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Polls
Who should pay for the upkeep on Lawrence's sidewalks?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Sidewalks should be treated the same way as streets and their maintenance should be part of the city budget. The city should consider a tax for this. | 76% | |
| Property owners should be responsible for them, but should be able to get a tax credit from the city as an incentive for construction and repairs. | 9% | |
| The property owner should be required to maintain it at the property owner’s expense. | 6% | |
| The city should designate a task force to look at the issue. | 4% | |
| Special sidewalk benefit districts should be established by neighborhoods, which would assess individuals in those districts for repairs. | 3% | |
| Total | 1118 | |
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- Letter from Sen. Pat Roberts about wiretaps
- January 26, 2006
- Here’s the text of a letter from Sen. Pat Roberts to Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding the warrantless wiretaps issue.
- Medicare Part D working, says Bush health official
- January 26, 2006
- President Bush’s top health officlal today stated that the new Medicare drug program is improving.
- Chat with video/audio consultant David Nigro about HDTV and Super Bowl XL
- January 26, 2006
- David Nigro, audio-video consultant with Kief’s, talks about HDTV.
- Warm, with strong winds today
- Showers moving in Saturday
- 07:57 a.m., January 26, 2006 Updated 12:00 p.m.
- Temperatures in Lawrence will climb to nearly 60 degrees today. But strong winds will be howling across Kansas in from the south, says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “We will have a very windy afternoon. We are definitely expecting them to pick up and gust this afternoon,” Schack said.
- Lawrence datebook
- January 26, 2006
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- January 26, 2006
- E.R. Zook, former chamber of commerce manager, was calling for a public moratorium on the 50-cent fee being charged to city water customers to finance a storm water drainage plan. Zook said the fee was not valid and that he did not intend to pay it.
- Bill break
- January 26, 2006
- To the editor: This past month we all enjoyed getting a break on our Westar electric bill.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- January 26, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.23 at several locations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Senate debate focuses on wiretapping
- January 26, 2006
- In an exchange of speeches that increasingly focused on presidential powers and whether President Bush had exceeded them, the Senate on Wednesday began formal debate on the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court.
- People in the news
- January 26, 2006
- ¢ Hatch guilty of failing to pay taxes on ‘Survivor’ winnings ¢ Former Village People star skips sentencing hearing ¢ Michael Jackson spotted wearing robe, veil at mall
- Pistons stretch streak to nine
- Billups dooms Bucks with 11 points in OT
- January 26, 2006
- The Detroit Pistons think Chauncey Billups should be an All-Star because of his versatility.
- Two plans compete for use of Carnegie Library
- January 26, 2006
- Let the contest begin to determine the future of the vacant Carnegie Library building at Ninth and Vermont streets.
- The age of opera
- Companies looking to lure younger fans
- January 26, 2006
- Growing up in Buhler - a town of about 1,300 near Hutchinson - David Lara didn’t have much exposure to opera.
- Kansas wineries worry about proposal to end direct sales
- January 26, 2006
- Kansas’ winemakers, currently allowed to sell directly to liquor stores, bars and restaurants, said Wednesday that a legislative proposal to make them go through wholesalers could put some - if not all - of them out of business.
- Upsets aplenty: No. 5 Florida, No. 9 West Virginia headline quartet of casualties
- January 26, 2006
- Tarence Kinsey had 19 points Wednesday as South Carolina beat No. 5 Florida, 68-62, ending a nine-game losing streak to the Gators.
- Women taking business reins
- Lawrence sees dramatic rise in female entrepreneurship
- January 26, 2006
- Christine Kosirog had a lifelong dream of owning a business. She also had two kids, both under the age of 4. No problem.
- Taxes sought for open spaces
- January 26, 2006
- Lawrence and Douglas County commissioners want to pursue spending at least $20 million during the next 10 years for developing business parks and preserving open space.
