store
• Town Talk: Home sale numbers up for August, down for year; a different look for Obama; more on city's thought to 'tax' water and sewer department
• Group’s findings on political talk: Louder isn’t better
• Audit of marriage incentive disputed
• Event celebrating ferrets canceled
• Topeka man released from LMH after rollover accident on U.S. Highway 40
• Federal judge dismisses governor from lawsuit
• Dillons worker reports stolen items from Sixth Street store
• Lawrence woman reports stolen glassware, other property
• Governor endorses re-election of Pompeo
• Cause of death undetermined for man found in ravine in Lawrence
• City commissioners delay decision on utility policy
• Veterans finding job market tough
• Lawrence City Commission approves gender identity ordinance
• Heard on the Hill: Magazine says KU sperm beats Harvard's; new Marching Jayhawks director makes halftime show changes; KUMC opens new business and technology center
• First Bell: Agenda set for next week's meeting of Consolidation Working Group; Adult Learning Center schedules open house
• Free State High School senior a semifinalist in scholarship program
• Hunter Education Course Offered Again
• 40 years ago: Surprise melon patch grows on patio
• Street quality
• Misdirected checks costly to U.S.
• Great events
• Pakistan’s lies tolerated long enough
• Kansas City woman to serve 2 years probation for involvement in Lawrence crime spree
• Downtown Lawrence revving up for Hot Rod Hullabaloo on Oct. 8
• Eudora man sentenced to probation following conviction on animal cruelty charge
• Douglas County commissioners may answer call for Smart 911 service
• Lawrence police department offers free hunter education courses
• Lawrence police offering safety training course for hunting in Kansas
• Lawrence Jewish Community Center planning Rosh Hashana services, events
• Jefferson County attorney resigns to take post with Kansas Corporation Commission
• Offenders face an even tougher job market but there is some help in Kansas
• KU officials say they're concerned about declining enrollment; fewer students on campus this fall
• 12-year-old boy taken to Lawrence Memorial Hosptial following car-bicycle accident
• Annual Nordic Heritage Festival set for Saturday at Douglas County Fairgrounds
• Town Talk: Burger King starts work in northwest Lawrence; new building numbers show industry down from a year ago; neighborhood pride set in stone
• Vehicle crashes into apartment building on West 24th Terrace; one transported to hospital
• Manhattan man accused of abusing snake
• Man hospitalized after rollover on U.S. Highway 40
• Two hospitalized after falling asleep while driving
• Lawrence police investigating comments made via phone with Douglas County District Court clerk
• KU student reports damage to car
• Wichita State president to resign
• Job coaches offer tips on how to get noticed
• Lawrence school board approves purchase of iPad 2s, tax rebate for Masonic Temple
• Feds sue refinery over 2007 oil spill
• Halt to standards-based grades sought for Lawrence middle schools
• First Bell: City Commission vs. school board: which is tougher?; iPad 2 plan endures as ‘maybe’; consultant to review enrollment numbers
• Heard on the Hill: KU coaching for teachers program makes 'New Yorker' pages; university presidents across the country are getting older; additional details clarify Wall Street Journal ranking article
• America’s perpetual presidential campaign
• Obama must move beyond defense
• Great start
• Kansas honor
• City to look at policy that would transfer money from utility rates into general fund
• Kansas Bioscience Authority panel recommends investment in Wichita pharamaceutical company
• Two Lawrence organizations to host celebrations of upcoming Jewish holidays
• Two KU professors — Allen Ford, Hartmut Jaeschke — honored for teaching, research
• Power restored to most Westar Energy customers
• Lawrence Public Library's fall book sale to kick off Oct. 6
• Overland Park man, 25, sentenced to prison for string of burglaries in Lawrence
• Town Talk: More apartments slated for Clinton Parkway area; Iowa Street to get unplanned repairs; roadwork coming to major entrance to KU; Lawrence to look pretty in pink
• First Bell: There’s an app for that — and that and that and that — at district headquarters; federal financing lacks stimuli; reports to board include major issues, minor details
• Heard on the Hill: KU still looking to use software to boost retention rates; Jayhawk license plates a hit in Texas; 10 seniors nominated for Ex.C.E.L. awards
• 17 state attorneys general favor watershed divide
• American hikers say nationality, not actions, led to detention in Iran
• Talks scheduled on cleanup of former U.S. Air Force base in Salina
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week of September 26
• Midwest Litter Fest’ Making Its Way To Lawrence This Weekend
• Budget strategy
• Divisions pose stiff challenge for GOP
• Protected class?
• 40 years ago: Groundbreaking ceremony for new KU building
• 25 years ago: Heavy rainfall drenching NE Kansas
• Shoes for the long run: How to keep your kids' feet happy
• 100 years ago: Moving picture to show process of making automobile
• Temporary jobs help bridge employment gaps in tough economy
• Motorcyclist and passenger taken to hospital after leaving roadway six miles northwest of Lawrence
• KU professor says Illinois crackdown on texting while driving can be example for local law enforcement
• Scientist to present research about aging process for KU's 2011 Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lectures
• Festival showcases ‘beauty’ of cultures in Lawrence
• Lawrence school district to consider tax rebate for Masonic Temple overhaul
• 200-mile cattle drive ends in Ellsworth
• Bankruptcies
• Marriages
• Ford CEO Alan Mulally: Recovery is slow but ‘on right track’
• Kansas School for the Deaf turns 150 this month
• Kansas School for the Deaf welcomes back artist alumnus
• Man accused of threatening president gets 3 1/2 years for removing monitor
• KU steps up efforts to combat hazing in student groups
• Obama to blacks: ‘Stop complainin,’ fight
• Small dent in jobless rate seen from president’s plan
• Path to college degree getting longer, costlier
• Suspect in teen’s death seeks to bar evidence
• Movie highlights importance of National Bio and Agro-Security Facility
• U.S. disbelief in climate change persists, deepens
• Funding falters
• Unneeded rules put damper on business
• One day, truth will come out
• Runner community supports senior battling cancer with T-shirt tribute
• World powers attempt to contain debt crisis
• 40 years ago: Public speaks up on rezoning proposals
• 25 years ago: Local crop art to be featured nationally
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• 100 years ago: President Taft includes KU, Haskell in Lawrence visit
• Around and about in local business
• Penny's Concrete truck overturns at 31st and Iowa streets
• Affordable Care Act can't seem to get traction in Kansas
• Q and A: City's proposed gender identity ordinance
• Pump patrol
• Brownback dropped from abortion suit
• Sheriff's office warns about bail bond scam
• Manhattan police urged to increase Taser use
• Palestinians submit bid to U.N. for statehood
• Falling satellite slows; Earth strike delayed
• Tax rates
• ‘Change5’ Revealed on September 22nd with Only 9 days Left In Take Charge Challenge
• Obama returning to his ‘soak the rich’ roots
• Politics doom Mideast peace efforts
• Club news for September 24, 2011
• Around and About for September 24, 2011
• Scouting news for September 24, 2011
• Military news for September 24, 2011
• 100 years ago: Undeliverable mail coming to post office
• Congress hits budget impasse
• Family-owned businesses a special asset for community
• 40 years ago: Fans line up for James Taylor tickets
• 25 years ago: Five-generation KU family honored
• Judge gives 26-year-old Lawrance man jail time, probation for having sex with teenage girl
• Lawrence school district to consider buying iPad2s
• Kansas City man arrested in Lawrence on suspicion of aggravated battery after minor stab wound reported
• Lawrence resident Antonio L. Nelson gets two years of probation in indecent solicitation case
• Investigation continues into death of Tonganoxie man scheduled to be sentenced in aggravated assault case
• Kansas may seek waiver of No Child Left Behind law now that Obama has opened the door
• Fugitive in 2009 alleged KU robbery returned to Douglas County Jail
• Oskaloosa man taken to hospital after crashing motorcycle on U.S. Highway 59
• Third Wichita man pleads guilty to December robbery of three female KU students at Lawrence apartment
• Eudora man pleads no contest to misdemeanor battery charge against 11-year-old boy
• New U.S. Highway 59 preparing for pavement in Douglas County
• Fort Leavenworth solider pleads guilty to attempted aggravated battery in Lawrence
• Lawrence resident Christopher G. Melott pleads no-contest in sex crime involving 15-year-old
• Town Talk: Raintree Montessori to expand; brews, blues and barbecue to take over South Park; $1.8 million rolls through Lawrence
• Law enforcement seminar takes training to 'next level'
• Dow falls 391 on worldwide fears about economy
• Volunteers prepare for Oktoberfest
• First Bell: School board to learn about Standards Based Reports, which are different from traditional report cards; see how your elementary school enrollment stacks up against projections
• Heard on the Hill: Academics' role in conference shifting questioned; New York Times columnist to deliver lecture at KU; researcher finds people typically see themselves in their friends
• ACLU challenges abortion insurance ruling
• Survey ranks KU Hospital No. 2 in quality, safety
• Man hurt in motorcycle accident listed in serious condition
• Safe among items reported stolen from Habitat for Humanity ReStore
• 3 computers reported stolen from Walmart
• Pump patrol
• Sister Cities Celebrates 20 Years With Hiratsuka Delegation Visit
• 25 years ago: Math educators favor use of calculators in schools
• 40 years ago: Former Rock Chalk Cafe reopens
• City of Lawrence News - September 20, 2011
• KUMC effort
• Conference priorities
• Alternatives may make Obama look better
• U.S. must consider impact of drones
• 100 years ago: Teachers request better art for schools
• KDOT Issues Traffic Alerts for Douglas County
• Former Eudora police officer accused of battery on cab driver on way to The Outhouse applies for diversion
• Census numbers reveal Lawrence population is more dominated by renters; plus, more houses are sitting empty
• Former Sen. Bob Dole to be first Kansan on Kansas Walk of Honor
• Kansas Board of Regents approves smaller budget request and puts KU building project on hold
• Wichita nursing home under investigation after maggots found on resident's feet
• Douglas County jury acquits Lawrence man, 34, on kidnapping, robbery charges
• Lawrence arts commissioner resigns over Brownback's funding veto
• Town Talk: Sand pit operation proposed for site near Perry-Lecompton; Hy-Vee plans for new convenience store on Clinton Parkway up for approval; permit for rural firing range in the crosshairs
• Statehouse Live: Brownback to endorse Perry, according to reports
• County pumps money into waterline for Berry Plastics warehouse
• First Bell: Elementary class sizes range from 14 to 31; district offers free developmental screenings
• Heard on the Hill: KUMC professors earn last few Kemper fellowships for the year; English, history and psychology departments have earned the most Kemper awards
• Recall limits help protect political class
• University value
• 100 years ago: KU sports benefactor dies
• 40 years ago: County attorney continues welfare crackdown
• 25 years ago: Lutheran campus ministry finds new home
• Bachmann’s silence is golden
• City to consider ‘gender identity’ as protected class
• Statehouse Live: Kansas officials like keeping Big 12 intact
• Several regents question funding proposals, including request for new building at KU School of Medicine
• Thieves target Lawrence Memorial Hospital parking lot, take car parts
• Suspect in stabbing arrested after failing to appear in court
• Lawrence police recruits learn about how to handle death on the job
• Tonganoxie man, 49, suffers serious injuries in accident early Wednesday morning in rural Leavenworth County
• Kansas Book Festival to feature authors, musicians this Saturday in Topeka
• Town Talk: Oread apartment project on the ropes over historic preservation concerns; city delayed in producing compost; woodchip sale set
• Kansas joins national science standard team
• U.S. military marks milestone with end of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
• Lawrence man reports stolen televisions, items
• Lawrence man reports stolen motorcycle
• KU student reports stolen laptap computers
• Lawrence man arrested for possession of drugs
• Lawrence will keep Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile
• First Bell: Knight knights knights at New York; U.S. senator accepting applications for academy nominations; Future City program seeking engineering teams
• Heard on the Hill: KU has invested $350 million in cancer effort so far; Student Senate no longer angry at Texas A&M; researchers find enriched infant formula helps brain, heart
• City Commission agrees to give Masonic Temple tax rebate
• Reading post office gets reprieve
• 100 years ago: Mayor urges enthusiasm for President's arrival
• City of Lawrence News - September 16, 2011
• 25 years ago: USD 497 underwrites wellness program for employees
• 40 years ago: Chilly weather makes early appearance
• Wrong enemy
• Support jobs bill
• Arizona school fails in flag flap
• U.N. actions threaten Israel
• Keeping track
• Enrollment rises 2 percent in Lawrence school district
• K-10 commuters get another reprieve; construction now delayed indefinitely
• Sierra Club criticizes Kansas lawsuit against EPA on power plant emissions
• Pickup truck driver cited after striking motorcyclist on Sixth Street
• Leavenworth County Commissioner J.C. Tellefson to seek Tom Holland's 3rd District Senate seat
• Lawrence's Fall Parade of Homes opens this weekend, featuring energy-efficient residences
• Kansas prison system overcrowded and understaffed, says Department of Corrections secretary
• Sen. Jerry Moran names former astronaut Steve Hawley to service academy selection group
• Suspect in 2009 robbery on KU campus brought to Lawrence
• Council member storms out of meeting after Basehor City Administrator Mark Loughry fired
• Five years in the making: KU leaders celebrate submission of application for designation as a National Cancer Institute
• Two people injured in motorcycle accident Monday night in Franklin County
• Town Talk:UPDATE Central National to close two local branches; Pine family sells sod business to Wichita firm; gourmet food store set to open on 23rd; open house planned for arboretum
• Wichita attorney sentenced for embezzling from vets
• Greensburg’s Big Well to get new museum
• Leavenworth man dies at Grand Canyon
• First Bell: Consultants to help Consolidation Working Group; principals keep tabs on process as they ‘multitask’
• Heard on the Hill: Chancellor gets a fake Twitter account; KU libertarian group to promote free speech in front of Watson Library today; Student Senate is angry at conference shifting
• Program key to passing free trade deals
• New government fees pepper Obama deficit plan
• Obama proposal calls for the rich to pay higher taxes
• Lenexa family sustains heavy losses in Reno air show crash
• Creditor talks to continue today in Greece
• Palestinians will submit U.N. membership request
• Viktor Yushchenko, former Ukrainian president, accepts 2011 Dole Leadership Prize
• Criminal damage to vehicle reported
• Man arrested on aggravated assault charge
• Man arrested on aggravated battery charge
• Trash fees too high
• Water Sampling Indicates Algal Toxins At Nondetectable Levels In Lawrence
• Mistrust hampers European economy
• U.S. must expedite visas for Iraqi friends
• Missile would be missed
• Tulsa time
• Statehouse Live: Kansas Board of Regents to discuss future of Big 12
• Library expansion project raises the question of whether the city of Lawrence would violate its debt policy
• 26 cited in underaged drinking sting in Lawrence
• Douglas County to consider pact for Berry Plastics, tax break for Masonic Temple
• Lawrence pilot witnesses fatal crash at Reno air race
• Kansas attorney general sues to stop EPA air pollution rule
• KU football player pleads not guilty to misdemeanor obstruction charge
• Secretary Siedlecki proud of agreements with Lawrence, other cities on SRS offices; lawmakers say he's taking undue credit
• Statehouse Live: Brownback health policies questioned before committee
• Kansas Adjutant General Lee Tafanelli visiting Armenia this week
• Town Talk: Preschool undertakes expansion; Lawrence on pace to end sales tax losing streak; library book sale; and fears of a costly eye patch and butterscotch pudding
• Drought leaves hay in short supply
• Judge says Phill Kline, former Kansas attorney general, retaliated against fired employee
• Festival of Cultures set for Sunday
• Good news, bad news: Kansas economy sending mixed signals
• Departure of sixth-graders opens up space for Lawrence elementary schools
• Repeal our unfunded health law? No way, say GOP candidates
• Diplomats scramble ahead of Palestinian United Nations bid
• First Bell: Nominations sought for Lawrence Master Teacher; consolidation meetings open to public; school characteristics, values up for discussion
• Heard on the Hill: Big Jay (illegally) takes a ride down Jayhawk Boulevard; nearby business school gets a big financial boost; many more KU entities join Twitter
• Obama to propose $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue
• House-Senate Health Policy Oversight Committee to start vetting Brownback decisions
• Police: 3 men shot to death in K.C.
• Court records show few tickets issued to texting drivers in Lawrence, Douglas County
• Fair aims to help community prepare for disasters
• Oktoberfest to bring taste of Germany to town
• History museum throws Lawrence a birthday bash
• 100 years ago: Injured wife of Eudora doctor goes home in silence; town abuzz with gossip
• 40 years ago: Lawrence Police Dept. changes haircut policy
• The perfect holiday shopping plan: How to stay on budget and organized (with minimal stress)
• 25 years ago: Brownback receives first political appointment
• City of Lawrence News - City to Close E 1200 Road as Part of Kasold Street Project
• Volunteer with video recording, editing skills needed for Tuesday Concerts
• Famous criminal Clyde Barrow may have gotten start robbing banks in Lawrence
• Sex offender registry compliance varies across Kansas counties
• Retired director gives predictions on future use of technology in government
• Unregistered sex offenders who left Kansas
• Girls’ stories part of debate about Kansas abortions
• Military society subtlety changes as gay ban comes to an end
• States lose track of some sex offenders
• Struggling states in jam over road maintenance
• 40 years ago: Enrollment decreases in USD 497
• 25 years ago: Migrating butterflies move through Lawrence
• Around & About in Local Business
• Death toll from Reno crash rises
• Boomer Girl Diary: New 'do a don't
• Execution doesn’t balance scales
• Happy birthday
• Defense feels threat from debt debate
• Environmental uncertainty
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Around and about in local business
• 100 years ago: Lawrence woman turns tables on mysterious attacker
• Two people transported after injury accident near McDonald's on 23rd Street
• Rollover accident near K-10/K-7 interchange involves 15-year-old Olathe boy
• Judge questions limits to abortion coverage
• Democrats in Legislature lambaste Brownback over jobs
• 99 people from 44 countries officially become Americans
• Brownback under fire at rally
• Threshing Bee participants try to keep farm history alive
• Scientists investigate rare, deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe
• Housing slump a 2012 liability for Obama
• At least 3 dead in horrific Reno air show crash
• City of Lawrence Offers Rain Barrel Workshop For Residents
• Lower expectations
• 100 years ago: Cooling breezes bring relief to Lawrence
• 40 years ago: AG to monitor games at state fair
• Club news for September 17, 2011
• FCE news for September 17, 2011
• Around and About for September 17, 2011
• Scouting news for September 17, 2011
• 25 years ago: Group takes tour to research shopping malls
• Solyndra loan was reworked to favor donor
• Social Security just a mandatory Ponzi scheme
• Postal service
• Service savings?
• Confessed meth dealer sentenced to seven years in federal prison
• Judge sentences University of Chicago history prof to house arrest for driving drunk with 4-year-old in vehicle
• Judge questions Kan. limits to abortion coverage
• Threshing Bee participants aim to keep farming history alive
• Kansas reforming some welfare rules
• Kansas Democrats blame governor's policies for uptick in unemployment
• Fire reported on second floor of Hallmark Cards in Lawrence
• Lawrence man appears in court on charge that he sexually assaulted 15-year-old girl
• Former KU, NFL player Elvis Patterson faces DUI, speeding charges in Douglas County
• Lansing Correctional Facility escapee caught in Gardner area
• Statehouse Live: About 250 people rally against Brownback policies
• About 300 SRS workers taking buyout offers
• Town Talk: Renderings released for proposed multi-story, downtown hotel; Cosmosphere wants our missile; Watkins museum to celebrate this weekend
• Kan. doctor faces more questions on abortion exams
• 31-year-old Lawrence man transported by life-flight helicopter after fall
• House passes bill targeting Boeing
• Dole, Ike top final Notable Kansans list
• Dr. Oz accused of fear-mongering on apple juice
• Defying orders, hero Marine saved other troops
• First Bell: KU's SAM program gaining popularity boosting test scores; Consolidation Working Group monitors full ‘parking lot’
• Heard on the Hill: Missouri town wants KU to get rid of Jayhawk mascot; Kansas State's Rhodes scholarship claim a little misleading; prices increase for colleges across the country
• Topeka man arrested outside of Wal-Mart
• Kansas University student reports MacBook Pro computer stolen
• Chevrolet Impala reported stolen
• Air conditioning units valued at $4,000 total reported stolen
• Pump Patrol
• Veterans to honor POWs, those still missing
• Unemployment up for 1st time since 2009
• No word on reopening unsolved 1977 death
• Corps pegs ‘11 flood damage at $2B
• KU Cancer Center reaches $61M goal
• Lawrence among ‘25 Best Places to Retire’
• Kansas unemployment rate up slightly in August; down from last year
• Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of raping 15-year-old girl
• Kansas AG investigating nonprofit group
• Police release additional details about fatal motorcycle accident on Iowa Street
• KU meets $61 million goal for cancer center; NCI application to be made next week
• Postal Service proposes cuts in processing centers
• Start of construction on K-10 east of Lawrence postponed again — to next Wednesday
• Town Talk: Signs that Olive Garden may still be interested in South Iowa site; Jos. A. Bank to open Sept. 30; city maintains high credit rating
• Abortion doctor denies negligence, could lose license
• First Bell: Theatre Lawrence offers learning experiences; VFW offers Kids Safety Day this Saturday; superintendent lauds National Merit semifinalists
• Heard on the Hill: KU students get to try out 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' games; Baker U. ranks as best Kansas school in its category in U.S. News rankings; NCI application goes in next week
• KU student-athletes donate shoes to those in need at Lawrence Community Shelter
• Pump Patrol
• Walmart employee reports stolen TVs
• Historic hall
• 25 years ago: In local study, one Lawrence house has high radon levels
• City of Lawrence News - September 12, 2011
• 100 years ago: Husband injures wife, kills self in domestic tragedy
• 40 years ago: Marijuana operation results in arrests
• Tighter KU ties
• Fear undercuts American ideals
• Policies hindering economic recovery
• Lawrence economy grew at exceptionally slow rate in 2010, according to recent analysis
• Douglas County Commission offers $100,000 for South Lawrence Trafficway interchange
• 54th annual McLouth Threshing Bee set for this weekend after scheduling conflicts
• Report shows fatigue, possible medication as factors in South Lawrence Trafficway accident
• KU announces new 5-year university plan called 'Bold Aspirations'
• Uplifting tradition: 4-H'ers soak up sights, sounds of Kansas State Fair
• Lawrence woman, 47, accused of helping suspect in carjacking
• Kansas colleges request budget hike of nearly $19 million
• State prison inmate escapes custody in Lansing
• Lawrence women organize rally in opposition to Gov. Brownback's policies
• Former AG Steve Six joining Kansas City law firm
• Tribes win federal funds to boost law enforcement
• Kansas expected to have hand in developing national science curriculum standards
• Statehouse Live: State official warns of problems if Congress fails to extend gas tax
• Lawrence man, 50, hurt in accident on U.S. Highway 24-40 west of Basehor
• Town Talk: New numbers show Lawrence's economy near the bottom in 2010; Berry Plastics warehouse breaks ground; flip a tractor tire in Downtown Lawrence
• In defending against abortion lawsuit, state says it has interest in favoring childbirth over abortion, protecting human life
• Kansas Legislature to get briefing next week on proposed overhaul of Medicaid rules
• Man accused of punching KU student in downtown Lawrence appears in court
• Lawrence man reports damage to residence
• Lawrence man reports stolen vehicle, items
• Lawrence man reports stolen plasma TV
• Witness faults doctor's pre-abrtion exams
• First Bell: Local, state panelists to talk federal role for education Saturday; two Lawrence teachers up for state awards; should student test results guide teacher evaluations?
• Heard on the Hill: Data reveal where KU's faculty salaries rank as compared to other schools; World War II historian, former BBC Television history leader to deliver upcoming Hall Center lecture
• City commissioners want code language to limit artificial turf for commercial, multifamily projects
• Advisory board mulls plan for fee-based rec reation center
• Incentives review committee agrees to recommend tax rebate for Masonic Temple building
• Students from Lawrence, Perry-Lecompton named National Merit semifinalists
• Theater funds
• Texting ticket
• 25 years ago: Double-decker bus comes to Lawrence
• 40 years ago: 23rd Street to be extended west of Iowa
• 100 years ago: Oldest Kansan living in Lecompton
• City of Lawrence News - September 9, 2011
• Obama pursuing losing strategy
• Obama comfortable in covert role
• Holidays off
• Recently hired Kansas Medicaid contractor settles federal fraud lawsuit
• Helicopter en route to Kansas Turnpike accident
• Man wrongfully convicted of rape, murder visits KU to discuss justice system
• Brownback administration close to making proposal to restructure state tax code
• Co-author of Glenn Beck best-seller is 23-year-old KU graduate Joshua Charles
• New data shows 1 in 7 Kansans classified as poor
• Statehouse Live: Kan-ed services slashed as its future under consideration
• Arrest warrant issued for man accused of peeking at women showering in KU residence halls
• Town Talk: Lawrence company taps into athletic-themed jewelry; artificial grass expected to produce real debate at City Hall; this and that about trash and recycling
• Solid Waste Task Force discusses proposals that pit yard waste pickup against citywide curbside recycling system
• KBA gets good report on retirement plan
• First Bell: Learning lessons from a summer of school movements; ‘Taste of Lawrence’ set for Wednesday; earlier report a victim of mistaken identity
• Heard on the Hill: Kansas State University approves 2.5 percent pay raise for faculty and staff, citing higher enrollments; KU engineering program makes one U.S. News list while Study Abroad falls off
• Nap thwarts burglar’s escape
• Topeka records 9th homicide of year
• KU listed at 46th among public universities in U.S. News and World Report rankings
• KU football player Bradley McDougald booked into jail
• Bashed by rivals, Perry defends his record at debate
• Remains of Flight 93 victims buried in Pa.
• ‘Peaceful’: 9/11 memorial in N.Y. opens to public
• Fear of Greek default hurts markets in U.S., Europe
• Jobs plan splits leaders of strapped states
• Proposed tax hikes for bill hit political note
• School board to look into ‘magnet,’ ‘themed’ schools
• Accident investigation continues
• Damage to car reported
• Bicycle reported stolen
• Wedding ring reported stolen
• Computers, camera reported stolen
• Lawrence police report: Speed, reckless driving contributed to fatality accident
• Theatre Lawrence seeking another $100,000, this time from Douglas County Commission
• No word yet on re-opening unsolved 1977 Lawrence death
• Haskell president seeking teamwork
• Start of construction on K-10 east of Lawrence postponed for one week
• Injured 9-month-old flown to hospital after three-vehicle wreck on South Lawrence Trafficway
• Google executive Brian McClendon surprises KU engineering students with tablet computers
• State Rep. Tom Sloan named to FCC advisory panel
• Overland Park man, 38, faces charges stemming from domestic disturbance in July on Connecticut Street
• Early Sunday fire causes $264,000 in damages at home in 1300 block of Tennessee Street
• Lawrence 16-year-old ticketed for texting while driving before rollover accident
• Town Talk: Jos. A. Bank Lawrence location to be outlet-style store; Masonic Temple building recommended for incentives; Kobach to talk immigration with Hispanic Chamber leader
• Kansas doctor faces hearing over abortion referrals
• KC airport detains ex-officer
• Jets safely escort NYC, Detroit flights
• Baker University 9/11 commemoration emphasizes diversity, thanks to troops
• U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran recalls 9/11 memories at Leavenworth ceremony
• America pauses to remember dark, defining day of Sept. 11, 2001
• First Bell: So, what is a consolidation group's chair to do?; seeking ‘consensus’ for decisions; ensuring all voices get heard
• Heard on the Hill: US News rankings coming Tuesday; small degree program reviews can have adverse effects; KU gets $12.5 million to help Job Corps program
• 16 Things: KU history professor, environmental historian recounts personal history
• In Lawrence, 9/11 commemoration a time for looking back, moving forward
• Doctor faces hearing over abortion referrals
• 25 years ago: Neglected city identifier gets clean-up
• Mixed message
• Arts confusion
• Demoralized nation marks anniversary
• Sports field folly
• Marriages
• 100 years ago: President Taft plans brief visit in Lawrence
• 40 years ago: KU fraternity system struggling
• Firsthand, family experience with Lyme disease inspires woman to help others suffering from tick-borne illnesses
• Consolidation group to consider taking Lawrence school board input
• House fire on 1300 block of Tennessee, no occupants injured
• Spirit AeroSystems, union resume negotiations
• Great pumpkin? Not so much at Kansas State Fair
• A changed America marks 10 years since Sept. 11 attacks
• Indelible effects: 9/11 has lasting impact on children, parents, teachers
• Retired KU journalism professor creates quilted 9/11 homage
• Commentary: 9/11 is editor’s most memorable day working in the newsroom
• Post-9/11 call to service united couple
• Vigil protests lack of clergy prayer at ground zero ceremony
• Sept. 11 terror attacks inspire curricula at K-State, KU
• Obama urges service, unity on 10th anniversary of 9/11
• State spent flood of post-9/11 funds on security, natural disasters
• Chief of Libya’s former rebels arrives in capital
• As river recedes, residents return home
• Lessons taught, learned from 9/11 still evolving, historians say
• 25 years ago: City pool enjoys record-setting year
• Time confirms human resilience
• Even worst memories fade with time
• Volunteer antidote
• Moving forward in faith: Spiritual leaders plan special messages for 9/11 anniversary
• Future of Big 12 is major concern for KU alumni, friends
• Legislator upset that $85M contract for health reform accepted
• Judge backs deal on imperiled species
• House GOP pledges speedy review of job proposals
• Sources: 2 terror suspects could be U.S. citizens
• Clothing, sound equipment stolen in burglary
• Woman reports stolen laptop, jewlery
• Woman reports purse, cash stolen from vehicle
• Woman hurt in 4-vehicle accident on U.S. 24-40
• Pump patrol
• Libyans find mass grave, bodies of slain detainees
• Obama’s 9/11 speech: national unity, personal loss
• Reality check
• Generalizations
• Education a high priority in U.S.
