All stories
- Lawrence Hallmark plant to add 125 employees
- January 12, 2006
- Lawrence’s Hallmark plant will be getting as many as 125 more employees in the coming months, as the Kansas City, Mo.-based company consolidates its production operations for greeting cards.
- Chat with state Rep. Lee Tafanelli about legislative issues
- January 12, 2006
- Rep. Tafanelli talks about his service in Iraq, pay increases for state employees, and the Patriot Act.
- Dillon enters plea in child-death case
- January 12, 2006
- Days before he was scheduled to stand trial, a Lawrence man entered a plea today to killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter by shaking and beating her.
- Sunny start to the day
- Chance for an isolated shower tonight
- January 12, 2006
- Lawrence gets off to a sunny start today, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “The birds are out. The sun is shining. It’s a beautiful day,” Schack said. But a cold front moves in this afternoon, bringing cloudy skies and a chance for some rain overnight, Schack said.
- Sandhill crane focus of audubon program
- January 12, 2006
- The Jayhawk Audubon Society will host a program on sandhill crane migration at 7:30 p.m. today at the Douglas County Senior Center, 745 Vt.
- Research pinpoints health risks in exotic locales
- January 12, 2006
- Traveling to Africa or Southeast Asia? Malaria and dengue fever are the big worries. In the Caribbean and South America, it’s infections from worms and other parasites. In south-central Asia, respiratory illness.
- Keegan: Chalmers shows his talent
- January 12, 2006
- He dribbled wildly into an offensive foul. He took another wild shot that was blocked and even fired up an airball. Mario Chalmers looked like a freshman at times in his first Big 12 Conference game.
- Damaged Jayhawk can’t be repaired
- January 12, 2006
- The Kansas University Classic Jayhawk sculpture that took a beating last month will never stand before the Kansas Union again.
- Begin new year by weighing net worth
- January 12, 2006
- Just about every morning, even before I brush my teeth, I get on the scale.
- Notebook
- January 12, 2006
- A Nike-brand basketball was used in a Kansas University game for the first time this season.
- Author, Oprah defend embattled book
- January 12, 2006
- Oprah Winfrey broke her silence about James Frey’s disputed memoir of addiction, “A Million Little Pieces,” dismissing allegations of falsehoods as “much ado about nothing” and urging readers who have been inspired by the book to “Keep holding on.”
- Michigan State wins battle of Big Ten heavyweights
- January 12, 2006
- Maurice Ager scored 28 points, and Paul Davis had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 14 Michigan State to its first Big Ten victory, 87-73, over No. 9 Indiana on Wednesday night.
- Having won the big one, Texas coach finally can relax
- January 12, 2006
- Making the rounds at the annual convention of college football coaches, Mack Brown kept hearing the same complaint from his colleagues.
- Toplikar: Digital devices track fitness
- Pedometers can help monitor distance, speed, calories
- January 12, 2006
- My dog waited as I hunted through the cupboard. “It’s got to be around here somewhere.”
- Horoscopes
- January 12, 2006
- For Thursday, Jan. 12
- Senior leadership
- Veteran Moody sparks Jayhawks
- January 12, 2006
- No offense to Kansas University’s basketball freshmen. They’ve had some great games this season.
- Brandon in no Rush
- Freshman slow to start against CU
- January 12, 2006
- Kansas University freshman Brandon Rush, who didn’t score in the first half Wednesday after burning Kentucky for a career-high 24 points last Saturday, erupted for 17 points the second half.
- Positive separation
- January 12, 2006
- To the editor: Scott Burkhart writes (Journal-World, Jan. 4) that if we’re really consistent about keeping religion and government separate, we’ll have to get rid of our laws based on the Judeo-Christian heritage.
- People in the news
- January 12, 2006
- ¢ Jolie, Pitt expecting ¢ Second time down the aisle ¢ White out in Japan
- Brown: Front-office job holds no interest now
- January 12, 2006
- Even though Larry Brown spent most of last spring flirting with the Cleveland Cavaliers about becoming their next general manager, the Knicks coach now says he no longer wants to move into a front-office role.
- Positive mark
- January 12, 2006
- To the editor: Another year has arrived and the president is hard at work on another State of the Union address. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if he decided to make a truly positive mark on history?