- Notebook
- January 26, 2006
- Russell Robinson said Micah Downs’ decision to leave Kansas University was one that would “stick with him the rest of his life.”
- KU women throw scare into K-State
- January 26, 2006
- So much for the red uniforms.
- Horoscopes
- January 26, 2006
- For Thursday, Jan. 26
- Gillispie impressed
- A&M coach says KU ‘getting better’
- January 26, 2006
- To say Texas A&M basketball coach Billy Gillispie is impressed with Kansas University’s talent would be an understatement.
- Review: ‘Beau Jest’ a charm from community theater
- January 26, 2006
- It’s hard to do farce in the 21st century.
- Author, healer to share insights at program
- January 26, 2006
- Ken “Bear Hawk” Cohen, author of the critically acclaimed “Honoring the Medicine: The Essential Guide to Native American Healing,” will share his philosophy in a talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.
- Review: Tap Dogs energetic through encore
- January 26, 2006
- The Tap Dogs held the stage at a well-filled Lied Center for nearly an hour and a half Tuesday evening, rocking the audience into frequent applause. Move over, Michael Flatley - this is manly-man tap dancing, in real Australian boots (and jeans, and shorts, and T-shirts, and flannel shirts and ball caps).
- City’s art program for youths receives White House award
- January 26, 2006
- A Lawrence arts program received national recognition Wednesday during a White House ceremony.
- Chamber orchestra’s fundraiser successful
- January 26, 2006
- The Lawrence Chamber Orchestra will be able to perform its annual Baroque by Candlelight programs with the help of year-end contributions made by music patrons.
- Depression therapy results cheered
- Natural regimen gives participants new lease on life
- January 26, 2006
- For eight miserable years, John fought depression. “It had gotten to the point where I was so short-fused with my family, I was headed for a divorce,” he said. He tried antidepressants for about a year. They helped some.
- Event points way to political middle ground
- January 26, 2006
- Politically, the middle can be an elusive place.
- County Commission OKs battlefield funding
- January 26, 2006
- The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday night agreed to provide funding for the cleanup of illegal dump sites at the Black Jack Battlefield east of Baldwin.
- Police kill 2 after high-speed chase
- January 26, 2006
- Two people who were killed in a shootout as they fled from officers on Interstate 70 Wednesday afternoon were wanted for questioning in the shooting death of a decorated World War II veteran in Utah on Jan. 14, authorities said.
- Deer hunt planned to evaluate disease
- January 26, 2006
- Researchers plan to kill and test deer to determine how widespread the infestation of chronic wasting disease is in the state’s wildlife population now that Kansas has confirmed its first case of the brain-destroying ailment.
- De Soto boys down Wellsville
- January 26, 2006
- Taylor Burnett scored 15 points, Scott McElvain added 12, and J.T. Thompson scored 10 to lead De Soto past Wellsville, 60-53, Wednesday night in high school boys basketball.
- LHS swimmers fall short
- January 26, 2006
- Alex Boyer won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events, but those were Lawrence High’s only victories in a boys swimming and diving loss in a dual meet Wednesday to Manhattan High.
- Our town sports
- January 26, 2006
- Bears end road woes at Cyclones’ expense
- January 26, 2006
- Sophia Young had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Angela Tisdale added 17 points, and No. 9 Baylor beat Iowa State, 79-64, Wednesday night for its first conference road victory of the season.
- Two more foreigners kidnapped in Iraq
- Shiites begin trying to form government
- January 26, 2006
- Kidnappers of two German engineers seized their captives only two days after they arrived in Iraq, gaining access to their compound by pretending to be soldiers, police said Wednesday.
- 22-year-old challenging Tafanelli for House seat
- January 26, 2006
- Jim Faris said he got bitten by the political bug when he was an eighth-grader at Oskaloosa Middle School and served for a day in the Capitol as a page.