• America’s war on terror was rousing success
• FCE news for September 10, 2011
• Around and About for September 10, 2011
• Club news for September 10, 2011
• Economists show support for job-growth plan
• Stretch of County Road 1061 closed
• Reorganization to create 4 new vice provost positions at KU
• Acres of trees removed in rural Douglas County; questions raised over whether potential for new regulations played a role
• Convicted ex-wife murderer Thomas Murray files suit to challenge his prison sentence, claims problems with DNA evidence
• Kansas resident dies after being infected by rare, brain-eating amoeba
• Lawrence motorcycle club reminding drivers about safety in wake of fatal accident
• Lawrence Chamber of Commerce honors 14 first responders with inaugural Valor Public Safety Awards
• Haskell offering tours of large medicine wheel created by Stan Herd
• Abortion-rights advocate hopes to open new clinic in Wichita in 2012
• Lawrence mother, 22, enters no-contest plea in battery case
• Third suspect arrested in December armed robbery in Lawrence
• LJWorld.com to host round table on the intersection of privacy and social media; Join us
• Town Talk: Land near Clinton State Park undergoes major tree cutting; 'graffiti wall' coming to downtown; preparing for 2,500 bikers
• Heard on the Hill: Veterans memorials' facelift nearly complete; Dole Institute is home to World Trade Center beams; student newspaper features interview with another presidential relative at KU
• First Bell: School board, not superintendent, poised to appoint advisory committees; Langston Hughes to welcome grandparents; adult education fees on rise
• Cut taxes, Obama tells Congress in jobs plan
• Kuwait may host U.S. backup force
• Bones a 'game-changer' in evolution
• Special unit hunting Gadhafi
• KU Public Safety investigates vehicle burglaries
• Pump patrol
• 100 years ago: Future J-W editor wins gardening prize
• 25 years ago: Star Trek's 'Scotty' visits KU
• 40 years ago: Plans moving forward on Hwy 59
• Enjoying Obama
• Cycling season
• Dire strategy
• Latin America’s love of China wanes
• KU’s No. 1 fan
• Kansas' congressional delegation reacts to Obama's jobs plan
• Specific, credible terrorist threat reported in connection with 9/11 anniversary
• Kansas SRS says it needs more money as sexual predator treatment program nears maximum capacity
• SRS officials say Brownback administration won't close neurological institute — this year
• South Lawrence Trafficway appeal awaits oral arguments
• Tonganoxie nonprofit agrees not to use term 'Purple Heart' and will pay official organization $5,000
• Kansas regents looking at salaries of school chief executives
• Community events to mark Sept. 11 anniversary this weekend
• Lawrence Walmart robbery lookout gets two years probation
• How did you hear about Sept. 11? What do you remember from that day?
• 19-year-old Ottawa man sentenced to prison for his role in burglary, robbery in Lawrence
• Lawrence woman enters no-contest plea in child endangerment case
• Secretary of State Kris Kobach may be heading west — to Douglas County
• Two people taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital following accident on Iowa Street
• KU Endowment Association reports record contributions of $153.2 million — and explains why campaign name is same as Cornell's
• Town Talk: Confirmation on Shawnee Mission Kia plans to open in Lawrence; food trucks may go into high gear in Lawrence; some numbers about the Big 12 Conference
• Osage County man convicted of killing his family asks for court-appointed attorneys
• Accused pot smoking gambler jumps in Missouri River near Kansas City to escape police
• First Bell: Jayhawks and Lions and Firebirds to march, oh my; KU offers free songs to play; Science Fair preps underway
• Heard on the Hill: Centerplate adds new concession options; first floor of Kansas Union gets new furniture; tipster shares news of giant crocodiles
• Pump Patrol
• $3,600 bicycle stolen from west Lawrence home
• Mitt Romney, Rick Perry spar in GOP debate
• Golf clubs among $3,475 worth of items stolen from Ohio Street
• 3 victims report minor injuries in aggravated robbery at The Reserve
• Man alleges vehicle was set on fire
• ACLU files lawsuit over Shawnee County jail mail ban
• 'Notable Kansans' group includes Earhart
• Feds charge Harper man with environmental violations
• Questions, answers ahead for group considering school consolidation
• Jobs no savior
• Fambrough St.
• Fam memory
• Magnet potential
• Pension plans
• 25 years ago: Car buyers keep Lawrence dealerships busy
• 40 years ago: Surge of summer visitors to area lake has good and bad results
• 100 years ago: New towel law may affect KU classes
• Six-story hotel complex planned for downtown Lawrence
• Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to speak at Dole Institute of Politics at KU
• Vendors to show off handmade goods Sunday at 32nd annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival
• Kansas Republican Legislators report on what they learned at ALEC
• KDOT warns drivers: Be ready for delays on K-10 during roadwork, starting on Monday
• Lawrence man, 22, reports robbery early Wednesday morning
• Statehouse Live: Abortion clinic regulations focus of pro-choice rally
• Kansans speak out about laws they'd like to see repealed
• Town Talk: Multi-story hotel project gaining steam at Ninth and N.H.; neighborhood debate beginning to take shape on Lowe's; Obama program may help build SLT interchange
• Kansas releases funds at issue in lawsuit to Planned Parenthood
• Two doctors at center of lawsuit ask state to scrap new abortion regulations
• Method of finding oil raising concerns
• First Bell: Teachers to get midyear financial help; community breakfast raises record donations; any Firebirds available for a breakfast talk?
• Heard on the Hill: Many staff changes at KU law school; dean changes glasses, gets warm reception; former faculty member enters GIS Hall of Fame
• Rock Chalk Car Wash reports $1,200 worth of damage to it windows
• Lawrence man reports stolen laptop, headphones shoes
• Lawrence man reports stolen television, laptops
• Lawrence man reports stolen laptop
• KU Public Safety officers investigating vehicle burglary
• Second suspect in downtown December robbery booked into Douglas County Jail
• Sustainable Homes Tour: First-Hand Look at Earth-Friendly Building Technologies
• Conserve Energy – Ride The T For Free
• Fair Offers A Look at Energy Efficiency and Conservation Techniques
• 100 years ago: Lightning strikes chimney during thunderstorm
• 25 years ago: KBI retracts figures showing large crime increase
• 40 years ago: In spite of drownings, no lifeguards to be posted at Perry Lake
• Gadhafi terrorism remembered
• ADA needs
• Big 12 action
• Syria situation far different than Libya
• City Commission to formally hear debate on gender identity ordinance
• Traffic calming circle in University Place neighborhood will stay for now
• Theatre Lawrence receives city funding to help with new $6.2 million theater
• Perry Fall Festival coming Saturday
• Two Wichita men enter guilty pleas in connection with botched attempt to rob drug dealer
• Kansas history museum exhibit features newspapers' front-page coverage of 9/11
• Eudora resident Stacy R. Scott pleads no contest to molesting 9-year-old boy
• Douglas County jury convicts man of manufacturing methamphetamine at hotel
• Kansas mental health group concerned about state funding
• Two men treated at LMH following Friday afternoon accident northeast of Lawrence
• KU freshman football player arrested for fake ID, misdemeanor battery on a law enforcement officer
• Federal judge orders release of owner of the former Yellow House Store in Lawrence
• Kansas state officials continue working on new rules for abortion providers
• Group at KU agrees to review case of Lawrence man convicted in deadly fire at Boardwalk Apartments
• Two Lawrence men injured Monday in rollover accident on I-35 south of Ottawa
• Gardner woman, 24, hurt in one-vehicle accident east of Lone Star Lake
• Fall open house planned Sept. 10 at Monarch Watch on KU's West Campus
• Statehouse Live: Pro-choice rally scheduled for Wednesday
• Adult entertainment club opens outside Meriden in Jefferson County
• Town Talk: UPDATE Glassware co. seeking tax abatement at East Hills; Kitchen and baking store to open in former Bay Leaf spot; Kia looks to be coming to former Auto Exchange on 23rd Street
• Heard on the Hill: KU earns high rankings for both training future CEOs and having one of the 'horniest' campuses; KU Libraries hoping for lots of KU touchdowns this year
• Letter grades giving way to ‘standards-based’ marks in Lawrence schools
• World markets savaged by U.S. recession fears
• President Barack Obama calls on GOP at rally to ‘put country before party,’ create jobs
• 25 years ago: Local history museum prepares T-shirt exhibit
• 40 years ago: Grocery thieves perform daring daylight heist
• City of Lawrence News - September 2, 2011
• Lawrence police chief focused on making homes, businesses safer
• King memorial
• KPERS slight
• Art history
• GOP race likely will have twists, turns
• Bioscience success
• 100 years ago: Lawrence woman disappears during train ride
• Recent earthquakes lead to insurance questions, even here
• Labor unions adjust to new reality
• Unemployed face tough competition: underemployed
• 2 Mexicans deny terrorism, face 30 years for tweet
• Negotiations over loyalist town in Libya have failed, rebels say
• Youths do well through doing some good for the environment
• Obama campaign faces sour economic climate
• Tea party forcefully shaping 2012 Republican presidential race
• Labor Day now more about play than work
• 35,000 worldwide convicted for terror
• Cities, states back off bonds amid budget concerns
• Pump patrol
• Reading residents brace for post office closure
• Group to discuss closing schools
• Turf battle
• Iraq offers bitter lessons for Libya
• Weed mars prairie enjoyment
• Fair tax
• City of Lawrence News - Mill And Overlay Scheduled For Next Week On Kasold Street
• 100 years ago: Young gardeners compete for $5 gold piece
• 25 years ago: KU housing gap slowly closing
• 40 years ago: KU students paying as much as $50 for semester's books
• Winery, feds reach deal in elderberry case
• Community homeless shelter faces overflow every day
• Board member interested in International Baccalaureate for schools
• Vatican rejects Irish criticism over sex abuse
• Documents show ties between Libyan leader’s regime, CIA
• Tropical Storm Lee drifts just off Louisiana
• Small Kansas town strikes up enduring relationship with NYC firefighters
• 'It's heartbreaking': Families adjust to homeless life together at shelter
• 3-week cattle drive kicks off near Caldwell
• Local events planned to commemorate Sept. 11
• Old train a vintage ride down memory lane
• In bad economy, Westar rates rise
• Copper theft leads to power outage
• Fire knocks 4 Kansas radio stations off air
• Schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
• As race ramps up, GOP asks if Perry can stay on top
• Congress returns this week, unpopular as well as divided
• 100 years ago: Local family holds huge annual reunion in South Park
• 25 years ago: Salvation Army announces new homeless shelter plans
• 40 years ago: KU football and related contests getting under way
• AWOL soldier dies after standoff
• Sandbags coming down in some river communities
• Tonganoxie teen placed on probation in battery case
• LHS football electric
• Wichita pastor told to stay away from Islam center
• Starbucks CEO to host town hall on politics
• Obama yields on smog rule
• Hiring standstill points to growing recession risk
• Irene’s flooding threatens leaf season
• GOP lawmakers mull Labor Day appearances
• E.U. bans Syrian oil
• Fidel Castro silence sparks speculation on his health
• Eudora resident reports theft of Ford Explorer
• This is a stickup! (Or at least a re-enactment of one)
• 100 years ago: Armed melon thief threatens local farmer
• 25 years ago: Lawrence kindergartens welcome 700 new students
• 40 years ago: Chamber of Commerce helps city 'Go Big Blue'
• Not working
• Summer break puts focus on baseballc
• Let U.S. students tackle all the tough issues
• Two people injured in car accident on U.S. 24-40 near Lawrence Airport
• Douglas County officials say put us in one or the other congressional district
• Lawrence driver’s license office closed Wednesday morning
• Spreading the word: Teaching English abroad gives KU grads trip of a lifetime
• Officials want Douglas County put in one congressional district
• Douglas County Bank fund set up to help Lawrence family whose house burned
• Minor injuries reported in Friday morning accident on K-10
• Police identify driver, investigating whether alcohol was a factor in crash into Sixth Street porch
• Kansas National Guard team deploying to Afghanistan to help farmers
• Town Talk: Theatre Lawrence seeking $100,000 in city funding; neighborhood group to oppose Lowe's; a pending 'bank robbery' in Downtown Lawrence
• First Bell: Plans for permanent restrooms no matter of survival at Free State; soccer, softball fields in compliance; code calls for more toilets for women than men
• Heard on the Hill: New Zaarly website comes to KU; historical images from KU Libraries available online; international architect to speak in Lawrence Sept. 8
• Battery charges filed in bar fight
• Woman ticketed for failing to yield before accident
• Despite bumpy month, economy shows signs of growth
• D.A. to decide charges for unlawful credit card use
• Pump patrol
• Analysis: Quakes pose greater risk to nuclear reactors than previously thought
• Timid efforts
• Art anniversary
• Petraeus faces new policy challenge
• 100 years ago: Excessive heat ushers in new month
• 25 years ago: Pedestrian signals planned for 23rd & Louisiana
• 40 years ago: City program helped teens find summer work
• Delayed decision
• Survival instinct
• City Offices to Close Monday, September 5 for Labor Day
• Texas jobs
• Police respond to report of vehicle crashing into house on Sixth Street
• Bioscience company moving from Santa Fe to Lawrence
• Five people injured when car swerves to avoid deer on Kansas Turnpike west of Lawrence
• Four communities — including Lawrence — agree to pay state to retain SRS offices
• Kansas Human Rights Commission nominee faces tough questioning
• 23-year-old Lawrence man identified as victim in fatal motorcycle accident
• Committee recommends confirmation of three new members to Kansas Board of Regents
• Public hearing Friday morning to focus on Congressional redistricting
• Two fundraisers to benefit residents of Presbyterian Manor
• Notre Dame professor to talk about separation of church and state
• No injuries at fire in 3100 block of Creekwood Drive
• Leavenworth man, 36, receives minor injuries in one-car accident north of Lawrence
• Town Talk: UPDATE Santa Fe drug development firm moving to KU; New wage data shows we all should have been doctors; salary info Lawrence teachers already have noticed; more construction for Kasold
• Railfest in Baldwin City set for Labor Day weekend
• Handguns reported stolen from North Lawrence
• Air conditioner stolen from salon
• Antique grill reported stolen
• Pump Patrol
• Condition updates
• AT&T gearing up for rare antitrust fight over merger
• Security intensifies as Sept. 11 date nears
• Hurricane Irene-swollen rivers falling in Vermont
• President Barack Obama jobs plan speech planned for Sept. 8
• First Bell: A magnet-school concept seeks traction; Liberty Memorial Central Middle School name gains favor; standards-based report cards spur concerns
• Heard on the Hill: Video shows new Wescoe spaces; university welcomes 53 new faculty members; some law school students start suing their alma maters; EcoKat history being rewritten
• Half of Americans drink daily soda, sweet beverages
• Ancient humans used hand axes earlier than thought
• Official: Most Afghans want U.S. troops to stay
• Court says no to using land for casino
• Nebraska governor urges Obama to deny pipeline permit
• Federal prosecutor discusses sexual exploitation in Kansas
• Douglas County Commission authorizes land acquisition
• 100 years ago: Peeping Tom makes annual appearance on Alabama Street
• Man dies after head-on motorcycle accident on Iowa Street; Police say street could closed for 'some time'
• Tonganoxie-based Purple Heart Veterans Foundation being sued for trademark infringement
• Water releases to increase from Perry, Milford and Tuttle Creek lakes
• State extends deadline for workers to decide about early retirement
• Kentucky Street — between 19th and 15th — to be closed Thursday morning during tree removal
• Kansas officials say state revenue for August exceeded forecasts by nearly $17 million
• Kansas will fund Planned Parenthood while it appeals court ruling
• Lawrence school district teachers, not students, going to class next Tuesday
• Journal-World reporter checks in on Lawrence police recruit training sessions
• Douglas County judge reduces bond for man granted a new sexual battery trial
• Defense tells Kansas Supreme Court new DNA evidence would clear Olathe man in his wife's 1992 murder
• Tonganoxie High School football coach resigns in wake of suspension for incident with a player
• Gordon Parks, John Steuart Curry join list of notable Kansans
• SRS reaches agreement to keep Pratt office open
• Lawrence man, 47, accused of hitting ex-girlfriend with glass during bar fight
• Town Talk: Changes on tap at Jet Lag Lounge location; Family Dollar moving into Eudora; leader trying to jump start Sesquicentennial Point project
• First Bell: D for distinguished? My, how report cards are changing; district offers developmental screenings, Employee Assistance Program
• Heard on the Hill: Check out EcoKat, K-State's 'crusader of conservation'; new Twitter account points the way to free food at KU; 825 women participate in sorority recruitment
• Justice replaces 3 officials over law enforcement operation gone awry
• Food, water rushed to Vermont towns cutoff by Hurrican Irene
• Fraud suspected by health contractor
• $90,000 gift will fund grain bin rescue training for Kansas Fire and Rescue Training Institute
• Consumers gloomy, but spending says otherwise
• Obama looks to spur private sector hiring
• Free SNAG G-Ball Clinic Being Held For Youth
• Debt figures
• City of Lawrence News - August 30, 2011
• Big oil gamble
• Rubio may be a rising star
• Death a blow to al-Qaida
• K-10 corridor
• 100 years ago: Area hunters eager on eve of hunting season
• 40 years ago: Community garden project benefits children... and tomato-lovers
• 25 years ago: Neighbors object to proximity of new housing development
• Police arrest Lawrence man on warrant in connection with July downtown battery case
• Lawrence man ordered to serve 10 years in federal prison for meth trafficking
• Douglas County exploring addition of signs at Lone Star Lake to warn swimmers of quick depth increase
• City, KU team up to offer $1 shuttle rides from Downtown Lawrence to home football games
• Animal-health lab to move to KU's West Campus; Argenta plans to provide 27 jobs within five years
• No insurance exchange in Kansas until court settles federal health reform, officials say
• Kansas ordered to resume funding Planned Parenthood
• Statehouse Live: Arts supporters urge Brownback to reverse de-funding decision
• Kiosks planned on KU campus to offer information; software includes ability to recognize types of people viewing ads
• Resurfacing project to begin Thursday on 24-40 highway northeast of Lawrence
• Kansas officials say transportation projects could be delayed if federal gas tax isn't renewed — and soon
• Governor Brownback to host animal agriculture summit
• Kansas Humane Society begins charging its volunteers
• Town Talk: Animal health company chooses Lawrence for R&D center and site of 27 new jobs; homes sales up in July but still at historically low levels; foreclosure numbers fall
• First Bell: Foundation donors fill cups to help teachers buy school supplies; ‘collaboration time’ helps recruit, retain educators; preschoolers score hoops, baskets
• Heard on the Hill: Kansas Athletics photographer takes us inside 'The White Room'; KU unveils its Women of Distinction for 2011-12
• Survey: Most Muslim-Americans feel targeted by terror policies
• Human rights group: Libyan troops held civilians as human shields
• Medicine Lodge Indian Peace Treaty Pageant might not continue
• Investigation into K-State’s online merchandise store sales intensifies
• Arrest made in laptop theft
• Motorcycle reported stolen
• Downtown trash
• Historical gem
• City of Lawrence News - August 29, 2011
• Memorial sends powerful message
• Better safe
• 100 years ago: Anti-littering campaign takes direct approach
• 40 years ago: KU community opens new year with convocation
• 25 years ago: Plans for Brandon Woods moving forward
• Arizona, New York launch probe of 9/11 charities
• Discrimination
• Judge rules Yellow House Store owner is mentally competent to stand trial
• Bank withdraws foreclosure lawsuit against Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern's home
• Jury recommends death for Osage County man convicted of killing his family
• Sentencing set for Lawrence man for role in altercation at KU business school
• Colorado officials mystified by Brownback's letter on water deal
• 29-year-old Michigan man identified as victim in fatality accident
• Kansas City Federal Reserve leader says significant reforms are necessary for economic growth
• One person rescued after part of a building collapses at Fort Leavenworth
• Anonymous donor gives $1 million to establish the Barbara F. Atkinson Professorship at KU Medical Center
• Planned Parenthood to shutdown Hays clinic if federal funds aren't restored soon
• Town Talk: New Chinese restaurant to open in former Peking Taste spot; July home building numbers hit new low; more on area gasoline prices
• Kansas Arts advocates planning event to demand return of arts funding
• Westar to pay quarterly dividend of 32 cents per share
• First Bell: J'Qui Audena's got it going on; Classroom Champions honored; missing chemistry works out OK for David Booth
• Heard on the Hill: Steam whistle toot is a little longer this year; Washington Monthly mag says KU ranks No. 152 in the country; KUMC adds two new minority health research centers
• Man killed after being pinned by tree
• Closure sought of all Johnson County pools
• De Soto Days returns to Labor Day weekend
• Kansas capital case raises insanity defense issue
• Tropical Storm Irene: Wet, deadly and expensive, but no monster
• Redone Eisenhower exhibits showcase top triumphs
• Solid Waste Task Force's trash talks suggest new era of recycling around corner
• Campaigns find that some truths are inconvenient
• Lack of use takes a toll on South Lawrence Trafficway bridge
• Beware second-term headaches
• Outside help
• 100 years ago: Columbia already preparing for KU-MU football game
• 40 years ago: County unemployment doubles since previous year
• 25 years ago: Small baby boom hits LMH
• Marriages
• Protests may lead to a better Chile
• Juvenile arrested for burglary of Adam Avenue home
• Obama visits FEMA command center
• Hurricane Irene drenches East Coast
• 2 million lose power as Hurricane Irene moves north
• Hurricane leads to thousands of canceled flights
• Group taking KPERS discussion to public
• Group plans rally against Brownback policies
• 25 years ago: Voters to decide again on Holcom Rec Center
• Pump patrol
• Around and about in local business
• Tax transparency
• School choice plays out in Colorado
• News flash: Congresswoman has spine
• 100 years ago: Two more weeks of summer fun for Lawrence children
• 40 years ago: Parts of 800 block of Mass Street damaged by store fire
• Butter sculpture surprise in store for Kansas State Fair
• Helicopter pilot reported low fuel before crash
• Poll: Obama faces trouble with key voters
• Helicopter requested for injury accident in Baldwin City
• Hawk Week event at KU encourages volunteering
• KUMC plans would enhance institution
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Early morning rollover accident in Franklin County sends three to the hospital
• One person dead in early morning car accident in Riverfront Park in North Lawrence
• Pump Patrol
• KU students suspected of burglarizing vehicle on Daisy Hill
• Truck theft suspect released from jail
• Bishop Seabury Academy Spring 2011 honor roll
• 2 million ordered to leave East Coast as Hurricane Irene takes aim
• Missouri judge blocks Facebook limits for teachers
• 1 Kan. abortion lawsuit moves forward, another slows
• 5,000 flights canceled because of Hurricane Irene
• Storm likely to affect phone service
• Tripoli calmer as rebels secure city
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of August 29, 2011
• Files afford a rare look at inner workings of al-Qaida
• Wisconsin scene highlights liberal weaknesses
• 100 years ago: Train of historic locomotives, cars to pass through Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Strange visitor invades downtown clothing store
• 25 years ago: Safety of eating river fish still undecided
• David Booth on improving education: ‘If that means raising taxes ... that’s fine’
• Judge reduces time frame in which Douglas County prosecutors can pursue sex crime charges in a trial against a former Lawrence church youth leader
• Statehouse Live: KU gives state $4.5 million; state spends it on Capitol restoration
• Owner of Naismith's ‘Basket Ball’ rules thanks Lawrence, teacher for lessons learned
• Authorities say driver in I-70 crash in Douglas County was driving faster than 80 mph
• Lawrence homeless shelter director Loring Henderson to receive award
• Town Talk: Homeless shelter still in negotiations on new site; construction work begins on East Lawrence banquet hall; an area where KU is five times better than K-State
• First Bell: KU facilitators sign on for consolidation work; rallying support for SRS, then schools?; board member ‘interested’ in consolidation options
• Heard on the Hill: Broadcast to highlight KU Cancer initiative; Ottawa University reports higher enrollments; professors examine how 'caveman courtship' can work for some
• Airlines start canceling flights ahead of hurricane
• Hurricane Irene makes way toward East Coast
• KU student says someone stole pickup truck
• Man reports damage to vehicle
• Pump patrol
• Grandparents play a bigger role in child-rearing
• Apple’s magic enthralled Main Street, Wall Street over past decade
• Hidden tunnels, bunkers lie under Gadhafi compound
• Some 9/11 charities failed miserably
• Local retail
• Precision needed
• Think again
• Ellen Goodman’s ‘Equal Rites’ awards
• 100 years ago: Interurban train line discussed for Lawrence, Topeka
• 40 years ago: In Allen Fieldhouse, KU enrollment gets underway
• 25 years ago: Lawrence man charged in arson, murder case
• Man, 26, ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually abused a 6-year-old girl
• Democrats to address fears over school finances during forum Saturday at Lawrence library
• Planning commissioners recommend developer cut the artificial grass at new Lawrence apartment complex
• Lawrence school district’s consoilidation working group to meet Sept. 7
• Family of former KU athletic director Bob Frederick reaches out-of-court settlement of lawsuit filed after his death
• Police plan DUI check lane Friday evening in Lawrence
• Westar seeks $91 million increase
• K-10 to be shutdown near Eudora for extended period of time because of last of three serious injuries accidents
• KU sociology professor surprised with Kemper Fellowship, $7,500
• Police search ends with an arrest of man accused of stealing pickup truck
• Study shows economic benefits of Perry, Milford, Tuttle Creek reservoirs
• Douglas County prosecutors decide against filing charges after KU student makes stalking allegations
• Kansas gets more "Obamacare" funds despite Brownback's opposition to the law
• Powwow planned this weekend at Leavenworth County Fairgrounds in Tonganoxie
• Statehouse Live: Brownback to be keynoter at Kansas Policy Institute's annual event
• Kansas prosecutor: Osage County Man hunted 4 slain relatives
• Town Talk: Vermont Street BBQ deal for Mass. location falls through; Berry Plastics project delayed but still moving forward; a new fee for city sidewalks?; artificial turf turned down
• Doctors take top spots on ranking of highest paid professions in Kansas
• Heard on the Hill: Huron consultants visit KU again; Chronicle of Higher Education shows how KU ranks in federal research dollars, size of its endowment
• First Bell: Tickets still available to eat breakfast with David Booth, Coach Bill Self, government leaders; ticket prices rise for high school sports
• Woman transported to hospital for treatment of serious injuries from fall
• U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts takes drought tour as hearing looms
• Pump Patrol
• Baldwin City man reports burglary at residence
• Attorneys challenge Guy Neighbors' mental competence ruling for trial
• Lawrence man reports stolen computer
• Lawrence man arrested for threatening his property owners with pipe
• County to purchase additional property
• Steve Jobs, Apple CEO and creative force, resigns
• With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas
• Yes, Virginia, there really is a surplus!
