Also from August 14
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
How many traffic accidents have you been involved in as a driver or passenger?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Two | 26% | |
| One | 21% | |
| Three | 17% | |
| None | 13% | |
| Four | 8% | |
| Six to 10 | 4% | |
| Five | 4% | |
| More than 10 | 2% | |
| Total | 1674 | |
Videos
- The forecast for Saturday, August 15 calls for a high …
- USD 497 is working with nearby residents to get athletic …
- The 6Sports hackers wrap up their season at Alvamar Country …
- Construction plans are ramping up again in the Basehor-Linwood school …
- Running back Jake Sharp is the man in the Kansas …
- Most of us are familiar with the work of artist …
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man faces charges of rape and kidnapping …
- A day after Matthew Jaeger was found guilty of aggravated …
- A quiet Friday afternoon with no clouds should lead to …
- It should be a typical Friday afternoon commute, with some …
- Friday’s “Morning Update” segment started with a glimpse of the …
- Humidity will continue to build across all of Northeast Kansas. …
- It should be a perfect day for driving this Friday. …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Tiahrt, town hall crowd criticize plan for health care reform- 11:28 a.m., August 13, 2009 Updated 3:44 p.m. in print edition on 3A
- U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., said Thursday that he feared the health care reform plan proposed by Democrats would allow states to urge the elderly to refuse care and die.
6:00 a.m.
Jaeger found guilty on three of four charges- 2:14 p.m., August 13, 2009 Updated 8:01 a.m. in print edition on 1A
- The jury in the Matthew Jaeger assault trial has found the defendant guilty on three of four charges and reached no verdict on the fourth charge. The guilty verdicts came for: simple kidnapping, aggravated battery and making a criminal threat. No verdict was reached on the charge of aggravated burglary.
- Video: Verdict reached in Jaeger trial
- Photo gallery: Matthew Jaeger found guilty
- Photo gallery: Matthew Jaeger trial
- Special coverage: Matthew Jaeger: Guilty Verdict
10:00 a.m.
Hydroelectric project generates public support at unveiling- August 14, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The ink is barely dry on the design for the Bowersock Mills & Power Company’s proposed $13 million hydroelectric power plant on the north bank of the Kansas River.
- Video: Residents get look at new Bowersock plans
- Photo gallery: Bowersock power plant renderings
2:00 p.m.
Road worker: Indie filmmaker Joe Saunders brings feature shoot to Eudora- August 14, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- In the cinematic masterpiece that is “Dumb & Dumber,” the main characters take off on a road trip with Jim Carrey’s Lloyd exclaiming to Jeff Daniels’ Harry, “We’re really doing it, Har!”
6:00 p.m.
House Republicans say consolidation may be necessary for school districts, courts, other agencies- 1:24 p.m., August 14, 2009 Updated 3:02 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- House Republican leaders Friday ordered the appropriations committee back to work to find ways to reduce state spending in the face of an expected budget shortfall. And they said tax increases will not be considered, but school district consolidation may.
- Source document: Letter to appropriations committee
All stories
- Sex crime report found to be false
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence police determined Friday that a woman’s allegations that two men broke into her home on Thursday were unfounded.
- ‘Finally justice was served,’ says survivor of Matthew Jaeger’s brutal attack
- Survivor hopes others speak out
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Francie Biggs, the 23-year-old victim in the Matthew Jaeger trial, had prayed for a way out of her abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
- Reesing, Briscoe named to Maxwell Award watch list
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Senior quarterback Todd Reesing and junior receiver Dezmon Briscoe were both named Friday to the 55-member watch list for the Maxwell Award, given annually to college football’s most outstanding player.
- KU plans Band Day for Sept. 26
- August 14, 2009
- Bands from 25 Kansas high schools will converge on Memorial Stadium Sept. 26 for Kansas University’s football game against Southern Mississippi.
- Small stature doesn’t stop 10-year-old girl from showing big steers who’s boss
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Standing about 4 feet tall, and weighing around 60 pounds, 10-year-old Grace Baxter isn’t large by any means.
- Civil War re-enactors call off encampment
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- No weapons. No rations. No wool uniforms in 90-degree heat. The re-enactors aren’t coming.
- House Republicans say consolidation may be necessary for school districts, courts, other agencies
- House GOP says no to tax increases, but school consolidation is a possibility
- 01:24 p.m., August 14, 2009 Updated 03:02 p.m. in print edition on A1
- House Republican leaders Friday ordered the appropriations committee back to work to find ways to reduce state spending in the face of an expected budget shortfall. And they said tax increases will not be considered, but school district consolidation may.
