Also from December 16
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
- Town Talk: Smart Code discussion pulled from Tuesday night’s agenda
- Health beat: First case of flu reported in Kansas
- Town Talk: Design firm, Mexican restaurant among new construction
- Health beat: Health Care Access seeks to move into Community Health Facility
- Statehouse Briefing: Grant to serve as Davis’ chief of staff
- Rolling along: Baby, I’m bored
- ‘Hawks in the NBA: If playing him is wrong, his name must be Julian Wright
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Where do you like to go sledding?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Campanile hill | 63% | |
| Other | 12% | |
| Centennial Park | 10% | |
| Dad Perry Park | 7% | |
| McCollum Hall hill | 5% | |
| Total | 287 | |
Have you had a cold or the flu this season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 50% | |
| Yes. | 49% | |
| Total | 243 | |
Videos
- The Eudora High School boys took on Silver Lake.
- The man who led police on a multi-county chase, ending …
- The Jayhawks and Gophers can expect star treatment from the …
- The Eudora girls basketball team beat Silver Lake, 41-28.
- Mostly cloudy, with a high of 23 and a low …
- Here a few helpful tips on how to drive better …
- It’s a fact of life for young teams. Coach Bill …
- Nearly 20 accidents were reported Tuesday, none of which involved …
- Mario Little has yet to play this season for the …
- The father of Shawn Fowler, missing from Perry since last …
- 6News reporter Lindsey Slater takes a look at how Lawrence …
- Students took advantage of the snow, ditching studying to go …
- Soccer America magazine names the Jayhawk a 2nd team freshman …
- Low visibility and snow-packed roads are to blame for several …
- Despite several weather-related cancellations in the area, both Eudora High …
- KU students took a break from studying for finals on …
- Snow will taper off but temperatures will drop to 12 …
- At the scene of an accident Tuesday morning that involved …
- Lawrence street crews and residents work to keep things clear …
- Snow will continue to fall through the morning, and begin …
- More than a dozen accidents littered the Kansas Turnpike during …
- Nearly 1,000 Lawrence public schools students were absent on Tuesday.
- Come Saturday, Lawrence residents will have new snow-shoveling regulations to …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Man of all trades: Lawrence film standout — and former KU football player — takes act to classroom- December 15, 2008
- George Clooney, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Free State High special education students have at least one thing in common: They’ve all worked with Keith Loneker. Loneker, 37, has made security rounds at Lawrence High, played librarian for a day at an elementary school and now is a substitute at Free State.
10:00 a.m.
- Despite plunging temperatures, swimmers still make a splash
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on 3A
- While single-digit temperatures have settled in Lawrence, the heat is still on inside the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
10:00 a.m.
3.5” of snow reported in downtown Lawrence; turnpike accident leaves one person in ‘serious’ condition- 9:10 a.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 5:28 p.m.
- Tuesday morning’s snow was causing the usual havoc with rush hour traffic in Lawrence but there have been no serious accidents in the city, Douglas County emergency dispatchers said.
- Video: Weather causes pile-up on turnpike
- Video: 6 Weather Afternoon Forecast for Dec. 16, 2008
- Video: Digging out begins
- Photo gallery: Weather-caused accident on Kansas Turnpike
- Photo gallery: Dec. 16 Winter Storm
- Photo gallery: 2008-09 Winter Weather Reader Photos
- Audio: David Bitter talks about the accident he was involved in
All stories
- 6 Weather Morning Forecast for Dec. 17, 2008
- December 16, 2008
- Mostly cloudy, with a high of 23 and a low of just 9 degrees.
- Red carpet treatment for Insight Bowl opponents
- December 16, 2008
- The Jayhawks and Gophers can expect star treatment from the organizers of the Insight Bowl.
- Snowfall offers distraction from KU finals
- December 16, 2008
- Students took advantage of the snow, ditching studying to go sledding.
- Growing pains for young Jayhawks
- December 16, 2008
- It’s a fact of life for young teams. Coach Bill Self talks about how KU’s young team is growing up.