• No more
• Moving forward after an ouster
• Slow to realize
• 40 years ago: First week of trial bus service running at a loss
• 25 years ago: Basic skills, not drug prevention, first priority for Lawrence schools
• 100 years ago: Men start fight over insult to their horses
• Coroner moving Shawnee County office but will continue to serve Douglas County
• Sprint says 'network capacity' issues from the return of KU students are the cause of delayed text messages, lost hours
• City commission considering law requiring all special sales tax districts in Lawrence to post signs notifying shoppers of the higher sales tax rates
• Out of junior high, Lawrence freshmen line up for high school sports
• Statehouse Live: Health exchange committee will continue work despite Brownback's rejection of grant
• KU student accused of stalking woman
• When it comes to getting parking tickets in Downtown Lawrence, sometimes you can be saved by the weather
• Thieves try to steal copper from Lawrence church's air conditioning unit
• Town Talk: A real debate over artificial turf; plans for old Varsity House up for approval; new pottery-making business opens on Iowa Street
• Planned Parenthood drops its lawsuit against state's new abortion law
• End draws near for trial of Osage County man accused of killing his family
• Heard on the Hill: Accounting program does well in B-School rankings, school overall ranks lower; photographer donates work to Spencer Library; KU researcher shows more men flocking to housework
• First Bell: Still seeking questions for David Booth, owner of “Basket Ball” rules; vote for Firebird as an American Eagle; high schools draw closer
• KU student featured in Time magazine cover story
• Enrollment up at JCCC, expected to be down at KU
• Lawrence city commissioners seek signage for taxing districts
• Lawrence school district reports boost in unofficial enrollment numbers
• Strongest earthquake since 1944 jars East Coast
• City of Lawrence News - Ramp Repair
• Charity concerns
• Back to School for Lawrence - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Lawrence Fire-Med 'Energy Smackdown' Halfway Results Show Big Savings
• Compromise?
• Local soldiers
• KU efficiencies can be more ‘radical’
• A monument to the ‘least of these’
• 40 years ago: Grant Township residents overcome by dust
• 25 years ago: Local man defends growing of prairie-style lawn
• 100 years ago: Speaker at bakers' convention criticizes homemade bread
• Lawrence Police Department swears in 13 new officers
• Committe quizzes SRS about funding for people with disabilities, faith-based initiatives
• Crowding complaints follow freshmen onto Lawrence high school campuses
• Douglas County, Eudora lend a hand to city of Leavenworth for storm cleanup
• Douglas County judge postpones ruling on whether statute of limitations has expired in indecent liberties case
• Road crews to begin work Wednesday on ramp between Sixth Street and McDonald Drive
• Traffic shut down on Kasold at 24th Street due to natural gas line break
• Lessons learned at KU Writing Center soon to be employed in Iraq
• Police arrest Lawrence man, 25, for allegedly inhaling toxic fumes from a can
• Lawrence woman, 26, accused of hitting 19-year-old boyfriend with car
• Statehouse Live: Two more areas trying to raise funds to keep open SRS offices
• Council ousts Tonganoxie City Administrator Mike Yanez
• Town Talk: Lowe's project moving forward in northwest Lawrence; two months, a building permit and $9 million in incentives; used children's clothing store coming to Mass. Street
• Resurfacing begins on 11-mile stretch of U.S. 56 in western Douglas County
• First Bell: Any questions for owner of basketball rules?; board member seeks ‘secret recipe’; humor among goals
• Heard on the Hill: KU unveils new 'KU Today' newsletter; libraries want you to check in on Foursquare; Fitch upgrades bond rating for KU Hospital
• KU student reports stolen Pontiac Grand Am
• KU student reports stolen laptop
• Man reports theft of floor fans
• Woman reports bicycle theft
• Haskell student reports burglary
• School board ready to seek volunteer advice
• Hospitals are giving faster heart care, study says
• Back-to-school can mean vaccines for tweens, teens
• It’s alive! Space station’s robot awake
• U.S., NATO were crucial, unseen hands
• Syrians taunt Assad, saying regime is next to unravel
• Gadhafi son resurfaces, free and vowing to fight
• Racism alive
• Careful advice
• Term limits
• Argentine leader faces hard choices
• 100 years ago: KU graduate appointed to hire, monitor 'Harvey Girls'
• Kansas Bioscience Authority may invest in animal health products company seeking to relocate to Lenexa
• Lawrence carjacking suspect arrested in Texas
• Police escort White Owl from KU campus on first day of classes
• Kansas Athletics replaces Touchdown Club recliner stolen from south end of Memorial Stadium
• Douglas County prosecutors seek to withdraw plea agreement with man convicted in Vital death
• Retail incentives on Lawrence City Commission agenda
• KU sophomore running back Deshaun Sands arrested for missing court date on disturbing the peace charge
• KU chancellor surprises prof Jorge Pérez with $7,500 for excellence in teaching
• September court date set for KU freshman linebacker Benjamin Heeney charged with driving drunk, racing on highway
• Lawrence City Commission to discuss redistricting
• Basehor 17-year-old in serious condition after accident
• Twitter accounts that monitor police scanners keep people in the know
• Town Talk: Downtown retailers and their property tax challenge; more on the Porta Potty in the Kaw; Bum Steer set for 19th and Haskell
• KU's Wichita pharmacy school opens today with the rest of KU
• Defense to begin presenting witnesses in trial of Osage County man accused of killing family
• Heard on the Hill: Campus Art Walk set for Friday; KU HIllel program has had a good decade; tipster shows me all kinds of rankings
• GOP may OK tax increase Obama hopes to block
• Kansas City air show resumes Sunday with tribute to pilot who died in crash
• Libyan rebels take most of Tripoli
• Committee wants Kansas Highway 10 to be a safety corridor
• Storm Causes Tree Damage Throughout Lawrence
• Southern Star to Perform Clearing Along Naismith Valley Park and Trail
• City of Lawrence News - August 19, 2011
• Regents looking to polish social network
• School board to mull call for Facilities Advisory Committee
• What governors learn and how that applies
• Election is, always will be about Obama
• Court creativity
• 100 years ago: Article calls attention to neglected cemetery
• 25 years ago: Funding stalled on ski resort
• 40 years ago: Local Boy Scouts tell of adventurous Jamboree
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Lawrence resident arrested for aggravated robbery, held on $50,000 bond
• 16 Things: KU Honors lecturer Mary Klayder advises ‘It’ll be fine’
• Tonganoxie’s Purple Heart Veterans Foundation founder and brother have checkered pasts
• Business, property owners weigh in on downtown Lawrence issues
• State leader celebrates farmers’ markets
• Reuniting tornado victims with treasured photos
• Downtown Lawrence property values, taxes both made significant gains over past decade
• Verizon workers going back to work, without deal
• Tour recounts telling tale of Quantrill’s Raid
• Giffords now knows who victims of rampage were
• Pilot killed in small plane crash at K.C. air show
• Jurors in Kansas murder trial see grisly photos
• Pump Patrol
• Aviation suppliers, subcontractors see booming business
• Debt burden
• Boomer Girl Diary: Weddings then and now
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• 100 years ago: City marks somber 48th anniversary of Quantrill's Raid
• 25 years ago: Software company to move into west Lawrence industrial park
• 40 years ago: Shortcomings of city police headquarters outlined
• Remains of missing eastern Kansas man found in creek
• Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline to clear brush in Naismith Valley Park
• Around and about in local business
• State seeks guidance on Planned Parenthood
• Lawrence woman injured in rollover accident at Sixth and Ohio streets
• Pump Patrol
• Lawrence City Commission agenda for Aug. 23
• Grape stomp set to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County
• Power outages last through Friday
• Each Kansas Regents school has its own strengths
• Face to face
• Opportunism
• Get lost, Grover
• Bad luck and bad faith a bad combination
• 100 years ago: Lawrence tailors take the day off
• 25 years ago: Seasonal banners to adorn Mass Street lightposts
• 40 years ago: Haskell library construction fund nears halfway point
• Financial strategy: What now?
• Flash flood watch issued for Douglas County through Saturday morning, more residents without power
• Little-known facts about Quantrill's Raid
• Two Lawrence locations added to Kansas historic registry
• It's move-in day at Kansas University, a day of freedom and sweat
• After dazzling visitors to KU campus for two years, sculpture surrounding tree cut down on Friday
• Lecompton post office safe from closure, Jenkins says
• 20-year-old woman sentenced for her role in attempted burglary of Louisiana Street house
• Air conditioning problems reported at Broken Arrow, New York, South Middle schools
• U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins says political discourse in Congress reflects attitudes throughout the country
• About 600 Douglas County Westar Energy customers still without power
• Jobs picture in Kansas remains largely unchanged; new data raise concerns about pace of economic recovery
• Town Talk: Santa Fe depot lighting up while debate over restoration may be heating up; 8,870 city potholes; can I still pinch you on Half St. Patrick's Day?
• Getting their acts together: Fundraiser kicks off Busker Fest
• City uses smoke test to check pipes for leaks
• Bank buys Bella Sera condo complex at forclosure auction
• Kansas lands $3.9M highway grant
• U.S. undertaking review of deportation
• Pump patrol
• KU student reports stolen laptop
• Here we go again: Another big down day for Dow
• Police investigating vehicle burglaries
• First Bell: Sister city generates generational interest; change affects teachers, too; administrator proud of reconfiguration efforts
• Heard on the Hill: Tipsters name names of faculty who have left KU; Wade Garrison tells me something I didn't already know (and it's all about bird art)
• Economists see growing risk of global recession
• Asian carp spurs call to 're-reverse' Chicago River
• Some groups may want debt gridlock
• West Texas town teeters on drying up in drought
• Source: Aruba suspect sought insurance payout
• District hopes new teachers ease classroom crunches
• 100 years ago: Motorcyclist goes to court for speeding violation
• 25 years ago: Concern over fake IDs rises as students return to town
• 40 years ago: Validity of KU parking permits extended
• Volunteers Needed to Coach Girls Volleyball
• Civil War re-enactors feel the thrill of battle with fewer casualties
• Rollover accident on K-10 near De Soto affecting rush-hour traffic
• Brownback unveils first names on list of notable Kansans
• Rural Jefferson County man sentenced for shooting his half-brother during argument over washing dishes
• Statehouse Live; Brownback defends signing into law controversial abortion measures
• Judge refuses to stay, pending appeal, order preventing Kansas from diverting funds from Planned Parenthood
• Annual wine stomp planned at area winery to raise funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Town Talk: Iwig Dairy looking to open retail store in Lawrence; Natural Grocers project to reconfigure 23rd Street driveways; that's not a boat in the Kaw
• First Bell: New middle school name rings true; principal unfazed by freshmen; traffic flow changes to be tested at South
• Heard on the Hill: Student gets Pawlenty to record amusing audio clip at Mad Greek; I'm looking for the ‘best professors’ who have left KU; staff, faculty directories are now available
• Bella Sera residents hope to expand community after sale
• Memorials set for soldiers in crash
• SRS plans new adoption initiative
• Kansas, Lawrence students beat national average on ACT
• 2 arrested in death of Army medic
• Obama’s plan: New jobs proposals, challenging GOP
• Joplin goes back to school
• Zombie Walk set for Oct. 6 in downtown Lawrence
• Tonganoxie man remembered as good friend, master of anything with wheels
• Lawrence school district looking at Finnish anti-bullying program
• Overbrook man injured in motorcycle accident released from hospital
• Pump Patrol
• Road Reconstruction on Crestline Delayed for Gas Line Repair
• Coming to terms with ’The Help’
• Europe’s military decline stirs concern
• Plaza parallel
• 100 years ago: Lutherans enjoy annual picnic in Lawrence
• Lawrence in the Lead Going into the Final Month of the ‘Take Charge Challenge’
• 25 years ago: Noria tract up for annexation
• 40 years ago: Reader questions need for more than three TV channels
• Brownback expresses confidence in private arts funding
• Lawrence middle schools welcome seventh-graders as ‘middle’ students
• Brownback: Keeping SRS office open with local taxpayers' money ‘a workable solution’
• Brownback tells regents to improve academic rankings of schools
• Slain wife's alleged lover to testify in Osage County murder case
• Overland Park woman hurt in one-vehicle crash Tuesday night on K-10
• Douglas County law officers to target drunken drivers during next three weeks
• Town Talk: Large Lawrence employer sold to General Dynamics defense firm; condo development to be sold by sheriff on Thursday; an odd ending for police and fire negotiations
• $360M lost to insurgents, criminals
• Leaders propose Eurozone government
• First Bell: Back-to-school spending averages $603?; Resolved, electives prove popular; KU Engineering to help honor tech teachers
• Heard on the Hill: Bookstores looking forward to students' return; students have club devoted to Brazilian art form; academy designed for talented, non-managerial staff to learn leadership skills
• Perry's colorful tongue takes national stage
• New doubt cast on Murdoch's denial
• Panetta: Bigger defense cuts would 'weaken' U.S.
• K-10 panel to recommend higher fines, tougher enforcement
• Officers investigating residential burglary
• Pittsburg State University dealing with housing crunch
• Emporia State University searches for president
• Staff directed to move ahead on business park plans for former Farmland Industries
• Lawrence City Commission OKs police, fire union contracts
• City moving ahead on new capital improvement list
• Favorable winds
• Big 12 pride
• Voters yearn for more compromise
• KU launches fall Foursquare campaign
• 25 years ago: Traffic deaths approach record rates, sheriff says
• Utilities Department To Smoke Test Sewers
• 40 years ago: KU fee hikes under fire after federal freeze
• Regents want to get on Brownback's side in budget talks
• Shared smile
• National Endowment for the Arts says it can no longer give funding to Kansas, in wake of Brownback budget cuts
• Upperclassmen welcome Lawrence's newest high-schoolers
• Leaders at Kansas regents universities have mixed feelings about national rankings
• Board of Regents discusses KU's cancer initiative
• Daughter of former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty attending KU this fall
• Lawrence man facing battery charge
• Chicago man pleads guilty to DUI charge; 4-year-old daughter was in car at the time
• ACLU sues over Kansas abortion insurance law
• In latest report, Kansas GOP reports being short on cash
• Town Talk Kia dealership may be coming to Lawrence; more on city's police and fire unions; Overland Park increases property tax rate by 46 percent
• Kansas to seek federal grant to promote marriage
• Family seeks help from area residents to honor Olathe soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Victim's attorney is witness in Osage County murder case
• Heard on the Hill: Chancellor was on troubled DC-KC flight; readers asking about student loan debt forgiveness; comedian Donald Glover coming to campus; freshmen to walk up the hill this weekend
• Second Kansas woman pleads in insulin death
• New GOP pecking order shifts race
• Obama bashes GOP field, defends decisions on bus tour
• Jeep damaged in burglary
• Orange bicycle reported stolen
• Laptop computer reported stolen
• Sound system theft reported
• First Hybrid Buses in Kansas Hit the Streets of Lawrence
• Giving back
• Get serious
• GOP puppets
• Vinland pride
• Hispanic vote likely to stay with Obama
• What’s the rush?
• 100 years ago: Residents of hilly Lawrence street object to paving plans
• 40 years ago: Three 'free schools' now open in Lawrence
• 25 years ago: On-campus housing fills up as new school year approaches
• Douglas County reviewing swimming regulations at Lone Star Lake after second drowning
• City of Lawrence crews hope to smoke out where stormwater is sneaking into sewer system
• Douglas County treasurer's office using a Tonganoxie law firm to help track down those who haven't paid their taxes
• KU's ongoing efficiency study identifies 12 areas in which university could save money
• Statehouse Live: State senator who defied Brownback's move to kill state arts funding gets award
• KU classes start Monday, Aug. 22, a little later than usual
• Son testifies he saw his father shoot his mother in Osage County murder trial
• Authorities suspect alcohol contributed to motorcycle crash on U.S. 59
• Statehouse Live: Environmentalists seek to block western Kansas coal-burning plant
• Town Talk: Bikes and books and, oh my, doughnuts at Ninth and Mass.?; city to consider building public parking lot at Poehler building; Compton's incentives requests still in limbo
• Heard on the Hill: KU websites getting tweaked a bit; national show featuring Lawrence artists opens; Baker University gets $750k grant
• KU faculty line up seats for basketball games
• Compared to similar cities, Lawrence property-crime rate above average
• Election officials want Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to wait on citizenship requirement
• Graduates saddled with student loans may pay dearly for decades to come
• Regents have hefty agenda for 3-day retreat
• City leaders to review site plans for former Farmland plant
• Town is a lasting symbol of New Deal
• Federal agencies attack cyber-security
• Sales tax slip
• Final Phase Of 6th Street Mill/Overlay Begins August 12, 2011
• 40 years ago: AG Vern Miller announces arrest of Kingman County pot farmer
• 100 years ago: Local girl falls from roller coaster
• 25 years ago: New Dillon 'Superstore' opens at Sixth and Lawrence
• Wild week for stocks creates confusion, fear
• Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry talk jobs at Iowa GOP fundraiser
• 3 teens shot in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• 49-year-old Lawrence man arrested for threatening ex-wife with a knife
• Global Propane fire tied to broken coupling
• Lawrence man arrested after report of making threat with knife
• Nemaha County having troubles finding workers
• 60,000 pounds of ground beef recalled over E. coli
• Granddaughter of Rock Chalk chant creator dies at age 96
• STS Foundation seeking Lawrence host families for exchange students
• With recent hires, KU's leadership team complete
• State struggles to keep pace with deferred maintenance requests
• Construction going on all over campus
• Pharmacy school's Wichita expansion helps allay state shortage of pharmacists
• New School of Pharmacy building designed with students in mind
• 100 years ago: North Lawrence residents petition city for road treatment
• 25 years ago: 'Tarp law' considered for trucks hauling trash
• 40 years ago: Escaped cattle lead police, citizens on chase through central Lawrence
• Kansas University adding more online courses to its catalog
• School of Journalism offers opportunities for collaboration between media, military
• KU Center for Entrepreneurship helps foster start-up business skills
• Got an interest? There's a club for you at KU
• Summer courses offer students a chance to get ahead for fall and spring
• Career centers help students land jobs in tough market
• City Commission agenda for August 16, 2011
• Around and about in local business
• Searchers recover body of Tonganoxie man, 30, from Lone Star Lake in southern Douglas County
• Man convicted of multiple burglaries
• Pump Patrol
• Flint Hills center stays on schedule
• One transported to hospital after motorcycle accident on U.S. 59 Friday night
• Shoppers give economy a boost
• Kansas leaders support health reform ruling
• Televised debates play important role in presidential race
• Multiparty system?
• Defense cuts
• Poor precedent
• American political system is working fine
• 40 years ago: Law enforcement officials search area for 'walkaways'
• 100 years ago: Longtime Lawrence business up for sale
• 25 years ago: Local graphic artist wins logo competition for USD 497
• Appeals court strikes insurance requirement
• Lawrence man recalls building of Berlin Wall
• Two Franklin County residents injured in rollover accident south of Ottawa
• Kansas health officials warn more lakes show toxic algae bloom
• Dean of K-State's Salina campus to retire
• Strangers provide headstone for eccentric Salina woman known as 'Lady in Black'
• Kansas City man and woman sentenced in counterfeit check scheme
• Shawnee man accused of peeking into women's showers at KU dorms faces eavesdropping charges
• Pittsburg man tracks game birds in order to help them
• Hutchinson family hopes car sets speed record at Utah race
• Portable corral innovator sets standard for others
• Federal government pledges more money to $31.5-million health insurance program Gov. Brownback rejected
• Five city-owned Wichita golf courses in financial trouble
• Five Kansas City, Kan., police officers say they were detained illegally
• Edgerton man pleads guilty in Douglas County Court to molesting two girls
• Gov. Brownback plans 5 events to name notable Kansans
• Applebee's to replace flags stolen from Lawrence VFW post
• Statehouse Live: More states get federal funds to help set up health insurance exchanges
• Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of indecent liberties with 14-year-old girl
• Town Talk: Grinding out more details on Dillons; Civil War events and what Lawrence ought to do to mark a tragic anniversary; Downtown Lawrence planning shopping event
• Kansas City area philanthropists Don and Adele Hall donate $5 million to KU Cancer Center
• Heard on the Hill: Engineering students win regional Traffic Bowl; law student goes to NYC over the summer to study 'fashion law'; professors earn grants to study endangered languages
• Ancient sea reptile gave birth, didn't lay eggs
• From JFK to 9/11, conspiracy theories thrive
• Dow gains big as Wall St. rockets up again
• GOP debate: Candidates hit hard at each other, Obama
• Woman reports damage to room, closet at residence
• Alcohol suspected in wrong-way crash on K-10
• Adjustments To traffic For Kasold project To Go Into Effect
• Pump patrol
• Vinland Fair keeps old-fashioned feel
• Sound decision
• UK battling internal enemy
• Other worries
• No thanks
• Political dysfunction hurts economies
• 40 years ago: KU students, AD disagree on season ticket prices
• 100 years ago: Community asked to help widowed mother
• 25 years ago: November election to include three local 'sin' issues
• City adds 3 hybrid diesel-electric buses to public transit fleet
• Lawrence man accused of making threat with gun in downtown Lawrence early Thursday
• Woman pleads guilty to serving as lookout during robbery at South Iowa Street Walmart
• Therapist charged with stalking soldier planning insanity defense
• Hutchinson man sentenced for role in 2010 beating death
• Kansas State Board of Education cleared of open meetings violation after eating at restaurant
• Increase of structure fires reported in Wichita
• Miranda Cosgrove breaks ankle in tour bus accident; was to perform in Wichita Friday
• Kansas fossil find shows ancient plesiosaur gave birth, didn't lay eggs
• Cramped Fort Hays State moves students to motel
• Federal prosecutors charge 12 hunters in Kansas hunting camp investigation
• 2nd man who collapsed during Kansas City obstacle course dies
• New forecast slashes outlook for Kansas crops after heat wave
• Work on Sixth Street to resume at 2 a.m. Friday
• Attorney: Soldier accused of Iraq clinic shooting had deteriorating mental health
• Cab driver alleges Eudora police officer injured her during ride to strip club
• Statehouse Live: Kansas state senator to lead NCSL
• 15th Street now open to all traffic
• Town Talk: Peking Taste to move to 23rd and Louisiana; Mirth Cafe has new owners; city rolls out hybrid buses; lane changes at Kasold construction; chamber may not conduct national search
• Heard on the Hill: Methodology used in list of best colleges to work for looks a bit odd; Texas Tech offers addiction recovery help for students; Study Abroad looks to reach into schools, departments
• Pump Patrol
• Woman released from hospital after accident on U.S. 40
• Walmart gift cards stolen from company
• Dozens arrested in massive drug bust
• County Commission OKs city annexation of property, 2012 budget
• Fed’s continued low rates are no fix for economy, retirees
• County seconds plan to help fund SRS office
• Latest picks for debt panel spark some pessimism
• Stocks resume sell-off; Dow finishes down 519
• Airstrike kills Taliban insurgents who downed helicopter in Afghanistan
• Texas plant will turn sewage into safe drinking water
• Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann points to foster parenting — on her terms
• Former Eudora Middle School razed
• Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth
• City of Lawrence News - August 10, 2011
• Conceptual Agreement On New Four-year Agreements Between The City Of Lawrence And LPOA And IAFF Members
• Volunteers Needed For Bicycle And Pedestrian Counts
• British also in dire economic straits
• What’s next?
• 40 years ago: Bicyclist collides with city vehicle
• 100 years ago: Children set fire in alley; nearby barn saved from destruction
• 25 years ago: Fair concludes with record-breaking crowds
• Brownback accused of rejecting $31.5 million federal grant because of pressure from health-reform opponents
• Trial begins for man accused of stealing bowl rings from former KU football players' home
• Flags stolen from Lawrence VFW post
• Hank Booth named interim president and CEO of Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
• Local wineries win awards at Indiana wine competition
• Kansas National Guard member pleads guilty to helping Liberian falsely obtain US visa
• Fire causes $400,000 damage to Topeka High School
• Wichita businessmen buy Wichita Thunder hockey team
• Funeral set for Holton soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Site options narrow for new Reno County jail
• Two accused of selling Hummers with fake titles
• Sheriff says overcrowding causing violence at Saline County jail
• Researchers to study mammoth bones unearthed near Scott City
• Defense begins for soldier charged in Iraq health clinic shootings
• 85th Leavenworth County Fair under way this week in Tonganoxie
• Town Talk: Something spooky coming to vacant Borders store; comedy, bum steers and elastic waistbands at 19th and Haskell; another big fight looming near the airport
• Jury selected for Osage County trial of man accused of killing his family
• Heard on the Hill: Art exhibit focuses on campus history; new Edwards Campus building taking shape; old grade report finds GPAs at KU are going up
• Stocks soar after Fed pledges low rates
• Lecompton woman listed in good condition after one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 40
• Douglas County Commission to consider SRS plan at meeting today
• Charity choices
• Consequences
• Farm Aid
• Lawmakers must act, not posture
• Nation needs Eisenhower calm
• 40 years ago: County fallout-shelter plan nearly ready for distribution
• 100 years ago: Lawrence creamery sends record-breaking ice cream order to Eudora
• 25 years ago: Tombstone tally completed by local volunteers
• City of Lawrence Newsletter - August, 2011
• City won't raise water and sewer impact fees for newly built homes
• Lawrence City Commission approves funding for SRS office
• Watkins Community Museum of History to open exhibit showcasing downtown history
• Judge orders 30-year-old Lawrence man to stand trial on child abuse charges
• Man in East Hills Business Park accident fled from officer earlier
• Police ask for public's help in finding three suspects in Lawrence carjacking
• Lawrence teen among nine people charged with murder of Topeka attorney; Duane Richey remains at-large
• Rainfall helps some Kansas crops, but corn condition declines
• Kansas man admits to embezzling from Masons
• Wichita school board accepts budget with deep cuts, plans to eliminate 230 jobs
• Kansas lawyer gets 4 years in prison for $2.3 million Ponzi scheme in Texas
• Parole denied for Wichita man whose conviction is challenged
• 36th annual ABATE Kansas motorcycle rally set for Labor Day weekend at Perry Lake
• Witnesses say soldiers cried out when fellow soldier opened fire
• Two area churches offering clothing for children heading back to school
• Kansas appeals ruling in Planned Parenthood case
• Brownback says state is returning to feds $31.5 million health care reform grant
• Graduate and professional students take a hit in federal budget compromise
• British police face public anger as riots rage in London
• Poker run on Aug. 21 to benefit Headquarters Counseling Center
• City reaches tentative agreement with police and fire unions; pact provides raises through 2015
• Statehouse Live: Kansas may again seek No Child Left Behind waiver
• Town Talk: Saints to open in Old Chicago location by Sept. 1; Dillons to close Mass. store on Saturday; more on K-State and to tax or not to tax
• Heard on the Hill: New business dean fills more leadership posts; Memorial Drive to be closed for sewer work; Wichita medical school names new director of medical education
• Ottawa robbery suspect captured in Mexico
• KU student reports aggravated burglary
• Electronic items reported stolen
• Vehicle reported stolen
• Safe at former Blockbuster store reported stolen
• Lawrence school board debates consolidation effort
• Experts: Rural law enforcement offices easy target for savvy hackers
• Extrication required after rollover accident in southeast Lawrence
• S&P cites political angle as decision factor
• Crash highlights role of U.S. elite forces in Afghanistan
• Worried for future
• Dental needs
• Tea party bullies
• Political reality
• Iowa events will set stage for N. H.