- Station that aired ‘Book of Daniel’ in Wichita loses general manager
- January 12, 2006
- The head of Wichita’s NBC affiliate has been dismissed, a move made the same day the station reversed course and decided to air “The Book of Daniel,” about an Episcopal priest with a troubled family who regularly talks to Jesus Christ.
- Study directly links global warming, frogs’ extinction
- January 12, 2006
- Rising temperatures are responsible for pushing dozens of frog species over the brink of extinction in the past three decades, according to new findings being reported today by a team of Latin American and U.S. scientists.
- Delay opposed in case of slain pregnant woman
- Defense attorneys want to conduct DNA testing
- January 12, 2006
- Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to refuse a defense request to delay the trial of a Kansas woman accused of killing a Missouri woman and cutting a baby from her womb.
- Warm weather spoils many winter activities
- January 12, 2006
- The snowshoes are in the closet, ice fishermen are lingering at the sides of slushy lakes, and at least one snow sculpting event was, quite literally, a washout.
- Special session fresh in leaders’ minds
- Memory of ‘big fight’ so far has encouraged bipartisan teamwork
- January 12, 2006
- The memory of last summer’s brutal special session over school funding has kept state leaders on their best behavior so far as they try again to fix school finance.
- On the record
- January 12, 2006
- Standard replay system likely
- January 12, 2006
- Upon further review, college football is likely to get one set of rules for instant replay instead of the conference-by-conference formats that led to confusion, frustration and mistakes during the bowl season.
- Commodities
- January 12, 2006
- Clarett decides against court hearing
- January 12, 2006
- Former Ohio State standout Maurice Clarett on Wednesday waived his right to a preliminary hearing as prosecutors prepared to ask a grand jury to charge him with using a gun to rob two people.
- Our town sports
- January 12, 2006
- Alaskan volcano erupts, forcing planes to reroute
- January 12, 2006
- A volcano on an uninhabited island erupted early Wednesday, spewing ash about five miles into the sky and prompting air traffic authorities to warn planes to steer clear of the cloud.
- Baylor comes up short in season debut
- January 12, 2006
- Jarrius Jackson scored 22 points as Texas Tech and some opening-game jitters spoiled Baylor’s season debut, 79-61, on Wednesday night.
- Bishop reveals abuse by priest
- January 12, 2006
- A bishop in the Detroit Archdiocese said Wednesday that he was touched inappropriately by a priest when he was a teenager, making him the first U.S. Catholic bishop to disclose that he was a victim of sexual abuse by clergy.
- Brownback urges reconsideration of some cases
- January 12, 2006
- The U.S. Supreme Court should be open to revisiting or overturning cases that many consider wrongly decided, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback told high court nominee Samuel Alito on Wednesday.
- Policy switch
- If state officials made an enforcement deal with a local bar, they should stand by their agreement.
- January 12, 2006
- There’s plenty of support, especially in a university town like Lawrence, for the state vigorously enforcing laws against underage drinking, but the case against a local bar raises questions of basic fairness.
- Top role model
- The former Kansas State football coach may be just the right person to lead an ambitious new mentoring program.
- January 12, 2006
- It’s hard to argue with the governor’s decision to name retired Kansas State University football coach Bill Snyder to head a new program to mentor Kansas youngsters.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- January 12, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 12, 1906: “The first game of the university basketball team will be played in Lawrence next Monday night in the Snow Hall gymnasium and the opponent, Chilocco, promises a good game.”
- Attacker wounds eight in synagogue
- January 12, 2006
- A young man with a shaved head shouting “I will kill!” rushed into a downtown synagogue Wednesday and stabbed eight people before he was wrestled to the ground and disarmed by the rabbi and his son.
- Review disputed
- January 12, 2006
- To the editor: Jon Niccum’s negative review of “Brokeback Mountain” was as incomprehensible to me as was his incomprehension of the movie’s last line, which was, by the way, “Jack, I swear.”
- LSD inventor celebrates his 100th birthday
- January 12, 2006
- It must’ve been quite a party.
- Man who threw grenade at Bush convicted
- January 12, 2006
- A court Wednesday convicted a man of trying to assassinate President Bush and the leader of Georgia by throwing a grenade at them during a rally last year, and it sentenced him to life in prison.