- KU soccer player Cressy named 2nd team All-American by magazine
- December 16, 2008
- Soccer America magazine names the Jayhawk a 2nd team freshman All American.
- Nearly 1,000 skip school on wintry Tuesday
- December 16, 2008
- Nearly 1,000 Lawrence public schools students were absent on Tuesday.
- Little breaks bone in left hand
- December 16, 2008
- Mario Little, who has yet to play in a game this season because of a stress fracture in his lower left leg, will not be coming back anytime soon.
- State approves land sale
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A8
- State leaders Tuesday approved the sale of more than 150 acres from the former Topeka State Hospital grounds to the Topeka school district.
- Amidst bickering, state leaders authorize state to take on more debt
- December 16, 2008
- In a preview of what’s to come, Kansas leaders Tuesday wrestled over the budget deficit before agreeing to borrow funds to fulfill the state’s obligation to public schools.
- KU Insight Bowl matchup to be aired on KC’s Fox 4
- December 16, 2008
- An agreement has been reached between the Insight Bowl and the NFL Network to allow Kansas City’s FOX 4 air the Kansas University football team’s Dec. 31 Insight Bowl matchup against Minnesota
- Economy may be factor in fewer holiday light displays
- December 16, 2008
- Holiday lights are still brightening the nights around Lawrence, but there are a few more dark spots in some neighborhoods.
- Commuter forecast: Between Topeka and Lawrence
- December 16, 2008
- Lisa Callahan, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Turnpike Authority, said that the entire stretch from Topeka to Lawrence to Kansas City is snowpacked.
- Commuter forecast: Between Kansas City and Lawrence
- December 16, 2008
- Kim Qualls, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation, said that road conditions between Lawrence and Topeka would vary somewhat, depending on the road.
- Commuter forecast: In and around Douglas County
- December 16, 2008
- Mike Perkins, operations director for Douglas County, reports that all blacktop roads in rural parts of the county are treated, plowed and passable. All gravel roads are snowpacked.
- Some residents find the bright side of snowy day
- December 16, 2008
- Wayne Mercer, 82, brought out his snow blower and started cleaning sidewalks at 7th and Ohio this morning.
- Perry man fears son, 44, fell into Delaware River
- 02:15 p.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 04:52 p.m.
- There are fears that a man missing from Perry for nearly a week may have fallen over a steep bank and into a river near his house, the man’s father said Tuesday.
- KU, public schools stay in session
- Weseman says road conditions didn’t warrant canceling school
- 01:25 p.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 03:37 a.m. in print edition on A7
- The decision to hold school in Lawrence Tuesday may not have been a popular one for students, but public schools Superintendent Randy Weseman said it’s something that must be adapted to.
- Oklahoma RB Murray to miss BCS Championship
- December 16, 2008
- Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray, third in the nation with 2,171 all-purpose yards, will miss the Jan. 8 BCS Championship game because of a left hamstring injury.
- KU police investigating reported sexual battery from 2007
- December 16, 2008
- Police at Kansas University are investigating a sexual battery outside Jayhawker Towers, which was reported exactly one year after the alleged crime took place.
- Snow opens season for sledders
- December 16, 2008
- Lawrence schools are in session today, but later this afternoon students will be free to hit the slopes — and college students don’t necessarily have to wait to take a sledding break from finals.
- Hearing scheduled for Jan. 13 for Topeka woman accused of hitting police officer during car chase
- 10:46 a.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 02:32 p.m.
- A preliminary hearing will be held Jan. 13 in the case of a Topeka woman accused of striking a Lawrence police officer during a high speed car chase earlier this month.
- 3.5” of snow reported in downtown Lawrence; turnpike accident leaves one person in ‘serious’ condition
- Other accidents reported throughout area, causing only minor injuries
- 09:10 a.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 05:28 p.m.
- Tuesday morning’s snow was causing the usual havoc with rush hour traffic in Lawrence but there have been no serious accidents in the city, Douglas County emergency dispatchers said.