• 40 years ago: County fair enjoys good weather, but turnout is low for 'musical shows'
• 100 years ago: Health officer releases report of causes of death in Douglas County
• 25 years ago: Teen-built house completed and ready for sale
• State plans audit of K-State athletic department's online sales tax practices
• City, County would pay to keep open state SRS office under proposal announced today
• Kansas University business professor offers thoughts on US credit rating downgrade
• Joplin schools get new desks and chairs from Leavenworth
• Tougher state laws haven't reduced number of police chases
• Senators ask Corps of Engineers for Missouri River flood plan
• Hearing set for soldier in Iraq mental health clinic shooting
• Lawrence man, 33, sentenced to prison following no-contest plea to aggravated battery
• Three Kansas Army reservists die in Afghanistan helicopter shootdown
• FBI probing hacking of U.S. law enforcement websites, including two with connections to northeast Kansas
• Town Talk: Another sign that Jos. A. Bank is coming downtown; Rep. Yoder gets national press and a bit of a moderate label; city saving money by cutting out contractors
• Trial begins for man accused of slaying his Osage County family in 2009
• Heard on the Hill: Monarch Watch trying to raise funds; new business dean goes to Kansas City; Dole Institute director comments on Texas Gov. Perry; design prof finds out what homebuyers really want
• All watches have expired
• Marriages
• Divorces
• Bankruptcies
• In wake of school closing, Vinland Fair holds extra significance
• 45,000 Verizon landline workers go on strike
• Analysts advise against rash decisions
• Economy, not debt rating, will send markets lower
• SEALs on rescue mission killed in Afghan crash
• Kansas soldier among those killed in Afghanistan
• Major parties must change their ways
• Afghans still find their sense of humor
• Talks drag on
• Horses at CLO's equestrian therapy program help special-needs participants gain confidence
• Kansans produce, export wide variety of goods
• 100 years ago: Local farmer catches reform-school runaways in melon patch
• 25 years ago: KU defrauded by student loan applicant
• 40 years ago: FCC rules affect newly-launched cable TV service
• Strong winds causing downed power lines, power out in some areas of Lawrence
• Man arrested for threatening girlfriend with weapon at area store
• All severe weather watches and warning expire for county; Nearly 30 still without power
• Names released in Saturday morning K-10 fatality
• U.S. helicopter shot down, killing 30 troops
• Malnourished Somali baby now thriving as rare success
• Drought hits corn hard in southwest Kansas
• Marine emergency room releases its 10,000th rescued sea lion
• U.S. downgrade raises anxiety — but what exactly does it mean?
• Navy program aims to get jobs for its veterans
• Perry's day of prayer hints at presidential run
• Concerns raised about overhead costs of Tonganoxie-based nonprofit Purple Heart Veterans Foundation
• Fair wraps up with livestock auction
• 3-stage drug court in Lyon County brings 'dramatic change' in offenders
• Raises, budget up for approval at school board
• City auditor encourages policy for distribution of rate dollars
• 40 years ago: City has fourth traffic fatality of 1971
• City of Lawrence News - August 5, 2011
• SRS responsibility
• For GOP, Obama is the problem
• History lessons
• Straw poll wields unreasonable power
• 100 years ago: Railroad laborer killed in accident at freight yard; young boy saves companion from Kaw drowning
• 25 years ago: First national chain commits to Lawrence mall
• Statehouse Live: People rally at Capitol to protest Brownback policies
• Head-on fatality accident on K-10 in Lenexa Saturday morning
• Heat advisory issued for Douglas County and surrounding counties
• Holton soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Church reports theft of lawn equipment
• DJ equipment stolen
• Pump Patrol
• City Commission agenda for August 9, 2011
• Drivers, spectators get dirty at demolition derby
• Jobs report good enough to calm Wall Street
• Syria says revolt is quelled
• Fight for food leaves 7 dead
• Vonnegut library supplies copies of banned book
• Judge denies motion for new trial in child sex abuse case
• Plans may not meet goal of ‘signature’ library structure
• Energy program is smart investment
• Compromise possible for super-committee
• 100 years ago: Lecompton considers electric light system
• 25 years ago: KU law student Phill Kline wins primary election
• 40 years ago: Deluge of applications floods law schools
• Teachers union in Lawrence district OKs new master agreement
• Officials working on SRS deal remain mum about closed-door proceedings
• KU officials decide not to pursue civil lawsuit against defendants convicted in athletic ticket scandal
• Heat advisory issued for Saturday afternoon
• KDHE officials add Milford Lake to list of unsafe lakes because of blue-green algae
• USDA approves more counties for grazing, haying on Conservation Reserve Program land
• Central Kansas food banks to give away produce
• Dodge City to ask federal government to continue subsidizing flights to Denver
• Fiber optics project to wire all of Ellis County
• Number of zebra mussel larvae increasing in El Dorado Reservoir
• FBI using billboards to target Fake Beard Bandit
• Former Westar exec gets multimillion dollar settlement with utility
• KDOT simulates winter weather to test road conditions map
• Town Talk: Latino convenience store set to open; city to publicly discuss SRS options; dirtwork for Sixth Street apartments begin
• Man transported to Kansas City area hospital following downtown altercation
• Heard on the Hill: New scholarship grid will still use weighted GPAs; no mass retirements coming to KU; Hot Dog Man will be on campus for sixth year
• Military money on chopping block in austere time
• Congress reaches agreement to reopen FAA
• Head of massive KC drug ring gets life in prison
• Bigs in Schools program provides mentors for at-risk youths
• City to discuss brick street maintenance
• Lighted LHS sign approved
• Questions and answers about the stock market fall
• New Haskell president confident in school unity
• Priorities
• Israel-Palestine status quo won’t last
• Gov. Perry seems ready to run
• 100 years ago: Lawrence well water under scrutiny from health board
• 25 years ago: Four months of AIDS testing in Lawrence yields no positive results so far
• 40 years ago: Lawrence schools to continue serving milk in paper cartons
• Why did turkey recall take so long?
• Arts transition
• K-State researchers studying safety benefits of rumble strips on Kansas highways
• Dow average plunges 513 points, worst drop since 2008
• Iowa man killed by falling hay bale near Newton
• State of Kansas orders Dodge City firm to stop selling investments
• Army veteran honored during Fort Leavenworth ceremony for rescue after car accident
• Arkansas City commissioners reject their 2012 salaries
• Thousands without power after storm hits Wichita
• Consultant advises Reno County to rethink plans for new jail
• 3 juveniles arrested in Clay County farm equipment vandalism
• 110 water main breaks reported in Topeka in July
• Kansas will get $700,000 in settlement with pharmaceutical companies
• Nebraska governor doesn't want special legislative session to discuss oil pipeline
• Morton Salt seeks $7 million upgrade to Hutchinson plant
• Minneapolis farmer's wheat crop yields almost 105 bushels per acre
• Forum on Saturday to focus on issue of redistricting
• NOW, Kansas Equality Coalition plan return to Capitol for rally
• Public invited to attend event on Aug. 19 featuring U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins
• Statehouse Live: Legislative committee seeks answers on SRS office closures
• District attorney: Prosecutors need more information about rape allegation
• Town Talk: Brick streets to get discussion; popular federal grant program likely done; yoga on the west side
• Heard on the Hill: Baby Jay bests Big Jay at Mascot Games; researchers go to Antarctica to find really old plant roots; hypnosis event scheduled after first day of classes
• Motorcycle reported stolen
• Two moons? It’s not lunacy, but new theory
• Bedridden and caged, former Egypt ruler Hosni Mubarak goes on trial
• New Baldwin City administrator has ties to Douglas County
• Lawrence faith leaders to hold prayer vigil for SRS situation
• 25 years ago: Racial restrictions still exist on some old Lawrence deeds
• 40 years ago: New city bus service takes trial run
• Phoenix Awards Deadline Nearing
• Silly salaries
• Unfair action
• Foreign films are summer’s best
• The camera’s eye doesn’t lie
• Heat stress
• 100 years ago: Open storm sewer in ravine to be replaced with closed system
• Douglas County Commission approves rezoning of property for rural retreat
• Hiratsuka students introduced to Kansas during sister city exchange
• Statehouse Live: KOSE files actions against Brownback's voluntary retirement plan
• Going nowhere: Economy struggles to find footing
• Oklahoma woman claims famed hijacker D.B. Cooper is her uncle
• Obama urges Congress to resolve Federal Aviation Administration shutdown
• Wal-Mart files suit over retaining wall built at Sixth and Wakarusa store
• Jefferson County officers arrest Oskaloosa man suspected of domestic battery
• Kansas University changing scholarship offerings for incoming freshman
• Lawrence produced just about all the water it could this week — but still came up short of all-time record
• Crews to repave section of Sixth Street early Thursday, Friday mornings
• Judge rejects claims in Newton nude servitude case
• Work to start Monday on two stretches of U.S. Highway 59
• Military officers convening at Fort Leavenworth for start of Command and General Staff College
• FBI seeks man suspected of robbing banks in 3 states
• 1 person dies after propane explosion in Butler County
• Buhler starts voluntary water conservation plan
• Reward increases to $16,000 for information in Hutchinson homicide
• Western ND pipeline project scaled back
• Pennsylvania man says he's father of girl who died in locker
• Segdwick County official wants to allow concealed guns in public buildings
• Kobach plans to move voter ID laws' start date up to 2012
• Douglas County Commission's meeting about SRS includes former Kansas attorney general Steve SIx
• Heard on the Hill: KU avoids top party schools list; professor honored by German consulate in Chicago; staff members help provide more than 2,800 meals for needy families in Douglas County
• Rural retreat proposal up for approval at Douglas County Commission
• Peace pact proves short-lived as debt limit bill signed
• Kansas City man reports stolen personal property
• Lawrence woman reports burglary in 900 block of Christie Court
• 4-H'ers parade young cows in Bucket Calf Show
• Eudora man ordered to stand trial on aggravated assault counts
• Prosecutors file 3 charges against Lawrence man accused of running from officer
• Judge dismisses jurors in Douglas County sex crime trial after prosecutors move to dismiss charges
• Lawrence man dismissed of aggravated arson charge in North Lawrence incident
• No deal yet reached on new employment contracts for police, fire unions
• Early blunders will haunt Obama
• Census change
• 100 years ago: Paper mill shuts down for new engine installations
• 25 years ago: Seven Republican candidates vie for gubernatorial race
• 40 years ago: City commission considers two ordinances, 20 planning items
• Excessive heat warning set to expire Wednesday night
• Moral compass
• ALEC alarm
• Compromise
• Hot weather dries up farmers' yields to half of usual harvest
• 2 men face charges in robbery of KU students on campus
• Lawrence city, school board leaders joining county commissioners in effort to fight SRS office closure
• Forbes calls Lawrence a 'small best place for business'; KU ranks in 3 top-20 lists in Princeton Review
• Heat triggers power outage at western edge of Lawrence
• Sheriff's office identifies 64-year-old Lawrence man as body found at campground
• Emporia State dean named associate vice president of Mississippi State University satellite campus
• Wichita police see new trend called 'dusting'
• Kansas crop condition continues decline amid heat
• Worker who fell to death at K-State identified as Council Grove man
• Soldier from Fort Riley killed in Afghanistan
• Kansas congressional delegation split on debt ceiling bill
• Temperatures hit 111 degrees in Lawrence, just shy of all-time record
• Prosecutors will not seek second trial against Durrell Jones in Anthony Vital slaying, citing credibility problem with key witness
• Statehouse Live: Brownback proposes voluntary retirement program; savings predicted at more than $25 millon
• Doctors' group intervenes in Kansas abortion case
• Lawrence firefighters bring blaze under control
• Town Talk special update: Commissioner Hugh Carter proposes City Hall layoffs, rather than decreasing number of new police officers
• Kansas Arts Commission asks National Endowment for the Arts for continued funding
• Obama signs debt bill after final Senate vote
• Kansas SRS hires new attorney to investigate fraud
• Heard on the Hill: Law school assistant dean headed to Colorado; Park University hires student housing assistant director for residence life; Texas approves Jayhawk license plates
• Pump patrol
• NASA going green with solar-powered probe
• Coverage with no copay extended to birth control
• Giffords makes surprise appearance for debt vote
• Parking perceptions
• 100 years ago: Lawrence streetcars adopt new boarding method
• 40 years ago: Area club members prepare fairgrounds
• 25 years ago: Lawrence ski resort seeks water source for snow machines
• ‘Desert heat’ to envelop Lawrence ; excessive heat warning in place through Wednesday
• ‘Credible lead’ surfaces in D.B. Cooper case
• Somali refugees: No food to break Ramadan fast
• Debt deal would have little effect on economy until 2014
• Stirring performance
• Out of balance
• Family matter
• Early retirement
• Hispanic group urges immigration action
• Sheriff's officers investigating death of man found in mobile home
• Durrell Jones facing second trial in death of hip-hop artist Anthony Vital
• Musical benefit for Reading tornado victims raises more than $1,500
• Gov. Brownback cancels meeting with Rep. Paul Davis to discuss Lawrence SRS office
• Critics blast Brownback for attending prayer day hosted by 'inhumane' anti-gay groups
• Forgery investigation leads Lawrence police to suspects at local hotel; local man arrested
• During Tuesday night Lawrence City Commission budget talks, Bob Schumm to propose funding fewer new police officers
• Fort Riley team places 2nd in close-combat competition
• Proceeds from Wichita house sale to help hunger relief
• Wichita police say couple's deaths were murder-suicide
• PIttsburg woman starts national efort to give new outfits to Joplin kids
• Debt debate shakes Midwest economic confidence
• House passes bill to raise debt limit, cut spending
• Town Talk: Bert Nash land purchase may open door for outdoor wellness area; Jos. A. Bank rumored for downtown; city fees set to increase
• August begins with another 100+ degree day, excessive heat warning
• Judge blocks Kan. law defunding Planned Parenthood
• Elderly in remote towns especially at risk in heat wave
• Holy month of Ramadan marred by unrest, high food prices
• 2 Lawrence men report damage to cars, stolen items
• Lawrence man reports stolen 2001 Honda CR-V
• In general, Americans exasperated over news of debt-limit deal
• Kansas law defunding clinic faces first legal test
• As investigations of 2 area bank robberies continue, experts warn that robbers face long odds
• No horsing around at fair contest
• Iranian threat still looms as U.S. leaves Iraq
• Libertarian trends undercut government
• Stepping up
• KU Alternative Breaks program expanding its volunteer opportunities
• Auctioneers' calls beckon Kansas bidders
• 40 years ago: Police dispatcher pleads guilty to disclosure of upcoming arrests
• 100 years ago: Local Masonic Lodge ready to move into new building
• Obama, Congress reach a debt deal
• Divorces and annulments
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Wheel Genius: Roadwork planned this week
• Boost in 2010 from stimulus now 'killing' housing market
• Businesses play vital role in terror prevention
• Amid East Africa famine, Eritrea silently suffers
• 4-H'ers show off horses, riding skills at fair
• U.S. contemplates next move in Libya, Syria
• Man arrested for robbery, battery, theft
• As leases run out, wave of tenants move it or lose it
• Kansas tax revenues $23M more than expected in July
• New formula puts focus on graduation rates
• More diabetes cases reported among Garden City youths
• KU athletic director reviewing department's 6-figure salaries
• Politics hampering American greatness
• Chamber changes
• 25 years ago: Planning director estimates population for city, county
• 40 years ago: County Fair exhibits to be high in quantity, quality
• 100 years ago: Traveling game operator arrested for Lake View depot robbery
• Statehouse Live: Education supporters decry funding cuts to public schools
• City Commission agenda for Aug. 2
• Museum to put on Civil War open house
• Raw politics takes center stage in debt/budget drama
• Grateful grandma
• Great show
• Protect benefits
• Street sense
• Terrorists’ persistence shouldn’t be a surprise
• Scouting news for July 30, 2011
• Military news for July 30, 2011
• Club news for July 30, 2011
• Around and About for July 30, 2011
• 25 years ago: City commission considers annexation proposals
• 40 years ago: Kansas Union seeks permission for 3.2 beer sales
• Transit Service Changes Effective August 1, 2011; Redesigned Website Launched
• 100 years ago: Aside from manure piles, alleys found to be in 'pretty good shape'
• Governor appoints Native American liaison
• Judge orders new trial in sexual battery case
• Barrel racing kicks off county fair
• FBI names Ottawa bank robbery suspect
• Local officials, representatives hope to prevent closure of Lawrence SRS office
• Meeting seeks public comment on library expansion
• Recession risks up amid slow growth, debt standoff
• Judge: Time to unseal Nixon’s Watergate testimony
• Somali tells horrors of fleeing famine
• Somalia: More aid needed; troops gain ground
• House approves GOP bill extending debt limit
• City to repair water main on 23rd Street early Monday morning
• Excessive heat warning issued for Sunday afternoon
• Kansas Air National Guard invites residents to watch military aircraft in action
• Kansas eases rules on delivering hay to drought areas
• Police looking for vandals who damaged 8 buses at Wichita church
• OSHA investigating Arkansas City company
• Mediation postponed in Salina pollution case
• Kansas Supreme Court upholds conviction in 2007 Manhattan murder trial
• Nebraska high court rejects irrigation district's appeal regarding Republican River water rights
• Wyandotte tribe sues over Kansas casino land
• Kansas ranchers selling oil rights for big profits
• Missouri River flooding will last until autumn in some places
• Lawrence city crews struggling to keep water treatment plant operating as emergency repairs are made
• Kansas election fraud task force set to meet next week
• Heard on the Hill: Reader wonders about Haskell ground maintenance; alumnus, longtime budget director, dies at 97; KU posts director of federal relations job opening
• GOP postpones debt limit vote
• Debt deal or not, weak economy likely to suffer
• Norway's 'lone-wolf' attacks stir anti-Islam angst in Europe
• Street battles break out in Somali capital to allow famine help
• Report: Rural Missouri has fewer doctors per capita
• Pump patrol
• Over $3,000 worth of property reported stolen
• Weatherization Grants Available To Lawrence Homeowners
• Athletic moves
• Debt circus
• Borrowed text
• Default history
• GOP should shift debt blame to Obama
• 25 years ago: New KU Catholic campus center nears completion
• 40 years ago: Library becomes independent of city
• 100 years ago: Lake View depot robbed of cash, whiskey
• Westar acknowledges unacceptability of recent outages
• District, teachers agree on pay, benefits
• 18-year-old man charged with criminal damage of Eudora school stadium
• In lawsuit, Planned Parenthood officials say Kansas defunding efforts part of national campaign
• City offering grants for residents to weatherize homes
• Defense wins motion in trial of man accused in quadruple slaying in Osage County
• Bank starts foreclosure proceedings against Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern's home
• Salina police dog dies from extreme heat
• Bus set on fire, others vandalized at Wichita church
• Massive marijuana operation raided in southeast Kansas
• Sprint posts wider loss, teams with LightSquared
• Dodge City man recovers from burns from oil fire at festival
• 31st Street construction ends; road reopens between Haskell and Louisiana
• Gov. Brownback seeks disaster declarations from U.S. ag secretary
• Revamped Kansas Arts Commission to meet next week
• Eight more Kansas counties sign up for rural incentive program
• Lawrence police looking for suspect accused of injuring KU student
• Lawrence landscaping company donating services to Kansas edition of Extreme Makeover Home Edition
• KU Center for Design Research gets $100,000 donation
• Brownback names GOP chair to lead Children's Cabinet
• At Kansas senators' request, committee will not consider Steve Six's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals
• Statehouse Live: Education rally scheduled for Saturday at Statehouse
• Heard on the Hill: Job fair lets students find part-time work; I'm looking for questions to ask new Haskell president; KUMC associate vice chancellor attends program known for training future leaders
• Pickup truck stolen from North Lawrence
• 3 refrigerators stolen
• Pump Patrol
• Political lines to be redrawn across state
• Crimes against drug dealers increase in Lawrence
• County Commission agrees to purchase property near jail
• County OKs parcel annexation by city
• Rural U.S. disappearing? Population share hits low
• Scientists: It’s not a bird, not a plane; it’s a dino
• Somali militants block famine refugees from aid
• Cheers, jeers
• 25 years ago: Longtime 'El Matador' owner dies
• 40 years ago: Voters to decide on bond issues for new 'governmental center' near courthouse
• Excessive heat warning effective through Thursday evening
• 100 years ago: New bank moving in, cigar factory on its way out
• Another try
• Extremism has grip on globe
• Aviation rhetoric is misguided
• Financial crisis
• New KU business dean enthusiastic about reaching out to university community
• Feds in Kansas City to join initiative to fight human trafficking
• Wichita veterans hospital cited for hazardous waste violations
• Officials planning flood recovery for Nebraska nuclear power plant
• Kansas ranchers selling cattle because of drought
• States brace for dips in graduation rate as measurement formula changes
• U.S. agriculture secretary outlines new rural council
• Brownback says his administration is preparing for reduced federal funds in event of default
• Statehouse Live: State employee early retirement incentives being discussed
• Woman sentenced to probation for her role in burglary at apartment near KU campus
• Brownback creates state economic advisory council
• State of Kansas finished year with $107 million more in revenue than expected
• Lawrence student's team finishes fourth in geography World Championship
• Statehouse Live: Readjusted population counts will impact legislative redistricting in Lawrence
• State reopens I-70 west of Topeka; driver in custody with minor injuries
• Town Talk: Bank forcing closure of Midwest Graphics; Rent-A-Center slated for former Blockbuster building; city finds replacement for eco devo spot
• Excessive heat warning now in effect until Thursday
• Heard on the Hill: Kansas Bioscience Authority has contributed more than $50 million to KU cancer effort; website looks at what single women renters want; Audio-Reader wants your audio equipment
• Boehner to rewrite criticized GOP debt plan
• 40 years ago: Lawrence police chief to attend FBI program
• 25 years ago: Workers in KU's Fraser Hall suffer AC breakdown
• Faulty SRS plan
• Theater lauded
• Rotary assist
• SRS closing has political tone
• Betrayal of allies in Iraq shames U.S.
• 100 years ago: Changes coming to Mass Street
• Mass. St. Dillons remodel approved by City Commission
• Pump Patrol
• SRS says workers now can transfer to Topeka; Douglas County commissioners petition governor over office closure
• Lawrence school district, teachers move closer to work agreement for 2011-12
• Hiratsuka students to visit Lawrence, their sister (city), beginning Friday
• Lawrence attorney Dan Watkins named as chairman of the Kansas Bioscience Authority's Board of Directors
• Free State High School graduate is tops at U.S. Army leadership course
• Texan apologizes to Kansans he kidnapped to collect drug money
• Suspect in Great Bend girl's death loses telephone, visit privileges
• Attorney general won't file charges against ex-sheriff
• 2 former administrators settle lawsuit against Washburn University
• Interstate 70 near Topeka reopened after hazmat investigation
• Douglas County commissioners considering land purchase for consolidated public works operation — opening door to homeless shelter relocation
• 2 Lawrence men convicted of counterfeiting, meth trafficking by federal jury
• Missing veterans' remains interred at Fort Leavenworth
• Statehouse Live: Former state hospital chief 'shocked' by administration's plan to close Lawrence office
• Boy taken to hospital as precaution after hitting head on diving board at Lawrence's outdoor pool
• Job fair scheduled for Aug. 25 in Topeka; portion of event set aside for military veterans
• Fire fighters extinguish small fire at Lonnie's Recycling in North Lawrence
• Town Talk: Hy-Vee seeks to build convenience store on Clinton Parkway; planners take aim at firing range issues; would you like wooden streets any better?
• McLouth man injured when vehicle rolls on 24-40 highway near Lawrence airport
• Fire on West 24th Terrace displaces one resident
• Kansas officials tout upgrades to state website
• Heard on the Hill: School of Medicine in Wichita's first day is this week; Oklahoma State trying to raise money, too; seminar focuses on civil rights
• Kansas touts state sovereignty in defunding clinic
• Back-to-back speeches show little indication of debt compromise
• Investors try to prepare for default as talks continue
• Culprit in deadly Norway rampage held in isolation
• Lawrence man reports more than $2,000 stolen from U.S. Bank account
• Lawrence man reports stolen 1998 Harley-Davidson motorcycle
• Trial preparation begins in Burlingame slayings
• Lawrence school district expects to make slight property-tax cut
• City Crews To Crack Seal Haskell Avenue Monday
• Children’s Historic Mud Fort Class
• Water Theft: A Health Risk and Illegal
• 25 years ago: British pilots trace Oregon trail by air
• 40 years ago: Storms cause flash flooding on turnpike
• Russia parallel?
• NCI schedule
• Struggling OAS still needed
• Obama marginalizing himself on debt
• Approval due
• 100 years ago: Editorial urges attention to Humane Society
• City audit finds Lawrence streets lasting longer, less prone to potholes
• Two Kansans find fossil of what may be new type of dinosaur
• Kansas Bioscience Authority approves grants for KU Cancer Center, Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
• NWS issues excessive heat warning until Wednesday evening
• I-70 closed from west of Topeka to K-99 while law enforcement investigate possible HazMat incident
• Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson to give Landon Lecture at K-State
• New general store opens up in small town of Kismet
• Family marks birthday of Hutchinson murder victim
• Group works to honor Derby veterans with memorial
• Cost of high-voltage lines for wind in western Kansas irk utility companies
• Woman charged in 2002 Topeka double homicide
• Former Lawrence police Chief Ron Olin to leave $115,000 job at Kansas Athletics
• Lawrence man ordered to stand trial for robbery at Walmart, arson attempt at McDonald's
• Douglas County commissioners closer to approving budget
• Kansas redistricting hearings to begin this week
• Brownback's appointees now control Kansas Arts Commission
• Kansas touts state sovereignty in defunding Planned Parenthood
• Statehouse Live: SRS salaries come under question as agency plans to close offices; Lawrence workers can't go to Topeka
• Town Talk: UPDATE: Lowe's files plans for West Lawrence store; I-70 Business Center may be landing major office tenant; City issues report on whether our streets are holding up
• Heard on the Hill: New Salina medical school program gets national coverage; recent graduates opting for temporary work when full-time gigs aren't available; music teaching assistant shares experience
• Wichita to host birthday celebration for state
• Retired KU professor says antique computer collection stems from parts finding him
• Amtrak to restore full service in Missouri
• 2 people die in Mission apartment fire
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Phill Kline case rehashes old abortion debates
• Norway suspect’s manifesto called for campaign against Muslims
• Expiring drug patents to bring drop in prices
• With debt talks at standstill, GOP, Dems ready plan B
• Hundreds of N.Y. couples wed on 1st day for gay marriage
• 25 years ago: Open House scheduled for Cottonwood
• 40 years ago: Management staff for new Kresge warehouse to arrive by September
• Kentucky Street Closed at 19th Street
• Crews To Perform Mill/Overlay On 6th During Overnight Hours
• Godly nation
• When the middle wakes up, look out
• Rural efforts
• Teachers and their former students reconnect on Facebook
• 100 years ago: William Jennings Bryan makes brief stop in Lawrence
• Police searching for suspects in reported Saturday morning carjacking
• Excessive heat warning set to expire Sunday evening
• Plans would spend contingency funds to create jobs, help special ed
• School board may not have to raise taxes
• Kansas drought also affects wildlife
• Pump patrol
• Library puts on mysterious sale
• Downtown parking: Is shortage real or perceived?
• Retail options
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Corporate-funded ALEC has strong ties to Kansas Legislature
• Adviser recommends reevaluating finances during uncertain economy
• 8-year-old Linwood girl continues recovery from 2008 gunshot injury
• 100 years ago: Theft and cruelty send local man to jail
• 25 years ago: Drug sweep nets KU official among arrests
• 40 years ago: Different census methods result in varied count for Lawrence
• Fire on Clare Court caused by smoking materials
• Explosion on boat injures one, cause under investigation
• Forum explores responses to loss of city’s SRS office
• City Commission agenda for July 26, 2011
• Pump Patrol
• Brownback appoints grants administrator
• Brownback names 6 new arts commissioners
• Excessive heat warning extended to Sunday evening; temperatures climb highest so far this year
• Veritas Christian School honor roll for spring 2011
• DEET data
• Help at hand
• Poor decisions
• House should dare Obama to veto debt plan
• Club news for July 23, 2011
• Around and About for July 23, 2011
• 100 years ago: Advertisements address household needs and women's 'agonies'
• 25 years ago: Downtown's 600 block declared 'blighted'
• 40 years ago: AG Vern Miller hides in car trunk, tackles suspect in course of drug raid
• AT&T completes network across western Kansas
• Agricultural Hall of Fame honoring Willie Nelson
• Southern Kansas man convicted in wife's death
• Public meeting planned on proposed TransCanada oil pipeline
• California man sentenced to 4 years in prison for stalking women on Facebook
• States enact record wave of anti-abortion laws
• Sunflower coal plant receives unusual permit extension
• Kansas pension group begins studying changes to KPERS
• Kentucky Street reopens after natural gas line break
• Excessive heat warning extended to Sunday evening; temperatures climb highest so far this year
• Lawrence man, 27, dies after truck runs over him in Kansas City, Mo.
