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- The forecast for Saturday, April 25 calls for a high …
- When Xavier and C.J. Henry play for KU basketball next …
- Nebraska trounced the KU baseball team, 11-4, in a series-opening …
- A Eudora house that dates back to the 19th century …
- Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old KU freshman.
- A Lawrence man sentenced to life in prison for setting …
- An economic slowdown isn’t keeping area builders from showing off …
- Three victims and one suspect in a March shooting testified …
- A jury Friday found a Lawrence man innocent of arson …
- Prairie Park Nature Center will be shut down over the …
- Lawrence hired a new transit administrator to help manage operations …
- A high-speed chase passed through Lawrence and led authorities from …
- Ben Hendricks, Merriam, Kan., took home a brand new 50” …
- Other than wind gusts around 30 miles an hour, area …
- A few showers have tried to develop in southern Kansas, …
- Kansas University’s Public Safety Office is investigating the death of …
- The Kansas Highway Patrol has arrested a suspect in a …
- KU spokeswoman Jill Jess said there appears to be no …
- Kansas University’s Public Safety Office is investigating an unattended death …
- Today’s high should reach 84 degrees with a low of …
- Expect a very windy morning commute.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Small businesses, big dreams: Experts say now is a good time for your startup- April 21, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Michael Neth is hoping to cook up some good news. Amid economic turmoil, Neth and his business partners have decided to take matters into their own hands.
6:00 a.m.
Cleaning a street more involved than you might think- April 22, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The city’s street cleaners each cost $175,000, reach top speeds of 3 miles an hour and rely on either $275 brooms or a vacuum that’s 400 times more powerful than the Hoover in your closet at home. Their mission: Suck up some of the 660 tons of sand, and perhaps a pinch of salt, left behind on Lawrence’s once-frozen streets, now thawed for the spring.
- Video: City sweeps sand from roads
10:00 a.m.
March planned for this weekend to raise awareness of premature births- April 23, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Matt Elwell and his wife, Cassandra, will lead the march down Massachusetts Street on Saturday to raise awareness about an organization that is close to their hearts.
2:00 p.m.
Students collaborate on garden- April 24, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Some local Cub Scouts are hoping to build their way to a beautiful butterfly garden.
7:00 p.m.
A breath of scandal: Renowned scholar to lecture in Lawrence- April 24, 2009 in print edition on 1D
- The Rev. Peter Gomes has a verifiable big mouth.
All stories
- KU softball coach Tracy Bunge to retire
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Tracy Bunge dropped a bombshell after Friday’s practice.
- KUSports.com contest winner takes home TV
- April 24, 2009
- After over twenty years of filling out brackets, Ben Hendricks finally has something to show for it. Hendricks was the big winner in KUSports.com’s 2009 NCAA Tournament bracket contest, sponsored by Kief’s Audio/Video.
- A breath of scandal: Renowned scholar to lecture in Lawrence
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The Rev. Peter Gomes has a verifiable big mouth.
- Texans say Kansas didn’t play fair in NBAF selection process
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- When the process was under way to evaluate competing sites for the proposed federal biosecurity lab, it was Kansas officials who publicly fretted about states with more political clout, such as Texas.
- Democratic leaders say more oversight needed of KTEC
- April 24, 2009
- An embattled state economic development agency will be changed, Democratic legislative leaders said Friday.
- Judge sets July trial date for suspect in Hawk shooting
- Defendant to go on trial for aggravated battery
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Justin Lucas thought someone was pulling a prank on him as he stood outside The Hawk, 1340 Ohio, just after closing time on March 26.
- Police, firefighters tell parole board that criminal who killed colleague shouldn’t get parole
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- July 17, 1986, was a rough day for the Lawrence firefighter community, as one of their own was killed while fighting a fire.
- House Speaker proposes furloughing state employees
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, said Friday the Legislature should consider furloughing state employees to help balance the budget.
- Flags across state to fly at half staff in honor of deceased Topeka soldier
- April 24, 2009
- In honor of fallen Topeka soldier, Pfc. Richard A. DeWater, flags throughout Kansas will fly at half-staff Saturday. DeWater was killed April 15 in Afghanistan.
- Lawrence nature center to close for repairs
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department’s Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St., will be closed until Tuesday for a plumbing repair.
- House speaker says furloughs in mix to fix state budget woes
- April 24, 2009
- The speaker of the Kansas House says legislators need to consider furloughing workers as part of a budget-balancing plan.
- Don’t overlook C.J.’s impact on KU
- April 24, 2009
- Terrific talent Tyshawn Taylor sometimes looked as if he got caught standing up when he should have been locked in a defensive stance. Taylor’s coach let him have it for such lapses, but it’s not as if Bill Self could have replaced him with close to an equal talent. Now he can, which is one reason Taylor will push himself harder to remain in that defensive stance longer.
