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- KU officials have not yet decided whether to hold school …
- Interview with Lawrence City Spokeswoman Lisa Patterson.
- Latest update from 6News about the weather.
- Interview with interim City Manager David Corliss.
- Interview with Mayor Boog Highberger and City Commissioner Mike Amyx
- 12:45 6News update.
- Cody Howard’s 11:00 a.m. update of the current weather situation.
- Mark Cairns, director of the Community Emergency Response Team, discusses …
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- Police responding to injury accident
- March 12, 2006
- A man was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City-area hospital Sunday evening after being pinned between two vehicles in the 1100 block of Kentucky Street.
- KU earns 4-seed in Oakland Regional
- Jayhawks will play Bradley on Friday in Michigan
- March 12, 2006
- Less than an hour after becoming Big 12 Tourney champs for the first time since 1999, Kansas (25-7) learned that it will be a No. 4 seed and will play 13th-seeded Bradley (20-10) on Friday at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Mi.
- Chancellor cancels KU classes for Monday
- Hemenway: Some buildings damaged, time needed for cleanup
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced this afternoon that classes would be canceled Monday because of damage caused by this morning’s wind storm that ravaged areas of Lawrence, including KU’s campus.
- Chancellor to make decision today whether to cancel KU classes Monday
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway received a phone call from his wife on Sunday morning informing him of the tornadic winds that hit Lawrence early this morning.
- Kansas wins Big 12 Tourney title
- KU avenges loss to UT; earns a No. 4 NCAA seed
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University’s players got the payback they wanted against Texas Sunday afternoon when KU won the Big 12 Tournament title with a 80-66 victory over the Longhorns at American Airlines Center. Whether the win will pay off in a higher-seed in next week’s NCAA Tournament, the Jayhawks will have to wait about an hour for the official NCAA brackets to be released.
- Storm damage halts KU softball
- March 12, 2006
- Three Kansas University sports venues suffered damage during Sunday morning’s storm. Arrocha Ballpark, home of the softball team, appeared to have been the hardest hit.
- Red Cross opens shelter
- March 12, 2006
- The Red Cross will open a shelter at the First Baptist Church at 14th St. and Kasold Drive beginning at 1 p.m. today.
- Video updates: Storm damage
- March 12, 2006
- 6News reports bring in storm updates throughout the day.
- Douglas County under severe thunderstorn warning
- Tornado watch continues until 10 p.m.
- 12:40 p.m., March 12, 2006 Updated 06:58 p.m.
- The weather service reports that Doppler radar has indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter-sized hail and bringing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph was mving into southeastern Douglas County.
- Was it a tornado?
- Winds clocked at 76 mph, but no official word yet
- March 12, 2006
- Although damage was heavy throughout Lawrence, indicating a tornado, this morning’s storm has not been declared an “official” tornado, according to Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.
- More storms expected, don’t rely on sirens
- March 12, 2006
- With power lines down across the city - and more storms possible today - emergency officials were warning Lawrence residents not to rely on tornado sirens for weather alerts today.
- Some wireless Internet service out
- March 12, 2006
- Dan Simons, president of Electronic Division of the World Co. , said Sunflower Broadband’s wireless Internet customers’ “Canopy service” west of Lawrence in the rural areas were knocked out during the storm.
- How to help
- March 12, 2006
- The Roger Hill Volunteer Center in Lawrence is matching volunteers with agencies in need of help during the storm cleanup.
- Officials give tips for storm damage claims
- March 12, 2006
- The following are some tips from the American Red Cross about how to properly report an insurance claim after a natural disaster.
- Tornadic winds hit Lawrence
- Residents urged to stay indoors
- 09:46 a.m., March 12, 2006 Updated 02:21 p.m.
- Lawrence appeared to have avoided a second storm this afternoon, after a first early morning squall wreaked havoc across the entire city.
- Winner takes all
- KU sets up showdown with win over NU
- March 12, 2006
- The men’s basketball co-champions in the Big 12 Conference will break the tie today. Texas, the pride of the South, and Kansas University, the darling of the North, will tangle at 2 p.m. in American Airlines Center with league supremacy in mind. Each went 13-3 in the conference season to tie for the league crown.
- Suspect in shooting returns to county
- March 12, 2006
- The Gardner man accused of shooting and killing an Olathe man on March 4 in Baldwin has returned to Douglas County.