- A’s add slugger Thomas
- Two-time MVP agrees on $500,000 pact
- January 26, 2006
- Free-agent slugger Frank Thomas agreed to a $500,000, one-year contract with Oakland on Wednesday, giving the Athletics the big bat they’ve been searching for in the middle of their lineup.
- Rumsfeld disputes readiness study
- January 26, 2006
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed reports suggesting that the U.S. military is stretched thin and close to a snapping point, asserting “the force is not broken.”
- Tight end leaving KU for Houston
- January 26, 2006
- Josh Bell, one of the most highly rated prospects of Kansas University’s 2005 recruiting class, has left KU.
- Sidewalk sense
- January 26, 2006
- To the editor: As an anecdote to the issue of sidewalk conditions in Lawrence, I offer this story.
- Former dictator’s daughter seeks asylum in U.S.
- January 26, 2006
- The elder daughter of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet requested asylum in the United States on Wednesday after being taken into custody at Dulles International Airport, Chilean and U.S. officials said.
- Stinson, free throws help ISU rout Mizzou
- January 26, 2006
- Curtis Stinson scored 27 points for the third straight game, and Iowa State was 25-for-27 at the free-throw line, pulling away for an 82-58 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night.
- Seven adopted children die in crash involving school bus
- January 26, 2006
- Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern Florida.
- U.S. ambassador: Deal off if India supports Iran
- January 26, 2006
- The U.S. ambassador to India said Wednesday that a nuclear deal between India and the United States could “die” if New Delhi supports Iran during a U.N. atomic watchdog agency meeting. The State Department said the envoy was speaking for himself.
- President blames U.S., Britain for bombings
- January 26, 2006
- Iran’s president on Wednesday blamed “the occupiers of Iraq” - inferring the United States and Britain - for two bombings that killed at least nine people in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
- Taking stock of advisers
- January 26, 2006
- If you really want to make a good investment, then get the February issue of Consumer Reports.
- Study: Lung cancer risk higher for black smokers
- January 26, 2006
- Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease, researchers say.
- Tax relief
- January 26, 2006
- To the editor: Why is property tax relief for Lawrence seniors long overdue?
- Playful dog takes kindergartner’s life
- January 26, 2006
- There was something about the blue scarf tied around Kaitlyn Hassard’s neck that cost the 6-year-old her life.
- Pope issues first encyclical: ‘God is Love’
- January 26, 2006
- Pope Benedict XVI focused his first encyclical on love, saying Wednesday that the Roman Catholic Church has a duty through its charitable work to influence political leaders to ease suffering and promote justice.
- Environmentalists decry rain forest pipeline plan
- January 26, 2006
- Environmentalists were caught off guard when South American leaders announced plans to build a massive natural gas pipeline through the Amazon rain forest.
- Sen. Clinton: Bush explanations ‘farfetched’
- January 26, 2006
- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Bush’s explanations for eavesdropping on domestic conversations without warrants “strange” and “far-fetched” Wednesday in blistering criticism ahead of the president’s State of the Union address.
- China cuts estimate of population with HIV
- January 26, 2006
- China on Wednesday revised down the number of people living in the country with the HIV virus, but international health agencies warned that with 70,000 new infections last year, there was no room for complacency.
- On the record
- January 26, 2006
- Survivor of coal mine explosion out of coma
- January 26, 2006
- The sole survivor of a mine explosion that killed 12 fellow miners emerged from a light coma Wednesday but still cannot speak, his doctor said.
- Forum to address intelligent design
- January 26, 2006
- The lawyers who successfully battled to keep the teaching of intelligent design out of Dover, Pa., public science classrooms will speak Saturday at a forum titled “Intelligent Design, Kansas Science Education, and the Law.”
- Jury convicts accused Iraqi agent on six counts
- January 26, 2006
- A man accused of trying to sell the names of U.S. operatives and agents to Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime for $3 million was convicted Wednesday of six of the seven charges against him.
