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Polls
When the tornado sirens go off, what do you do?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Go outside | 48% | |
| Turn on the TV | 27% | |
| Take cover | 19% | |
| Turn on my comptuer | 4% | |
| Total | 2139 | |
Videos
- The rain is going to continue for a while, and …
- High water closed 13th and Haskell Streets and stalled a …
- City crews set up barricades to warn drivers of high …
- Troy Gentzler was struck and killed by lightning on Highway …
- An incident at the Days Inn Saturday night left a …
- Sales tax collections for the city are off for the …
- Police were searching for the suspect Sunday afternoon in an …
- Communities in Leavenworth County are coming together in the aftermath …
- Some Lawrence residents were put to work doing handiwork across …
- When was the last time the Kansas baseball team won …
- It’s been a while — over a decade — since …
- Game one vs. the Bears on Saturday went well for …
- This week’s Mark’s on the Move brings us to the …
- Douglas County is under a flood watch until Monday morning, …
- Towercam weather at midnight, April 26
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Flood watch in effect for Douglas County- 3:45 p.m., April 25, 2009 Updated 3:57 a.m.
- The severe thunderstorm warning has expired in Douglas County.
- Video: 49 Storm Tracker Footage of Linwood Tornado
- Videos: Severe weather: Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Photo gallery: Severe weather: Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Photo gallery: Severe weather submissions: April 25-26, 2009
6:00 a.m.
Local job market tightening in recession- April 26, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- This month, McAllister’s Deli handed out so many job applications that it ran out.
9:00 a.m.
Severe weather whirls through area- April 26, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- The series of storms that swept through Northeast Kansas took the life of a Lawrence man Saturday evening.
- Videos: Severe weather: Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Photo gallery: Severe weather: Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Photo gallery: Severe weather submissions: April 25-26, 2009
- Poll: When the tornado sirens go off, what do you do?
2:37 p.m.
Volunteers of all ages spruce up Lawrence- April 26, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Who doesn’t need a helping hand when it’s comes time to move — especially when it involves relocating 100 tons of recycled building materials?
10:07 p.m.
Flood warning in effect for swath of NE Kansas- 2:44 p.m., April 26, 2009 Updated 6:08 a.m.
- A flood watch remains in effect for the area until noon following Sunday night’s storms.
- Video: High water on several Lawrence streets
- Video: High water closes 13th and Haskell
- Photo gallery: Severe weather submissions: April 25-26, 2009
- Photo gallery: Severe weather: Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Poll: When the tornado sirens go off, what do you do?
All stories
- Motorcyclist killed by lightning had big heart
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Minutes after Lawrence resident Troy Gentzler had visited an abuse victim Saturday in Jefferson County, he hopped onto his motorcycle. The avid biker and member of the northeast Kansas chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse recently had combined his passions for motorcycles and helping people in need.
- Student robbed in broad daylight
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University Public Safety officers are looking for two or three suspects after an armed robbery Sunday afternoon in a parking lot near McCollum Hall. KU spokeswoman Jill Jess said in a statement that a male student reported a suspect approached him and demanded money. A gun was involved, Jess said. The suspect took cash from the victim, but no injuries were reported.
- Flood warning in effect for swath of NE Kansas
- 02:44 p.m., April 26, 2009 Updated 06:08 a.m.
- A flood watch remains in effect for the area until noon following Sunday night’s storms.
- Man transported to LMH after stabbing; police investigating
- 02:35 a.m., April 26, 2009 Updated 04:43 a.m. in print edition on A3
- Lawrence police are investigating a stabbing that occurred early Sunday morning.
- Tonganoxie fire captain pulls woman from creek
- 01:34 a.m., April 26, 2009 Updated 08:34 p.m.
- A Tonganoxie woman who thought she heard someone yelling for help near Tonganoxie Creek had to be rescued from the water after falling in herself.
- Q&A on the recruitment to KU of Xavier and C.J. Henry
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Carl and Barbara Henry decided to name their youngest son, “Xavier” — pronunciation identical to the Atlantic-10 Conference college located in Cincinnati.
- Perfect harmony: Baker University music couple retiring after 25 years building program
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D1
- John and Susan Buehler met in a college music building. They’ve spent most of their waking hours in one since then.
- Peanut butter collectibles sell in a jiffy
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D4
- Peanut butter, everyone’s favorite food, has had bad press lately, but peanut butter collectibles rank high with collectors.
- Unusual superfoods: Rare bites may add variety, nutrition to diet
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D2
- Step aside, blueberries, spinach and broccoli. It’s time to give unsung superfoods a chance.
