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Have you told your family whether or not you want to donate your organs?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 72% | |
| No. | 27% | |
| Total | 154 | |
Videos
- A downtown nightclub at the center of a controversy following …
- Lawrence police have a felony arrest warrant out for 26-year-old …
- A man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and robbery …
- The House passes a bill that would require drug testing …
- City Commissioners are asked to jump on board a proposal …
- After five years, Rebecca Phipps is out as director of …
- Local women are going red today, and not just for …
- A 24-year-old Lawrence woman is recovering from a double lung …
- Young love and a sugar rush: that’s what happens when …
- Down in Osage County, just across the Douglas County line, …
- The Kansas State men’s basketball team apparently has no interest …
- The Kansas women’s basketball team makes two Big 12 wins …
- The Free State High swim team is beginning its final …
- Clyde Lovellette — that’s who head coach Bill Self says …
- The Kansas women looked good winning their third Big 12 …
- Videocast for February 14
- Here are some guys you should look out for on …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
City puts nightclub talks on fast track- February 14, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- If city commissioners want to pass new licensing requirements for Lawrence nightclubs following last Sunday’s shooting outside Last Call, they’ll have to do so over concerns from the city’s bar industry.
12:00 p.m.
Disastrous dates 101- February 14, 2008 in print edition on 1C
- If you don’t have hot Valentine’s Day plans, seek solace in this: A night of eating ice cream on the couch would be better than Aleah Menefee’s first date. She was 15, and everything was wrong.
- Video: A bad date primer
4:00 p.m.
Shirley’s Cafe closing doors on 45 years of memories- February 14, 2008 in print edition on 11B
- More than 45 years after opening her own cafe along the highway just across the Douglas County line, Shirley Simmons plans to make her final hot-beef sandwich Friday. That’s a promise.
10:00 p.m.
Owner pulls plug on Last Call- February 14, 2008 in print edition on 1A
- The owner of the downtown nightclub Last Call said Thursday he was closing the business after a shooting last weekend. Both club owner Dennis Steffes and his attorney Dan Owen said the shooting that injured three people was an intolerable event that forced Steffes to rethink the club’s future.
All stories
- 6Sports video: Catic drives Hawks to victory
- February 14, 2008
- The Kansas women looked good winning their third Big 12 conference game of the year on Wednesday. The Jayhawks beat the Colorado Buffaloes 70-59, and point guard Ivana Catic had one of her best games of the season.
- 6News video: City considers Amtrak expansion
- February 14, 2008
- City Commissioners are asked to jump on board a proposal to significantly expand Amtrak passenger train service in the state.
- 6News video: ‘Go Red’ luncheon focuses on heart disease
- February 14, 2008
- Local women are going red today, and not just for Valentine’s Day.
- 6News video: ‘Bixby bill’ passes House
- February 14, 2008
- The House passes a bill that would require drug testing at major traffic accidents.
- 6Sports video: Self’s squad eager for reunion
- February 14, 2008
- Clyde Lovellette — that’s who head coach Bill Self says he’s looking forward to meeting the most when more than 200 former players, coaches and staff members return to Lawrence this weekend to celebrate 110 years of Kansas basketball.
- 6News video: Last Call to shut down
- February 14, 2008
- A downtown nightclub at the center of a controversy following a weekend shooting will be closing its doors.
- 6Sports video: Free State ‘Bad News Bears’ splash way to state
- February 14, 2008
- The Free State High swim team is beginning its final preparations for this weekend’s state meet. As Andrew Baker explains, this year’s Firebirds have taken a different path to success when it comes to competing at the highest level.
- 6Sports video: Danielle dominant in Big 12 win
- February 14, 2008
- The Kansas women’s basketball team makes two Big 12 wins in three tries. The Jayhawks’ leading scorer on the season was dominant against the Buffaloes.
- 6Sports video: Jayhawks back on top
- February 14, 2008
- The Kansas State men’s basketball team apparently has no interest in staying atop the Big 12 standings. For the second time this season, the Wildcats take the first-place spot from Kansas only to give in back 48 hours later.
- 6News video: Shirley’s Cafe to serve last dish
- February 14, 2008
- Down in Osage County, just across the Douglas County line, a slice of Americana is about to disappear. Business editor Mark Fagan takes us inside Shirley’s Cafe, an Overbrook institution poised to serve up its last dishes of food and conversation.
