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Polls
Toby Young, the dog handler who helped a convicted murderer escape from the prison at Lansing, was sentenced to 21 months in prison. What do you think of the punishment?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Too little; Young endangered many people with her actions. | 73% | |
| Just right. | 20% | |
| Too much; Young was misguided and needs to be treated with compassion. | 3% | |
| No opinion. | 2% | |
| Total | 332 | |
Videos
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- 6News Now for July 13
- July 13, 2006
- Coming up on 6News and in the Journal-World, Lawrence city leaders discuss a tax increase, KU fencing club has a membership boom, and emergency agency communications requirements may have a hefty price tag.
- City commissioners want to hold tax rate steady
- Budget cuts to be considered
- July 13, 2006
- A majority of city commissioners said they are still looking for a way to keep the city’s property tax rate steady, despite a recommendation from interim City Manager David Corliss that it be increased by a mill.
- Trial date set for shooting suspect
- Rashawn Anderson to face jury in November
- July 13, 2006
- Rashawn Anderson to face jury in November.
- K-State, bioscience authority coming to Olathe
- July 13, 2006
- A satellite campus for Kansas State University, new lab space for bioscience startups and office and technical space in a research park-type environment are in the works for Olathe.
- Hot and humid through weekend
- Slight chance for thunderstorms
- July 13, 2006
- Crank up the air conditioner. “It looks like another hot one as temperatures climb right back into the 90s,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- Vaughn signs with Spurs
- July 13, 2006
- Jacque Vaughn, who played a key reserve role in the New Jersey Nets backcourt last season, has signed a free-agent contract with the San Antonio Spurs.
- Ricketts rallies Raiders
- First baseman busts slump as Lawrence rallies for 13-12 win
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Slumping players can mean the end for a team. That is, unless they break out of their slump at the right time - the end of the season.
- Our town sports
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C7
- Bonds, Giants likely to part
- Slugger might seek employment in AL next season
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C4
- The Barry Bonds era in San Francisco is probably headed into its final months.
- Raising the bar
- Drivers share ideas on how to improve the Chase
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C6
- Jeff Burton isn’t going to lie about it. There’s pressure involved in gunning to be part of the Chase for the Nextel Cup when the 10-race playoff begins the next time the circuit visits New Hampshire International Speedway.
- People in the news
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- ¢ Ex-wife sues Jackson ¢ Brinkley, husband separate ¢ ‘South Park’ episode that angered Cruise to air
- A&E’s police academy not arresting
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- The primetime crime never stops. “Commander Castle” (9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., A&E) may sound like a classy sequel to “Horatio Hornblower,” but it’s more in tune with A&E’s turn toward testosterone-enhanced reality fare.
- U.S. facing trouble spots around the world
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Pretend for a moment that you are in the president’s cabin on Air Force One as he tours Europe this week and heads for a G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. What does the world look like to you?
- Economic efforts
- Depending on how the job is structured, a proposed new city position might enhance the city-county economic development effort.
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- A city economic development coordinator could be a positive addition to the economic development team serving Lawrence and Douglas County through the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
- Horoscopes
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B5
- For Thursday, July 13
- Salute! toasts good cause
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Miles Schnaer understands why the annual Salute! fundraiser has become a smashing success for Cottonwood Inc.
- Hinrich on U.S. team
- Former Jayhawk seizes second chance
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Former Kansas University guard Kirk Hinrich of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday landed a spot on the U.S. Senior National Men’s Basketball Team.
- Sidewalk sale to halt road work
- Construction to take short hiatus
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- It’s still a week away, but already downtown business owners are getting ready for the 35th annual sidewalk sale.
- Chick-fil-A’s feathers ruffled over bar’s spinoff campaign
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Not everyone believes imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In fact, Doug Holiday - an owner of Lawrence’s Bigg’s Bar & Grill, 2429 Iowa - is learning in no uncertain terms that the folks at the large multinational restaurant chain Chick-fil-A don’t think much of it at all.
- Education agency’s turnover rate grows
- More than 20 percent of employees quit job
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- One in five employees left the state Department of Education over the past year, and some critics of Commissioner Bob Corkins are blaming him for the relatively high turnover rate.
- New Orleans wedding business rebounds
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A2
- When it was obvious Hurricane Katrina had laid waste to New Orleans, bride-to-be Lauren Francingues told her wedding planner, “It’s not going to happen.”
- County fire damages home, draws out area firefighters
- Occupants estimate property loss at $5,000
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Neither resident was home Wednesday morning when a fire started in a two-story rental home four miles south of Lawrence.