- List of events affected by weather
- 12:48 a.m., December 16, 2008 Updated 03:37 p.m.
- Closings, cancellations, delays
- Define ‘lenient’
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A7
- To the editor:It is reasonable to require sidewalks to be cleared of snow in a timely fashion, but it is not reasonable to require owners of abutting property to clear snow pushed over a walk by street plows, whether or not the walk was cleared beforehand. I have often seen my freshly shoveled walk covered by the city plow, typically to several times the thickness of the original snowfall, and if that snow partially melts then freezes, clearing this ice is nearly impossible.
- Roundabout lesson: Outbound
- December 16, 2008
- Kansas Turnpike Authority engineer Rex Fleming gives a lesson on how to approach the outbound roundabout.
- Roundabout lesson: Inbound
- December 16, 2008
- Kansas Turnpike Authority engineer Rex Fleming gives a lesson on how to approach the inbound roundabout.
- Gary Bedore’s KU Basketball Notebook
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Kansas coach Bill Self said the Morris twins dropped a lot of weight earlier this semester.
- Chicago schools executive to be education secretary
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A8
- President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Chicago schools executive Arne Duncan as his education secretary at an event in the city today, transition aides said, and is expected to tap Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., to serve as secretary of the interior later this week, all but finalizing his selections for major Cabinet posts.
- Teen-monitoring technology comes with some unhealthy attachments
- December 16, 2008
- It’s been too long since we visited the issue of high-tech teen monitoring in this column.
- Holiday not list: Teens share what they’d rather not see under the tree
- December 16, 2008
- Let’s face it: Teens can be the toughest folks to shop for during the holiday season.
- Alleged Ponzi scheme drew in high-profile clients
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- The list of investors who say they were duped in one of Wall Street’s biggest Ponzi schemes is growing, and includes some of the world’s biggest banking institutions and hedge funds, the super rich and the famous, pensioners and charities.
- Much of the nation shivers in cold snap
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Temperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, keeping people indoors and leading some cities to open shelters.
- City to approve bus deal
- New contract doesn’t include cost of fuel
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Voters during the last election allowed the city’s public transit system to keep going. Now city commissioners are ready to sign the contract that will actually keep the buses on the road.
- Bailout debate
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Politics is playing a large role in decisions about financial bailouts.
- Holiday letters can miss mark
- December 16, 2008
- Pretty paper. Well-told stories. One-page max. And space for a personalized note.
- More doctors pushing to go with paperless prescriptions
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A1
- The push for paperless prescriptions is about to get a boost: Starting in January, doctors who e-prescribe can get bonus pay from Medicare.
- Transferring colleges: Sometimes, it’s for the best
- December 16, 2008
- What happens when you and your teen determine that the college he or she thought would be perfect just isn’t so?
- More snow, cold on way
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Snow is expected to accompany freezing temperatures today.
- Obama is off to positive start
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A7
- Our financial system has been in a meltdown, the war in Afghanistan is not going well, the tension between two nuclear-armed states, Pakistan and India, has dangerously escalated and the U.S. attorney has uncovered a shocking, blatant scandal involving the governor of Illinois.
- Kansas gets $200K in toy maker settlement
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Kansas will receive $200,000 as its share of a settlement agreement with Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price Inc. subsidiary.
- Roof collapses in midst of storm; 7 injured
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- A powerful storm plowed through California on Monday, producing heavy rain that collapsed a school roof and forced hundreds to flee homes in an area devastated by recent wildfires.
- Horoscopes
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B6
- This year you will continue to gain insight into new types of thinking. Be willing to break patterns and head in a new direction, which up till now you haven’t seen. If you are single, you could meet someone quite exotic and different. If you are attached, plan that long-talked-about special trip with your sweetie. Leo always will point the way if asked.
- Project benefits birds and Lawrence families
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Next spring, birds flocking north to Lawrence will have a few more colorful places to hang out in the area.
- Japanese carmakers face auto woes, too
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Japan’s automakers aren’t celebrating the troubles of their U.S. rivals, believing that what’s bad for the industry in America is bad for carmakers in Japan, too.