- 6News video: Second Chances: New lungs mean new life
- February 14, 2008
- A 24-year-old Lawrence woman is recovering from a double lung transplant in Saint Louis. In the second story in our three-part series highlighting the importance of organ donation, 6News reporter Karrey Britt follows Heidi Karn Barker through the transplant process.
- 6News video: Watkins Museum director out
- February 14, 2008
- After five years, Rebecca Phipps is out as director of the Watkins Community Museum in downtown Lawrence.
- 6News video: Arrest made in Lawrence kidnapping
- February 14, 2008
- A man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of a Lawrence woman is arrested after a high speed chase in Kansas City.
- 6News video: Police issue arrest warrant in Last Call shooting
- February 14, 2008
- Lawrence police have a felony arrest warrant out for 26-year-old Carlos Jerome Jackson of Topeka, the man suspected of pulling the trigger in this weekend’s shooting at Last Call.
- 6News video: Cupid’s arrow strikes at Lawrence schools
- February 14, 2008
- Young love and a sugar rush: that’s what happens when Lawrence schools host class Valentine’s Day parties. 6News reporter Lindsey Slater has more on the kid version of the day of romance.
- Owner pulls plug on Last Call
- Suspect identified in shooting that injured 3 at downtown club
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A1
- The owner of the downtown nightclub Last Call said Thursday he was closing the business after a shooting last weekend. Both club owner Dennis Steffes and his attorney Dan Owen said the shooting that injured three people was an intolerable event that forced Steffes to rethink the club’s future.
- Steffes calling it quits at Last Call
- Attorney: Club will not reopen because of public safety issues
- February 14, 2008
- An attorney for Last Call nightclub owner Dennis Steffes confirms that Steffes will close the club in the 700 block of New Hampshire.
- Suspect in woman’s kidnapping arrested in Kansas City
- Woman said man forced her to take money from bank before fleeing
- February 14, 2008
- A man sought in the kidnapping and robbery of a Lawrence woman was arrested Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo., following a high-speed car chase.
- Senate OKs coal-fired plants
- February 14, 2008
- A western Kansas utility won a major battle Thursday in its bid to build two coal-fired power plants.
- 6News Now: Lawrence police identify suspect in Last Call shooting
- February 14, 2008
- In tonight’s 6News and tomorrow’s Lawrence Journal-World, police have a felony arrest warrant out for Carlos Jerome Jackson in connection to last weekend’s shooting at Last Call.
- Watkins Community Museum director out
- Dismissal part of overall reoganization for struggling non-profit
- February 14, 2008
- The director of the Watkins Community Historical Museum has been dismissed as part of a shake-up in the management of the struggling non-profit.
- It’s only a drill: ROTC students using dummy weapons on West Campus
- Exercises at KU to take place on the next four Thursdays
- February 14, 2008
- Kansas University public relations announced today that the Army ROTC unit will drill with dummy weapons from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today near Youngberg Hall on KU’s West Campus.
- Police identify Topeka man as suspect in Last Call shootings
- 3 people injured early Sunday morning
- 10:43 a.m., February 14, 2008 Updated 12:00 p.m.
- Lawrence Police have identified a 26-year-old Topeka man as the gunman in the shooting of three people early Sunday morning outside Last Call private club in downtown.
- Yahoo turns to News Corp. in effort to escape Microsoft bid
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A9
- Yahoo Inc. hopes media conglomerate News Corp. can rescue it from a Microsoft Corp. takeover - or at least prove the slumping Internet pioneer is worth more money than its unsolicited suitor wants to pay.
- The night belongs to Barry White
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B10
- Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin receive special honors at the 39th NAACP Image Awards (7 p.m., Fox). Although Wonder and Franklin have been around for more than four decades, even a casual viewer of “American Idol” would have to notice how many times young singers choose to audition with one of their songs. Their appeal and influence endure.
- People in the news
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B10
- ¢ CBS, NBC set return dates for new episodes¢ Cyruses just forgot to buckle up in film¢ Judge: Gibson complied with terms of probation¢ Cher says goodbye to farewell tour¢ ‘King of the Hill’ creator to enter hall of fame¢ Chan promotes Olympic equestrian event
- Beware of ‘Sweetheart Swindle’
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B11
- If you’re looking online for a sweetheart, beware: You may find a new meaning for the expression “money can’t buy love.” The National Consumers League has issued a warning to people looking for love on the Internet to watch out for con artists whose only mission is to separate them from their cash.