- Lawrence resident Trevor Toussaint found not guilty of arson, burglary
- Defense attorney: Defendant’s testimony was ‘helpful’ to verdict
- 02:06 p.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 06:24 p.m. in print edition on B1
- Jurors found Trevor Toussaint, 44, not guilty of the charges of arson and burglary.
- Defense attorney in rape case requests access to sketches in serial rapist investigations
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- A defense attorney in a Lawrence rape case Friday morning asked for more information from police in ongoing Lawrence and Manhattan serial rapist investigations because she said it could help with her own client’s defense.
- Former sheriff’s deputy receives posthumous honor at Leadership Lawrence graduation
- April 24, 2009
- A former law enforcement officer was honored Friday morning as members of the Leadership Lawrence Class of 2009 accepted their graduation plaques.
- Group apologizes for wrongfully criticizing Jenkins over earmarks
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Club for Growth, which on Wednesday criticized U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, for violating her pledge against earmarks, on Thursday issued an apology.
- High speed chase passes through Lawrence, ends near K-7
- 10:46 a.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 05:54 p.m. in print edition on B1
- A driver led authorities on a high-speed chase Friday morning along Interstate 70, grazing the northern edge of Lawrence before being forced to spin out just short of Kansas Highway 7 in Wyandotte County.
- KU mourns Shawnee freshman found dead outside Watkins Scholarship Hall
- The honors student was a member of a fraternity at KU
- 09:19 a.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 06:44 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Friends and fraternity brothers mourned on Friday the loss of Dalton Eli Hawkins, an 18-year-old Kansas University honors student from Shawnee.
- De Soto superintendent resigns to take position in Louisburg vacated by future Lawrence schools superintendent
- In a letter to the community, departing leader blasts board as moving in ways ‘that (are) diametrically opposed to what is best for the students’
- 09:10 a.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 12:37 p.m.
- A special meeting Friday morning of the De Soto USD 232 Board of Education ended with the board accepting the resignation of Superintendent of Schools Sharon Zoellner. Later in the morning, Zoellner was hired by Louisburg USD 416 as superintendent.
- CIty of Lawrence hires new transit administrator
- Tennessee director to take up new post May 18
- 07:58 a.m., April 24, 2009 Updated 04:34 p.m. in print edition on B1
- Robert Nugent is coming to help boost public transportation efforts in Lawrence, having most recently managed the launch of a transit system in another university town.
- Net Worth: Felines mobilize in response to online scrutiny
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- You can never predict how people will react to a column.
- Lawrence food drive goes digital
- April 24, 2009
- People can give back to the community with a click of the mouse thanks to the new Lawrence Virtual Food Drive.
- Lawrence Paper Co. still going strong
- April 24, 2009
- More than a century into its existence, Lawrence Paper Company doesn’t plan on stopping making boxes anytime soon.
- FSHS uses similar recipe for sweep
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Free State High softball team swept crosstown rival Lawrence High on Thursday at Holcom Complex by winning two games — 7-2 and 7-3 — that were remarkably similar in substance.
- Firebirds tennis team tops Leavenworth
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The Free State boys tennis team defeated Leavenworth, 8-1, on Thursday at Free State High.
- KU coach Self thrilled with landing Henry
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Xavier Henry actually cell-phoned coach Bill Self with his decision to become a Kansas Jayhawk after a workout on Tuesday night in Putnam City High’s gym.
- Midwest home sales post 7% annual decline
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Home sales in the Midwest declined again in March as lingering economic uncertainty kept early spring home shoppers from becoming buyers, but the region still fared better than the rest of the country, according to two reports released Thursday.
- GM’s lengthy plant closures will result in ripple effect
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- General Motors’ decision to shut down 13 assembly plants for up to 11 weeks this summer will disrupt far more than the lives of nearly 24,000 workers, rippling out to damage part suppliers, local businesses and state economies.
- Rec calendar
- April 24, 2009
- Lawrence Bicycle Club Various rides Tuesday through Sunday. Call Paul Corcoran at 842-5273 or e-mail pcorcoran@sunflower.com.
- Jazz back in series
- April 24, 2009
- Deron Williams hit a fadeaway jumper with 2.2 seconds left to give Utah an 88-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, getting the Jazz back into the first-round playoff series.
- Immune cell offers new clue to worst malaria cases
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A9
- A novel immune cell may offer an important new clue to why malaria kills some people and not others.
- Lions soccer shut out
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The Lawrence High girls soccer team was shut out by Olathe Northwest, 2-0, on Thursday.
- Gates: More civilians needed in Afghanistan
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told Marines being deployed to Afghanistan that a U.S. victory there would look similar to progress in Iraq, but he cautioned that more civilians with skills beyond the battlefield will be needed.