- Frontier dining experience planned
- January 12, 2006
- The third Meet Me at the Mission: A Frontier Kansas Dining Experience, a Kansas Day celebration and fundraiser, has returned by popular demand.
- Boy survives after head is run over
- January 12, 2006
- “All I remember about it was that when the truck ran over my head, I could hear my bones crack.”
- Eudora boys roll to victory
- January 12, 2006
- Rodney Spillman scored 20 points as Eudora rolled past Prairie View, 65-41, Wednesday night in high school boys basketball.
- Former teacher arrested in Mexico with student
- January 12, 2006
- A former teacher was charged with taking a 14-year-old student to Mexico after the two were found at a hotel near the Texas border, the FBI said.
- Disgraced scientist asks for forgiveness
- January 12, 2006
- Disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk asked his fellow South Koreans for forgiveness today at his first public appearance in almost three weeks, saying he takes full responsibility for his fraudulent stem cell research.
- K.C.’s Cunningham staying
- Edwards retains Chiefs’ defensive coordinator
- January 12, 2006
- Former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham has been retained as defensive coordinator, new head coach Herman Edwards said Wednesday.
- Disaster declaration for grass fires issued
- January 12, 2006
- President Bush issued a disaster declaration Wednesday for nine Texas counties where wildfires have destroyed homes and blackened thousands of acres of grassland over the past month.
- Schwarzenegger won’t be ticketed in crash
- January 12, 2006
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s weekend motorcycle crash left him with a fat lip and a political black eye, but he won’t be charged with a driving violation, officials said Wednesday.
- Lawrence datebook
- January 12, 2006
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- January 12, 2006
- William Allen White Award winner selected
- January 12, 2006
- Kansas University’s School of Journalism will give the William Allen White Award to Gordon Parks, the noted photojournalist, author and filmmaker from Fort Scott. The honor will be presented during William Allen White Day, Friday, Feb. 10, on KU’s campus.
- Nickel gets new look
- January 12, 2006
- Coming soon to a cash register near you - a smiling Thomas Jefferson looking straight at you from a new nickel that will end nearly a century of tradition for U.S. coins.
- Runaway cow won’t be slaughtered
- January 12, 2006
- A cow that escaped last week from a Montana slaughterhouse, leading workers and police on a six-hour chase, will be spared following a wave of popular support, officials said on Tuesday.
- Explosives found in canal near L.A.
- January 12, 2006
- Commercial-grade explosives discovered in a canal south of Los Angeles prompted authorities to ban cell phone use Wednesday to prevent accidental detonation.
- Voters approve new constitution
- January 12, 2006
- Voters in this Central African nation approved a new constitution, paving the way for possible peace.
- Rep. Tafanelli to take part in online chat
- January 12, 2006
- Have a questions about area legislative issues from school finance to gambling?
- Certain fish from river remain unsafe to eat
- January 12, 2006
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued its annual advisory that “bottom-feeding” fish taken from the Kansas River between Lawrence and Eudora should not be eaten.
- Legal murder
- January 12, 2006
- To the editor: In the Jan. 5 Journal-World, Section B, the headline read “Murder-for-hire case brings federal charges.” The word abortion came to my mind.
- Shock jock can sell out
- January 12, 2006
- Just three days after starting his new job at Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Howard Stern is now able to sell the roughly $200 million in Sirius stock that he received as part of his five-year deal with the company.
- Newell Rubbermaid to keep Winfield plant
- January 12, 2006
- Five months after Newell Rubbermaid Inc. said it planned to sell its Winfield plant and laid off 200 workers, the company has replaced the “for sale” sign with a “help wanted” sign.
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- January 12, 2006
- Howard Mossberg, associate dean of the school of pharmacy at Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Okla., was to become new dean of the Kansas University School of Pharmacy on June 1. He was to succeed Duane Wenzel who had resigned to return to teaching and research.
- Immigration hot topic in France
- January 12, 2006
- The French have had two months to sort out the lessons of last fall’s riots in predominately Muslim neighborhoods. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin says the rioting was caused by racial bias, lack of business opportunity and insufficient education for immigrant children. He vows tax breaks for business, better education for immigrant children and tougher enforcement of anti-bias laws. For this conclusion, the French media, which is more left wing than the American press, praised him.