• Town Talk: Olive Garden may not be done on South Iowa; LED lighting place in downtown; commercial nursery looking to expand near Baldwin Junction
• Leaking propane tank at Robinson Gym leads to HazMat incident at KU
• James Murdoch contradicted by former legal manager
• Pump patrol
• States cut programs to help poor cool homes
• Lecompton Lincoln exhibit ends Sunday
• Economy's spring slump may last through summer
• End of an era: Space shuttle comes home for last time
• June employment report includes some good news
• Heard on the Hill: KU strategic planning process continues to take shape; 5k run in Overland Park helps bring JCCC students to KU; reader offers more feedback on honorary degrees
• Free State High School honor roll
• Negotiations lead to teacher pay raises; other details unsettled
• President's debt offer may be risky, but could be win-win
• Obama, GOP reach endgame in debt talks
• Wrong route
• 100 years ago: President Taft returns favor to late Kansas Congressman
• 25 years ago: Clinton Lake resort discussed by city, county
• 40 years ago: LMH receives good evaluation from Board of Health
• Political agenda
• Mixing politics and religion
• Journalism taking some hits
• Resource officer at South Middle School wins state award
• Douglas County Senior Services providing low-cost lunches
• Churches, Salvation Army planning two 'tent revival' worship events
• Local officials continue efforts to prevent closure of SRS office
• Wellington offers incentives for new residents
• 1 person dead after 2 shot in Topeka
• Heat drives people underground, to Hutchinson salt museum
• Kansas firefighter charged with looting in Joplin
• Wichita plant accidentally releases chemicals into Little Arkansas River
• Gov. Brownback awards grants to domestic violence groups
• Hutchinson Raceway Park is closed, put up for sale after low summer attendance
• Excessive heat starts eastward trek
• Suspect in Great Bend girl's death to get new hearing
• Kansas Guardsman accused of aiding Liberian soldier
• Driver enters no-contest plea in December robbery near downtown
• Westar says it can't comply with EPA's new pollution rules
• Event featuring U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins canceled
• Police ask for public's help in identifying man who robbed Kwik Shop early Thursday morning
• Town Talk: LHS student to invite Obama to speak at Lawrence; former Talbots space close to landing major retail tenant; Sports Dome questions; new office for Downtown Lawrence
• Ex-Kansas AG Phill Kline defends conduct in abortion cases
• Kansas' U.S. senators considering debt ceiling proposals
• Crowds descend on Downtown Lawrence for hotter, stickier version of annual Sidewalk Sale
• Heard on the Hill: Civil rights lawyer to speak at KU next week; KU political science prof gets quoted in USA Today; college leaders argue against cuts to Pell Grants
• If debt deal near, Obama would OK stopgap measure
• American Airlines orders planes from Boeing, Airbus
• Hemenway fully retired from KU, no longer on payroll
• Condition update
• Poem by poet laureate of Kansas centers on closure of Lawrence SRS office
• Police find robbery suspect
• Eudora woman injured in 1-vehicle accident
• KU student defrauded
• Pump Patrol
• Douglas County Commission considers proposal to annex property at northwestern edge of Lawrence into city
• Exhibitors Needed For Fall Arts And Crafts Festival
• Ride the T Free to the Sidewalk Sale
• For all of us
• Tow troubles
• U.S. ponders strategy to support Syria
• 25 years ago: Lawrence residents claim to have seen lion
• 40 years ago: KBI officials, AG conduct 14 overnight drug raids in Kansas
• 100 years ago: Doctor removes needle from patient's hand
• Tour de France party to raise funds for Maple Hill girl injured in bicycle accident
• Fast-pitch softball teams find summer heat a strong opponent
• Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Lawrence program entering 30th year
• Authorities urge caution against money-wiring phone scams
• Baker University student who drowned fondly remembered
• 80-pound catfish caught, released at El Dorado Lake
• Wichita man shoots girlfriend when waistband-carried gun falls to ground
• Union to push rejection of Spirit Aerosystems contract offer
• Judge says he will send missing boy's parents to prison for continuing to take adoption subsidies
• Kansas pension system funding gap rises to $8.3 billion
• Man dies while working at Topeka Goodyear plant
• Cargill settles lawsuit over wages at Nebraska plant
• Kansas office rests ethics case against former AG Phill Kline
• Hot weather takes toll on attendance at Kansas parks
• Investigations continue into last week's bank robberies in Lawrence, Ottawa
• Agencies to talk on Saturday about how to handle departure of SRS workers from Lawrence
• 28-year-old Lawrence man pleads guilty to sending explicit texts, photos to 12-year-old girl
• Heat wave leading to growth in toxic blue-green algae at area lakes
• Police investigating reported strong-armed robbery near Seventh and Michigan streets
• Tonganoxie woman killed in early-morning accident on I-35
• Excessive heat warning enters sixth day
• Heard on the Hill: Libraries getting spruced up this summer; Hawk Week will welcome students from summer once more; Student Union Activities carnival coming next month
• Grant application to better access to healthy foods gets support from City Commission
• Lawrence city commissioners approve Retirees Attraction Task Force
• Despite the heat, Sidewalk Sale will go on
• Lawrence police officer finds stolen 2008 Kia Rio in Howard Johnson hotel parking lot
• Lawrence man reports stolen 1974 Chevrolet truck
• Lawrence man arrested, accused of cutting Topeka man in hand
• 25 years ago: Mold growth threatens KU library books
• 40 years ago: Intersection of 19th and Iowa to get traffic signal
• 100 years ago: County officials urge acceptance of new census figures
• Nuclear safety
• SRS necessity
• Conservatives hold fiscal key
• Pledge costs Bachmann a young voter
• Groundbreaking facility
• City of Lawrence News - July 19, 2011
• City of Lawrence Newsletter - July, 2011
• Agencies report to Douglas County Commission what impact closure of Lawrence SRS office would have
• Lawrence City Commission sold on trying donation meter plan
• Traditional Indonesian dances to highlight international culture event on KU campus
• KU School of Music students performing in two operas in Eutin, Germany
• Section of 'old' Kansas Highway 10 reopens to traffic
• Attorney General Schmidt defends hiring Foulston Siefkin to represent state in Planned Parenthood lawsuit
• 20-year-old Lawrence man ordered to stand trial in indecent liberties case
• Break in water main closes 19th Street; about 25 residences without water
• Paving contractor causes sticky situation for motorists on 19th Street
• KU students describe robbery on campus during preliminary hearing
• Concerns raised over city's decision to not include new westside Lawrence rec center in 2012 budget
• 2 Lawrence motorcyclists injured in separate accidents still hospitalized in Topeka
• Newton development agency, Oklahoma port authority to sign partnership agreement
• 5-year-old boy drowns in Kansas City residential pool
• Kansas cyclist's death likely heat-related
• Bill Clinton Foundation donates $5,000 to Topeka Ronald McDonald House
• Replica of 1865 peace treaty to be displayed in Wichita
• 4 injured in fiery accident near Wichita on Kansas Turnpike
• Wyandotte County sues EPA over headquarters move
• Western states lagging in economic recovery
• Hundreds in Kansas apply for AAR Aircraft jobs
• Kansas nurse seeks probation for drug tampering
• Excessive heat warning continues Tuesday, lasts until at least Saturday
• Heard on the Hill: New KU vice chancellor Tim Caboni talks to community members; KU alum becomes voice of San Jose State football at age 23; new KU billboard honors astronaut professor
• Lawrence man reports stolen power tools in burglary
• Lawrence man reports theft of laptop, netbook, DVDs
• Lawrence man reports carpet, wall damage
• Iowa man reports stolen items including CDs, sunglasses, checkbook
• Lawrence man reports stolen laptop computers
• Lawrence High School honor roll for spring 2011
• Lawrence woman reports theft of wheels, tires
• Pledges of GOP candidates common in 2012 race
• Poll: Obesity significant issue among boomers
• Lawrence woman reports theft of A/C unit, copper tubing, electrical wire
• Heat wave hardest on poorest communities
• Garden City challenges 2010 census numbers
• Carbon monoxide kills 2 in Topeka
• Sheriff’s Office taking applications for citizens academy
• KU Hospital earns multiple top-50 rankings in U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals list
• Science takes a beating in early presidential campaign
• U.S. shouldn’t abandon friends in Iraq
• Positive response
• Judge denies request to withdraw plea in 2006 shooting death of hip-hop artist
• Dillons submits modifications of design for Mass. Street store to Lawrence City Commission
• Lawrence's latest economic development initiative: Attract older folks to settle here
• KSU reports record amount of giving to university; KU officials say numbers not available yet
• In meeting on Tuesday, county commissioners will hear fiscal costs of closing SRS office
• Douglas County Commission to hold public hearing on Lawrence annexation for industrial development
• Wichita forum explores urban street design
• 3 guards hurt in fight at Hutchinson prison
• Kansas teenager disappears in northwest Arkansas lake
• Garden City challenges 2010 census numbers
• Topekan's tonsils set Guinness World Record
• Kansas man charged in Vermont trailer theft
• Dispute over dog precedes most recent Wichita homicide
• Kansas counties wary of rural tax incentives
• Businesses providing ignition interlock systems see spike in demand with new DUI law
• KCK officers charged after FBI sting
• Second motorcycle accident reported on Highway 40 west of Lawrence
• Man delivers daily bread to Douglas County Senior Services
• Fund established to help handle medical costs for 13-year-old girl injured in bicycle accident south of Lawrence
• Statehouse Live: City, county officials ask Brownback to reconsider SRS office closure
• Town Talk: Dillons submits new design for South Mass. store; Downtown roundtable this morning; city to create retiree task force
• Eisenhower Library collecting 'Quilts of Valor'
• Heard on the Hill: KU alumnus building tent to be used in space; KU researcher offers thoughts on new Alzheimer's study; KU graduate finds it difficult to find a job in today's economy
• Brownback wants to change tax structure
• Hospital, university leaders to revisit affiliation
• Anti-abortion groups urge more Kansas restrictions
• Missouri biofuels ethanol company wins $48.4M verdict
• NASA's corps of astronauts shrinks to 60 as shuttles stop
• Heat wave in central U.S. shows no signs of ending
• Kansas commemorates its Ice Age heritage
• Releasing more information to public helps solve case similar to northeast Kansas serial rapist investigation
• Welcome and Enrollment Center helps parents enroll new students in district smoothly
• Traffic calming devices not at top of city’s roadwork priorities list
• Monday fourth day of excessive heat warning
• Positive training
• At 90, John Glenn still is flying high
• Obama should lead, not just react
• Tax break?
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Rescue teams searching for missing kids along Kansas River near Lecompton
• Woman found after police issue 'Silver Alert'
• Excessive heat warning continues for third day
• Group raises money for Hyatt skywalk collapse memorial
• Troops march in San Diego’s gay pride parade
• Gulf oil spill cleanup turns up trove of Native American relics
• Towing can chain drivers to huge fees
• Los Angeles avoids feared ‘Carmageddon’ traffic jam
• Rupert Murdoch in ad tells United Kingdom: ‘We are sorry’
• 31st St. closing Monday for repairs, repaving
• Soaring temperatures lead to water restrictions in Kansas
• Boomer Girl Diary: Dog day blues
• Crimson, blue and green all over: The KU Center for Design Research
• Big decision on KU Medical Center leadership to follow review
• 25 years ago: North Lawrence man grows unusually large tomato
• 40 years ago: Fire causes damages at KU's Oliver Hall
• 100 years ago: Baseball player injured in bicycle accident
• SRS obstacles
• Teacher bonus
• Jobs don’t match workers’ skills
• Karzai’s brother put focus on Pakistan
• Street progress
• Hundreds rally against closing SRS office
• Marijuana left at Goodwill drop box
• ‘Dangerously hot weather’ endures, as weather service extends excessive heat warning to Friday
• Lawrence kayaker drowns in Kansas River in Topeka
• Down on the farm, investors see big potential
• 2 top News. Corp. executives resign
• In debt talks, Obama calls for ‘something big’
• Breeze-blown Monroe unveiled in Windy City
• West Junior High Honor Roll for spring 2011
• Central Junior High Honor Roll for spring 2011
• Lawrence man reports stolen Apple Macbook Pro laptop
• Area company with Lawrence, KU ties sells Garden of Eden in Lucas to help save it
• City Commission agenda for July 19, 2011
• Man enters pleas to pair of 1981 rapes
• Rural Bonner Springs woman fined for littering tea bottles in same man's yard nearly every day for 2 years
• Hemenway and others played key roles for KU Hospital
• Latest 'Take Charge Challenge' Results: Lawrence In The lead! (Just Barely)
• Tax relief
• Economy priority
• House GOP should call Obama’s bluff
• City of Lawrence News - July 15, 2011
• 40 years ago: Stranded travelers earn gas money in Lawrence
• 100 years ago: Orchestra at park for dancing, roller skating
• Founders’ faith
• Fiscal abuse
• 37-year-old Tonganoxie man sentenced to 23 years in prison for molesting young girl
• Town Talk: Downtown roundtable event planned for Monday, questions sought for downtown leaders
• Kansas attorney general responds to criticism for hiring private law firm for Planned Parenthood lawsuit
• Lottery Commission approves Mulvane casino expansion plans
• Sunflower Electric Power Corp. names new CEO
• 30 people join lawsuit against Creekstone Farms
• Judge delays Wichita food stamp conspiracy trial
• Garden of Eden near Lucas sold, to be restored
• Down on the farm, investors see big potential
• Lawrence city commissioners to consider 'meter donations' to combat panhandling downtown
• Public buildings open this weekend for residents to escape heat
• Area FBI agents investigating 2nd bank robbery in two days, this time in Ottawa
• Gov. Brownback forms big-name steering committee to ensure NBAF gets built in Manhattan
• Three suspects identified in extensive vandalism at Eudora school stadium
• Town Talk: 'Donation meters' may be newest strategy to combat downtown panhandling; Ninth Street turning lane planned; downtown Mexican restaurant details; softball to provide $1 million boost
• LIVE VIDEO: Brownback to announce NBAF steering committee in Shawnee at 10:30
• 'Dangerously hot weather' expected; NWS extends excessive heat warning to Wednesday
• Department of Defense review finds no security concerns with Kansas wind energy projects
• Heard on the Hill: Retired KU prof James Gunn remembers Maya Angelou; Lawrence, KU artists featured in D.C. exhibition; Kansas Athletics accountant joins NAIA
• Harry Potter fans off to see the boy wizard for the last time
• Cooling centers open throughout Kansas
• 'She's a keeper': Formerly homeless couple weds
• Pump patrol
• Worth remembering
• Biblical capitalism
• Fear and facts
• No more taxes
• Outsider Murdoch makes his own rules
• 25 years ago: Mandatory drug testing proposed for city employees
• 40 years ago: Meadowbrook is first apartment complex to install cable TV
• 100 years ago: Promised rainstorm brings temperature relief, but little moisture
• Woman reports misuse of financial card
• Johnson County commissioners propose project to install K-10 cable-median barriers
• KU sophomore dies after collapsing at concert
• Library expansion designs undergo significant modifications; library raising $1 million for portions of expansion
• Wichita sex offender jailed on suspicion of sex crimes against children
• Assaria teenager pleads not guilty in stepbrother's death
• State approves new high-voltage transmission line in southern Kansas
• Excessive heat warning issued from Friday afternoon to Tuesday evening
• Former Riley County officer sues over firing
• Robbery reported at Central National Bank on 9th Street in Lawrence
• Steve Six's bid for appeals court remains in limbo
• Summit to discuss future of Ogallala Aquifer
• Heat wave may have been responsible for 11 deaths in Kansas and Missouri
• Dodge City plans to build $7 million site for agricultural trade show
• Kansas chief justice reports on court study
• Longtime advocate for victims of domestic violence no longer working in governor's office
• Developer requesting city assistance to build apartment building, art studios in east Lawrence
• Statehouse Live: Lease agreement for SRS office has conditions
• HazMat incident caused by sulfur-like smell; no contaminates found
• Town Talk: New library renderings, new library dollars on tap; Penny Annie's to open in Eudora; Extreme Makeover crew in Lawrence?
• Brownback set to appoint steering committee for NBAF
• Heard on the Hill: Spencer Art Museum continuing to work on expansion; blog recognizes poet Maya Angelou's KU connection; experimental poet to speak at KU
• How to beat the heat: imagination, early hours, optimism
• Voigts Farm reports $2,400 worth of tomatoes stolen
• Pump Patrol
• Expert offers homicide-case tips
• President Obama to GOP on debt talks: ‘Don’t call my bluff’
• Stinky sock smell project to fight malaria earns funding from Gates Foundation
• Nike faces new claims of worker abuse
• Poll: Upbeat baby boomers say they’re not old yet
• Kansas Bioscience Authority recommends funding for KU Cancer Center, Deciphera
• Reminder Of City Ordinance And Meaning For Tenants
• SRS strategies
• Active group
• SRS question
• Removed from reality
• Sanity questioned
• Children will lose
• South Korea investing in education
• Open negotiations
• Taxes tempered
• Former Wyandotte County judge to hear Lawrence man's request to withdraw guilty plea to murder
• On cross-country trek, Bike and Build crew stops in Lawrence to construct house
• NWS issues excessive heat watch for weekend
• Police locate child missing in downtown Lawrence
• Olathe man sentenced to 50 years in prison for wife's death
• No K-State students showing signs of mercury sickness after spill at fraternity house
• Tea Party cancels autumn KCK rally for lack of participation
• Agricultural trade exhibition moving to Dodge City next year
• Wichita police say missing 14-year-old found safe
• Kansas City Star dismisses columnist for representing others' work as his own
• Corporate jet tax hike hits ailing plane manufacturers
• Western Kansas airport plan picks up steam
• 13 inmates charged in Fort Leavenworth prison uprising
• Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging to hold public hearing on transportation, caregiver services
• Statehouse Live: Democrats criticize hiring private firm to defend state in lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood
• Rally to save SRS office set for Saturday at South Park
• Introducing the Dear Lawrence community photo project: We need your help!
• Busker Festival preview show to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Steve Six's bid for appeals court up for vote Thursday
• Rain delays today's repaving on Sixth Street; major traffic tie-ups near bridges now anticipated on Thursday
• Heard on the Hill: Article examines how faculty members spend their time; KU Monarch Watch director quoted in New York Times; KU grad student earns Department of Defense scholarship
• Prosecutors file 3 charges against man accused of drug possession, carrying sawed-off shotgun
• 2 Lawrence students win National Merit awards
• Briggs Nissan Subaru employee reports stolen items, including tires and wheels
• Lawrence woman reports stolen Macbook laptop
• KU student reports stolen Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
• Bullwinkle’s granted special use permit
• City Commission to appeal closure of Lawrence SRS office
• Lawrence City Commision agrees to cap tax increase at 1.88 mills
• County leaders say property tax hike not likely
• City districts?
• Great display
• State damage
• Post office vital to Lecompton
• Obama seeks to punish rich
• 100 years ago: Local man survives well collapse
• 40 years ago: Ninety-six of 111 people dropped from local welfare rolls
• 25 years ago: Kansas residents getting used to new seat belt law
• City Utilities Department To Start Project On Kentucky Street
• Children's Last Days Of Summer Activities Planned
• SRS edict
• Kansas University censures professor for behavior during incident involving parking ticket
• State's requirement for Lawrence Public Schools to spend down savings account by June 30 has been years in making
• KU Hospital approves 17 percent budget increase
• KU Hospital honors three people, two companies as inaugural Hall of Fame members
• Lawrence city manager offers several cuts to proposed budget to hold the line on property taxes
• Kansas SRS secretary pledges to keep eye on fraud
• After standoff, Topeka police find man in break-in asleep
• Augusta council imposes water restrictions because of low water levels at city lake
• Topeka development board OKs incentive package for Mars Inc.
• 4 plead guilty in large mortgage fraud scheme
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reduce dam releases on flooded Missouri River
• FEMA has spent more than $2 billion on flood buyouts since 1993
• 35-year-old man accused of hitting woman with his vehicle in Lawrence parking lot
• Work on Sixth Street to cause major traffic problems; city warns motorists to avoid downtown Kansas River bridges
• Abortion rights activist plans to open new abortion clinic in Wichita
• Abilene man, 61, sentenced to 12 years for robberies in Lawrence, Topeka and Overland Park
• Explosives to be disposed of this afternoon, may produce loud explosions across eastern Douglas County
• Lawrence man, 26, pleads no-contest to having relationship with 14-year-old girl
• Brownback to tour drought-ravaged areas of Kansas
• Judge to set hearing on Kansas family planning funds
• Excessive heat warning in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday
• Heard on the Hill: Endacott Society recording lots of oral histories; KU has banned 28 people from campus so far this year; KUMC-Wichita hires new associate dean
• Lawrence woman reports stolen 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe
• Lawrence man in fair condition after one-vehicle accident near bike ride route
• More than 600 gather at public forum to vent frustration with closing of Lawrence SRS office
• Man convicted of sexual battery says new evidence could prove innocence
• Lawrence school district told to spend savings
• Minnesota shutdown sparks debate on pay
• Murdoch media empire flooded with more accusations
• Talks on debt produce little progress
• 100 years ago: Streetcar employees get paid day off with picnic and free cigars
• 40 years ago: Steel delivered for reinforced floors at new library
• 25 years ago: Audio Reader to get new home on campus
• Faith-based policy
• Shades of gray
• Unfair partner
• Smells like politics
• Tourism opportunity
• Nonviolence may spur change in Syria
• A recap of today's news about the closure of the Lawrence SRS office, as told via social media
• Judge reduces bond for woman charged in child abuse case
• Eudora man faces 3 charges of sexually abusing 6-year-old
• Eudora man appears in court on charge of animal cruelty for neglecting to care for Shetland pony
• Cromwell defends giving city employees raises while private sector employees often go without
• Live blog: Tonight's public forum on closure of Lawrence SRS office
• Expect more traffic congestion in Lawrence with Sixth Street construction starting overnight
• After Open Records request, SRS provides more detailed explanation for some office closings
• Get ready for delays: Sixth Street set for repaving from Mass. to Iowa
• Ulster Project places Northern Irish teenagers in Hutchinson
• Kansas farmers taking state's offers for water use
• Lawrence man awaiting sentencing in child-solicitation case charged with burglary
• Siedlecki, aides explain decision to close Lawrence SRS office
• Topeka police investigate pedestrian's death
• Four more northwest Kansas post offices being reviewed for possible closure
• Mercury spill investigated at K-State fraternity house
• Giraffe born with leg defects celebrates first birthday at Topeka Zoo
• Report: Oil pipeline firm too optimistic on possibility for spills
• Hutchinson was nation's hot spot Sunday amid Kansas heat wave
• Maple Hill girl remains in critical condition after Sunday morning bike accident
• Infrared photo shoot postponed again
• Excessive heat warning issued for Monday, through 8 p.m.
• Heard on the Hill: Ex-Jayhawk QB Todd Reesing now working for David Booth; New York Times features exit interview of Jayhawk, FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair; reader doesn't like idea of honorary degrees
• Derby workers rescue dog after 20-foot fall
• Finals of piano competition a tuneup for International Institute for Young Musicians at KU
• Insurance agents complain FEMA creating confusion on flood policies
• Emotions run high for shuttle’s final docking
• Suspension of U.S. aid to Pakistan may stem from estranged relationship
• Lawmakers urged to reach debt deal in 10 days
• 2010 most popular Kansas baby names: Isabella, Jacob
• Drought could take toll on SW Kansas economy
• 25 years ago: Local pizza shop owners object to resale of slices at KU camp
• 40 years ago: Raids in Topeka, Lawrence result in arrests
• Judge Deanell Tacha supports former Kansas AG Steve Six's nomination to her position on appellate court
• NASA losing best and brightest
• Candidates meet their match in song
• A rare honor
• 100 years ago: Local store owner opts for shorter summer hours
• City Of Lawrence News - July 8, 2011
• Power restored to most Westar Energy customers in Douglas County
• Divorces and annulments
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• LifeStar helicopter called to scene of a car-bike accident in rural Douglas County
• Heat advisory for Douglas County effective Sunday morning
• Comprehensive Rehabiltation loans available to homeowners
• SRS options
• Scheduled U.S. exit may doom Iraq
• Regents boost
• Veterans recall their experiences with Boeing B-29 bombers
• Lawrence police to get additional training on handling mental health-related calls
• Aging boomers strain cities built for the young
• U.S. push for Middle East peace talks floundering
• Engineers anticipating more levee failures along Missouri River
• Raising of flag marks ‘new dawn’ for South Sudan
• Rescheduled helicopter inspections to take place today
• Cafeteria needs up for school board approval
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• SRS obstacles
• Tonagnoxie community holds vigil in honor of student killed in rollover accident
• Betty Ford services to be in California, Michigan
• Boehner to seek smaller $2T debt deal
• 15th St. may not be great divide
• Mortgages
• Around and about in local business
• About 150 attend meeting on SRS closure
• City leaders taking heat from public for proposed tax increases
• Pump Patrol
• Critic of arts funding move says governor trying to replace him
• Hollywood’s newest stars: Will and Kate
• Weak hiring casts doubts on rebound
• Who’s next?
• Caring state
• Lousy knitting
• Power corrupts
• Obama must get serious about cutting debt
• Around and About for July 9, 2011
• Military news for July 9, 2011
• 4-H and FCE news for July 9, 2011
• Scouting news for July 9, 2011
• 100 years ago: Fruits and vegetables low in quality in downtown markets
• Eudora police arrest man on multiple criminal sodomy charges
• State funding cuts spur universities to ponder privatization
• Not alone
• Former first lady Betty Ford dies
• Southwest Junior High honor roll for spring 2011
• Booth says addition to Allen Fieldhouse seems likely to be home for original basketball rules
• Heat advisory issued for Douglas County Sunday morning through Monday night
• American Legion to add name to Ellinwood war memorial
• Rattlesnake relocation project comes to an end
• Statehouse Live: In response to Florida case, O'Neal, Siedlecki vow to push for 'Caylee's Law'
• 12 people indicted in Wichita on heroin charges
• Johnson County nixes funds for contraception info
• Police say girl who died in Great Bend was reported missing at girls' shelter
• Senators seek hearing on Army Corps of Engineers' management of Missouri River flooding
• Wichita dad speaks after his 8 children placed in protective custody
• Fireworks push Wichita ozone levels over EPA limit
• Judge rules in favor of social worker accused of failing to protect toddler
• U.S. House votes to delay allowing gays into military
• Teen runaways from O'Connell Youth Ranch located
• Lawrence man, 39, faces misdemeanor charges eavesdropping
• Lawrence man, 30, arrested after grandmother reports two boys physically abused
• Officials remain mum on progress of investigation into serial rapist
• Statehouse Live: Brownback says he is willing to consider options to closure of Lawrence SRS office
• Brownback announces appointments to Kansas Board of Regents
• Atlantis launches on final mission of U.S. space shuttle program
• Heard on the Hill: Spencer Research Library picks up Sturgeon science fiction collection; reader finds honorary degree awarded in 1890; child's KUMC lab experience leads to complex science projects
• Pump patrol
• Governor to announce new regents Friday
• 100 years ago: North Lawrence horse infected with contagious fatal disease
• Lawrence man reports theft of jewelry from vehicle
• Bongo set reported stolen Tuesday
• Lawrence man reports tools, computer stolen from business
• 25 years ago: World population reaches five billion
• Weather threatens final shuttle launch
• Inflation change could cut Social Security
• Obama: Still differences on debt, new talks Sunday
• Political lesson
• Local targets
• House GOP holds reins on debt
• Petraeus faces adjustments in CIA job
• Budget belt
• 40 years ago: Start, end times shuffled for Lawrence schools
• Teachers lower request for raises
• Writer and former Douglas County sheriff candidate George Kimball dies
• Police release name of man found dead in Lawrence hotel room, say he died after fight with female acquaintance
• New KU staffer to help push research into the marketplace
• National group asks federal government to pull funding from Kansas arts in wake of state's decision to cut its funding
• Proscutors file several charges against man subdued by Taser
• Prosecutors file 11 charges against man involved in domestic disturbance
• Tonganoxie High School student killed in rollover accident Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 24-20 in Basehor
• Topeka interim superintendent resigns
• Alabama now holds record for most EF-5 tornadoes
• Emporia State's business school ranks as nation's most affordable
• Excessive heat pushing up utility bills in western Kansas
• Brownback names Terry Maple state fire marshal
• Police take 8 children from Wichita home after 3 were found wandering a street
• KC-area children flock to summer lunch programs
• Meetings scheduled to address closure of Lawrence's SRS office; Brownback administration remains mum
• Two Johnson County women injured in median cross-over accident on Kansas Highway 10
• Union members protest First Management construction project at Ninth and New Hampshire
• Dollhouse project gives fundraiser for court advocates an international flair
• Ballard Center collecting supplies for school kits
• Heard on the Hill: KU students to gain access to 50-inch telescope; KU Medical Center, KU Hospital can be difficult to distinguish; parking employees face perils on the job
• Officials still trying to determine cause of west Lawrence house fire
• Pump Patrol
• Fraternity housing plan likely runs afoul of city code
• McGrew Real Estate to celebrate 60th anniversary by donating to local charities
• Auto industry is on hiring spree
• Douglas County commissioners approve extension of noise ordinance to be enforced all hours of the day
• Astronaut, KU professor Steve Hawley hopes to see country take new tack on space exploration
• 40 years ago: Organizers urge KU classified employees to unionize
• 100 years ago: Railroad plans poisonous fate for grasshoppers
• Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department Skateboard Camp And Twilight Special
• No surprise
• Tax thoughts
• Anti-tax GOP
• Highway costs
• GOP may turn to Texas governor
• Site options
• 25 years ago: Heavy rains fail to dampen spirits at festival's last day
• Regulators, industry cooperate to renew licenses for nuclear plants to continue operating
• Lawrence police still investigating case of man found dead in Howard Johnson hotel
• Twelve young pianists to take part in International Institute for Young Musicians competition at Kansas University
• Exhibit detailing life of Lincoln on display at Lecompton's Territorial Capital Museum
• Southbound lanes of K-7 closed east of Basehor by fatality accident
• Kansas Gov. Brownback says cut in Medicaid rates possible
• Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson holding space shuttle watch party
• Shawnee County, deputies fail to reach contract
• Cable worker hospitalized in Wichita after apparent shock
• Missouri River floods force trains to western Kansas
• Great Bend police investigate girl's death
• Scrap metal from Topeka air base for sale
• Six more Kansas counties added to disaster proclamation after storms, flooding
• Federal Elections Commission members question dismissal of complaint against Congressman Kevin Yoder
• Brownback says Missouri River floods should prompt review of Corps of Engineers
• Federal judge cancels hearing in Planned Parenthood case
• Sheriff's officers take man into custody following domestic disturbance
• Judge denies former Lawrence church youth leader’s request to dismiss aggravated indecent liberties case
• Statehouse Live: Brownback defends closure of Lawrence SRS office; local lawmaker says decision wasn't data driven
• Douglas County Route 9 — closed for seven months by work on Kansas Turnpike — now open
• Heard on the Hill: KU sorority purchases house from fraternity; KU alumna named to board of Marathon Oil; KU's department of public administration gets new name
• 3 Eudora residents linked to recent burglaries of vehicles and sheds
• City commissioners send land annexation request to Douglas County Commission to be reviewed
• Lawrence man reports $1,027 worth of items stolen in vehicle burglary
• Lawrence woman reports stolen 2000 Chrysler Cirrus
• Texas man reports stolen boxes of cigarettes, iPod in vehicle burglary
• Lawrence man to plead guilty to methamphetamine trafficking
• 25 years ago: New pay scale under consideration for county workers
• 40 years ago: 'Gang fight' in Eudora results in arrests, injuries
• 100 years ago: Eagles lodge members move into new home
• NWS issues severe thunderstorm watch for Douglas County until 3 a.m.
