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Lawrence Boys & Girls Club members honored at World Series games

After Free State High School senior Hannah Moyer delivered the game ball Tuesday night at Game 6 of the World Series, Lawrence High School senior Jazmen Fowler was given the same honor before Game 7 Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium.

Royals beat Giants 7-2, even World Series 1-1

Salvador Perez and the pesky Kansas City Royals fought back from a Game 1 flop to beat the San Francisco Giants’ brilliant bullpen and even the World Series. Perez broke open Game 2 with a two-run double in a five-run sixth inning, and the Royals’ own cast of clutch relievers kept the Giants in check in a 7-2 victory Wednesday night that certainly spiced things up as the Series shifts to San Francisco for the next three games.

Former Lawrence High coach Bill Freeman to enter state hall of fame today in Wichita

Just seven days after Clint Bowen was named interim football coach at Kansas University, his high school mentor — Lawrence High’s Bill Freeman — is set to be immortalized in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.

Uruguay's Luis Suarez banned for four months for biting opponent in World Cup match

FIFA banned Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from all football activities for four months on Thursday for biting an opponent at the World Cup, a punishment that rules him out of the rest of the tournament and the start of the upcoming Premier League season.

Lawrence family among winners of Special Olympics awards

A Lawrence family was among the winners of the 2013 Special Olympics Kansas' Making a Difference Awards.

J-W sports wins in four categories

For the second consecutive year, the Journal-World has hit a grand slam in the Associated Press Sports Editors annual national contest.

Local lifter Tanner honored

Lawrence native Brady Tanner won a handful of awards last week at the World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters (WABDL) world championships in Reno, Nev.

Visit from Perry Ellis lights up Special Olympics basketball player's life

Barb Parker, single mother of former Douglas County Jayhawks Special Olympics basketball team star Tony Parker, was eating dinner with her favorite player when the doorbell rang Sunday at around 7 p.m. The young man at the door of her home in the Wichita suburb of Bel Aire, wondered if Tony, 27, could come out to shoot hoops. The visitor? Tony's favorite player, KU sophomore Perry Ellis. By Tom Keegan

Feds deny reports of Boston suspect in custody

BOSTON (AP) — A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation says a suspect has been taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140

BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 130 others in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, billowing smoke, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said.

Keon Stowers

KU defensive lineman Keon Stowers on Oct. 9, 2013.

Trevor Pardula

KU punter Trevor Pardula

LMH supports KU Cancer Center bid

Lawrence Memorial Hospital leaders like the prospect of having a cancer center nearby that could some day earn the National Cancer Institute gold standard. Tax credits, which were touted as a major source to pay for repairs and renovations at ...

Guilty pleas entered in Burger King robbery

Sunny and comfortable weather in the forecast today with a high of 67 degrees. Winds will be out of the NW around 10 mph. Partly cloudy skies overnight and cool, with lows dipping into the mid 40s. Even warmer weather ...

Wacky signs at the Sankey Ranch

The grounds of the Sankey Ranch, tucked away in Rose Hill, just southeast of Wichita, ...

Rock Chalk Roundball Classic

The day in photos, Feb. 3, 2009

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The day in photos, Jan. 27, 2009

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Border War

KU and Missouri faced off on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, for the Border War, at Allen Fieldhouse, and as KU came home the victor fans reflected on what the rivalry meant.

LHS Fall Sports Jamboree

Lawrence High School held their fall sports jamboree Wednesday, August 24, 2011. The Lions football team scrimmaged, the Marching Lions performed and other fall sports teams were introduced to a crowd of fans and family.

Paddlers take to Kaw for river race

Nearly 200 people climbed in their canoes and headed down the Kansas River Friday and Saturday. The race was the first ever Kawnivore 100, a race that starts in Manhattan and ends in Lawrence.

Bull charges LJWorld.com photographer

LJWorld.com photographer Nick Krug discusses the terrifying moment when a bull charged at him during the Sankey Rodeo School. For the record, Nick was securely protected by a metal fence at that time, but that didn't stop him from jumping back in fear. LJWorld.com reporter Shaun Hittle affectionately nicknamed the bull in question "Cuddles."