- Supreme Court to hear lethal injection appeal
- January 26, 2006
- Hours after staying the execution of an inmate who was already strapped to a gurney, the Supreme Court said Wednesday it would hear arguments from the man who claims the drug cocktail used in lethal injections can cause excruciating pain.
- Commodities
- January 26, 2006
- Tips on collecting oral history offered
- January 26, 2006
- An oral history workshop will be conducted Saturday at St. Luke AME Church, 900 N.Y.
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- January 26, 2006
- Highlights of Wednesday’s activities at the Kansas Legislature.
- Inmate guilty in slaying of pedophile priest
- January 26, 2006
- Joseph Druce’s conviction Wednesday for murdering pedophile priest John Geoghan effectively added nothing to the life sentence he was already serving.
- Lawmakers approve ban on gay marriage
- January 26, 2006
- Virginia lawmakers gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, despite warnings the measure is so broadly worded it could have dire unintended consequences for all unmarried couples.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- January 26, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 26, 1906: “Saturday work is becoming a feature in Kansas University life.”
- U.S. home sales hit record in 2005
- January 26, 2006
- Sales of existing homes set a record for a fifth straight year in 2005 even though the year ended on a weaker note with three straight monthly declines, sending a signal that the housing boom is beginning to cool.
- Protecting trees
- January 26, 2006
- To the editor: I am a member of the citizen group that is working to protect significant trees in the city of Lawrence.
- Pasta maker’s stock drops on concerns
- January 26, 2006
- American Italian Pasta Co.’s stock price continued to fall Wednesday, a day after an analyst downgraded the stock on concerns over a lawsuit claiming company officials conspired to “cook the books” of the dry pasta manufacturer.
- Computer stolen from fire station
- January 26, 2006
- Lawrence Police are investigating how a laptop computer valued at $3,000 disappeared between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday from the downtown fire station at 746 Ky.
- Trapping best solution for ridding yard of moles
- January 26, 2006
- Moles: Their mere mention sends a shiver down any gardener’s spine. Their destructive nature and complete disregard for garden boundaries make them an un-welcome sight in any garden. More importantly, mole tunnels make it difficult to walk in or mow over the lawn. And they dig around roots, causing plants to shrivel and die. However, this subterranean insectivore can be a blessing in disguise if you garden in heavy clay soil.
- Daily ticker
- January 26, 2006
- Dems get Medicare opening
- January 26, 2006
- For the last few weeks, Democrats in Washington have been thrashing about in search of some way to make the Republican corruption scandals relevant to the broader public. Meanwhile, the public seems much more concerned about the Medicare prescription drug plan, which, with its horror stories of bureaucratic bungling, has turned out to be the Hurricane Katrina of entitlement programs.
- Boston Scientific wins Guidant bidding
- January 26, 2006
- Guidant Corp. jilted longtime suitor Johnson & Johnson Wednesday in favor of a $27.2 billion offer from Boston Scientific Corp., ending a highly charged bidding war.
- DeLay makes no apologies
- January 26, 2006
- Out here, where the tendrils of Houston’s growing exurbs reach for open ground, sits Rio Bend, a cluster of new houses and other facilities for parents having difficult times with troubled foster children - difficulties like those Tom and Christine DeLay experienced with several teenagers they took into their home. Rio Bend was built by the DeLays, with help from friends, of sorts.
- Turnpike project closes part of road
- January 26, 2006
- A section of East 500 Road is closed for the removal of a Kansas Turnpike bridge.
- Correction
- January 26, 2006
- Although infrequent, the seizures that Beth Wilkinson, the subject of a Journal-World article on Monday, suffers from are severe. Also, Wilkinson received her epilepsy-related implant from St. Luke’s Hospital.
- Polls show Hamas seizing sizable share of vote
- January 26, 2006
- Hamas fared better than expected in Palestinian elections Wednesday, exit polls showed, raising the prospect that the ruling Fatah Party might be forced to form a coalition with the Islamic militant group that calls for Israel’s destruction. The outcome could put Mideast peacekeeping at risk.