- Scouts’ urban oasis a keeper
- Hidden Valley Camp for girls not for sale
- March 12, 2006
- Hidden Valley Camp’s 40 acres of wilderness in the midst of a residential area likely make developers drool.
- Wildgen’s departure surprises ex-leaders
- March 12, 2006
- Mike Wildgen beat the odds. He was not Lawrence’s first choice to be city manager when he was hired in 1990 following the death of Buford Watson Jr. And there was at least one time over the years when his job appeared, briefly, in danger.
- Despite roadblocks, Parks embraced life
- March 12, 2006
- To most of the world, he was Gordon Parks, called a “Renaissance man” to the point it was cliche. He was a poet, author, photographer, painter, music composer, movie director, activist and, somewhere deep in his heart, a Kansan.
- Tucker does it all in Texas victory
- March 12, 2006
- No matter what numbers on the stat sheet sparkle next to Texas standout P.J. Tucker’s name, the Big 12 Conference player of the year’s best effort Saturday might have come when no one was looking.
- Mid-majors hope for breakthrough
- March 12, 2006
- College basketball’s traditional powers face a fierce battle for NCAA Tournament spots this year from the “mid-major” conference teams that are all the rage.
- Horoscopes
- March 12, 2006
- For Sunday, March 12
- Lawrence datebook
- March 12, 2006
- Travelers dreaming of trips
- March 12, 2006
- Blaine Muhl has Cabo San Lucas on the mind.
- Encountering Asia book group forming
- March 12, 2006
- Registration is under way for “Encountering Asia,” a four-part book discussion series co-sponsored by the Lawrence Public Library, Kansas Humanities Council and the Center for East Asian Studies at Kansas University.
- Acclaimed composer to visit Lawrence
- March 12, 2006
- Notable composer Morten Lauridsen will discuss his approach to composition and his writing technique during a presentation at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
- Street artist invited to lecture at KU
- March 12, 2006
- The Kansas University Department of Art has invited visual artist Chris Johanson to KU as part of the Visiting Artist Series.
- What are you reading?
- March 12, 2006
- Chi Omega, Phi Delta Theta win revue awards
- March 12, 2006
- The Chi Omega sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity earned plenty of awards after the 57th annual Rock Chalk Revue Saturday at the Lied Center.
- Hall Center offering oral history workshop
- March 12, 2006
- The eighth annual Oral History Conference, sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities at Kansas University, will consider the insights yielded by interview-based research in fields of medicine, illness, healing, living with disability and aging.
- KU design students, alumni win awards
- March 12, 2006
- Students and recent graduates from Kansas University’s Department of Design were successful in the second annual American Institute of Graphic Design (AIGA) Kansas City Design Awards - the A2 Awards.
- Poet’s Showcase
- March 12, 2006
- “Stationary Front” by Larry Rochelle
- Student to spend spring break in ravaged city
- Film to document hurricane’s devastation
- March 12, 2006
- For Eric Hyde, spring break is not about getting three shades darker and three sheets to the wind, but is a time to heighten awareness about the people devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- SAT scoring error highlights imperfections, raises questions
- March 12, 2006
- For the past five years, Hamilton College in upstate New York has been one of a growing number of colleges not to require the SAT exam. The test causes too much anxiety, Hamilton concluded, and there’s a risk of missing bright students who don’t test well.
- President shocked by arrest of former adviser on theft charges
- March 12, 2006
- President Bush on Saturday said he was shocked and saddened to learn that former domestic policy adviser Claude Allen was charged with theft for allegedly receiving phony refunds at department stores.
- Boy some call reincarnated Buddha is missing
- March 12, 2006
- A 15-year-old boy whose followers believe he is the reincarnation of Buddha has disappeared after 10 months of meditation in the jungles of Nepal, officials said Saturday.
- Royals’ Clapinski returns
- March 12, 2006
- Chris Clapinski received an unwelcome and untimely break from baseball last year.
- Wax auction draws movie buffs, collectors
- March 12, 2006
- Daniel Roebuck showed up at Buena Park’s Movieland Wax Museum on Saturday with one major goal.
- Wrong move
- March 12, 2006
- To the editor: For heaven’s sake! Please help me understand how the city manager’s forced resignation makes for a better relationship between city commissioners and city government?