- Israeli troops raid Lebanon after attack by Hezbollah
- Strike in Gaza today destroys Palestinian ministry building
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Israel bombed and shelled southern Lebanon and sent ground troops over the border for the first time in six years Wednesday after Hezbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers. The fighting killed eight Israeli soldiers and three Lebanese.
- Bella Sera shifts skyline in W. Lawrence
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- No, that’s not the monolith from “2001: A Space Odyssey” popping up out of the ground in west Lawrence.
- Keegan: Overseas migration not killer
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- The loudest noise made this week at ABCD camp in Teaneck, N.J., came out of the mouth of Reggie Rose, brother of Chicago recruit Derrick Rose, a Kansas University recruiting target who reportedly is leaning toward Memphis.
- Kline to appeal towing suit ruling
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline on Wednesday filed notice he plans to appeal the dismissal of his consumer-protection lawsuit against a local towing company.
- Education department shifts employees
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- Jeannette Nobo has been named director of professional learning communities at the Kansas Department of Education.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.76 at several locations.
- KDHE pays for Black Jack cleanup
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B1
- The cost of cleaning up an illegal dump site at Black Jack Battlefield near Baldwin will be paid by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment because the site represents a potential health hazard.
- On the record
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence datebook
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B2
- Death row inmate chooses electrocution
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- A death row inmate set for execution next week for the rape and murder of a young mother has chosen to die in the electric chair, the Virginia Department of Corrections said Wednesday in Richmond.
- Desert wildfire spares movie set town
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Temperatures hit 108 degrees and winds gusted up to 40 mph as firefighters battled a 36,000-acre wildfire that destroyed buildings and forced hundreds of people to flee, but spared historic structures in a town developed decades ago as a movie set for Westerns.
- Gas giveaway leads to crashes, arrests
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- An insurance company held a gasoline giveaway Wednesday to reward the city for its safe-driving record.
- Private spacecraft has successful test
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- An experimental spacecraft bankrolled by a hotel chain magnate successfully inflated in orbit Wednesday, testing a technology that could lead to Robert Bigelow’s dream of building a commercial space station.
- Spacewalkers lose spatula, gain experience in repair technique
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Two spacewalkers sheepishly lost a spatula in orbit Wednesday. But NASA engineers didn’t mind much, because the two accomplished their main task of testing a method to apply emergency patches to a shuttle heat shield - and then some.
- Finding out who you are
- DNA testing kits help people discover origins, research health
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Alice Lieberman always defined herself as a full-blooded European Jew until her DNA told her otherwise.
- Keep those June beetles at bay
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- So you’re standing in the garden and you hear a loud buzz pass your head. Soon there’s another and yet another. Suddenly you feel like you are the target of an all-out air assault. After some patient investigation, you realize the attackers are large, dull, velvety green bugs. They appear to be some sort of morphed May beetle or June bug on steroids - a science experiment gone bad. They seem to fly until they hit something with their poor navigational skills. Put the kamikaze attitude, the buzzing and the size together, and you have a beetle that many people do not like. Here is what you need to worry about when it comes to green June beetles in your home garden.
- Highway inspection expands
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Inspectors began reviewing the city’s entire highway system Wednesday - every bridge, tunnel and roadway - after at least 60 signs of loose bolts and other potential failures were found in the same Big Dig tunnel where a motorist was crushed by falling concrete.
- High-profile guests among mourners at Ken Lay’s funeral
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A3
- Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay was a high-powered businessman, philanthropist and family man who didn’t succumb to despair despite the scandal that destroyed his company and left him a vilified felon, friends and family members said at a memorial service Wednesday where mourners included former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara.
- Shooter’s identity at issue in case
- Defense says there’s room for confusion; victim killed near club had knife, wife says
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Police said Wednesday that DNA evidence implicates a man who’s charged in the deadly shooting earlier this year outside a downtown night club.
- Medicaid paybacks may cost millions more
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Kansas has already agreed to refund the federal government $32 million for misspent Medicaid funding.
- Dog trainer gets 21 months for helping murderer escape
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A1
- Despite attempting to remain upbeat before her sentencing, Toby Young’s face showed tension and sadness as she looked at her family across the courtroom.
- Commercial curb appeal
- Businesses honored for landscaping
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on D1
- Businesses have begun to recognize the intrinsic value a beautifully landscaped site has to offer. Not only does spending a little green create a big, colorful impact, it shows that the establishment is making a long-term commitment to the community.
- Wichita mayor backs off plan
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- Mayor Carlos Mayans is dropping a proposal to resurrect the football program at Wichita State University.
- Zidane apologizes, but trigger remains mystery
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C3
- An apology, but no regrets and no detailed explanation on what set him off.