- NCAA official confirms home streak intact
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University’s home winning streak is apparently alive and well at 29 games and counting.
- Orange sunk by 60-footer
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B4
- A recap of Top 25 men’s basketball action.
- Mangino, Perkins ring NASDAQ bell
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Earning a bid to the Insight Bowl meant a trip to the Big Apple for Mark Mangino and Lew Perkins.
- It’s official: Obama elected 44th president
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- As 13 electors cast ballots Monday for the nation’s first black president in the Confederacy’s old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew — a waiter, who couldn’t get a better job because of his race.
- Despite plunging temperatures, swimmers still make a splash
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A3
- While single-digit temperatures have settled in Lawrence, the heat is still on inside the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center.
- On the record
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The driver of a semitrailer lost control of his vehicle Monday morning on County Road 1055 south of Lawrence, forcing officers to reroute traffic for about an hour.
- Family: Shoe thrower hates roles of U.S. and Iran
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- The Iraqi TV reporter who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush was kidnapped once by militants and, separately, detained briefly by the U.S. military.
- ISU AD: Cyclones deserve better
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said that twice last week, Gene Chizik assured him he wouldn’t dump the Cyclones for Auburn.
- U. of Iowa takes over study abroad program
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A4
- The University of Iowa has taken over administration of a study abroad program to Italy previously overseen by Kansas University.
- Cowboys’ circus great fun to watch
- December 16, 2008
- The Cowboys are fascinating — when they’re playing well and when they’re sniping at each other off the field.
- Jingle Bell Run to ring up donations
- Event downtown a benefit for social service agencies
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Don’t be alarmed if you see moving Christmas lights downtown Thursday night. The sixth annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk is a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence and Ballard Community Services. The more than 1-mile jaunt throughout downtown Lawrence is a festive affair.
- Higher ed leaders seek stimulus funds
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A8
- More than 40 higher-education leaders from across the country asked Congress today to commit 5 percent of any economic stimulus program to the nation’s colleges and universities.
- Court clears way for cigarette lawsuits
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A8
- The Supreme Court cleared the way for a new era of tobacco litigation Monday, ruling that cigarette makers can be sued for deceiving smokers about the dangers of their highly popular “light” cigarettes.
- Caroline Kennedy seeks N.Y. Senate seat
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, will seek appointment to the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, according a spokesman for her campaign.
- Heart-disease deaths drop, but risks remain
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A6
- The death rates for heart disease and stroke each dropped by about 30 percent between 1999 and 2006, allowing the American Heart Association to reach its 2010 goal of a 25 percent reduction in deaths four years early, researchers said Monday.
- Extension Council elects new officers
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A5
- The Douglas County Extension Council announced Monday its new officers for 2009.
- Lye, boric acid banned as food additives
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Substances commonly used as industrial dyes, insecticides and drain cleaners were included on a list of illegal food additives China released Monday as part of a monthslong government crackdown aimed at improving the country’s shoddy food safety record.
- Transportation summit to help plan for future
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Transportation leaders are gearing up for a brainstorming session next week that could help guide investments statewide in the coming years.
- Protesters find haven at university campus
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Inside the gates of Athens’ main university, bonfires rage and masked gangs stockpile petroleum bombs, broken paving stones and marble hacked from the neoclassical buildings. It’s their arsenal for more possible clashes with weary police.
- A short-form application for bailout
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Ever need a college loan? You’ve probably pored through the notorious eight-page FAFSA application. A likely home buyer? Try the five-page Uniform Residential Loan Application.
- Bad economy hasn’t boosted lottery
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B8
- The economic recession hasn’t meant increased lottery sales in Missouri and Kansas.
- Activist acknowledges contact with KGB
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- A foreign activist lobbying in Washington to draw American attention to a war over a Russian-backed breakaway region has had frequent meetings and conversations with a high-level KGB agent there, she acknowledged to The Associated Press. Unknown to her, years of her phone calls were secretly recorded by spies.
