Journal-World photographers take thousands of pictures every year, with subject matter ranging from serious, sometimes tragic, breaking news to light-hearted slices of life and sporting events. The images on this page are the individual favorites of the newspaper's eight staff photographers from 2001.
This photoGRAPH, from a summer story on the 75th anniversary of Route 66 and the 13 miles of the historic road that pass through Kansas, shows Kenneth Robertson of Joplin, Mo., playing with his 7-month-old daughter, Emilee Lynn Robertson, before a movie at the Highway 66 Drive-In in Carthage, Mo.
A long, warm fall kept many people outside well into November. Among them was Mia Lucas, 24, of Goodland, who soaked up some sun and learning in Buford M. Watson Jr. Park.
A mother consoles her two children after an accident on the Kansas Turnpike this summer. Photographer Aaron Lindberg, a Kansas University student, received an Award of Excellence in the College Pictures of the Year competition for this spot news image.
Princeton University player Konrad Wysocki, top, takes a seat on Kansas forward Nick Collison while the two chase a loose ball in their Dec. 13 game in Princeton, N.J.
J.R. Rogers, Lawrence, puts up a sunset shot during an August game of H-O-R-S-E with a friend.
David "junior" jones, top center, gently manipulates the hydraulic controls to his 1983 Buick Regal low rider as Anthony "Chico" Reyes Jr., bottom, and Tony Garcia work on a malfunctioning hydraulic cylinder in the car's wheel well. The men belong to the 4GOTN1s car club, which gathered at Garcia's home on a late summer Sunday afternoon in North Lawrence. The men at top right and top left are unidentified.
This photo, from the Journal-World's four-month "Living with Dying" series, shows Bobbie Clark, a volunteer at Hospice Care in Douglas County, reaching across the table to pat the cheek of Nona Clark during their weekly lunch at McDonald's. Bobbie visits the 91-year-old Nona, who is legally blind and has liver cancer, every Saturday.
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