- Headbutt hall of fame
- Zidane head of this class
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- You’re a coach, you’re a couch potato, you’re King of the Softball Diamond after work. At some point, at some time, the other guy made you mad.
- Baseball’s intriguing second half begins today
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C1
- Nobody expected the Detroit Tigers to have the best record in baseball at the All-Star break, and everyone wants to see if they can keep it up.
- Connecticut stars power East to victory
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Katie Douglas and her Connecticut Sun teammates gave the Eastern Conference its first WNBA All-Star game victory.
- Frenchman snags lead; favorites ease off
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C5
- Lance Armstrong once said there were no gifts at the Tour de France - a maxim that a Frenchman and a Spaniard showed still holds true, even with the seven-time champion out of the picture.
- Commentary: Fans looking for elusive Mr. Clean
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- This is one of those tree-falling-in-the-forest questions: If it weren’t for the possibility of a drug scandal, would the Tour de France make a sound?
- Ex-Barton County coach convicted
- Brauman found guilty of embezzlement, theft, mail fraud
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C2
- Jurors on Wednesday found a former Barton County Community College track coach guilty for his part in a scheme to use work-study and campus employment programs to illegally pay athletes for work they didn’t perform.
- Astros acquire Rays’ Huff
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C4
- The Houston Astros acquired third baseman Aubrey Huff from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for two minor-league prospects Wednesday, hoping Huff can help revive the Astros’ struggling offense.
- Supporters of defeated candidate begin march
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Protesters started marching from mountain towns and sprawling industrial cities to the nation’s capital Wednesday to protest official election results showing conservative Felipe Calderon as the winner of the July 2 presidential election.
- China, Russia offer proposal on N. Korea
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- China and Russia introduced a resolution Wednesday deploring North Korea’s missile tests but dropping language from a rival proposal that could have led to military action against Pyongyang.
- Global powers issue ultimatum to Iran
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The United States and five other world powers gave Iran a stern ultimatum Wednesday, announcing they would seek a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing sanctions against Tehran unless the regime suspends its nuclear program.
- Indian prime minister vows to defeat terror
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- The prime minister praised this wounded city for its strength Wednesday, vowing that “no one can make India kneel,” while a senior investigator said the Bombay train attacks that killed at least 200 people could be linked to a Kashmiri militant group.
- Gunmen kill 22 as Rumsfeld visits Iraq
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on A6
- Gunmen kidnapped a group of people in the parking lot of a bus station on Wednesday and killed 22 of them, according to Iraqi police and military officials. The execution-style slayings occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq and stressed the need to stem the sectarian violence that has killed scores of civilians in recent days.
- Board reopens charter school debate for troubled students
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B3
- Although its chairman says he’s not aggressively pursuing the issue, the State Board of Education reopened a contentious debate Wednesday over creating special charter schools for troubled students.
- Prairie Moon adds developer for school
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Prairie Moon School, a developing Waldorf school just north of Lawrence, announces the hiring of Bret Schacht to lead development of its grade school.
- Therapist approved for state program
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Vickie Hull, a licensed marriage and family therapist with Lawrence Therapy Services and Baldwin Therapy Services, has been approved as a mental health service provider for the Kansas Ryan White Title II Care Program.
- Commodities
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Cost of college textbooks rising
- Buying used books, searching online can help reduce costs
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Thomas Jefferson said that “books constitute capital.”
- Daily ticker
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on C8
- Band director hopes to boost membership
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B8
- Kansas University’s marching band is growing, and officials hope that will continue with the arrival of David Clemmer, new director of athletic bands and assistant band director.
- Penny no longer pays its way
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B7
- Federal factories in Philadelphia and Denver have already stamped out 4.8 billion little tan disks this year so that purses might be encumbered, cashiers oppressed and tradition preserved.
- Misplaced blame
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: Al Gore, the non-scientist who invented the Internet, confirms global warming is anthropocentric.
- Parade highlight
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: To the fireman, medics and police officers who volunteered their time at the fifth annual Morning Star Church Neighborhood Bike Parade, thank you for giving your time and energy to the Fourth of July Bike Parade in the Quail Run neighborhood.
- Warming trend
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: We have certainly initiated a heated mini-debate about global warming as a result of Mr. Gurley’s article.
- Facts disputed
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- To the editor: In the Public Forum on July 5, Jim Winn argued that Kansans should embrace the new concealed gun law since, according to Mr. Winn, it is a “demonstrable FACT” that states with concealed gun laws have seen large decreases in crime.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
- Old home town - 25 years ago today
- July 13, 2006 in print edition on B6
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- 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 · 256 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
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