- Med school crisis
- While Kansas University officials were focused on negotiations with a Missouri hospital, a crisis apparently was developing at the KU medical school in Wichita.
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- A news story earlier this week reporting that the Kansas University School of Medicine in Wichita is facing a severe financial crisis raises an interesting question.
- Aussie lineman followed strange path to KU
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B1
- The moment he stepped on campus, Nathan D’Cunha became the oldest player on Kansas University’s football team. He’s also the player with the most extraordinary journey - one with a lot still left to be sorted out.
- Keegan: Women worthy of a visit
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) seemed so outraged during Wednesday’s televised Roger Clemens hearings that performance-enhancing drug injector Brian McNamee acknowledged he lied to baseball reporters from various newspapers.
- Commentary: Pursuit of perfection gets out of hand
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B2
- The subject today is the pursuit of perfection, not that I have any first-hand experience. I get a leg cramp just thinking about it. But that’s not true of the many people who are willing to do whatever it takes to make the amplifier go to 11 when the owner’s manual says 10 is the highest setting.
- Decode that Valentine bouquet
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C1
- I cannot help but chuckle on Valentine’s Day. There are so many mixed sentiments intertwined with this particular holiday. Does he love me? Are we meant to be? Is this relationship doomed? Our poor little flower friends certainly have a lot to live up to. They can either dash someone’s hopes or solidify their dreams.
- ‘Ring of Fire’ performers captivate audience
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C2
- The music of Johnny Cash came to life at the Lied Center Tuesday in Phoenix Entertainment’s “Ring of Fire.” Directed by Joe Calarco, eight vocalists and eight instrumentalists held the stage for over two hours, performing 34 of The Man In Black’s songs for an appreciative audience.
- Ryan Wood’s KU football notebook
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B3
- KU coach Mark Mangino stressed Wednesday that he regards running-back signee Jocques Crawford as a high-character person. “Nobody had anything negative to say about him,” Mangino said. “Nobody.”
- NCAA: Sampson violated rules
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B6
- Kelvin Sampson’s future at Indiana was in doubt Wednesday following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five “major” violations.
- List of returnees for this weekend’s KU basketball reunion
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Here’s a list of former Kansas University basketball players and team managers returning for this weekend’s 110-year basketball reunion.
- Kids and weddings: Tips for everyone
- February 14, 2008
- Sometimes wedding guests are a package deal - that is, the couple invited can’t attend the ceremony or reception without bringing their children, too. Here are some suggestions for brides and grooms trying to make them feel welcome
- Clothes may someday charge your iPod
- Researchers working on ways to make fabric generate electricity
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Someday, your shirt might be able to power your iPod - just by doing the normal stuff expected of a shirt. Scientists have developed a way to generate electricity by jostling fabric with unbelievably tiny wires woven inside, raising the prospect of textiles that produce power simply by being stretched, rustled or ruffled by a breeze.
- Knight claims first victim: KSU
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Pat Knight walked into the locker room after his first victory as a head coach, and the man who made it all possible was already there.
- Strangeness marks campaign
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A11
- With metronomic regularity - the rhythm may arise from some strangely shared metabolic urge, which may explain the mystery of their marriage - the Clintons say things that remind voters of the aesthetic reason for recoiling from them.
- Washington getting voters’ message
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- The voters’ message is getting through, not only in settling the fights for the Republican and Democratic nominations but in changing the mind-set of Washington.
- Complaint on coal-plant meetings dismissed
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Attorney General Stephen Six’s office has ruled it was legal for lawmakers to meet privately - with input from an electric company - to write legislation allowing that company to build two coal-burning plants.
- Memphis remains unbeaten
- Tigers rally from rare halftime deficit to trip Houston
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B6
- This is what counts as a challenge these days for top-ranked Memphis: trailing at halftime to a team shooting well, even hitting from way beyond the arc.
- Group looking into removal of female referee
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Kansas activities officials are investigating why a religious school refused to let a female referee call a boys high school basketball game earlier this month.
- Free State’s first, only principal to retire
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- In the wake of the successful 1994 bond issue to fund a second high school, Lawrence administrators had focused on Joe Snyder, a principal at Turner High School in Kansas City, Kan., to lead the new school.