- Final answer? KU
- All-American guard Xavier Henry chooses Jayhawks
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Xavier Henry fiddled with his cell phone, delaying the start of his much-anticipated news conference late Thursday morning in Putnam City High School’s gym.
- Talent runs in the family
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- In late summer of 1981, Barbara Adkins enrolled for her freshman year at Kansas University. Adkins had been recruited out of an Oklahoma City high school to play basketball for the Jayhawks.
- Criticism of spending in golf unfair
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- In a little more than a week, the PGA Tour with its stars and sunshine will roll into Charlotte for what is now called the Quail Hollow Championship.
- Sizemore’s blast dooms K.C.
- April 24, 2009
- A day after grumbling about Cleveland’s inability to produce good at-bats, Grady Sizemore took matters into his own hands.
- People in the news
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Jay Leno checked into a hospital with an undisclosed illness Thursday and canceled the taping of the “Tonight” show, but was doing well and planned to return next week, his publicist and NBC said.
- Pierce leads Celtics
- April 24, 2009
- Willing to defer in the first two games, Paul Pierce took the initiative and the Boston Celtics seized control.
- Swine flu cases up to 7; officials expand probe
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Health officials are investigating a never-before-seen form of the flu that combines pig, bird and human viruses and which has infected seven people in California and Texas. All the victims recovered, but the cases are a growing medical mystery because it’s unclear how they caught the virus.
- Wadkins elected to hall
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lanny Wadkins, who won a PGA Championship at Pebble Beach and played on a record-tying eight Ryder Cup teams, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
- LHS baseball triumphs
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Clint Pinnick went 3-for-4, Aaron Rea went 2-for-4 and the Lawrence High baseball team defeated Olathe Northwest, 6-3, on Thursday night.
- FSHS holds off O-East
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Nick Hassig broke a tie with an RBI single up the middle in the sixth inning, and the Free State baseball team held on for a 4-3 victory over Olathe East on Thursday night.
- Drake drills KU softball, 7-1
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Thursday was a forgettable day for Kansas University’s struggling softball team.
- Commodities
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Chicago Board of Trade: Agriculture futures were mixed Thursday.
- Plan for housing aid offers 2 options
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B11
- Q: I have heard about the federal government’s plan to help homeowners who are struggling to meet their payments. What are the details? How can I find out if I qualify?
- Backers of Zuma celebrate the vote
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- South Africa’s governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the country’s latest election.
- Microsoft’s sales show fallout of recession
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The link between Microsoft Corp.’s fortune and the health of the personal computer market has rarely been clearer than in the software maker’s fiscal third quarter.
- 3 small quakes rattle Orange County
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Three small earthquakes have rattled California’s Orange County area in just a few hours but no damage was immediately reported.
- Wildfire biggest in more than 3 decades
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- South Carolina’s biggest wildfire in more than three decades — a blaze four miles wide — destroyed dozens of homes Thursday and threatened some of the area’s world-famous golf courses at the height of the spring tourist season.
- Blasts kill 78 in Iraq’s bloodiest day in a year
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq’s deadliest day in more than a year.
- Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at auction
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for $143,358.
- On the record
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- • A person was transported Thursday evening to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after being struck in a car-pedestrian accident. • A 42-year-old Lawrence man was arrested for aggravated assault Thursday morning. • A 37-year-old Lawrence man was arrested early Thursday for aggravated assault, criminal use of a club or knife and criminal trespassing. • Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical responded Thursday morning to a single-vehicle accident with possible injuries east of Eudora.
- 2 charged in connection with chase
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Two 25-year-old Kansas City, Kan., residents were charged Thursday in connection with a high-speed chase Wednesday, during which the occupants of the suspect car switched seats, prosecutors said.
- Spurs slapped around
- April 24, 2009
- During a timeout early in the third quarter, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and the rest of the San Antonio Spurs starters headed to the bench.
- Freddie Mac executive under pressure post-takeover
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A9
- By last fall, the heady days for mortgage giant Freddie Mac were over, and what was left for executives like David Kellermann were stressful days and long nights of picking up the pieces under the sharp scrutiny of regulators.
- Three KU teams honored
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Kansas University men’s basketball, men’s cross country and women’s cross country teams were among those recognized Wednesday by the NCAA for being among NCAA Division I teams that earned multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports.
- Students collaborate on garden
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Some local Cub Scouts are hoping to build their way to a beautiful butterfly garden.
- Habitat moves ReStore to downtown
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Lawrence Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore has moved from west Lawrence to a location near downtown, 708 Conn.
- Pregnant woman hit by car while fleeing bear
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Police in Colorado say a pregnant woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by a slow-moving car while fleeing from an adult black bear.
- Children lauded for civic involvement
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B12
- They spoke out on behalf of the Madagascar hissing cockroach and Edgar the crow, and their voices were heard.