- Kansas diocese keeps faith through helping immigrants
- March 12, 2006
- In keeping with the teachings of their faith, leaders of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City are leading an effort to help make life easier for undocumented immigrants.
- Paris dominates; Sooners perfect
- March 12, 2006
- With freshman standout Courtney Paris dominating the game, Oklahoma didn’t have to be perfect to complete its undefeated run through the Big 12 Conference.
- Memphis defense shuts down UAB
- March 12, 2006
- Memphis believes it has earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
- Shoppers balance beliefs, business
- March 12, 2006
- When Linda Brown needs to get her car fixed, she takes it to an auto repair shop that she found in the Shepherd’s Guide, a directory of local businesses owned by self-professed Christians.
- Free market plan
- March 12, 2006
- To the editor: Laissez-faire is a term that describes a system that opposes regulation or interference by government in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary to allow the free enterprise system to operate according to its own economic laws and is based on the natural economic order tends, when undisturbed by artificial stimulus or regulation, to secure the maximum well-being for the community as a whole.
- U.S. squad thankful to advance in WBC
- March 12, 2006
- Derrek Lee and his U.S. teammates never discussed or even envisioned a first-round scenario in which the Americans’ World Baseball Classic fate would be in the hands of another team.
- Wizards have Pistons’ number
- Washington again ends skid at Detroit’s expense
- March 12, 2006
- If nothing else, the Washington Wizards can beat the Detroit Pistons.
- USDA investigating possible mad cow
- March 12, 2006
- The Agriculture Department is investigating a possible case of mad cow disease, the agency’s chief veterinarian said Saturday.
- Lawrence commuter report
- March 12, 2006
- The following construction projects may affect commuter traffic in the region this week.
- Bring spring indoors
- March 12, 2006
- Sure, the forsythia bushes and plum trees are nearly in bloom (if not already flowering), but you don’t have to leave all that beautiful spring color outdoors. And you can beat the show to the punch if you prune a bundle of branches and bring them inside for forcing. Just about any flowering shrub or tree can be forced.
- Donald, Mayfair tied atop Honda
- Gove trails by one stroke; Ogilvy, Chopra two back
- March 12, 2006
- Luke Donald’s nearest rivals spent Saturday alternating birdies and bogeys with regularity, an approach that let each taste a lead most couldn’t wind up sustaining.
- Internet searches find CIA workers, report says
- March 12, 2006
- The identities of 2,600 CIA employees and the locations of two dozen of the agency’s covert workplaces in the United States can be found easily through Internet searches, according to an investigation by the Chicago Tribune.
- Old home town - 100 years ago today
- March 12, 2006
- From the Lawrence Daily World for March 12, 1906: “The Republicans of Lawrence will nominate a city ticket tomorrow. The mayor holds over until next year, so the only candidates are in the council and for members of the board of education. : Charles Curtis was renominated without opposition in the First Congressional District primaries. Two years ago he had a terrible fight for renomination but he defeated his enemies so badly they dared not oppose him this year. : The recent French mine disaster near Paris may claim more than 1,200 lives and it could become the worse such disaster in French history. “
- Wind ensemble plans Hispanic-themed show
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University’s Wind Ensemble, conducted by director of bands John P. Lynch, will perform festive music influenced by Hispanic culture at a performance Tuesday.
- Housing priority
- March 12, 2006
- To the editor: Maybe it’s time to check our priorities once more - BEFORE we fold Eagle Bend Golf Course into the Parks and Recreation Department.
- Two militants executed for slaying of diplomat
- March 12, 2006
- Two men convicted of killing a U.S. aid official were hanged before dawn Saturday in Jordan’s first execution of al-Qaida-linked militants.
- Burst of snow hits area, causing deadly crash
- March 12, 2006
- A storm spread rarely seen snow and sleet across the San Francisco area early Saturday, and two people were killed in a 28-vehicle pileup on slippery Highway 101 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said.
- House fire kills nine family members
- March 12, 2006
- A house fire killed nine members of a family, including six children, in eastern Tennessee early Saturday, officials said.
- St. Luke AME reaches initial funding goal
- March 12, 2006
- For weeks, St. Luke AME Church, Ninth and New York streets, has searched for funds to help refurbish the church and pursue a Langston Hughes center there.
- Piece of history
- March 12, 2006
- To the editor: The Journal-World has a story of photographer Gordon Parks, saying that there is an exhibit at Kansas University’s Spencer Museum of Art.