- Explosion kills worker at wastewater plant
- January 12, 2006
- An explosion Wednesday at a wastewater treatment plant that was undergoing hurricane repairs killed one worker and burned six others, two critically, authorities said.
- Hope remains in Mideast
- January 12, 2006
- An impatient person observing the seemingly endless crises, conflicts and uncertainties in the Middle East during the past half-century likely would settle on a grim, absolute prognosis: hopelessness. Current disruption in Israel, centered on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s personal tragedy, might offer confirmation of that view.
- Daily ticker
- January 12, 2006
- Trade gap triples
- January 12, 2006
- China’s trade surplus surged to $101.9 billion in 2005, more than triple the $32 billion gap recorded the year before, according to customs figures released Wednesday.
- Efforts to form Palestinian state are failing
- January 12, 2006
- The United States, its European and Arab allies and the United Nations have labored for four months to turn Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip into a catalyst for the creation of an independent, viable Palestinian state. They are visibly failing.
- Bird flu increasingly dangerous in people
- January 12, 2006
- Preliminary tests show that the strain of bird flu virus that has hit at least 15 people in Turkey has evolved in a way that may make it somewhat more hazardous to human beings, although it still lacks the capacity to be passed easily from person to person, international health officials said Wednesday.
- As Sharon gradually improves, attention turns to politics
- January 12, 2006
- With Ariel Sharon’s condition gradually improving, doctors hoped Wednesday to completely remove him from sedatives soon - a process that could take a day and a half - so they can assess what brain damage he suffered from a massive stroke.
- Shiite cleric asks God’s help against insurgents
- January 12, 2006
- A leading Shiite politician marked Islam’s feast of sacrifice Wednesday by asking for God’s help to smite the insurgency, and warned his governing religious bloc would not allow substantive changes to Iraq’s new constitution - a key Sunni Arab demand.
- Israel cuts ties to evangelist over comments on Sharon
- January 12, 2006
- Israel has suspended contact with evangelist Pat Robertson for suggesting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The controversy has cast doubt on plans for a Christian tourism center that would showcase the growing flow of money and influence from U.S. church groups.
- ABC serves up ‘Crumbs’
- January 12, 2006
- A new sitcom with a veteran cast, “Crumbs” (9:30 p.m., ABC) is smart enough to challenge viewers with a mix of easy yucks, genuine pathos and some insight and character self-discovery. It also provides Jane Curtin with a venue for a standout performance, a tour de force balancing act of rage, self-pity and comic zaniness that is a sight to behold.
- Religious objects popular sellers today
- January 12, 2006
- Religious antiques, difficult to sell 15 years ago, are in demand today. This has created a problem: the theft of statues, carvings, candlesticks, silver and other attractive objects from religious institutions open to the public. Even graveyard carvings must be guarded because carved angels and urns are sold as garden ornaments, usually to unsuspecting buyers.
- LHS wrestlers claim sweep
- January 12, 2006
- Brandon Goodwin, Chris Cates, Cameron Reschke and Nolan Kellerman each collected a pair of victories Wednesday as the Lawrence High wrestling team (12-2) knocked off Topeka West and Topeka in a double dual.
- After a bout with cancer and the birth of his second child, survivor still healing
- January 12, 2006
- Famous Kansas aviator Amelia Earhart once said, “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” After a visit with his physician on Feb. 17, 2003, Ogden resident Mike Coburn learned that behaving courageously was no longer a choice, but a matter of life and death.
- Guantanamo built up as long-term prison camp
- New detention complex built as base enters 4th year of operation
- January 12, 2006
- Four years after the first detainees in the U.S. war on terrorism were brought to makeshift jails at Guantanamo, construction workers in hard hats are putting up a two-story complex modeled after a mainland maximum-security prison.
- Investigate charges, services by lawn care providers
- January 12, 2006
- Although the lawn is dormant and the landscape is far from needing attention, now is the time to begin thinking about a lawn care professional for the coming year. For the next several weeks, contractors will be renewing their accounts and making bids to find new customers.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- January 12, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.25 at several locations around Lawrence. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Residents could face increased utility bills
- City to ask county officials about sharing $41 million cost to alleviate North Lawrence flooding
- January 12, 2006
- Lawrence residents could face an increase in their monthly city utility bills if city commissioners don’t come up with another way to foot the cost of a $41 million plan to alleviate North Lawrence flooding.