- White House wants no independent interrogations probe
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The White House on Thursday said it did not support creation of an independent panel to investigate the Bush administration’s harsh interrogations of terror suspects.
- KU holds SLT key
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A10
- To the editor: Wetland mitigation west of Louisiana has wishful thinkers believing the South Lawrence Trafficway is a “done deal.”
- Religion, regulation
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Research reports that those who sincerely adhere to a religion — any religion — show generally greater “self-control” (Journal-World, April 19).
- Bicyclists’ rights
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A10
- To the editor: By implying that most bicyclists ignore the law and most drivers are innocent victims of police zealotry, the Journal-World editors have yet again put their ignorance on display.
- Trust and verify
- Verifying that medical gas equipment has been properly installed is worth some extra effort.
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Writing a law and simply expecting someone to follow it isn’t always enough.
- Free State falls, 5-1
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Jason Pendleton sounded more like a professor in art school than Free State High’s girls soccer coach on Thursday afternoon.
- KU tennis falls at Big 12s
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Kansas University tennis team ended its season with a 4-1 loss to Missouri in the first round of the Big 12 Tennis Championship on Thursday.
- Kansas City trades TE Gonzalez
- Atlanta sends second-round pick in 2010 to Chiefs for 10-time Pro Bowler
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Atlanta Falcons boosted their hopes for another trip to the playoffs by acquiring tight end Tony Gonzalez from the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday for a draft pick next year.
- Pump patrol
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.89 at several locations.
- Scene queen: Author Leslie Simon selects Lawrence as one of nation’s most influential music hubs in travel guide
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- While working as a self-described “peon” at Alternative Press magazine eight years ago, Leslie Simon happened across a CD by a rising Lawrence band. The disc ended up having a major impact on her life.
- Supplement given to polo horses incorrectly made
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Unable to legally bring a supplement into the U.S. to make their horses more resilient, a Venezuelan polo team used another way to get ready for a champion match: Have a pharmacy mix up the concoction.
- Tallies count 100,000 Iraqis dead since 2003
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Iraq’s government has recorded 87,215 of its citizens killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, according to government statistics obtained by The Associated Press that break open one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war.
- Good deals coming in on projects
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- A possible silver lining for taxpayers in the current recession is that public works projects are costing less than originally expected, officials report.
- President seeks protections for credit-card users
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- President Barack Obama said Thursday he is determined to get a credit-card law that eliminates the tricky fine print, sudden rate increases and late fees that give millions of consumers headaches.
- After Obama’s 100 days, U.S. on right track
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Millions of people jobless. Billions of dollars in bailouts. Trillions of dollars in U.S. debt. And yet, for the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is on the right track.
- Politics can uphold morals
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A11
- Sen. John McCain’s daughter and his presidential campaign manager think they’ve figured out why McCain lost the 2008 election and what Republicans must do to win in the future. They need to be more like Democrats.
- Media raise pranks’ profile
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A11
- I am a poor wayfaring stranger traveling through this world of woe, but it’s OK, I am well paid for the woe and I enjoy watching my fellow wayfarers, the road guys, the men who fly from town to town, talking on their cell phones, hustling software and industrial carpeting, advising companies on branding issues, guys with pagers, laptops, BlackBerries, and voices like drill bits.
- Health care plan will involve rationing
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Unified theory of Obamaism, final installment: In the service of his ultimate mission — the leveling of social inequalities — President Obama offers a tripartite social democratic agenda: nationalized health care, federalized education (ultimately guaranteed through college) and a cash-cow carbon tax (or its equivalent) to subsidize the other two.
- Who’s behind $68M college gifts?
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A12
- It’s the question on everyone’s lips in philanthropy: Who is the mysterious donor giving away millions of dollars to at least a dozen colleges across the country?
- First lady sneaks off to fun restaurants
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on A12
- First lady Michelle Obama pulled back the curtains a little bit on life in the White House, revealing that she and her staff like to sneak out to eat at fun places.
- Another comic book now a cartoon
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B10
- The comic book-to-screen trend continues, albeit on a smaller scale, with “Iron Man: Armored Adventures” (6 p.m., Nicktoons). The 26-episode series continues the network’s collaboration with Marvel Comics that includes the animated “Wolverine and the X-Men” begun earlier this year.
- Horoscopes
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on B10
- For Friday, April 24: This year, know when to back off. You often find others to be controlling. Revise your perspective, vis-a-vis a like situation or like people. Certainly learn not to tumble into power plays. Open up to others. If you are single, you could meet someone quite interesting through friends. If you are attached, schedule several weekend retreats together.
- This is ‘Earth,’ and it’s absolutely spectacular
- April 24, 2009 in print edition on C2
- It’s fundamental, cycle-of-life stuff that happens all day, every day, year-round, worldwide.
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- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
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