- Court: Amnesiac man wrongly held for 8 years
- March 12, 2006
- A Japanese amnesiac who was kept in a Bahamas prison and an immigration center for eight years without being charged was held unlawfully, a court has ruled.
- Two police kidnapped, beheaded in drug belt
- March 12, 2006
- Two policemen were beheaded and their bodies dumped in a desert after being kidnapped from their homes in the heartland of Afghanistan’s opium poppy region, an official said Saturday.
- Goal-setting planned at daylong retreat
- March 12, 2006
- Douglas County commissioners and county department heads will meet Monday for a daylong retreat to discuss a variety of ideas, issues and goals.
- Purple martins herald approach of spring
- March 12, 2006
- The purple martins are arriving for the season.
- Fans will judge Bonds’ record
- March 12, 2006
- By now even Barry Bonds, although notably thick-skinned regarding public obloquy, might wish he had retired after the 1998 season, his 13th, when his achievements included 411 home runs, 445 stolen bases - he is still the only “400/400” player in baseball history - eight All-Star selections and eight Gold Glove awards. He had already won three MVP awards and deserved a fourth, which was given to a lesser but less-obnoxious player. After the required five-year retirement, Bonds would have become a Hall of Famer.
- Cancer fundraiser nets nearly $19,000
- March 12, 2006
- A fundraiser for a local salon owner battling cancer raised close to $19,000 Thursday, according to the event’s organizer.
- Journalism awards ahead for KU students
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University is headed for possible first place in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, a competition among university journalism programs which ends in April.
- Old home town - 40 years ago today
- March 12, 2006
- The Lawrence School Board unanimously voted teachers an average raise of about $554 or about 9.6 percent for the coming academic year. The raises ranged from $200 to $800. The average salary for Lawrence teachers for the current school year was $5,771.
- Great support
- March 12, 2006
- To the editor: What a fantastic community we have in Lawrence.
- Land’s HR drops Tigers
- March 12, 2006
- Freshman Preston Land’s solo home run in the top of the eighth inning helped the No. 25 Kansas University baseball team knock off No. 2 Clemson, 6-5, before a crowd of 5,261 on Saturday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
- U.S. firms need ethics code in China
- March 12, 2006
- Repression pays. Until that reality is acknowledged by American companies operating in China, they will have little influence over social and political change in the Middle Kingdom or even over their own operations there.
- Bushes haven’t yet matched Kennedy political legacy
- March 12, 2006
- Here are three related questions today’s infants might find on an American history final examination when they reach college age two decades from now.
- Republicans fret, apologize about party’s political straits
- March 12, 2006
- After a full-throated defense of President Bush’s policies on Iraq, Iran and even port security, Sen. John McCain shrugged his shoulders and explained why, “It’s easy to be loyal when the guy is at 65 percent.”
- Commentary: Baker missed his chance with Bonds
- March 12, 2006
- People are upset with Dusty Baker, which isn’t unusual. People would be upset with Baker if he found a cure for excessive water retention. If it’s good enough for two-humped camels, they would say, why doesn’t he just leave it alone?
- War crimes defendant Milosevic dies
- Critics say death in prison cheats history of final judgment
- March 12, 2006
- Slobodan Milosevic, the deposed Yugoslav leader who has spent the last four years on trial accused of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in nearly a decade of Balkan wars, died Saturday in his prison cell near The Hague, according to the U.N. international war crimes tribunal. He was 64.
- Chile swears in 1st female president
- March 12, 2006
- Michelle Bachelet, a single mother who was tortured under Chile’s dictatorship, was sworn in as the country’s first female president on Saturday and promptly fulfilled a campaign promise by naming women to half her Cabinet posts.
- On the record
- March 12, 2006
- The Motley Fool
- March 12, 2006
- ¢ Bill Gates in a Bikini? ¢ When to Fold ‘Em ¢ Banking on It ¢ Foolish trivia ¢ Pfizer in Pflux
- Bankruptcies
- March 12, 2006
- Office pools drain productivity
- Consultant estimates tourney costs $3.8B in work
- March 12, 2006
- U.S. businesses are poised to lose as much as $3.8 billion in worker productivity during the next three weeks, as employees enter office pools, track their picks and otherwise watch and gab about games that culminate with the NCAA basketball championship April 3 in Indianapolis.