- Texas wins battle of A&M’s
- December 16, 2008
- Texas A&M beat Florida A&M, 67-57, behind Chinemelu Elonu’s 17 points.
- Military challenge participants deserve a ‘hooah!’
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B7
- When the Color of Money Military Challenge began earlier this year, George Colon was not happy. Not about the thousands of dollars in credit card debt he and his wife had accumulated, and not thrilled about exposing his financial mistakes to readers nationwide.
- Self-defense course still has openings
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Enrollment is still open for a Thursday women’s self-defense class at Kansas University.
- Input sought on year’s top stories
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A3
- As the end of the year nears, 6News and the Lawrence Journal-World are putting together a list of the top stories of the year on all of our news beats.
- Report: Endangered species rulings tainted
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A high-ranking Interior Department official tainted nearly every decision made on the protection of endangered species over five years, a new inspector general report finds, concluding she exerted improper political interference on many more rulings than previously thought.
- For college graduate, job search in big city doesn’t come easy
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on C8
- The girl from Texas didn’t bring a warm coat with her. But to hear Kimberly Bratton tell it, winter in Chicago isn’t as bad as people say.
- Eagles soar over Browns
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Written off last month, the resurgent Philadelphia Eagles are making a strong playoff push.
- Parents can trust teens on Internet, study says
- December 16, 2008
- The MacArthur Foundation has a message for parents worried about their children’s use of the Internet: Chill out.
- U.S. economy far from down and out
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A7
- For months now, the nation’s economic obituary has been splashed across the front pages of nearly every newspaper in the country. Journalists and pundits alike have warned that America’s long-running global dominance has come to a screeching halt, eclipsed by growing markets in such places as China and India and frittered away by our own mismanagement, excesses and myopic approach to the future. We’re long past due for a reality check. The United States and the incoming Obama administration face formidable challenges, but the country is by no means on its last legs. Here are a few key myths that need to be dispelled.
- Ill. lawmakers take first step to oust Blagojevich
- Obama says investigation clears his team
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Illinois lawmakers took the first step Monday toward removing Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office as the disgraced Democrat hired a bulldog defense attorney known for taking cases to trial.
- ’Momma’s Boys’: Oedipus revisited
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Take three bachelors and their meddling, smothering mothers and add 32 single women with low self-esteem and you have the ingredients for “Momma’s Boys” (9 p.m., NBC), a new relationship/reality series produced by Ryan Seacrest. The guys are out to find a love connection, but only one that Mom will approve.
- Feeding ravenous teens requires planning
- December 16, 2008
- Check your watch or cell phone. If two hours have passed, it’s safe to assume 15-year-old Quinn Sterling is hungry.
- People in the news
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Madonna forks over $76 million to her ex-husband; groups criticize ‘SNL’ skit mocking N.Y. governor; a new report says Paul McCartney was more political than John Lennon; actor Dennis Quaid and his wife settle with an L.A. hospital; Tom Cruise regrets ‘Today Show’ outburst; actors Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber have a son.
- Peterson resigns after nearly 20 years
- Future status of coach Edwards won’t hinge on Sunday’s collapse
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Carl Peterson, who turned the Kansas City Chiefs into an NFL powerhouse in the 1990s, is out after nearly 20 years as president, CEO and general manager.
- Tiger rebukes caddie for remark
- Woods’ bagman says Mickelson’s a (expletive)
- December 16, 2008
- Caddie Steve Williams’ remark that Phil Mickelson is “a (expletive)” didn’t sit well with Tiger Woods.
- Pump patrol
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.47 at several stations.
- Search firm draws profile of superintendent qualifications
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A3
- Integrity. Accessibility. Communication. Vision. Those are just some of the qualities an ideal superintendent would have to be the next leader of the Lawrence public schools.
- Prairie dogs get reprieve
- December 16, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Prairie dogs in a northwestern Kansas county could be spared — at least for now.
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- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
- Retreat offered for writers May 28, 2012
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