• Notable votes
• Road to prosperity?
• No GOP compromise
• Recall effort?
• Please explain
• U.S. democracy based on compromise
• Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department Offers - Kid’s Night Out: Pirates of the Caribbean
• Statehouse Live: Brownback plans news conference to talk about his time in governor's office so far
• Populations soar around aging US nuclear plants
• Lawrence Humane Society takes in lower number of stray dogs despite noisy holiday weekend
• Body of 52-year-old Lawrence man discovered at local hotel; police investigating
• NWS issues severe thunderstorm watch for Jefferson County
• Gov. Brownback donates unspent inauguration funds to Kansas Arts Foundation, other nonprofits
• Abortion providers worried that new state rules will violate patient privacy
• Kansas Coalition for Life wants special legislative session to consider more restrictions on abortion
• Two people injured, including one firefighter, in fire on Cynthia Street in west Lawrence
• Pony owned by city of Wichita recovering from pit bull mauling
• Sedgwick County reports 8 house fires on Fourth of July
• Lawrence police stay busy with fireworks-related calls during weekend; no fires reported
• Wichita man sentenced to 8 years in bank robbery
• Wichita man to go before parole board 26 years after being convicted of murder
• Police arrest Kansas City man accused of exposing himself to group of women in parking lot
• Charges dismissed in alleged sexual attack in May; prosecutors seek more evidence
• Federal funds expected at Planned Parenthood already diverted to Sedgwick County, state admits
• Douglas County DA: No charges planned in fatality accident on Kansas Highway 10
• Kansas state education board set to take up budget proposals for 2012
• Heard on the Hill: Looking for more '16 Things' suggestions; KU professor offers 10 tips to help your child make friends; story of signing chimpanzee has a KU connection
• Congested Mo. River threatens tributaries
• Global warming pause linked to China sulfur
• Montana population to hit 1 million
• Two die in wrong-way crash Interstate 435
• Rash of house fires reported over holiday
• Pump patrol
• Mars landing: Official describes how state pursued candy plant
• Aviation industry balks at attack on aircraft tax breaks
• A food-filled Fourth from Free State
• Thousands go forth with holiday festivities
• Employees fight to get wages owed them
• KU showing effects of prolonged budget squeeze
• Useful exchange
• U.S. must fill Afghan gaps
• Republican divisions are nothing new
• 25 years ago: Independence Days kicks off with varied musical lineup, fireworks
• 40 years ago: Record crowd gathers in KU stadium for fireworks
• 100 years ago: Editorial scolds Lawrence residents for poor park attendance
• Priority No. 1
• Truth tarnishes Osama’s image
• Book details U.S. mortgage debacle
• Great weekend
• Kansas was the cradle of cowboy culture
• 25 years ago: Sister City proposal gaining traction in Lawrence
• 40 years ago: Ft. Riley man pulls gun on KS Turnpike employee
• 100 years ago: Downtown clears out for holiday while temps climb to 108
• Show stoppers: Brad Huff elbows way to men’s win; Gwen Inglis top woman
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Making sense of KPERS, 401(k) plans
• Kansas to keep working on rules for abortion clinics
• U.S. nuclear regulators weaken safety rules
• Teen volunteer Bryce Ridgway brightens patients’ lives at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
• Slick streets add new element to Tour of Lawrence
• Brownback effort seeks to boost marriage rates
• Police identify boy who drowned at Lone Star Lake
• Pump Patrol
• Exhibit at Carnegie Library honors region's history
• Lawrence man seeks new sexual battery trial based on claims of new evidence
• Group observes marking of Civil War veteran’s grave
• Common good calls for sacrifices
• Default threat erodes U.S. confidence
• Tax assumptions
• New York landscape architect Frederick Olmsted helped arm free-state militia and purchase a cannon to place in Lawrence
• 25 years ago: LMH employee found not guilty of molesting patient
• 40 years ago: Old Jefferson Town to be dedicated in Oskaloosa
• 100 years ago: Lawrence library purges old files, requires new cards from patrons
• Boomer Girl Diary: Working to slack off
• New York D.A. suffers new setback with Strauss-Kahn
• 9/11 flag provides security blanket for wounded nation
• Minnesota governor fights GOP's 'no new tax' stance
• Fair deal?
• 16 things: KU’s Natural History Museum director shares experiences
• 2 teens die in separate accidents at Cheney Lake
• Lawrence woman injured in Allen County rollover accident
• Search and recovery team at Lone Star Lake after 7-year-old reported missing; swimming beach closed
• Two injured in four-vehicle accident on I-70 near Lawrence; traffic stopped for over two hours
• Green vehicle stolen from East 12th Street
• More than $1,000 worth of items stolen from vehicle
• Items stolen from George's Hobby House
• Pump Patrol
• Passing major debt deal by Aug. 2 seems doubtful
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Ex-IMF leader given more freedom, but charges stand
• Fiscal challenges pose tough choices for Kansas governor
• City commission agenda for July 5, 2011
• Around and About in Local Business, July 2, 2011
• Tax precedent
• Iowa separates Bachmann, Palin
• Celebrate Parks and Recreation Month with LPRD
• Video game ruling ignores reality
• Club news for July 2, 2011
• Around and About for July 2, 2011
• Scouting news for July 2, 2011
• Military news for July 2, 2011
• 25 years ago: City commission considers 'home rule' to issue bypass bonds without public vote
• 40 years ago: Draft extension on hold; Lawrence men still required to register
• 100 years ago: 15-year-old Lawrence boy ready for college sophomore work
• Summer Construction In Full Swing: Three Projects To Begin On July 5 That Will Impact Traffic Flow
• Indoor Aquatic Center To Host Large Swim Meet
• Northbound New Hampshire Street to close between 6th and 7th streets for road work
• County will handle DUI cases until cities pass ordinances to match new, stricter state law
• Lawrence city manager's 2012 budget calls for tax increase
• Federal judge blocks Kansas licensing rules for abortion clinics
• Bennington man uses encyclopedic knowledge to write books
• Liberal's Dorothy program for junior high, high school girls gains national attention
• Swim meet to close indoor aquatic center next weekend
• Kansas City car dealer sentenced for aiding drug traffickers
• KCK Community College names new president
• Ford County bans fireworks in rural areas because of dry conditions
• Skull identified as American Indian man
• Survey suggests Midwest's economic growth slowing
• Law enforcement wiretaps doubled in Kansas and Missouri in 2010
• Douglas County judge sentences 19-year-old Lawrence man to nearly 5-year prison term for using BB gun in Walmart robbery
• Westbound I-70 reopens east of Lawrence following accident on Kansas Turnpike
• Kansas abortion rules face test in federal court
• Atchison man accused of attacking Lawrence man taking late-night walk
• Lawrence community devastated, shocked by closing of its SRS office
• Heat advisory in effect for Douglas County until 8 p.m.
• Helicopter inspections of roofs on county-owned buildings postponed due to wind
• Heard on the Hill: Lists of college costs hope to increase accountability; KU hires new director of professional military education; new parking gates coming to parking garage
• Upward Bound program helps students prepare for higher education
• Pump patrol
• Larger corn crop may slow inflation
• Olive Garden’s future cloudy after board rejects financial incentives
• Time to speculate: Diana would have turned 50 today
• Minnesota government shuts down
• Summer Concert Series Performances from Lawrence City Band and Lonnie Ray Blues Band
• Girls 4th and 5th Grade Volleyball Registration Being Accepted
• Celebrate /Holiday in July /with Lawrence Parks and Recreation
• Veteran hire
• Comprehensive Rehabilitation Loans Available to Lawrence Homeowners
• Clinic controversy
• Obama should ‘evolve’ faster
• Petraeus reflects on years in uniform
• 25 years ago: Sales tax, seat belts included in new laws taking effect today
• 40 years ago: Health officials find high bacteria counts in Lawrence milk
• 100 years ago: Residents not missing Sunday post-office hours
• Lawrence school district plans to add online classes to help prevent dropouts
• Data reporting error puts KU as 17th most expensive public school in Department of Education report
• Lecompton fears for future of its post office
• Papa Keno’s remains open as owner files for bankruptcy
• Sheriff's Department surveying roofs of county buildings from helicopter Friday
• The Boy in the Attic: De Soto mother Rachel Perez discusses horrific child abuse case
• Deal near for KU Coach Bill Self to donate $1 million for new west Lawrence recreation center
• City commissioners considering merits of development incentives
• Salina man falls for secret shopper scam
• Sedgwick County commissioner says columnist should resign after making disparaging remarks about Kansas
• Kansas farmers planted more corn, sorghum crops this year
• Musical about Garden City cofounder taking flight
• More than 250 nonprofits in Wichita lose tax-exempt status
• Number of lead poisoning cases in Kansas more than three times the national average
• Town Talk: Self likely to donate $1 million for West Lawrence recreation center, sales tax dollars may fund rest; skatepark improvements, new East Lawrence playground on drawing board
• NWS issues excessive heat warning, heat advisory and excessive heat watch for Douglas County
• Planned Parenthood says it will receive abortion license, expects to withdraw federal lawsuit
• Wichita man claiming to be ninja arrested after standoff
• Heard on the Hill: Faculty, staff raises for some coming in January; faculty squabbles go back to KU's very beginning days; ranking website finds some strange categories for KU
• County Commission approves $20,000 Van Go funding request
• Ruling preserves freedom of speech
• Working together
• 25 years ago: Warning issued about eating fish caught in Kansas River
• 40 years ago: New student health center in the works at KU
• 100 years ago: Plans in place for Independence Day celebration
• News from the City of Lawrence - June 29, 2011
• Stand clarified
• U.S. losing art of compromise
• Prosecutors charge man arrested after altercation with KU police with felony battery
• City dismissed from lawsuit involving death of former Athletic Director Bob Frederick
• KU names Fred Rodriguez as new vice provost for diversity
• Kansas University engineering students working in Bolivia
• Joplin educators worry about post-tornado enrollment shifts
• Missouri residents prepare for high waters from flooded river
• Chocolate maker Mars Inc. picks Topeka for factory
• Heat wave threatens livestock, crops
• Another challenge to Kansas' abortion rules expected
• Fourth of July events and fireworks displays in Lawrence, Eudora, De Soto, McLouth and Ottawa
• Are fireworks legal in Lawrence and Douglas County? Learn the rules before Fourth of July weekend
• Tour emphasizes Masonic Temple's uniqueness, as caterer urges city to provide incentives for development
• Federal investigator looking into explosion that led to hospitalization of Lawrence man
• Dori Villalon named executive director of Lawrence Humane Society
• Kansas legislator, Sedgwick county manager named to panel studying proposed KPERS plan
• NWS issues Thursday heat advisory for Douglas County, temperatures expected to reach triple digits Thursday through Saturday
• Town Talk: Compton project at Ninth and N.H. recommended for incentives; Olive Garden project less clear; longtime insurer closes Lawrence office
• Heard on the Hill: KU men's basketball more profitable than football in 2009; KU law school releases salary data; KUMC researcher helps find better hepatitis C treatment
• Home prices rise in 13 major U.S. cities
• Senate panel OKs operation in Libya
• Congressmen seeking changes to Medicare
• Man transported to area hospitals after homemade firework explodes in hand
• Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority reopens waiting lists for affordable housing
• City Commission puts off action on Bullwinkle’s permit
• Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew preparing for voter ID law to go into effect
• July 4th Fireworks
• Opening Events Scheduled For Lawrence’s Carnegie Building
• Peaceful assembly
• Psychology may foil withdrawal plans
• Limit spending
• School moves
• 25 years ago: Lecompton's Constitutional Hall passes to state ownership
• 40 years ago: KU recycling center threatened by lack of funding
• 100 years ago: Lawrence boys attempt automobile journey to Colorado
• Emergency management division asks residents to register special needs for assistance
• Attorney for former church youth leader asks judge to dismiss indecent liberties charge based on statute of limitations
• Final ticket scandal co-conspirator Ben Kirtland awaits designation at Massachusetts federal prison
• Alexandra 'Sandy' Mason, first librarian at Spencer Research Library, dies at age 80
• County prosecutors have yet to file charges after altercation at KU School of Business
• KU considers allowing students to study abroad in countries with State Department travel warnings
• Marijuana operation raided in southeast Kansas
• Merriam Municipal Court clerk charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from city
• Soldier found dead at Fort Riley
• Capitol Police chief defends flagpole policy after protest
• Joplin tornado debris boosts landfill fees collected in Kansas and Missouri
• Parts of Kansas baking in sustained triple-digit heat
• Flooding closes roads, bridges near Missouri River
• Kansas abortion providers sue to stop new state rules
• No cause found for fire in building on KU's Edwards Campus
• Police identify body found in wooded area near mobile home park
• Eudora man faces animal cruelty charge related to 'shocking' condition of pony's hooves
• Town Talk: Farmland site likely to be cleaned by end of August; roadwork, roadwork roadwork, including a closure of 31st Street; a sellout for Joplin tornado victims
• Kansas SRS announces Low Income Energy Assistance Program to help pay for summer cooling bills
• Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's task force on election fraud law to meet Tuesday
• Heard on the Hill: KU makes old Kansas maps available online; overnight storm causes some tree damage on campus; website makes it easy to follow KU NBA Jayhawks
• Two KUPD officers sustain minor injuries in altercation near Summerfield Hall
• Court limits state rules on campaign spending
• NRC chairman says Neb. plants safe from flooding
• Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins talks budget with Rotarians
• Man arrested in 2010 meth raid pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge
• Police recover Lawrence woman's stolen iPod, DVDs
• Man reports stolen GPS device, laptop computer
• Lawrence man reports stolen souvenir hats
• Rural Lawrence man taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after moped accident
• Toothless law
• Call for Entries for the Lawrence Sustainable Homes Tour
• After grim first half of 2011, analysts optimistic second half will be better
• Call For Exhibitors For The 11th Annual Lawrence Energy Conservation Fair
• White House confident ‘significant’ deal on debt could be reached
• City Offices to Close Monday, July 4
• Jury convicts Blagojevich of corruption at retrial
• 25 years ago: Tickets selling well for Independence Days celebration
• 40 years ago: Chemical sprays used in attempt to control corn blight
• 100 years ago: Lawrence businessman mysteriously disappears
• Offensive
• Tennis highlights language skills
• Powerful U.S. guns fuel Mexico violence
• Tonganoxie hires Randy Weseman as interim superintendent
• Lawrence High School names new assistant principal
• New leader named for Head Start group
• Lawrence Busker Festival organizers try to recoup money from Kansas Arts Commission
• Parents consider contracting school buses with their own money
• 18-year-old Lawrence man sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in robbery attempt
• New state law removes cities' ability to set their own fines for seat belt violations
• Kansas wheat harvest passes halfway mark
• Officials still trying to identify body found in east Lawrence creek
• Dog killed while trying to protect home from burglar
• Garden City businessman accused of hiding camera in bathroom
• 68-year-old Arkansas City woman killed; husband in custody
• Sen. Jerry Moran tours Topeka hospital
• U.S. trade commission determines Garmin did not violate Pioneer patents
• Man sentenced to 10 years for scheming to poison Lenexa restaurant's salsa
• New book examines Topeka homeless activist's death
• Wichita Diocese celebrates sainthood investigation
• Planned Parenthood sues Kansas officials over funding
• Rural Lawrence man treated at hospital following moped accident
• Fort Leavenworth soldier released from jail; next court date on KU robbery charge set for Thursday
• Heard on the Hill: Spencer Research Library is home to works of experimental poet Ronald Johnson; KU law students receive public interest stipends; KU comedians return to Kansas City over the weekend
• Douglas County under severe thunderstorm watch until 9 a.m.
• Missouri’s latest woe: insects
• Southwest Kansas towns join forces to promote region in global economy
• Whales, plankton migrate across Northwest Passage
• As part of ‘gender madness,’ Swedish preschool avoids using ‘him’ or ‘her’
• Member of hacker group cites boredom as disbanding reason
• Intelligence shift shows change in war goals
• A decade later, no simple answers for war in Afghanistan
• Mike Wildgen, former city manager, serving as chairman of school consolidation group
• 40 years ago: Children await unveiling of rocket in Broken Arrow Park
• 100 years ago: Still under construction, Bowersock Opera House lines up fall season
• Topeka man sails more than 4,000 miles across Atlantic
• Abortion clinic regulations get more detailed
• Task force redux
• U.S. shifting response to global demands
• Texas governor may make GOP run
• Buffalo helped shape culture of Kansas
• Lawrence students meet 'adequate yearly progress' on standardized tests
• 25 years ago: Plans on track for K-10 industrial park
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Unattended body found in woods Saturday, 'no obvious signs of foul play'
• Bird watchers flock to Land Trust walk
• Residents help neighbors in flooded North Dakota
• Tornadoes, floods deliver blow to state budgets
• Around and about in local business
• Mortgages
• Analysis: No turning back for Obama after Afghan war decision
• Ill, stranded penguin offered a lift home
• Libyan state media says NATO airstrike kills 15
• Endangered Puerto Rican parrot species making a comeback
• Marriage plans bloom in and around N.Y.
• Gay marriage vote in New York may have national impact
• Kansas values
• Safety net is a moral obligation
• U.S. success depends on bipartisanship
• Tax choices
• 25 years ago: Residents polled on controversial local issues
• 40 years ago: Good news for wheat, bad news for corn
• 100 years ago: Potter Lake to open for public swimming
• Poll: Americans divided on debt crisis
• Drivers catch a break as gasoline prices fall
• House rebukes Obama, won’t halt Libya funds
• New Free State High School band uniforms up for approval
• Lecompton Territorial Days festivities celebrate city's rich history
• News from the City of Lawrence - June 24, 2011
• Regents, KU Hospital need injection of vision, leadership
• Good job!
• Wrong move
• Slow Afghanistan exit makes sense
• U.S. needs new rules outlining war powers
• KU Fall 2010 Honor Roll
• 25 years ago: High insurance costs threaten fireworks in Kansas cities
• 40 years ago: Lawrence man takes to the high seas
• 100 years ago: Editorial criticizes police force for continued burglaries
• Pump patrol for 6-25
• Haskell to host program promoting youth wellness services
• City Commission agenda for June 28, 2011
• K-State paying students to give up dorm rooms for incoming freshmen; similar situation unlikely at KU
• Sweet corn arriving on local markets next week
• Leavenworth native reaches finals for Army Reserve's Best Warrior Competition
• Mo. judge rules lawsuit over KU fraternity pledge's injury out of jurisdiction
• Attorney working on South Lawrence Trafficway lawsuit says attempt at mediation ended in impasse
• Two Fort Leavenworth soldiers accused of robbing KU students at gunpoint
• 25 Kansas counties named disaster areas because of drought
• 2nd man sentenced for conducting illegal deer hunts
• Colorado coroner says Kansas rafter died of drowning
• Kansas man sentenced in Nebraska for failing to register as sex offender
• Protestors gearing up for Koch conclave in Colorado
• KCK abortion clinic denied state license; Overland Park clinic passes review
• Man dies in accident at Rozel Grain Facility
• 1 dies, 1 critically injured in Topeka fire
• Wichita hospital to open new cancer institute
• Kansas union leaders approve GE contract proposal
• Small business loans help hundreds of Lawrence companies flourish
• Kansas artist working on 9/11 works for airports
• Heard on the Hill: More Kansas state legislators lack college experience than other states; all kinds of Jayhawks are at European-based ESPN America; KU researcher gets mention in Kansas economy story
• School consolidation group breaks the ice at first meeting
• Top U.S. military officers see risk in Afghanistan withdrawal
• As Syrian troops push to Turkish border, villagers run
• Karzai surrounding himself with anti-U.S. advisers
• Hacked road sign warns of zombies
• Captured Boston mob boss was hiding in plain sight
• Republicans bail on budget talks
• Senators demand probe on nuclear safety
• Immigrants 'come out' in push for reform
• Pump Patrol
• District offers to boost some teachers' salaries
• Family honored with $1M bequest to K- State
• Advisers begin K-10 cable barrier study
• Waiting for help
• News slant making media irrelevant
• Diplomacy difficult but necessary
• 25 years ago: Fundraising for Holcom Park center goes to voters
• 40 years ago: City wins neighborhood revitalization grant
• 100 years ago: Burglaries continue in downtown, residential areas
• Layoffs, housing data show chronic problem
• Democrats eye GOP tax cut ideas to boost jobs
• Non-OPEC states to release reserve oil
• Harry Potter transformed into e-book series
• Slightly fewer Kansas University students enrolled in summer classes this year
• Business moving to Garden City begins hiring
• Wichita officials say fire in Old Town area was arson
• Linwood man — convicted of raping 8-year-old — ordered to stay away from children
• Veteran pleads guilty in Westboro stalking case
• NY rape suspect made news as missing boy in 1990s
• Group works to bring convention center to Hays
• Eaton Corp. carries on 5 years after almost closing Hutchinson plant
• Waterlogged Midwest faces threat of more rain
• Former KU student pleads guilty to battery after woman alleges she was sexually assaulted at fraternity house
• Lawrence Habitat for Humanity, McAlister's Deli team up for Tea Town USA competition
• Former Lawrence mayor Rob Chestnut appointed to Kansas Pooled Money Investment Board
• KDHE board to meet Wednesday on abortion clinic regulations
• Vote on former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six's federal appeals court nomination delayed again
• Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt hires former federal prosecutor Jackie Williams
• Power restored to Westar Energy customers in south Lawrence after Thursday morning outage
• Town Talk: No Lowe's plan but still talk; tavern slated for Sixth and Wakarusa; downtown vacancy at 13 percent, by one measure
• Heard on the Hill: School of Allied Health gets a new name; KU wants you to adopt a journal subscription; KU tuition committee members listed
• Pump Patrol
• Baldwin City man in good condition at LMH
• Glass broken in Kennedy School front door
• Felony charge filed in car burglary
• Tonganoxie man involved in 2009 fatality to serve year in jail
• Author discusses book about abortion debate in Kansas
• Slow economic recovery weakens President Obama’s support
• Gore: On global warming, Obama has changed little
• Obama: Surge troops leaving Afghanistan
• Probationers in Georgia to work in fields
• No free ride home for lost Emperor penguin in New Zealand
• Journalist admits he’s an illegal immigrant
• First /Family Fun Friday at Outdoor Aquatic Center
• McCain has shifting view of isolationism
• Good Neighbor Ordinances: Help Keep Your Neighborhood Enjoyable with These Simple Tips
• Paying the price
• Justice not blind to race, wealth
• Lost rights
• High school students get training at KU's Kansas Journalism Institute
• School district plans to offer boost in teacher compensation
• Members of First Baptist Church go to Haiti to help build foundation for school
• Committee of students, faculty, administrators helps shape Kansas University's tuition proposals
• Missouri River floods make it difficult to get around
• Lieutenant governor leads forum on Medicaid reform
• KDHE inspects Overland Park abortion clinic
• 16-year-old charged in shooting death of Wichita teen
• Dodge City's Boot Hill Museum presents redevelopment plan
• Body found in Cheney Lake believed to be missing Haven teenager
• Kansas announces new commerce funding
• Kansas woman dies in Colorado after vehicle rolls into river
• New homes go up in inner KCK neighborhood
• Bethany College making art gallery more environmentally friendly
• Kasold Drive construction between Clinton Parkway and 31st Street should finish by end of November
• An Interfaith Dialogue planning 9-11 event
• Police asking for public's help in murder of Hutchinson woman
• Town Talk: Zarco expansion plans for Compressed Natural Gas station; Dunkin' Donuts begins work on second location; Lawrence Perkins avoids closure
• Heard on the Hill: KU fundraising campaign still moving along silently; look for honorary degrees to be awarded at the 2012 commencement; I'm looking for ways budget cuts affect you
• Lawrence man reports stolen property
• KU student reports stolen laptop computer, iPod Touch
• Lawrence man reports stolen items from truck
• City auditor to examine Lawrence's rental registration program
• Commission votes to allow residents to pick fruit grown in city parks
• Greek prime minister survives confidence vote
• New task force to study retail in downtown Lawrence
• City wants to crack down on ‘unscrupulous’ landlords
• City commissioners reiterate strong likelihood of tax increase at budget study session
• $1.2 million estate gift to create scholarships at KU School of Pharmacy
• Take Charge Challenge Featured At 'Green Build' Open House
• School priorities
• A politician who lies is hardly unique
• U.S., Pakistan working on relationship
• 3 finalists named for Shawnee County District Court vacancy
• Wichita revokes license of inflatables company
• Ohio soldier assigned to Fort Riley dies in Afghanistan
• 10,000 KC students to start school with supplies
• Weekly Ellsworth newspaper vows to continue after fire
• First public forum for Medicaid overhaul set for Wednesday in Topeka
• Annual CASA fundraiser includes opportunity to win playhouse, attend celebration
• Kansas' quick implementation of new abortion rules may force clinics to shut down
• Kansas City Cancer Center completes merger with KU Cancer Center
• Speed limit on several highways — including Kansas Turnpike — to increase to 75 mph on July 1
• Topeka man sentenced to 17 years in prison for robbing Lawrence convenience store
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback pushes faith mentors for state prison inmates
• Baldwin City man reported missing after hiking at Clinton Lake with his collie found just before Monday night's storm
• NRC takes Wolf Creek nuclear power plant off increased oversight list
• Saline County Jail inmate beaten with domino-filled sock after allegedly stealing honey bun
• Town Talk: First Watch to reopen July 1; glass recycling program recommended for city; rental regulations may stiffen
• Trash, water and sewer fees up for discussion at Lawrence City Commission budget study session
• Heard on the Hill: Retired KU professor's really old website attracts attention; KU gets $4M for deferred maintenance; Twitter account details amusing problems girls face at KU
• Defendant in connection with 2006 death of Lawrence hip-hop artist Anthony 'Clacc' Vital says he was misled during plea talks
• Baldwin City woman released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after two-vehicle accident
• Lawrence man reports stolen items from 1999 green Ford Mustang
• Lawrence man reports stolen black Mercedes car
• Lawrence Mayor Aron Cromwell says property tax mill levy increase will be difficult to avoid
• Failed duty
• 100 years ago: Rabies scare in Lawrence results in canine restrictions
• 40 years ago: Three motorcyclists involved in weekend accidents
• 25 years ago: Another deer breaks store window on Mass Street
• Water issues
• Trash fees
• Apologies due
• E-Verify system has serious drawbacks
• Supreme Court blocks sex bias case vs. Wal-Mart
• Internet minders OK domain name expansion
• Obama to address U.S. troop pullout this week
• Sand supply running low in flood areas
• Tornado watch canceled early in Douglas County, storms continue to roll through area
• Lawrence resident selected via Twitter to attend final space shuttle launch
• KU chooses dean of graduate studies to fill vice provost position
• City approves Iron Chef-style competition for Fourth of July celebration
• Oskaloosa's Old Settlers Festival to celebrate Kansas' sesquicentennial
• Elementary school consolidation group to begin work Thursday
• Authorities in Kansas and Missouri plan 'enhanced' enforcement of Interstate 70
• Brownback appoints members to commission to study KPERS, retirement plans for new state workers
• Miniature horse group plans show Sunday in Tonganoxie
• Sand shortage causes concern for Missouri River flood fighters
• Kansas moving KC-area driver's license office
• Kansas farm tour highlights solar, wind energy
• Leader of Kansas City charity ends 8,000-mile walk through Latin America
• Fire hits Ellsworth newspaper building
• Kansas town losing grocery store
• Kansas prison conference begins Monday
• KDHE had close ties with Sunflower Electric Co.