- Congressional partisanship stymies policy
- January 26, 2006
- The party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, presaging a similar outcome in the full Senate, certifies the depth of the division between Republicans and Democrats on basic national policy.
- Commentary: For Bonds, reality can be way too real
- January 26, 2006
- Barry Bonds certainly seems to be in a good mood these days. I know because he told me so on his official Web site, the same place Giants executives go when they want to learn how Barry’s knees are doing and whether their star slugger feels like playing.
- Senate considers package of Medicaid legislation
- January 26, 2006
- Lawmakers want to deal with rising Medicaid costs this session, and the Senate moved in that direction Wednesday by giving first-round approval to a trio of bills designed to make it easier to address fraud, abuse and waste in the health care program.
- ACLU: Government using Patriot Act to censor Muslim scholar
- January 26, 2006
- A leading Muslim scholar who opposes the war in Iraq has sued the U.S. government, claiming officials used anti-terrorism laws to stop him from accepting speaking invitations from organizations.
- Analysis: Bush seeks new words, perspective on spying
- January 26, 2006
- President Bush and his top national security advisers are trying to change the debate - and even the vocabulary - about the National Security Agency’s controversial electronic monitoring program.
- Toplikar: Kick back for a high-def Super Bowl show
- Scoring a clear picture requires pregame plan
- January 26, 2006
- “Hi Dad,” Julie said, passing by the couch. My daughter had just arrived from the dorm, carrying a load of laundry. I grunted a hello, but didn’t take my eyes off the TV.
- Clever tin candy containers popular collectibles
- January 26, 2006
- Remember when you were young and the box holding your gift was sometimes more fun than the gift? Sometimes it was just a plain box that could be turned into a house or a cave.
- Bill spells out qualifications for education commissioner
- Legislation would require hiring person with experience in schools
- January 26, 2006
- Sparks continue to fly months after the controversial hiring of Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins.
- Firebirds eager for some home cookin’
- Free State girls focused on breakthrough in this year’s Winter Classic
- January 26, 2006
- Its tournament jinx now a thing of the past, the Free State High girls basketball team figures it’s about time to take care of business on its home floor.
- WRAP future
- A program that puts mental health professionals in the Lawrence schools has proven its worth.
- January 26, 2006
- Even if state funding for K-12 schools increases again next year, there never is enough money to fund every program or fill every need.
- Hospital endowment association raises record amount of money
- January 26, 2006
- The Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Assn. in 2005 easily exceeded its fundraising record. It netted $3.57 million, which was up from $1.6 million in 2004.
- Imagination gives rise to futuristic city
- Junior high students enter model in regional competition
- January 26, 2006
- With $20 and a lot of creativity, three Lawrence students created the futuristic Icelandic city of Gronn-vedsjoen.
- Keegan: Robinson gets his reward
- January 26, 2006
- As a freshman, Russell Robinson sat on the bench and had one foot out the door. Going back home to New York, maybe to play at St. John’s, seemed like a pretty good idea.
- Concrete craze: Versatility, affordability earn material a stamp of approval
- January 26, 2006
- I love my garden, but I must admit I’m engaged in a never-ending battle with my patio.
- KU closing in on billion-dollar endowment
- January 26, 2006
- Kansas University is close, but it has not yet joined the group of 56 higher education institutions with billion-dollar endowments.
- Jackson plays big for Kansas
- Self called on ‘bigger bodies’ against A&M
- January 26, 2006
- Darnell Jackson’s big, bruising body came in handy Wednesday against Texas A&M.
- Guest stars add heavy dose of glitter
- January 26, 2006
- Two veteran actresses make guest-star appearances tonight.
- New D saves KU’s day
- Kansas turns to - gulp - zone to beat Ags
- January 26, 2006
- A strict believer in in-your-face, man-to-man defense, Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self rarely turns to the dreaded zone.
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