- Boomer Girl Diary: These houseguests smell after one day
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D1
- We’ve had houseguests this week.
- Mandel brings a good deal to comedy stages
- April 26, 2009
- Improv, says Howie Mandel — who balances 200 tour dates a year with two TV shows — is like a roller coaster: “The scarier the loops, the more you want to get on again.”
- Poet’s Showcase: The Dandelion’s Destiny
- April 26, 2009
- Pity the humble dandelion — scorned, despised.
- School bombing still reverberates 82 years later in ‘Bath’
- April 26, 2009
- Ambivalent.
- Demented ‘Pride’: Zombies? Vampires? Aliens? New works allow Jane Austen to flesh them out
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D3
- As you may have heard, Pemberley has been overrun by zombies.
- Pump patrol
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.89 at several locations.
- Local softball recruits accepting of change
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C5
- There will be no fallout from the Tracy Bunge resignation from the Kansas University softball program like there was for Memphis when men’s basketball coach John Calipari bolted for Kentucky. At least not at the local level.
- Lions, top pick Stafford perfect fit
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The Detroit Lions have not won an NFL championship since 1957. Not so coincidentally, the Lions have not had a franchise quarterback since 1957.
- Buckeyes’ spring game big draw
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C2
- A national spring game record crowd of 95,722 came out to enjoy the high temperatures and watch Terrelle Pryor throw two long touchdown passes in 30 seconds, leading the Gray over the Scarlet, 23-3, on Saturday at sun-drenched Ohio Stadium.
- Lions take Stafford; Jets draft Sanchez
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C7
- Matthew Stafford’s mission is daunting: Lead the Detroit Lions back from the only 0-16 season in NFL history. Mark Sanchez has nearly as big a challenge: He’ll compete to replace Brett Favre.
- Clinton makes surprise visit, says Iraq withdrawal on track
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to reassure nervous Iraqis that the U.S. won’t abandon them, even as she said the American troop withdrawal would stay on schedule despite a recent surge in violence.
- K.C. challenges mayor’s volunteer suit
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The city attorney for Kansas City is claiming that Mayor Mark Funkhouser lacks the legal standing to challenge an ordinance prohibiting his wife from volunteering full-time in his office.
- ‘Tree of Life’ melds art, science
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Creation stories are the stuff of myth, religion and science.
- Severe weather whirls through area
- Storms kill city resident, smash homes; Another round on tap for today
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The series of storms that swept through Northeast Kansas took the life of a Lawrence man Saturday evening.
- ‘Mini College’ to open for public
- Courses let anyone return to school for a few days in June
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- In early June, some returning “students” to Kansas University will hear lectures on topics such as terrorism and getting rid of all that stuff accumulating around the house.
- KU swimmers, divers work with Olympians
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University swimming and diving team played host to a one-hour clinic Saturday morning at Robinson Natatorium for 20 local Special Olympians.
- Professor sought in deadly shooting
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A University of Georgia professor who police suspect in the fatal shootings of his ex-wife and two men outside a theater near campus Saturday disappeared in his Jeep after dropping his children off with a neighbor, authorities said.
- Ex-officials argue over who allowed harsh interrogations
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Release of Bush-era documents that shed more light on the origins of the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation tactics has ignited a backstage battle between former Bush officials over a crucial May 2002 meeting that paved the way for use of waterboarding on a suspected al-Qaida leader.
- Landfills hurting as consumers opt to repair, reuse
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Thrift-driven Americans are fixing up, making do and reusing so much to cope with the recession that the drop in throwaways means less fill for landfills.
- Local job market tightening in recession
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- This month, McAllister’s Deli handed out so many job applications that it ran out.
- Chiefs take LSU defensive end with third pick
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C7
- With his first draft selection as the man in charge in Kansas City, Scott Pioli took dead aim at the most glaring of his new team’s many needs.
- Sex offender signs order axed
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A state appeals court has overturned a judge’s order that a Hudson man post signs around his house proclaiming that he is a sex offender.
- Analysis: IMF relevant again, but will big plans work?
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Not long ago the International Monetary Fund seemed headed for relic status. Now it’s once more flying high, rolling out ambitious plans to blanket an economically distressed world in dollars. Even grander designs are on the drawing board.
- Italy’s mafia thrives in global financial meltdown
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A9
- While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment.