• Lawrence man accused of sexually abusing 5-year-old boy
• Lawrence man charged with aggravated arson in connection with mobile home incident
• Ottawa police make arrest in sex crime case from 2000
• Statehouse Live: Brownback makes appointments to KPERS study commission
• Heard on the Hill: New KU business dean fills top vacancy; KU delegation travels to Lehigh to learn about hazing; KU journalism student lands internship with European ESPN network
• Headstone added to Negro Leaguer’s Topeka grave
• Eurozone puts off Greek loan decision
• Scandals highlight dearth of women in politics
• States look to Internet taxes to resolve budget woes
• Levees in northern Missouri can’t hold back river
• Data to be evaluated in effort to improve state court system
• In tough times for schools, teaching degrees still sought
• Program opens doors for migrant workers’ children
• High schools expand course offerings
• 25 years ago: TV crew here to film Stan Herd earthwork
• 40 years ago: Local farmer brings in first load of wheat
• 100 years ago: New law orders theaters to keep aisles clear
• Fighting back
• U.S. limits
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects For The Week Of June 20
• Police requests
• City Teams Up To Offer Lighting Retrofit For One Lucky Household In Lawrence
• Romney faces pros, cons of front-runner
• Budget equation
• NWS issues tornado watch for Douglas County until 2 a.m. Monday
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Pump Patrol
• Lawrence man arrested for attempting to start trailer fire
• Hunting camp owner, guide face sentencing
• 6th Fort Riley soldier dies from June 6 attack
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• 30 years later, Lawrence residents remember 1981 tornado
• Residents left without power following storm
• Boomer Girl Diary: The perils of pop-ins
• NATO gets free ride on military actions
• Media has a Palin addiction
• Appointment powers
• 25 years ago: Lawrence residents remember tornado five years earlier
• 40 years ago: Groundbreaking for new CO2 plant in Lawrence
• Class ring finds its way back to owner after 43 years
• 100 years ago: Robber locks deputy treasurer in vault, escapes with thousands
• Kansas Board of Regents hopes to reconnect with legislators over higher education funding
• Third suspect sentenced in Kansas teen’s death
• Douglas County under severe thunderstorm watch through 2 a.m. Sunday
• Mortgages
• Around and about in local business
• Pump Patrol
• Wildfires in Southwest prompt more evacuations
• Officials: Nebraska nuke plant is safe from flood
• Catering to unions is hurting U.S. economy
• 25 years ago: Traffic light approved for Ninth and Maine
• 40 years ago: New Director of Bands arrives at KU
• 100 years ago: East Lawrence house nearly crushed by falling tree
• Law professor representative of distinguished KU faculty
• NWS cancels severe thunderstorm warning for Douglas County; watch still in effect through 3 a.m.
• Firefighters fired in Joplin looting
• War is a waste
• Stop executions
• No tax break
• Protect nature
• Put a cork in Internet bubble talk — for now
• U.N. resolution backs gay rights for first time ever
• Kansans with disabilities could lose services because of state budget cuts
• Schools of education respond to shrinking job market for teachers
• City Commission agenda for June 21, 2011
• String of burglaries prompt business owners to re-evaluate security measures
• Gadhafi defiant: ‘NATO will be defeated. They will pull out in defeat’
• Conn. residents pounce on reports of loose cougar
• Syrian forces open fire on protesters
• Phony war hero indicted for fraud involving Leavenworth construction projects
• Judge sentences Lawrence woman to 32 months in prison for child sex abuse
• Brownback administration lays off 85 Kansas Dept. of Labor employees
• Statehouse Live: Kansas Department of Labor lays off 85
• KDHE issues blue-green algae warning at Meade State Lake
• Kansas winter wheat harvest moves further north
• Police investigating deaths of Wellington man, woman
• Life in Texas prison for convicted sex offender
• Topeka to discipline students for gang clothing
• Salina's first fireworks in years might fizzle
• Teller's owner hopes to add Iron Chef-style competition to Lawrence Fourth of July celebration in Watson Park
• Former Air Force airman from Hutchinson pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal accident near Lawrence
• Lawrence-Douglas County League of Women Voters to hold public forum June 25
• Heard on the Hill: Former KU provost Richard Lariviere in hot water in Oregon; Liking KU Medical Center-Wichita on Facebook could give students a skeleton; Strong Hall really does face the correct way
• Teachers make case for wage, benefit boost
• Scientists ID flash in distant galaxy
• Lawmakers pan Obama claim on hostilities in Libya
• Al-Zawahri succeeds bin Laden as al-Qaida leader
• Little change in Kansas jobless figures for May
• Ed McKechnie named new Kansas Board of Regents chairman
• More young adults feel 'above average'
• Most Missouri River levees holding up to surge
• California search raises alarm
• Dividing lines
• 25 years ago: Small acreage of native prairie set aside for park
• 40 years ago: Trusted prisoner makes escape from county jail
• 100 years ago: Crackdown on speeders leads to safer streets
• Pump patrol
• Phelps parallel?
• Pleasant visit
• Stable transition will be difficult in Libya
• Man accused of inappropriately touching woman, punching employee at The Hawk
• Corps repairing levee it blew up in southeast Missouri
• Economy gets small lift as layoffs ease
• Weiner resigns amid sex scandal
• Artists, legislators gather to discuss strategies to restore public arts funding
• Rod's Cards and Gifts stores selling out remaining Hallmark merchandise
• Lego sculpture exhibit coming to Topeka
• Ft. Riley woman charged in baby's death
• Brownback to host Ogallala Aquifer summit
• One-room school rebels against 'teaching to test'
• Missouri company accused of defrauding government
• Rural Leavenworth County resident Audrie Hummelgaard celebrates 102nd birthday
• Group wants Catholic Church in Kansas to improve communication about sexual abuse
• Lawrence man pleads guilty to battery charge involving his daughter
• Thursday's Brown Bag Concert Series performance moved to Watkins Community Museum
• Toddler's memory lives in acts of kindness through Lucy's Legacy
• Statehouse Live: Regents approve Kansas University tuition increase
• NWS: Thursday afternoon thunderstorms could be severe
• Cost of taking GED test in Kansas rises 25 percent
• Senate committee delays vote on Six; Roberts, Moran oppose Lawrence attorney's nomination to court
• Kansas Bar Association honors Kansas Sen. Tim Owens
• Heard on the Hill: KU University Theatre celebrates Kansas sesquicentennial; KU architecture professor named as finalist for national award; KU Libraries video features Oprah Winfrey
• Pump Patrol
• White House defends Libya mission
• Defense Secretary Robert Gates: Afghanistan is not ‘war without end’
• Dream home in Idaho turns out to be snake den
• Judge set to decide lawsuit over Kansas abortion doctor
• Douglas County Commission to review time limitations of noise resolution
• Retiring Lawrence Police Capt. Ray Urbanek praised for ‘full service’ approach
• Anonymous donor gives $4M to KU Med Center for spinal cord research
• Gravesite thefts
• Summer Concert Series Performance
• Unfair fee
• Kansa Selected to Attend Governor’s Proclamation Ceremony
• Racial inequities mark drug war
• Republicans have Hispanic star in Texas
• Education exodus
• 25 years ago: 'Baby John Doe' finds permanent home
• 40 years ago: Construction truck catches fire
• 100 years ago: Bicycle thefts increase in Lawrence
• Power outages in northern, western Lawrence leave residents without
• As bank fees escalate, prepaid cards go mainstream
• Weighing cancer risks, from cellphones to coffee
• Roles of American dads diverging
• Regents members want legislators to consider state funding's effect on tuition
• KU requests additional funding for program that places physicians in underserved areas of state
• Interest building in Lego creation competition
• Kansas Bioscience Authority considering almost $30 million in new investments
• Riley County police warns of rental property scam in Manhattan
• 'Inquiry' shuts down post office in Liebenthal
• House panel approves $1 billion for flood repair projects
• State Board of Education votes not to require fingerprints of Kansas teachers
• KDHE cites Salina battery plant for violating air standards for lead
• Bethany College to auction 11 artworks from former professor Birger Sandzen
• Lawrence man arrested after being accused of stealing ex-girlfriend's car keys in 900 block of Massachusetts Street
• Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center now open
• IRS revokes tax-exempt status of more than 100 Lawrence nonprofits
• Lawrence man convicted of attempted aggravated indecent solicitation of a child
• Family, friends maintain memorial cross on Sixth Street years after fatal motorcycle crash
• 7 killed in traffic accidents in Kansas in 1 day
• Kansas health department: don't use Missouri River
• Topeka man, boy die in skid loader accident west of Perry Lake
• Heard on the Hill: Hoch Auditorium fire was 20 years ago today; communication studies professor talks about stupid online behavior; KUMC-Wichita hires new associate dean
• De Soto holds vigil for crash victim
• Reports indicate lower food prices, more hiring
• Edgerton man faces trial for alleged child sex crimes
• County Commission to discuss noise regulations, sale of county property
• Lawsuit over expansion of Lake Alvamar dam resolved by sale of land to KU Athletics
• Review ahead for Olive Garden retail tax break option
• 100 years ago: Board of Health bans shared roller-towels
• Towering tuition
• Poor document
• Palin emails a new media low
• History doesn’t doom Mexico to failure
• Lawrence man reports $1,600 worth of property stolen
• 40 years ago: Relations still rocky between police, community
• State Board of Education begins 2012-13 budget talks amid cuts in state support
• Army planner during Iraq invasion discusses logistics of military operations
• City Commission considers need for new police department building
• South Middle School student headed to California for National Geographic World Championship
• Pharmaceutical chemistry chairman Christian Schöneich named distinguished professor
• Former Haskell student trying to change rule permitting only federally recognized tribes for admission to university
• Halstead girl killed when bike hit by grain truck
• Kansas man sentenced to life in prison for death of farmer
• Boeing to cut 225 jobs at defense plant in Wichita
• Kansas man accused of participating in Rwandan genocide seeks acquittal
• De Soto students organize candlelight vigil for classmate killed in motorcycle accident
• Lawrence's Perkins restaurant to remain open, even though parent company has filed for bankruptcy
• Lawrence man sentenced to 2 years on probation in aggravated battery case
• Johnson County deputies use ear-mounted cameras
• KU Medical Center receives $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health
• Statehouse Live: Teacher retirements, reductions increase dramatically
• Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to remain closed through Wednesday morning due to failed pump
• 9-year-old boy electrocuted near water hydrant in Butler County
• Another chance for severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon, evening in Douglas County
• U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom appoints Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Magg to oversee Kansas federal criminal cases
• Heard on the Hill: Incoming KU business dean joins Twitter; Jayhawk fan yells at VCU game so loud, the cops show up; new KU vice chancellor hopes to bring about new communication strategy
• Free State High School marching band to get new uniforms
• Stanion Wholesale Electric Co. employee reports $4,235 worth of items stolen
• Lawrence woman reports damage to sliding glass door, stolen items in apartment
• Lawrence man reports stolen 2000 silver Chevrolet Silverado
• Lawrence school board open to discussing Lawrence High-Free State boundary change
• Fair share
• Event effects
• Wrong solution
• U.S. allies wary of sharing global burden
• Tough task
• 100 years ago: Lawrence mayor promises fun, safety for Fourth of July
• 40 years ago: Local man dies of apparent heroin overdose
• 25 years ago: Bicyclists nearing completion of BAK routes
• Hershey's Track and Field Games Results
• Reading shifts from relief stage to tornado recovery
• Experts: Economy needs time, not more Fed action
• Republicans assail Obama, not each other in debate
• 18-year-old rural De Soto man dead after motorcycle crash
• Man pleads no contest in December apartment burglary
• Survey shows Lawrence crime rate higher than average in several categories
• 2 missing girls may be in Lawrence area
• KTA executive discusses roadway travel and construction at Lawrence Rotary Club meeting
• Brownback announces public forums for input on Medicaid overhaul
• U.S. Highway 59 reopens after closure due to vehicle fire
• Wichita man admits conspiracy in food program fraud
• College National Finals Rodeo taking precautions to prevent spread of horse virus
• Apartments on Fort Hays campus to be auctioned
• GM to invest $20 million in Kansas City plant
• Trial set for parents of boy missing since 1999
• Lawrence City Commission to declare 'Brady Tanner Day' in honor of Special Olympics athlete
• Statehouse Live: Kansas NOW seeks apology for confiscation of news conference props
• Kansas cities brace for Missouri River flood
• Slight chance for severe thunderstorms Monday, highest risk north of U.S. Highway 24
• Kansas State Board of Education to discuss budget issues Tuesday
• Investigators work to identify body found in submerged car in Lake Shawnee
• Heard on the Hill: KU professor earns mention in Wall Street Journal; KU alum nominated as assistant secretary in the Department of the Interior; old Jayhawker yearbooks available online for a fee
• Pentagon Papers being released today
• 1st photos of Giffords since shooting emerge
• Kansas Geological Survey recognizes outstanding students
• Six students chosen to be Hall Center Scholars
• Engineering students earn summer research fellowships in Japan
• City Staffer Honored For Housing Rehabilitation And Community Development Work
• Well, well, well: Chrissie Wellington rallies for Kansas three-peat
• Delegated Medicare power poses threat
• Congress captive to ‘lessons’ of history
• Downtown debate
• 25 years ago: Eldridge Hotel gets new lease on life
• 40 years ago: Haskell workers suggest dormitory program improvements
• 100 years ago: KU athlete works on streetcar line during summer
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Winfield woman crowned Miss Kansas
• New U.S. Highway 59 in Douglas County to open in late 2012
• Douglas County Emergency Management reminds residents to not rely solely on sirens during severe weather
• Emails show Palin as engaged, driven
• Public men behaving badly
• Al-Qaida struggling without Osama
• Dubious incentive
• Kansas has been a stronghold of faith since its early days
• 25 years ago: Smoking ordinance suggested at commission meeting
• 40 years ago: Local yard produces large crop of lucky clovers
• 100 years ago: Lawrence mayor speaks out against speeders
• New U.S. 59, in Douglas County, to open in late 2012
• Symphony, scenery at Flint Hills a pleasing duet
• 3 appointed to replace Kansas Parole Board
• Ex-Sen. Bob Dole talks politics on Russell visit
• School boundary issues draw attention
• Police Camp offers kids chance to see more than ‘just a badge’
• Gov. Brownback to tour NE Kansas towns threatened by Missouri River flooding
• Washburn football player dies in Kansas City-area car crash
• Police arrest Wichita man in fatal hit-and-run
• Farm at U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth trains inmates, feeds needy
• Analysis shows Lawrence has high local tax burden
• Mortgages
• Around and about in local business
• City Commission agenda for June 14, 2011
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Pump Patrol
• Woman owes $42K in unpaid parking tickets
• Casino employees investigated
• Data breach strikes at financial security
• Joplin tornado survivors develop rare infection
• Struggling economy favors conservatives
• 25 years ago: New grocery store, townhouses on hold
• 40 years ago: 'Mobile playground' program initiated in Lawrence
• 100 years ago: KU's Potter Lake witnesses 'wild scenes'
• 'Arab spring' chaos
• New phase for Yemen
• Public prayer
• Death decisions
• Teachers Hall of Fame to induct latest class
• Former KSU professor gives $100K to school
• Tyson says worker's death appears to be accidental
• Freak temperature hike hits Wichita after midnight
• Comedy sells at concert venues despite economy
• Little remains of Mennonite settlement in Kansas
• Kansas man snags huge catfish with invention
• Poker run to help build Hutchinson prison's spiritual center
• At full flow, mighty Missouri River puts on a show
• Attorneys ask judge to remove city from lawsuit involving death of former KU Athletic Director Bob Frederick
• Philanthropy-minded group 100 Good Women grows beyond its name
• Rep. Kevin Yoder speaks at LMH about Medicare, federal budget
• Federal courts experiment with courtroom cameras
• Arts officials concerned over de-funding precedent set by Kansas governor
• Power returns to more than 5,000 Westar customers affected by Friday afternoon outage
• Douglas County prosecutors charge man with indecent liberties with a child
• Driver who crashed into optometry clinic sentenced to five days in jail, two years of probation
• NWS cancels thunderstorm watch for Douglas County
• Town Talk: North Lawrence adds flea market-type business; Lawrence fares poorly in economic ranking; West Campus incubator eyeing expansion, funding; roadwork short- and long-term
• Joint Chiefs of Staff nominee speaks to Command and General Staff College graduates at Fort Leavenworth
• U.S. Senate committee stalls vote on former Kansas AG Steve Six's nomination to federal appeals court
• Heard on the Hill: Former KU basketball player Scot Pollard talks about his kilts; law school camp draws Lawrence students; other camps cover wide array of topics — even statistics
• Pump patrol
• Americans' equity in homes near record low
• Benefits of preschool last into adulthood, study says
• Alabama passes anti-immigration laws, called nation's strictest
• Gingrich presidential campaign in tatters as top aides resign
• Half the country wilts under unrelenting heat
• Fleeing Syrians tell of revolt, mayhem
• High wind warning for Douglas County allowed to expire
• 100 years ago: Thousands of children attend party in Woodland Park
• 25 years ago: KU law student Phill Kline enters politics
• 40 years ago: Mosquitoes and chiggers part of traditional Kansas summer
• Lawrence Receives Awards for Preservation Efforts
• Redistricting may spur legal challenges
• New Location Added for Mixed Paper Recycling
• Troop withdrawal must fit U.S. strategy
• Haskell vision
• Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence to celebrate Juneteenth at Broken Arrow Park
• Fundraiser for family of Eudora girl hurt in April accident set for June 20
• Lawrence utility customers may see rate increase to cover needed repairs to Kaw River water intake
• Police arrest 20-year-old Lawrence man on sex crime charges
• Kansas lawmakers add chemicals in bath salts to state's list of controlled substances
• Kobach praises new Alabama law he helped write that cracks down on illegal immigrants
• Children's Discovery Center opens in Topeka
• Kansas teachers named finalists for math and science teaching awards
• Feds promote rural contracting opportunities in Kansas
• Observatory near Wichita marks 30th anniversary
• Kansas funds board has new top investment officer
• Topeka woman killed after being hit by 6 cars on Interstate 29
• Garden City will not allow fireworks this year
• Judge denies bond reduction for former Kansas police instructor charged with murdering wife
• Maryland town enacts ordinance creating 1,000-foot buffer zone for funeral protestors
• Wichita man who died in house fire had mobility issues
• Crews sandbag Leavenworth ahead of flooding Missouri River
• People fleeing flooded Missouri River won't return soon
• Marysville man shot to death, suspect arrested
• 16 attorneys general say union's lawsuit against Boeing hurts states' ability to keep jobs
• Another slight chance of severe storms in the forecast for Thursday
• Heard on the Hill: 50 Works for 50 States collection at Spencer Art Museum has interesting back story; two KU employees picked to serve on state court panel; student success post has evolved over time
• Lawrence district, teachers at odds over raises
• County Commission approves rezoning requests
• High school students begin 'Journey to J.D.' at law school camp
• LDCFM Provides Retired Fire Truck To Pink Heals Organization
• Four students receive University Women's Club scholarships
• Mortar Board chapter inducts 48 new members, two honorary members
• June Flame Newsletter - June 7, 2011
• Palin not only history illiterate
• Union favoritism hurts other U.S. jobs
• Tax creep
• 100 years ago: Haskell considers sending students out for summer farm work
• 25 years ago: Joyrider steals KPL work truck
• 40 years ago: Wescoe Hall construction proceeds on campus
• KU student reports theft of camera items, including $4,000 Canon camera
• KU student reports stolen TV, laptop computer
• KU student reports stolen TVs at apartment in Folks Road
• Solid Waste Task Force hears suggestions to encourage residents to recycle
• Organizers hope for clear skies for 2011 Tonganoxie Days this Saturday
• Defense attorneys ask judge to delay cases after investigators connect two December robberies
• New Kansas Arts Commission leader upbeat about fundraising
• Sheriff's officers hope to find driver who might be witness in fatal accident on South Lawrence Trafficway
• New home sought for stray cat who was trapped and shot twice
• Defendant in Kansas food stamp scheme to change plea
• EPA: Air tests in Joplin show no health concerns from asbestos
• Tulsa Zoo to welcome 2 female giraffes
• Norton drug store selected for national historic preservation competition
• Cowley County administrator resigns
• Hutchinson council authorizes purchase of last home in neighborhood threatened by sinkholes
• Tyson worker's death under investigation
• 60 in Kansas indicted on federal drug trafficking
• Deadline is Thursday to sign up for De Soto all-alumni dinner
• Fort Riley soldier killed in Iraq on his 27th birthday
• Ariz. wildfire threatens power transmission lines
• Hutchinson teen's suicide prompts Facebook group
• Suspect accused of breaking Lawrence man's arm over parking disagreement to face trial
• Statehouse Live: Emporia State University presidential search committee gets instructions
• Fort Riley Infantry Division celebrates 94th birthday, oldest continuously serving division
• Heard on the Hill: Vice provost Marlesa Roney's new 'professor of practice' explained; former KU administrator Lori Reesor involved in imbroglio at UND; new KU administrator Caboni is a Twitter fan
• Clerk arrested after hockey stick attack
• Oskaloosa woman taken to LMH after being struck by driver who ran stop sign
• Two men arrested as suspects in burglary of unoccupied house
• City Commission OKs closing part of Mass. St. for car show
• Environmental Chapter of Horizon 2020 approved by City Commission on 3-2 vote
• 25 years ago: Lawrence bicyclists and moped riders warned of traffic rules
• 40 years ago: Girls' Staters receive cautious encouragement
• High school students participate in KU's pharmacy camp
• Music students to perform at summer festival in Eutin, Germany
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences hands out more than $34,000 in awards
• Common sense
• Britain may be harbinger of U.S. future
• U.S. withdrawal should proceed slowly
• 100 years ago: City water could stand improvement, local man says
• Cicada ice cream sales halted in Missouri
• Rep. Weiner gets no sympathy from Dems
• Debit card fee debate hits Senate
• Slowing economy worries Obama, but he says nation should ‘not panic’
• Douglas County Commission to consider rezoning requests
• Police department's 8 new patrol cars feature updated insignia
• Pickup truck driver says he had no idea a piece came off his vehicle, killing passenger in vehicle on SLT
• Education leaders from 11 states gather in Montana
• Lawrence nurse at LMH reports feeling overnight Missouri earthquake
• Finney County bans sale and use of fireworks because of dry weather
• Wichita exterminators seeing more bedbugs
• Habitat ReStore seeks lumber for tornado-damaged Reading
• KDHE allows southeast Kansas landfills to receive debris from Joplin tornado
• Man, son die in Wichita house fire
• EPA objects to proposed oil pipeline from Canada
• Kansas University Law School applications drop 23 percent
• NY accident illuminates dangers of 'bounce houses'
• Wildfire becomes 2nd largest in Arizona history
• Committee to vote on federal appeals court nominee Steve Six
• Kansas attorney general adds state to another lawsuit against federal health care law
• National Guard soldier who lost vehicle in Reading tornado given a replacement by not-for-profit organization
• Heard on the Hill: Lizard discovered by KU grad student makes top 10 list; KU psychology professor Gregory Simpson becomes new dean at Illinois State; new parking signs point way to orientation
• Volcanic ash grounds flights, covers ski resorts
• Obama to order ‘real drawdown’ of U.S. troops in Afghanistan
• N.Y. congressman admits to sending lewd picture
• Iowa, Missouri officials brace for flooding from new breaches in levee system
• Person who fell three stories from Parkway Commons apartment building in serious condition
• Baldwin City woman reports stolen bank bag contating $5,400 in cash and checks
• City commissioners expected to debate proposal to allow stricter environmental regulations
• Emails show Edwards knew of payments
• Usually a job generator, localities slow economy
• Policy returns power to president
• Real Brownback?
• Valued service
• Summer stories
• Positive gesture
• 100 years ago: School superintendent recommends kindergarten for district
• 25 years ago: Organ-donor legislation passed in Topeka
• 40 years ago: Severe weather hits Lawrence area for third straight weekend
• Parks To Reopen As River Recedes
• Lawrence Firefighters Launch ‘Energy Smackdown’
• Law loosening restrictions on concealed carry renewals remains unchanged
• LMH vice president accepts job in Washington, D.C., will leave company next month
• Woman in December robbery case arrested after unrelated incident Sunday at LMH
• Eudora man accused of pointing gun at people in vehicle on K-10
• Website maintenance planned for Monday night, may lead to service outage
• Kansas State Beach Museum of Art names Linda Duke new director
• Lawrence man gets 34 months for attempted robbery; judge emphasizes traumatic impact on victim
• Alexander residents fear closure of post office could lead to town's downfall
• Sens. Bob Dole, Arlen Specter will join Russell County's 140th anniversary parade
• SW Kansas officials welcome highway expansions
• Smoke from Arizona wildfire spreads to Midwest
• Wheat harvest begins in Kansas amid drought fears
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to attend Texas prayer rally 'on behalf of our troubled nation'
• Statehouse Live: Kansas Arts Commissioner resigns; meeting in Lawrence canceled
• Lawrence police seek information on multiple gunshots fired outside The Cave
• Glenda Overstreet is new leader of Kansas NAACP
• Kansas, Missouri populations holding steady according to Census Bureau data
• Town Talk: Parks and Rec office to move to South Park; talk of West Lawrence recreation center may heat up; Olive Garden proposal to get City Hall review
• Man taken to KU Hospital via air ambulance after falling three stories
• Former KU football player Elvis Patterson arrested on DUI charges
• Bankruptcies
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Disastrous spring tough on Missouri residents, economy
• Along Missouri River, towns pray that levees will hold
• String of fatality accidents in Douglas County underscores randomness of events
• Gates: U.S. support troops should be sent home first
• Indiana abortion debate could cost state $4.3 billion in Medicaid funds
• Wounded leader departs Yemen, setting off celebrations
• KDOT Announces Funding to Complete K-10 in Lawrence
• Parks Closed As River Continues To Exceed Its Banks
• News from the City of Lawrence - June 3, 2011
• Dancing spurs legal overreaction
• Pressing questions for GOP hopefuls
• Work experience
• Schools catch up on construction projects during summer break
• Charity's solicitors irk some downtown shoppers, business owners
• 40 years ago: Administrative plans underway for Cottonwood facility
• 100 years ago: 'Scientific farming' methods produce early wheat crop
• 25 years ago: Independence Days announces musical lineup
• Early morning vehicle chase in Eudora, no arrests made
• Multiple gunshots reported outside The Cave Sunday morning, police investigating
• Kansas braces for flooding along Missouri River
• Friends in disbelief over McLouth student Justin Johnston's death
• Boomer Girl Diary: Wretched wabbits
• Killjoy revels in life’s miseries
• NFL negotiations spin out of control
• End in sight?