- Stanley lights timely spark for KU
- Senior delivers crucial run as slumping Jayhawks salvage split
- March 12, 2006
- As one of Kansas University’s two first-team selections on last season’s All-Big 12 softball team, Heather Stanley was half the answer to a trivia question posed to the crowd Saturday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark.
- Aid worker was apparently tortured
- March 12, 2006
- An American aid worker taken hostage with three other peace activists was apparently tortured before he was shot in the head and chest and his body dumped near a railroad line in Baghdad, Iraqi police said Saturday.
- Collier’s run could be over
- Nebraska coach’s future undecided, AD says
- March 12, 2006
- In an attempt to shake some soul into a silent Nebraska locker room, an NU basketball staff member turned the volume knob up on a boombox playing Al Green’s classic hit “Love and Happiness.”
- Jackson doubles up
- New shot helps forward score 13
- March 12, 2006
- Darnell Jackson has added a nifty inside shot to his repertoire. “A baby hook,” as he called it, is what the Kansas University sophomore power forward used in part to score to a career-high-tying 13 points - to go with 10 rebounds - in the Jayhawks’ 79-65 Big 12 Conference tournament semifinal victory over Nebraska on Saturday in American Airlines Center.
- Blondie, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath joining rock hall
- March 12, 2006
- Between the Sex Pistols and Ozzy Osbourne, there’s an air of malice associated with this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class.
- Keegan: KU-UT should be classic
- March 12, 2006
- For two hours this afternoon, set aside the seeding possibilities and related stress. Recline your chair just so, turn off the cell phone, ban all chronic talkers from the vicinity, and treat yourself to what promises to be one terrific basketball game.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- March 12, 2006
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.24 at several locations across Lawrence.
- A running start for St. Patrick’s festivities
- Shamrock Shuffle and other events raise funds for community
- March 12, 2006
- Out on the grassy levee behind Johnny’s Tavern on Saturday, hundreds of runners prepared to shuffle off for St. Patrick’s Day, and for charity.
- Syracuse finishes title run
- March 12, 2006
- Gerry McNamara was a big part of Syracuse’s national championship as a freshman in 2003. Four years later, the guard was the runaway MVP in the Orange’s surprising Big East tournament title run.
- Schilling, Martinez on the way back
- March 12, 2006
- Red Sox ace Curt Schilling and Mets standout Pedro Martinez both had encouraging showings Saturday as they work their way back from injuries.
- Tires along river are hitting the road
- March 12, 2006
- A sandbank along the Kansas River near Linwood has served for years as a burial ground for hundreds of old tires and garbage. Saturday, that all came to an end.
- Less prosperous than our parents
- Income of younger workers declining
- March 12, 2006
- At the age of 36, Peter Wright makes his living doing lots of little things: He makes coffee, manufactures and sells “eye pillows” for yoga practitioners, and serves as a handyman for his landlord.
- Poor doubles play continues to doom Jayhawks
- March 12, 2006
- Once again, a poor showing in the doubles matches Saturday had the Kansas University women’s tennis team dropping another home dual.
- BC enjoying big ACC debut
- Hot-shooting Eagles trip Heels; Duke cruises
- March 12, 2006
- Everything was perfectly set for another Duke-North Carolina final in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
- KU-Nebraska notebook
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas University will find out at 5 p.m. today where it is headed and what team it will be playing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Chess players converge on KU
- Southwest students take crown at state tournament
- March 12, 2006
- Five eighth-graders from Southwest Junior High won the high school state chess championship Saturday at the Kansas Union.
- MartinLogan plugs into China
- Lawrence firm passes inspection, set to grow
- March 12, 2006
- The crisp sound of $20,000 sets of MartinLogan Ltd. audio speakers soon could be moving from a production floor in southeast Lawrence to stores in the world’s fastest-growing economy.
- AG headlines
- The Kansas attorney general seems more interested in grabbing headlines than in helping consumers.
- March 12, 2006
- Kansas Atty. Gen. Phill Kline is grandstanding again
- People in the news
- March 12, 2006
- ¢ Usher to teach success in sports, entertainment ¢ Lohan’s mother concerned about daughter’s smoking ¢ Crowe, wife expecting boy
- Happy trails
- Traveling with children can be a joy - with proper planning
- March 12, 2006
- Dan and Nicole Sabatini’s vacations aren’t what they used to be.
- Faces and places
- March 12, 2006
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