- Home, cookin’
- Friendly confines fine for KU
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B1
- What a difference a venue makes. Battered a few weeks ago in Boulder, Colo., Kansas University’s women’s basketball team buffeted the Buffaloes on Wednesday night in Allen Fieldhouse.
- Randall: ‘88 team not just Manning
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Mark Randall didn’t play in a game during Kansas University’s magical 1987-88 national championship season. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Englewood, Colo., native, who had surgery to repair a misaligned jaw, did practice most of his red-shirt sophomore campaign, however.
- City puts nightclub talks on fast track
- Leaders urgently seeking ways to shut down problem bars
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A1
- If city commissioners want to pass new licensing requirements for Lawrence nightclubs following last Sunday’s shooting outside Last Call, they’ll have to do so over concerns from the city’s bar industry.
- Coal-fired plants advance in Senate
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Kansas Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that essentially would require the state to approve two 700-megawatt coal-burning power plants in southwest Kansas. After more than three hours of debate, the Senate advanced the measure on a voice vote to set up a final vote today.
- Tuition increase considered for next year
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway pledged Wednesday to cut back on tuition increases. After two and a half hours of discussion on whether to limit next year’s tuition increases, Hemenway said KU’s proposal would include a less than 6 percent increase.
- Bat fossil shows flying evolved before ‘radar’
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they started flying.
- K-State women survive Cyclones
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B7
- Kimberly Dietz scored 18 of her 20 points in the first half and No. 17 Kansas State held off Iowa State’s second-half charge for a 45-42 victory Wednesday night.
- Early identification key to controlling household pests
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C2
- Houseplants are particularly vulnerable to insect pests this time of year; the plants are under stress from dry winter air and short days. Look closely at your plant each time you water - catching an insect infestation early can make a crucial difference.
- Chinese acrobats stranded in Dallas
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A team of 16 young Chinese acrobats arrived here ready to dazzle Americans with their backflips, cartwheels and human pyramids, but their U.S. tour began with two nights at a homeless shelter.
- Old Home Town - 40 years ago
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- The 1968-69 district school levy might increase as much as 5 mills during the coming year, Supt. Carl Knox said. Knox had offered an analysis on possible needs and funding structures for the near future and said the boost for the coming year might be more substantial than taxpayers were accustomed to getting.
- Danish newspapers reprint controversial prophet cartoon
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A6
- Danish newspapers reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a gesture of solidarity Wednesday after police revealed a plot to kill the creator of the caricature that sparked deadly riots in the Muslim world.
- Plane with at least 18 aboard crashes
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- A plane carrying at least 18 people crashed on takeoff from Armenia’s capital early today, but there were no deaths reported, the head of the country’s civil aviation authority said.
- Horoscopes
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B10
- This year’s emphasis will be on your personal and domestic life. It becomes clear that you need a stable and secure base. You will see where strengthening and enforcement might be necessary. If you are single, scrutinize someone carefully. If you are attached, the two of you might want to add to your home, or perhaps buy a home.
- Space station to be visible
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B12
- The largest international scientific and technological endeavor ever taken on by NASA will be visible to the naked eye Friday in Lawrence.
- County tentatively grants church’s septic request
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B12
- A church’s request to expand a septic system was tentatively granted Wednesday by the Douglas County Commission. Blessed Hope Baptist Church made the request for property it is purchasing at 1115 N. 1700 Road outside the northwest edge of Lawrence. The property is along the south side of Peterson Road just east of Folks Road. A house currently is on the property, and it has an old septic system.
- House lawmakers prepare bill to pay for wars through end of budget year
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A7
- The leaders of a House panel that oversees military spending said Wednesday they are drafting legislation that would pay for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the rest of the year.
- Winkler testifies in Ritter wrongful death lawsuit
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Actor Henry Winkler took the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over the death of actor John Ritter, telling jurors he had a conversation with his friend just hours before he died.
- Wilson reveals himself as Spirit Awards host
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C8
- Get ready to see a whole lot more of Rainn Wilson than you ever would have imagined. The co-star of NBC’s “The Office” says he dropped his trousers for a few comedy sketches he taped as host of the Spirit Awards, the Oscars of independent film.