• Social media websites serve as living memorials for deceased
• K-State Extension showcases 6 private gardens in Douglas County
• State's balanced budget could force local governments to increase taxes or cut services
• 40 years ago: Ammonia truck overturns near Midland
• 100 years ago: Raid on 'resorts' yields 14 arrests
• 25 years ago: Neighborhood residents applaud decision for Ninth and Maine
• City Commission agenda for June 7, 2011
• Lawrence Public Library hoping to boost number of readers as it kicks off its summer program
• Re-enactments at Battle of Black Jack site show history ‘beyond the book’
• U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran stresses value of local public service during talk at Kansas Lions convention
• Kansas Aviation Youth Camp offers students an inside look at industry
• Protesters want release of WikiLeaks suspect
• Human toll of deadly tornado cuts deep in Joplin
• Dodge City remembers star of 'Gunsmoke’
• Moderation wanes in Kansas as Brownback off to fast start
• Around and about in local business
• Mortgages
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• McLouth High students, sponsors return early from Costa Rica following death of MHS student
• Pump Patrol
• Charges filed against man subdued by Taser May 21
• Planning ahead
• Blackmail acceptable to curb federal spending
• 25 years ago: Lawrence Boys' Club welcomes girls, too
• 40 years ago: Large bequest to fund KU scholarships
• 100 years ago: City schoolchildren celebrate end of year with 'Speaking Day'
• Kansas River rises above its banks
• KU medical school should match hospital’s excellence
• Drug war failure
• Slash and Burn
• Arts support
• McLouth BBQ Blowout continues Saturday
• Bleak jobs report dampens hopes of steady growth
• Edwards indicted in $925K mistress cover-up
• Arness of ‘Gunsmoke’ fame dies
• Kidnapped girl showed resilience in captivity
• Rocket wounds president, escalating fight
• Democrats call Brownback 'disingenuous' in touting highway projects
• FDA requests seizure of Wyldewood Cellars' elderberry juice
• Former President George W. Bush to speak in Wichita Nov. 3
• Defendant enters no-contest plea in connection with Walmart robbery
• Kansas Boys' State to begin 2011 session in Manhattan
• Topeka lawyer sentenced in hit-and-run death
• Animals rescued in Wichita need new homes
• Wichita police break up teen burglary ring
• Greensburg offers advice on rebuilding to tornado victims
• Department of Homeland Security to strengthen National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility against storms
• Kansas officials assess flood, storm damage
• Chris Redman named president of Haskell Indian Nations University
• Statehouse Live: Supreme Court suspends law license of attorney from Baldwin City
• Kansas man pleads to northwestern Missouri marijuana farm conspiracy
• Naked man jumps fence, into pool full of children in Overland Park
• Shooting of McLouth student in Costa Rica gives some Lawrence parents pause
• Eight people hospitalized after car accidents on I-35
• KDOT commits $192 million to complete South Lawrence Trafficway
• Police chase ends in crash; two suspects in late-night burglary escape on foot
• Town Talk: Lowe's has interest in new northwest Lawrence site; SLT funding decision expected today; county commissioner steamed over environmental regulations
• Heard on the Hill: KU English professor looks at literary merit of Harry Potter; Spencer Museum of Art collection viewable online; ECM campaign's success came from a variety of sources
• Garnett woman injured in accident south of Ottawa
• All aboard for kid-friendly train ride
• City status quo
• Money won’t create democracy
• Gates reclarifying CIA, military lines
• Tax caution
• 25 years ago: Police officers find weapons in Clinton Lake
• 40 years ago: Local industrial plant announces expansion, doubles workforce
• 100 years ago: Serial burglar narrowly avoids discovery by household's children
• KU's Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 93 new members
• Public administration department joins government innovation network
• Lizard discovered by KU researchers makes 'Top 10' list of new species
• ECM ends campaign after raising about $835,000 in donations
• Kansas Rep. Kevin Yoder to speak at Chamber of Commerce event June 10
• Outlook improves for youths searching for summer jobs
• Group of Lawrence students leaving Friday for trip to Costa Rica; trip not affiliated with Lawrence school district
• E. coli outbreak blamed on ‘super-toxic’ strain
• Romney opens presidential bid in N.H.
• ‘My Plate’ replaces food pyramid as healthy-eating guide
• Family asks for lesser prison sentence for man convicted of Lawrence robbery
• Judge orders Lawrence woman to serve one year on probation for role in March incident
• Two men sentenced to two months in jail each for December Lawrence apartment burglary
• Panel to wrap up hearings on Kansas court system
• State offers free fishing this weekend
• Kansas will not appeal ruling on Jehovah's Witness' liver transplant
• Dress code holds up Garden City teachers contract negotiations
• Final Cedar Depot Festival scheduled for Friday and Saturday
• Wyandotte County site chosen for camp for chronically ill children
• States consider implications of dissolving bodies as alternative to burial, cremation
• AG Schmidt appoints new KBI director
• Some Kansas farmers test cutting winter wheat crop
• Man drowns in private lake near Wichita
• Kansas rethinking policy on cider doughnut ban Topeka farmers market
• Lawrence officials close Burcham Park in anticipation of flooding; Kansas River expected to crest Friday
• Lawrence residents spend Memorial Day weekend volunteering in Joplin
• McLouth student Justin Johnston shot, killed on school trip to Costa Rica; classmates returning to Kansas
• Heard on the Hill: KU Cancer Center hires new researcher; UNC-Chapel Hill includes information about median course grades on transcripts; KU Natural History museum offering summer camps, wetlands walk
• Making profits on food a 'gamble'
• Douglas County judge declares mistrial minutes before trial starts
• Douglas County commissioners send Northeast Sector project back to planning commission
• Taxpayer identity theft is soaring
• Lawmakers, districts worry about school meal costs
• Endeavour lands; final space shuttle on launch pad
• GOP presses Obama on spending Medicare
• City GIS System to be Temporarily Available Over the Weekend for Upgrade
• South Park Wading Pool Open for Summer
• Long-drive Championship Qualifier Results Released
• Lawrence man arrested after hitting another with stick
• Math professor honored with Steeples Service to Kansas Award
• Lawrence man reports laptop, video game console stolen
• English professor explores Harry Potter, Twilight phenomena in two new books
• Athletic needs
• Rare artist spurs sweet memory
• Huntsman an unlikely GOP nominee
• Drawing the lines
• 25 years ago: Hall-Kimbrell holds ribbon-cutting, open house
• 40 years ago: Majority of KU faculty members forego pay raise
• 100 years ago: New law requires storekeepers to candle eggs
• Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism urges drivers to be cautious of deer on roads
• Judge orders 61-year-old man accused of threatening probation officer to stand trial
• 9-year-old boy hit by car Saturday released from hospital
• Olive Garden considering building restaurant on South Iowa Street
• Lawrence City Band concert relocated to KU's Murphy Hall
• Lawrence man pleads guilty to three counts in December Walmart robbery
• Attempt to override Brownback's veto of arts funding falls short
• Reproductive rights supporters criticize legislator for controversial comments on abortion
• Wichita man pleads guilty in baby's death
• McPherson man charged in death of man found at Marion Reservoir
• Kingman County becomes first Rural Opportunity Zone
• Pedestrian killed by train while crossing street in Osawatomie
• Exports aiding Midwest economic growth
• Policy bans company's cider doughnuts from farmers' market at Statehouse
• Statehouse Live: Kansas taxpayers will no longer foot state water bill
• South Lawrence Trafficway fatal accident victim is from Lyndon, Kan.
• Lawrence High School teacher injured in St. Louis crash still in serious condition
• Man injured in small plane crash north of Topeka
• Man killed by train on Osawatomie's Main Street
• Kansas lawmakers begin work on redistricting
• Heard on the Hill: Copyright lawsuit threatens Internet posting for classes; KU professor weighs in on multiple sclerosis study; KU graduation photos available on Facebook
• State tax revenue beats May forecast
• Pump Patrol
• Northeast Sector Plan back on Douglas County Commission agenda
• U.S.-Pakistan dealings lacking in candor
• 25 years ago: Producer in town to cast locals for movie
• 40 years ago: Young boys discover marijuana stash under bridge
• 100 years ago: Street-car owner to give party for Lawrence children
• Arts ax
• Film paints infuriating picture
• Gov. Sam Brownback seeks private involvement in SRS
• Driver transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after hitting deer
• Lawrence man suffers nonlife-threatening injuries after swerving deer
• Lawrence man reports theft of power generator, Garmin
• Brownback defends abortion insurance restrictions
• Man arrested Saturday gets sex crime charges
• Hilltop Child Development Center collecting donations for fire victims
• Kobach says Arizona-style immigration bill more likely to pass in Kansas after Supreme Court ruling
• McPherson police say foul play suspected in man's death
• Dillons announces it will rebuild in Joplin, Mo.
• Salina zoo says goodbye to popular orangutan
• Supreme Court rules out Kansan's damage claim against former AG
• Rising floodwaters threaten thousands across northern US
• Rwanda genocide suspect convicted of lying to US
• Americans for the Arts criticizes Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of Kansas Arts Commission funding
• Rising aviation fuel prices contribute to emptier skies over Lawrence
• One person dies after being struck by a piece of metal that fell from an oncoming vehicle on the SLT in Lawrence
• Top 10 buzzworthy moments of the 2011 Kansas legislative session
• Town Talk: City leaders head to Boulder for town-gown conference; this and that about Kansas' recent gun law ranking
• Number of unclaimed bodies increases since 2010 budget cuts to Kansas program
• Heard on the Hill: University of Arkansas looks to KU for its new law dean; KU scores well on NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores, unlike other programs; Hall Center announces 2011-12 speakers
• Pump patrol
• Operation Wildlife taking care of more animals since deadly storms
• Groups mull legal challenge to state pensions changes
• Residents afraid ‘safe rooms’ in homes not as secure as claimed
• Fuel prices make big impact on city budget
• Department of Student Housing honors outstanding residents, staffers
• One person transported to hospital after hitting deer in 2200 block of Louisiana Street
• Art history department announces award winners
• Lawrence man taken to hospital after swerving to miss deer on Clinton Parkway
• KU researcher: Bilingualism no big deal for brain
• Growth gamble
• 5 K Race, Money for Medicine
• Event support
• Longer school year worth study
• GOP struggles to set unified vision
• Sculptor Elden Tefft creating bronze 'sandrat' for residents of North Lawrence
• 25 years ago: Body of shooting victim found in Centennial Park
• 40 years ago: Boys' State participants arrive on KU campus
• City Street Maintenance Work To Affect Traffic On Ponderosa And Bonanza This Week
• 100 years ago: Commencement plans for KU, Haskell
• Indoor Aquatic Center to Offer Long-course Lap Swimming
• Concert Series Performances This Week
• Solid Waste Task Force to Hold Public Meeting to Receive Input On Solid Waste Services
• County attorneys to examine violent sexual predator cases
• Life Star helicopter transports man after single-vehicle accident in Leavenworth County
• Nation marks Memorial Day with parades, flyovers, flags
• Gun-control group takes aim at Kansas gun laws
• Sunflower crop brings high prices for Kansas farmers
• Free State High School scholarship winners
• Lawrence High School scholarship winners
• Tunnels under central Kansas town tell a thoroughly riveting tale
• Former inmates file lawsuits against Kansas Department of Corrections, allege sexual abuse
• French family cares for the graves of Americans killed on D-Day
• Memorial Day weighs heavy for U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
• 100 years ago: Lawrence children honor forgotten soldier's grave
• Free State High School Class of 2011 graduates
• News from the City of Lawrence - May 27, 2011
• Obama visits Joplin, makes vow to help get city ‘back on its feet’
• Taliban talks pose many challenges
• Revenge could derail Mideast progress
• Honored service
• Increasing Flint Hills tourism will take cooperation of property owners, officials say
• 25 years ago: United Fund raises goal for fund drive
• 40 years ago: Marriage licenses almost top record high in county
• Report: ‘Hot fuel premium’ a heavy cost
• Want to get away this summer? These day trips won’t break the bank
• Free State High School's class of 2011 takes graduation in stride
• Lawrence High School grads ‘ready to end this chapter and start another’
• Emergency crews respond to structure fire in 400 block of North Street
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Bankruptcies
• Going to Free State graduation? Drink plenty of water and protect yourself from the sun
• LHS, Free State graduations ‘a go’ for outdoor ceremonies
• Russell County event celebrates area's history, culture
• Pump Patrol
• Lawrence Boy Scouts place flags by graves belonging to Civil War veterans
• Severe thunderstorm warning canceled for Douglas County
• Confirmation game
• Mortality gives meaning to life
• Help needed
• U.S. flouts presidential war powers limit
• 25 years ago: Planning commission votes down 17th and Haskell rezoning
• 40 years ago: Veterans' memorial to be dedicated at Oak Hill
• 100 years ago: Sad anniversary of 1903 flood
• Lawrence High School Class of 2011 graduates
• Eudora resident home after serving year with Kansas National Guard in Djibouti
• Soldier in Iraq thinking of family as holiday approaches
• Lawrence High students build friendship through engineering
• For first time, UNICEF discloses vaccine prices
• Interpersonal Skills program helps Free State students forge bond
• 2011 now deadliest year for tornadoes in more than 60 years
• Obama exhorts U.S. allies to support Arab Spring
• Mortgages
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned this week
• Around and about in local business
• 9-year-old boy hit by vehicle Saturday afternoon in stable condition
• LHS teacher, 28-year-old man injured in car accident both upgraded to serious condition
• Lawrence man treated and released for injuries after single-car accident on Interstate 70
• Statehouse Live; Brownback signs budget; vetoes Kansas Arts Commission funding
• Lawrence man arrested on charges of aggravated criminal sodomy, sexual battery
• Close-knit group of Veritas students graduates
• Pump Patrol
• Judge rules against corporate contribution ban
• Canadian mother defends keeping baby’s gender secret
• Lack of leadership, vision hampers Lawrence’s progress
• 4-H news for May 28, 2011
• Scouting news for May 28, 2011
• 25 years ago: Late effects of April freeze showing up in local fruit
• 40 years ago: Rainy holiday weekend predicted
• 100 years ago: New war monument to be dedicated at Oak Hill Cemetery
• Veritas Christian School Class of 2011 graduates
• Household Hazards: Are you disposing of them properly?
• Engineer progress
• Words can hurt
• Lease issue
• Obama policy speech devastating for Israel
• Around and About for May 28, 2011
• Club news for May 28, 2011
• After Joplin tornado, Brownback allows Missouri doctors to work in Kansas
• City plans to clean Civil War veterans' tombstones by 150th anniversary of war's end
• Brownback announces big changes at Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
• French citizens honor fallen D-Day soldiers for Memorial Day
• Project Graduation to provide celebration, prize drawings for high school graduates
• Judge grants sentencing delay in guided hunting camp case
• Ex-officer suspected in death of his wife seeks bail reduction
• Off-duty Kansas trooper dies in traffic accident near Emporia
• Horse virus cases double to 75; at least 11 deaths
• Shooting leaves 2 dead on Pottawatomie Reservation
• Historic Barton County church to rebuild steeple blown over by tornado in 2007
• New construction projects alleviate Dodge City housing shortage
• Missouri River soaks low-lying farmland in northwest Missouri
• Drought continues to hurt outlook for Kansas wheat
• Lawrence man wants guilty plea withdrawn in 2006 murder of hip-hop artist Anthony 'Clacc' Vital
• Lawrence High School social studies teacher injured in accident east of St. Louis
• Barbecue to raise funds for upkeep of rural schoolhouse
• Kansas officials remind boaters to take safety precautions on the water
• Small chance for thunderstorms Friday afternoon, early Saturday
• Town Talk: Lawrence start-up hopes to become major online auto site; Civil War tombstones getting attention; Black Jack festivities set for June; Brown Bag concerts return
• First Bell: Check out the Project Graduation prize list; one partygoer will win an Explorer worth $6,000; board members pick up rental robes for commencements
• Heard on the Hill: Alumni Association has an inventive solution for 'EMAW' billboard; Twain scholar whose book removed 'n-word' from Twain works pens response; Monarch Watch plants given to city
• Haskell Indian Nations University close to choosing new president
• Global economy growing more slowly
• Critics: Military should cover abortion after rape
• Serbia arrests war crimes suspect Mladic
• Some missing in Joplin turn up alive
• Pump patrol
• Registration for Bill Self Golf Classic
• Lawrence Parks and Recreation: Preparation to Open Outdoor Aquatic Center
• Lawrence man charged with battery after punching roommate in the mouth
• Treasure, not trash
• Power strategy
• LHS thanks
• Hershey's Track and Field Games Coming to Lawrence
• Traditional day
• Summer Brown Bag Concert Series Opens June 2
• Out of balance
• Some hopeful signs in Afghanistan
• Lawrence, Douglas County war memorials honor those who served in wars dating back to Bleeding Kansas
• 25 years ago: Lawrence area enjoys beautiful weather for holiday weekend
• 40 years ago: Librarian stops in Lawrence during 3,000-mile motorcycle trip
• 100 years ago: Illegal fishing halted on the Kaw
• Lawrence Parks and Recreation: Summer Swim Lessons
• Wolf Creek nuclear power plant not fully twister-proof
• Lighting system proposed for Pinckney School tunnel
• KU Hospital taking part in aortic valve replacement trial
• April storm damage sets record
• April storm damage in Kansas hits record $502.5 million
• KU graduate hopes for Braille machine to help him teach
• Brownback criticized for signing abortion bill that opponents say will hurt women who get impregnated after being raped
• Haven school board decides to close Mount Hope Grade School
• Kansas City attorney pleads guilty to enticing minor
• 3 Wichita residents charged with Medicare fraud
• Garden City considering new air service provider
• Third man sentenced in Salina man's 2009 homicide
• Cause of downtown Pittsburg fire undetermined
• Nebraska senators urge delay in Keystone pipeline decision
• Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach hails Arizona immigration ruling
• Pennsyvlania police charge 5 — including Overland Park couple — in plot to sell infant girl
• Joplin could look to Greensburg, other cities hit by tornadoes for rebuilding road map
• Kansas to delay disaster payments to electric cooperatives
• 2 Fort Riley soldiers killed in Iraq
• Law officers, prosecutors to participate in Tuesday's Special Olympics torch run south of Lawrence
• Town Talk: Indoor baseball facility in the works; Prairie Pond Studio finds new downtown spot; Westar says smart meter to make power outages less likely
• Heard on the Hill: Kansas State president's Twitter presence felt in New Orleans; KU graduate Danielle Hanson won contest to design banner; Judge Deanell Tacha shares thoughts on leaving judgeship
• First Bell: Geographic Bee shows Chesty Lion pride; emails shaping new fund for computer science; Google exec shares summertime advice for grads
• Gas prices markedly higher in Lawrence
• State strengthens laws against drunken driving
• Forecasts, TV, luck eased tornado risk in Oklahoma
• Disaster relief groups scramble to cope with helping tornado victims
• Residents share stories from the broken heart of Joplin
• Gabrielle Giffords shooting suspect Jared Loughner deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial
• President Barack Obama to world: West leadership role still strong
• 40 years ago: Hailstorm damages Douglas County crops
• Outdoor Aquatic Center to Open: Summer Schedule to Begin
• Extremists are the real threat
• City Offices to Close Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day
• Voter hurdles
• Lifesaving act
• Stagnant economy may doom Obama
• 25 years ago: Smaller version of 'Hands Across America' brings participants to South Park
• 100 years ago: Engineering student drowns in KU's new Potter Lake
• KU Libraries announces student employee awards
• Pharmacy leadership society inducts 23 new members
• Three students receive federal Critical Language Scholarships
• Local business reports property stolen
• Lawrence crime rates down in 2010
• Lawrence residents at work in Kansas City area take shelter from Wednesday's storms
• Westar begins repairs at Sixth Street substation to help prevent power outages downtown
• KU Cancer Center joins forces with two partners to create treatment for blood cancers
• Two more western Kansas counties approved for emergency grazing
• Prosecutors file battery charge in connection with early-morning altercation in 4500 block of Larissa Drive
• Officials say man in triple-fatality crash on Interstate 70 in Ellsworth County was drunk
• Dodge City gets new police chief
• Teen arrested in fatal stabbing in southeast Kansas
• Arkansas City man to face murder charges after fatal traffic accident
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback suspends rules for trucks helping with Joplin tornado relief efforts
• Both sides make closing arguments in Rwandan genocide case
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs bill addressing state's KPERS funding problems
• Wednesday's city band concert moved to KU's Murphy Hall
• Statehouse Live: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs measure to increase engineering graduates at KU and other schools
• Lawrence middle school student Stefan Petrovic finishes in top three at National Geographic Bee
• Flood advisory for Douglas County expires
• Town Talk: Westar tree trimmers are out and about; new downtown retailer hopes to showcase local crafters; donation drop off set up for triplets; a peek inside an old waterline
• First Bell: Follow National Geographic Bee on Twitter; competitor will see LHS alum on stage; French students make top 10 on national exam
• City gives Lawrence Freenet the go-ahead
• $30,000 grant from Kansas Historical Society to help develop zoning districts in Oread neighborhood
• Baseball writer Bill James turns focus to crime in new book
• Peoples Bank collecting, matching donations for Joplin, Mo.
• Sagging market creates generation of renters
• Violent storms kill at least 7 in Oklahoma, Kansas
• Crews extinguish couch fire in northern Lawrence garage
• 25 years ago: Municipal pool gets makeover for summer season
• Math department presents awards, scholarships worth more than $79,900
• Theatre department announces recipients of scholarships, awards
• Jayhawk Motorsports earns top 10 finishes in two national competitions
• Lawrence Takes The Lead In The 'Take Charge Challenge'
• Chiefs gathering aid for tornado victims
• Ongoing issues
• Revenue limits
• Obama denies reality in Israel
• U.S. military still key to Afghan stability
• 40 years ago: Lawrence firefighter takes fledgling robins under his wing
• 100 years ago: Specialized rail car visits Lawrence
• Storms blamed for 2 deaths in central Kansas
• Four Lawrence high school students win National Merit scholarships
• Judge dismisses case against Kansas City man accused of robbery
• No one injured in house fire Monday; fire started by overheated extension cord
• Severe weather tips
• Offices, services closing Monday in observance of Memorial Day
• Swimmers' summer kicks off when outdoor pool opens Saturday
• Renovations underway at Wescoe Hall auditoriums; Underground expansion project to begin June 1
• South Junior High student among 10 finalists at National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C.
• Rain helps stabilize struggling Kansas wheat crop
• KDOT to announce Kansas aviation projects
• Sabetha man sentenced in attempt on wife's life
• Crowd asks Haven school board not to close elementary school
• Attempted television theft leads to fatal car chase in Andover
• Boeing: New plane would be 20 percent more fuel efficient than 737
• Federal judge tosses Kansas immigration indictment
• Panel gathering reaction about possible cuts to Kansas court system
• Former Kansas AG Steve Six enters nomination hearings for federal appeals court judgeship
• Kansas likely to enact health care 'freedom' law
• Gov. Brownback issues challenge to KU Medical Center: Improve your rankings
• Kansas National Guard chief says state equipped to handle disaster
• First Bell: Just who are these generous ‘Bobs,’ anyway?; Pioneer Ridge wins Employer of the Year Award; looking ahead to summer vacation
• Poll: Most think Medicare doesn’t need to be cut
• Local residents check in with loved ones in Joplin
• Lawrence woman reports stolen 2008 Yamaha motorcycle
• City employee reports stolen parking meter
• Lawrence man charged with being felon in possession of firearm
• U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran talks spending cuts during Lawrence visit
• Lawrence school board approves nearly $250,000 for books, other resources
• Delivery of triplets first of its kind at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in at least 25 years
• Education value
• Celebrated defeat
• Israel interests
• Slow campaign start may favor Romney
• Downright scary: Former KU guard Jeff Boschee safe from Joplin tornado’s destruction
• 100 years ago: KU institutes specimen-loaning program for high schools
• 40 years ago: Two more storms dump more unneeded rain on area
• 25 years ago: Consulting group recommends against downtown mall
• Two engineering students named Tau Beta Pi Scholars
• Storm warning
• Lawrence Freenet's operators proposing to pay city for use of new fiber optic cable
• Firefighters battling fire in house near 13th and Kentucky streets
• Defense attorney plans to ask judge to dismiss indecent liberties case against former youth minister
• Air Force, Army generals inducted into Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame
• Hutchinson Correctional Facility officer accused of giving inmate tobacco
• Joplin tornado death toll reaches 116; search and rescue efforts continue
• Fire destroys longtime Pittsburg businesses Beitzinger's Hardware, Benelli's Jewelry
• Train derailment south of Moran sparks big fire
• AP Enterprise: States' immigration efforts fizzle
• Fight over TransCanada pipeline moves to Congress
• Olathe based Heart to Heart International mobilizes to help Joplin tornado victims
• Several Douglas County residents helping with Reading tornado relief efforts
• Federal judicial nomination hearing scheduled Tuesday for former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback tours Reading tornado damage
• Douglas County Red Cross chapter accepting donations for Reading, Joplin tornado victims
• Power restored to thousands of Westar Energy customers north of Sixth Street
• Schwegler School reading teacher Renee Babin wins this year's $10,000 Bobs' Award
• Statehouse Live: Kansas education officials say school cuts will hurt student performance
• Severe weather possible Monday afternoon, evening; increased risk for storms Tuesday
• Town Talk: Home sales down for April and the year; building permits produce mixed bag; planning commission set to meet
• Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to lead economic summit on life sciences Tuesday in KCK
• First Bell: $1 million pledge challenges Bishop Seabury Academy; doors to open and walls to go up, come down through reconfiguration; familiar leaders set for Adult Education Services
• Obama: Israel’s 1967 borders reflect longstanding policy
• Bigger Icelandic eruption, but less airline angst
• Bin Laden seemed to stick to familiar schemes
• Bankruptcies
• Siblings graduate from Baker University on special day for family
• Divorces
• Marriages
• Pump patrol
• State assesses tornado damage
• It’s never too late: 1969 graduates walk down hill
• KU grads embrace future prospects, memories of time in college
• New grant will expand Turkish language, culture programs
• Two students earn Brosseau Creativity Awards
• KU named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
• California GOP takes aim at spending
• Karzai’s brother offers candid appraisal
• Lawrence Virtual School moving to Wakarusa Valley building
• Baker University plans upgrade, addition to Mulvane Science Hall
• News from the City of Lawrence - May 19, 2011
• 40 years ago: Days of heavy rains saturate Lawrence area
• 100 years ago: Kansas governor drives to Lawrence for glass of buttermilk
• 25 years ago: New rules, fees, hours concern some Farmers' Market vendors
• Official: Tornado hits hospital in Joplin, Mo.
• Lawrence man finds debris from Reading tornado in backyard
• One killed in fatality accident Sunday on I-70 near Lecompton
• Tornado reported in Kan. town, 20 homes destroyed
• Wheel Genius: Road work planned for week of May 22
• Extreme weather inegral part of Kansas history
• Mortgages
• Around & about in local business
• Man reports theft of baby photos, electronics
• Cash, checks reported stolen from business
• Cash box reported stolen
• Pump patrol
• From the school of hard knocks to KU grad
• All severe weather watches, warnings for Douglas County allowed to expire
• Welcome, grads
• Ideals at stake in torture debate
• Police support
• Obama must match action to rhetoric
• Boomer Girl Diary: Divorce in the older-than-55 set
• Watch Live: 2011 KU Commencement
• 40 years ago: Haskell plans summer school program
• 100 years ago: Lawrence Water Company ponders improvements
• 25 years ago: Grants awarded to local arts organizations
• Symposium seeks to raise environmental awareness
• NWS: Possibility for large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes Saturday afternoon, evening
• Two arrested following incident with gun near West 31st Street
• Armed disturbance downtown early Saturday ends with Taser, arrest
• KU students earn record number of Fulbright awards
• Pump Patrol
• Lawmakers tour Fort Leavenworth
• Mississippi dangerous to navigate
• Queen’s historic Ireland trip ends on high note