- Charities reap windfall from lobbying scandal
- January 12, 2006
- Ninety families on a South Dakota Indian reservation will get help paying their heating bills this winter and heart disease research will get a little extra boost, thanks to a stampede by members of Congress to rid themselves of tainted money.
- Case hits close to home for officer
- LPD captain’s daughter on trial for money laundering, distributing crack cocaine
- January 12, 2006
- A crack-cocaine dealing case unfolding in court has hit a little too close to home for the Lawrence Police Department: One of the defendants is the daughter of a top LPD supervisor.
- Alito turns aside Democrats’ criticism; wife leaves in tears
- January 12, 2006
- Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito turned aside Democratic attacks on his judicial record and credibility at contentious confirmation hearings Wednesday that left his wife in tears.
- Avocados, dates bring tropics to living room
- Growing these healthy fruits doubles as fun experiment
- January 12, 2006
- Avocados and dates are delicious and healthy. Wouldn’t it be great to have an avocado tree or date palm in your home to lend a tropical feeling to the living room - even when the weather outside is dismal and bleak?
- New Orleans residents express anger at rebuilding ideas
- January 12, 2006
- Angry residents expressed frustration Wednesday at the debut of rebuilding proposals for this devastated city, taking aim at a suggested four-month moratorium on new building permits in areas heavily flooded by Hurricane Katrina.
- Tax proposals garner bipartisan support
- January 12, 2006
- A proposal to exempt new business machinery and equipment from property taxes has bipartisan support, but even some legislators who like the idea worried Wednesday it could rob cities and counties of revenue.
- Coalition: Lawrence 2nd meanest city to homeless
- Laws, enforcement considered as part of national ranking
- January 12, 2006
- Lawrence is one mean city. That’s the conclusion of the National Homeless Coalition, which has rated Lawrence the second meanest city in the country when it comes to treatment of the homeless.
- Campaign finance reports reveal postcard’s backer
- January 12, 2006
- A postcard that slammed City Commissioner David Schauner’s commitment to education and children during the last campaign was almost entirely financed by an area plumber, not by a teachers’ organization as the postcard suggested.
- Knicks stretch win streak to five
- New York blows big lead but prevails in overtime
- January 12, 2006
- Playing their second game in two nights and forced into overtime after blowing an 18-point lead, the New York Knicks were in need of some energy.
- Commentary: Writers should bow out of hall voting
- January 12, 2006
- This year was bad. Unfortunately for baseball and its fans, it’s only going to get worse for the next five to 10 years.
- USC’s White declares for draft
- Teammate Bush says he’ll reveal his plans today
- January 12, 2006
- Southern California’s Thunder is rumbling off to the NFL. USC’s Lightning could be next to bolt.
- Buffs impressed with KU’s speed
- January 12, 2006
- To say that Colorado was impressed with Kansas University’s fast break Wednesday night at Coors Events Center would be an understatement akin to saying Brandon Rush was better in the second half than the first.
- Cases of diabetes increasing in state
- Lawrence’s only endocrinologist relocating
- January 12, 2006
- Diabetes hasn’t stopped Michael Williams from living a full and active life, but the disease has been complicated - and costly - to manage.
- Overweight Americans gain acceptance
- January 12, 2006
- Thin is still in, but apparently fat is nowhere near as out as it used to be.
- Tax company hopes to drum up used cell phones for soldiers
- January 12, 2006
- Dustin Brown knows the plight of soldiers in Iraq trying to call home.
- Ex-Jayhawk Jones fond of new K.C. coach
- January 12, 2006
- Ho hum. Another coaching change for Adrian Jones to adjust to.
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Frank Male files for county commission; keep an ear open for local sales tax talk; city hires new city engineer; wholesale water district buys land near Kaw; weekly land transfers May 29, 2012 · 2 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 83 comments
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 37 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 149 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 255 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 27 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 30 comments
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 40 comments
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012 · 8 comments
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 130 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Fraternal reorder: Clubs, lodges face dwindling membership in modern world January 10, 2010
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
- Famed author takes on Kansas October 7, 2005
- Book helps family heal after tragedy May 28, 2012