- Homebuyers hope to time the bottom
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A4
- With white tin ceilings, original woodwork, bay windows, and a $699,000 price tag, the two-bedroom apartment at 719 Carroll St. in Brooklyn would have been snatched up in a New York minute a couple of years ago.
- 100 days of Obama: Peril to possibility
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Barack Obama opened his presidency by drawing an unflinching portrait of the challenges. Then he set about turning those perils into possibilities.
- Mortgages
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 98 mortgages in the weekly period ended Monday.
- High school senior aces ACT, SAT, PSAT
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Willa Chen has a knack for tough tests.
- Opera reschedules ‘Charlotte’s Web’
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D2
- After the March 27 performance of “Charlotte’s Web” at Lawrence High School was canceled due to severe weather, the Lyric Opera has announced additional performances on May 9.
- U.S. journalist jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A8
- An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. was on her fifth day of a hunger strike Saturday and does not plan to stop until she is freed, her father said.
- Alice Walker exhibit opens at Emory
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D6
- Even from a young age, author Alice Walker was keeping a record.
- Rahal seizes IndyCar pole at Kansas Speedway
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Graham Rahal had his mind on the future when he became the youngest pole winner in Indy Racing League history three weeks ago.
- Clark’s big day powers new-look KU softball past Bears
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Who were those Kansas University softball players? They weren’t the Jayhawks who flat-lined against Drake the other night, that’s for sure.
- Mark’s on the Move: NASCAR teams gear up for Camping World Truck Series
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Think you’ve experienced teamwork and hard work in a chaotic working environment?
- Volunteers of all ages spruce up Lawrence
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Who doesn’t need a helping hand when it’s comes time to move — especially when it involves relocating 100 tons of recycled building materials?
- Ochoa holds one-shot edge
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 4-under 69 in windy conditions Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Norway’s Suzann Pettersen into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s Corona Championship.
- Tigers rout Royals, 9-1
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Zach Miner and Gerald Laird like coming to Kansas City, and it is not just for the barbecue and scenic fountains.
- OU’s Bradford taking huge risk
- Sorrentino’s Lightning Round
- April 26, 2009
- I’m wondering what was going through Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford’s mind as Matthew Stafford held up a Detroit Lions jersey after being selected No. 1 overall in Saturday’s NFL Draft.
- WR Crabtree slips to No. 10 overall
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C7
- When Michael Crabtree unexpectedly slipped to the 10th pick in Saturday’s NFL draft, the San Francisco 49ers eagerly caught their highest-profile receiver since Terrell Owens left town.
- Ethiopa arrests 35 for plotting coup
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by an Ethiopian economist now teaching at a Pennsylvania university, a government spokesman said Saturday.
- Navy: Pirates seize German ship
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Pirates have seized a German-owned ship in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen, a U.S. Navy spokesman said Saturday.
- ‘Golden Girls’ star Bea Arthur dies at 86
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday. She was 86.
- N. Korea says nuclear facilities reactivated
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- North Korea said that it has begun harvesting plutonium from spent fuel rods at its main nuclear plant to build up its atomic arsenal.
- Plan to build island makes waves
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Mohammed Saleh is convinced: If he builds it, Lebanese expatriates will come.
- ‘Precious Doe’ remembered
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Children danced and sang not far from a wooded area where a 3-year-old girl was found slain eight years ago.
- Journal-World lands top KPA award
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B5
- The Lawrence Journal-World won the top newspaper award during the Kansas Press Association’s 2009 Awards of Excellence on Saturday night at the Wichita Airport Hilton.
- County leaders brace for bleak budget talks
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Amid the current recession and decreasing revenues, Douglas County leaders are anticipating difficult budget sessions for the next two years.
- Caterer masters recipes, business
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Toni Boyles grew up in an A&W restaurant her parents owned in Independence.
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Among significant projects expected to affect drivers this week in the area.
- Bonds, Fuller pace KU at Drake Relays
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Lauren Bonds ran a career best in the 1,500 meters and Corey Fuller placed second in the men’s triple jump to pace the Kansas University track and field team on Saturday in the final day of the Drake Relays.
- Ex-KKK leader ordered to leave country
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Czech authorities have released former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from detention and ordered him to leave the country.
- KU rowing falls to Minnesota
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University rowing team fell to No. 20 Minnesota on Saturday.
- Officials: Calm winds should help contain fire
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- South Carolina firefighters continued Saturday to snuff out the hotspots of a wildfire smoldering near the coast for four days and officials said the blaze that once came perilously close to the state’s tourist mecca appeared to be mostly contained.