- Sunflower Broadband wins service award
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B11
- Lawrence-based Sunflower Broadband on Wednesday received the Governor’s Distinguished Community Service Award for a corporation.
- Our town sports
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B8
- Sports news in and around Lawrence
- Kidd trade to Mavericks hits snag
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B4
- Jason Kidd appeared headed to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday - until Devean George’s contract got in the way.
- Worth the time
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: My family attended the same Democratic caucus last week as Richard Hassur with a completely different experience. We arrived at 6:15 p.m. and, accepting that no individual was responsible for the weather, found volunteers directing people to the appropriate line and moving us through a physical bottleneck as efficiently as the situation allowed.
- Commodities
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B11
- As of Monday’s close, courtesy of Ottawa Cooperative Assn. Ottawa Elevator - Wheat, $9.81; corn, $4.67; milo, $4.67; soybeans, $11.86. Edgerton Elevator - Wheat, $9.81; corn, $4.67; milo, $4.67; soybeans, $11.86.
- Ethics Committee: Craig acted improperly in sting
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The Senate Ethics Committee said Wednesday that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig acted improperly in connection with a men’s room sex sting last year and had brought discredit on the Senate.
- Nomination battle could hurt Democrats
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- In popular memory, Chicago ‘68 evokes images of police and demonstrators clashing - and cops swinging nightsticks at anyone who chanced by - in Grant Park and the old Conrad Hilton Hotel, while the Democratic National Convention proceeded apace. But take it from someone who was there (I was an 18-year-old working for Eugene McCarthy’s campaign): The rage inside the convention hall was every bit as great as the anger without.
- Old Home Town - 25 years ago
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- Official figures showed that students had set another spring enrollment record at Kansas University. There were 21,327 taking classes on the Lawrence campus, 275 more than during the past spring when there had been 20,962.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A10
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 14, 1908: “The box of poisoned candy sent to Ella Van Meter, 634 Cheyenne, Armourdale, Kansas City, by an unknown person has arrived in Lawrence for analysis by Prof. Bailey of the university chemistry department. The package was a Loose-Wiles Candy Co. box that had been used, discarded and then rewrapped with poisonous material inside.”
- Shirley’s Cafe closing doors on 45 years of memories
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B11
- More than 45 years after opening her own cafe along the highway just across the Douglas County line, Shirley Simmons plans to make her final hot-beef sandwich Friday. That’s a promise.
- Google’s Street View feature lets whole world see Lawrence sights
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Want to show your far-off family and friends what your new house looks like? What about downtown Lawrence, the boat docks at Clinton Lake or even the back of the chancellor’s residence?
- Breathing easier after transplant
- 24-year-old tackles lifelong illness with determination
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A1
- Donning a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt, blue sweatpants and pale pink house boots, 24-year-old Heidi Karn Barker sits in a quiet, one-bedroom apartment across from Barnes-Jewish Hospital where three weeks earlier she had a double lung transplant.
- Billionaire dies after alleging murder plot
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The richest man in the former Soviet state of Georgia was found dead in his mansion near London less than two months after claiming he was the target of an assassination plot for helping lead a protest movement against his homeland’s government.
- US military: Doctor suspected of giving records to al-Qaida
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A7
- When twin blasts ravaged crowded pet markets earlier this month, Iraqi authorities offered a chilling account: Mentally disabled women carried the hidden explosives perhaps as unwitting bombers for al-Qaida in Iraq.
- Bomb kills Hezbollah militant
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A6
- One of the world’s most wanted and elusive terrorists, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a car bombing in Syria nearly 15 years after dropping from sight. The one-time Hezbollah security chief was the suspected mastermind of attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon and of the brutal kidnappings of Westerners.
- Creative Advertising adds Wichita market
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B11
- Cheryl Wonnell, Lawrence, is adding Wichita and surrounding communities to her sales base for Creative Advertising Inc., her Lawrence based-promotional products business.
- Clemens offers denials under oath
- Pitcher, trainer tell opposing accounts to Congress
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Under oath and sometimes blistering questioning, Roger Clemens stuck to his story Wednesday. So did his chief accuser and former personal trainer, Brian McNamee.
- Tax rebate checks will be in the mail by spring
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A9
- The checks aren’t in the mail, but they will be soon. President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions of people, the centerpiece of government efforts to brace the wobbly economy. First, though, you must file your 2007 tax return.
- Police: Slaying suspect wanted to avenge death
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- An Islamic militant who is accused of helping carry out the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto wanted to avenge the death of a friend in a military attack last year, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
- Woman reports being robbed, kidnapped
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence Police responded Wednesday afternoon to a woman’s report of an armed robbery and kidnapping.
- City unveils official new condom wrapper
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- The official New York City condom has a different look and a sexy new slogan: New Yorkers are being encouraged to “get some” on Valentine’s Day.
- Ice storm victims can apply for relief
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Kansas Division of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct meetings to brief public officials and nonprofit organizations on services available as a result of the severe winter weather that hit northeast Kansas Dec. 6-19.
- Ride your bike in the cold - with the right gear
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C1
- Sure, warm, spring weather might get you in the mood to hop on your bicycle. But there are plenty of people who cycle during the cold-weather months, whether for pleasure or out of necessity.
- Car accident victim identified
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- A Baldwin City woman has been identified as the victim in a fatal accident Tuesday southeast of Lawrence.
- Last Call circus
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: This is a college town. This ain’t Dodge City and the OK Corral. If the city manager and commissioners can’t stop the Last Call circus, then I’m sure nearby property owners - Bo Harris, Pachamama’s, etc. - would be more than happy to form a vigilante group and put a stop to this nonsense.
- Psychologist slashed to death in office
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A9
- Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist’s office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood spattered the walls and floor, and the entire room was torn apart.
- Poll shows support for gay, lesbian workers
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Nearly eight in 10 Kansans oppose firing someone for being gay or lesbian, according to a poll commissioned by a gay rights organization.
- Commissioner tapped for literacy board
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- President George W. Bush on Wednesday appointed Kansas Education Commissioner Alexa Posny to the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board.
- Clinton’s defeats show margins with whites, women slipping
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A2
- Hillary Rodham Clinton’s crushing losses in Maryland and Virginia highlight an erosion in what had been solid advantages among women, whites and older and working-class voters. While this week’s results can be explained by those states’ relatively large numbers of blacks and well-educated residents - who tend to be Barack Obama supporters - her presidential campaign could be doomed if the trends continue.
- Pump patrol
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.89 at several locations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Woman admits $256,000 theft from company
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A5
- A Wellsville woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to forging more than $256,000 in checks drawn on her employer.
- Unfair criticism
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A11
- To the editor: As a former Navy corpsman, I am infuriated by the attacks on Sen. John McCain by radio and TV talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Fox News contributor Ann Coulter. Interestingly, none of the above critics ever served a day in the U.S. military.
- On the record
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A4
- An Alvamar Golf Course employee reported a burglary and criminal damage at the business at 1800 Crossgate Drive. About $1,600 worth of alcohol and a 32-inch RCA television were stolen. Two glass windows were damaged. Total estimated loss is $2,929. The crime occurred between 5 p.m. Feb. 3 and 8:30 a.m. Feb. 4.
- Perry-Lecompton splits with Leavenworth Immaculata
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B3
- Andy Bowman scored 19 points, Kyle Morgison 17 and Shane Gimzo 11 as Perry-Lecompton nudged Leavenworth Immaculata, 71-69, in high school boys basketball Wednesday night.
- Charges set in downtown car chase
- Crime spree included two stolen vehicles, high-speed pursuits by police, several crashes
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A3
- It’s a face she won’t soon forget. Carjacking victim Barbara Trouslot identified Edward Wise on Wednesday as the man who stole her SUV at gunpoint on Jan. 31.
- Disastrous dates 101
- Lawrence artist writes complete guide to Mr. Wrong
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on C1
- If you don’t have hot Valentine’s Day plans, seek solace in this: A night of eating ice cream on the couch would be better than Aleah Menefee’s first date. She was 15, and everything was wrong.
- Suspects in robbery with machete sought
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on A5
- Lawrence police are looking for two men in connection with a home invasion and robbery that took place at midnight Tuesday in an apartment at 1411 W. Seventh St.
- Several Royals arrive early
- February 14, 2008 in print edition on B2
- Officially, the Kansas City Royals open spring training today with pitchers and catchers. In truth, most of the team’s 31 pitchers and seven catchers have been in for volunteer workouts for a week at the invitation of rookie manager Trey Hillman.
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