- KU women fourth at Big 12 golf tourney
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University women’s golf team placed fourth Saturday after two rounds of the Big 12 Championship.
- ANC party fails to get 2/3 of parliament seats
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The leader of South Africa’s long-dominant ANC was treated like a president-elect Saturday after his party swept parliamentary elections — though not with the two-thirds majority it won easily in the last vote.
- Kansas has 2 swine flu cases
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas and one more in California, bringing the U.S. total to 11.
- Free State swimming 1st, LHS 2nd in Wichita
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Free State took first place, and Lawrence High was second among 19 teams Saturday at the Trinity Invitational girls swim meet.
- Early signs of win for left-wing parties
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Iceland’s leftist government was headed Saturday for a strong victory in the country’s general election, according to preliminary results.
- Independence Inc. to present awards
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The annual Independence Inc. Community Access and Roger Williams awards will be presented May 6.
- Baker University wins journalism award
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Baker Orange received the All-Kansas Award for four-year private college newspapers recently at the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press spring conference in Hutchinson.
- Freeman goes to Bucs
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on C7
- Raheem Morris shrugged off question after question, rejecting the notion that it must have been difficult deciding between drafting Josh Freeman and finding help for a porous defense that cost Tampa Bay a playoff berth.
- More state budget cuts loom
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Already shaken by two rounds of budget cuts, education, social service and health agencies face another hit as lawmakers return Wednesday for the wrap-up session amid a worsening economic climate.
- Governor intervenes in Flaming Lips flap
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Oklahoma lawmakers who voted against making a Flaming Lips tune the official state rock song represent a minority of “small-minded religious wackos,” the band’s lead singer says.
- Jazz Fest gets thousands on their feet
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Thousands gathered under blue skies Saturday to hear the music of neo-soul artist Erykah Badu, who took the stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival burning a stick of incense and wearing a lavender kimono.
- Bankruptcies
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records:
- Preservation group to present awards
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on E1
- The Lawrence Preservation Alliance will conduct its annual preservation award ceremony from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 7 at the newly renovated Castle Tea Room, 1307 Mass.
- McDonald’s specialty coffee plan in hands of former defense engineer
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Don Thompson is a man of science, an electrical engineer who once designed radar jamming systems, but recently, his biggest problem was a simple piece of cheese.
- Fearmongers
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Our nation will not be destroyed by terrorists, but it can be destroyed by our fear of terrorists.
- Open forum
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: This is in regard to the letter that Jean-Luc Godasse wrote on April 21 objecting to the Lawrence Journal-World’s continued and frequent publication of Carl Burkhead’s letters.
- Pay defended
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Kansas Athletics has provided our community a national spotlight for the last six years highlighting the great community we live in.
- Parisian organist to perform at KU
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D1
- The organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris will give a recital this week in Lawrence.
- Virtual office
- Technology provides real deal, minus building
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Andrea Chavez works for a law firm with nearly 40 other attorneys. But she rarely sees her colleagues, because Virtual Law Partners isn’t based anywhere — it’s everywhere.
- Horoscopes
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on D5
- For Sunday, April 26: This year, tap into your innate creativity, and opportunities will open up out of the blue. At times you might be overly self-involved, reviewing what is happening in your head. If you are single, you will meet many people. Think about the type of relationship you want. Then you will know which person to choose. If you are attached, express more interest in who and what is important to your significant other.
- What problem?
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: So gun stores are running out of bullets? And in what world is this a problem?
- Banks shouldn’t be ‘too big to fail’
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- This week in banking: Our leading financial institutions announced that they had actually made a profit in the year’s first quarter through the creative manipulation of rules and regulations.
- Truman, Obama faced similar challenges
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B7
- There are scores of ways to evaluate the beginning of a presidency. One of the most facile is to look at a president’s first 100 days, which in the case of President Barack Obama ends Wednesday, and compare the achievements (or failures) with the first 100 days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Notoriety shouldn’t justify celebrity status
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B6
- “Celebrity; The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; reknown” “Notoriety; The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; — commonly used in an unfavorable sense;”
- Obama should not hold to torture stand
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B6
- If ever there is a time for President Obama to trust his instincts and stick to his guns, that time is now, when he is being pressured to change his mind about closing the books on the “torture” policies of the past.
- Revenue enhancements
- Having gone about as far as they can go with budget cuts, state legislators now must look at the revenue side.
- April 26, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Times are tough, and just about every individual and company in Kansas is looking at budget cuts, but it’s time for Kansas legislators to take a look at the other side of the ledger.
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