- Lawrence man charged with rape, kidnapping
- 12:05 p.m., August 14, 2009 Updated 07:50 p.m. in print edition on B1
- Prosecutors on Friday said a 21-year-old Lawrence man shoved a woman into her car and raped her about 3 a.m. Thursday in a Lawrence parking lot.
- Shawnee man sentenced to prison for KU graduate student’s death
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A Johnson County judge has sentenced a Shawnee man to serve more than three years in prison for a February accident that killed a Kansas University graduate student from France.
- Final hearing on Westar rate equalization set for next week
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Kansas regulators will conclude a series of hearings next week on moving toward equalizing rates for customers of Westar Energy Inc.
- A teen parody and more Woodstock
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B8
- “Degrassi Goes Hollywood” (7 p.m., The N) becomes the first movie-length outing for the Canadian high school series.
- Preventive care costs more than it saves
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A8
- In the 48 hours of June 15-16, President Obama lost the health care debate.
- Suicide bombing kills more than 20
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A double suicide bombing devastated a cafe packed with young people in northwestern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said, in the latest attack against a minority community.
- Net Worth: Creepy memories of yesteryear fueled by Kindertrauma
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Even though I’m comfortably in my 40s, I am prone to flashbacks of pop-culture memories from my childhood that still creep me out.
- Be wary of ‘moving brokers’
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B9
- To protect yourself from unscrupulous movers, ask for referrals from friends, neighbors and a local real estate agent whom you trust.
- Civil discourse
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: This newspaper usually seems to support the idea that public discourse should be civil; that is why I am surprised that the paper continues to run Cal Thomas columns.
- Dramatic twists stashed in ‘District 9’
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The mysterious and alarming signs have been out there for weeks, months even: On billboards, benches and bus stops featuring crude cartoon alien drawings, they’ve warned us of non-humans, they’ve urged us to remain separate.
- Brady throws 2 TDs in return
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Tom Brady was making his comeback against the Philadelphia Eagles while Michael Vick was getting ready to join them.
- Hydroelectric project generates public support at unveiling
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The ink is barely dry on the design for the Bowersock Mills & Power Company’s proposed $13 million hydroelectric power plant on the north bank of the Kansas River.
- Guitar virtuoso Les Paul dies
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Les Paul, a Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar who helped bring his instrument to the forefront of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll performance, died Aug. 13 at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was 94 and had pneumonia.
- Horoscope for August 14, 2009
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B8
- This year, you might be carrying a lucky rabbit’s foot. Wishes often become realities. Your popularity soars. If you are single, many people want to be your sweetie. If you are attached, the two of you make an excellent team. You feel a lot of good will from a partner. Count on Gemini for friendship.
- Bleak sales are another reality check for economy
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A1
- A bleak report on retail sales Thursday reinforced a nagging worry of economists: Shoppers won’t spend enough to help a recovery take hold.
- New media age brings many changes
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A8
- You know it’s going to be a difficult day when you wake up with “Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera, Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera” going around and around in your head and it won’t stop.
- Observers see pattern of fraud before Afghan vote
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Voting observers expect fraud during next week’s Afghan presidential election and warn that cheating will most likely take place at polling stations in remote or dangerous areas where independent monitors won’t be able to be present.
- Doctor’s doughnut claim cost his job
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Dr. Jason Newsom railed against burgers, french fries, fried chicken and sweet tea in his campaign to promote better eating in a part of the country known as the Redneck Riviera.
- Rare gene behind short sleep cycles
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Scientists have discovered a gene that helps a mother and daughter stay alert on about six hours sleep a night, two hours less than the rest of their family needs.
- FAA: 2 employees investigated in New York midair collision
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Authorities have removed from duty an air traffic controller who they say was talking on the phone during last week’s deadly midair collision over New York’s Hudson River, along with a supervisor who was out of the building at the time.
- Investigators join search for ship
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports Thursday as the search drew in investigators from across Europe.
- Thousands flee scorching wildfires
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Thousands of firefighters battled wildfires across California on Thursday, including a growing blaze that forced about 2,400 people to evacuate their homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
- France, Germany return to growth
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Government programs to support the auto industry helped Germany and France return to economic growth in the second quarter, rebounds that stoked hopes the recession in the wider 16-country euro area may also end sooner than thought.
- Photos of Castro honor 83rd birthday
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The founder of a New York-based church group that opposes the U.S. embargo of Cuba said Thursday that former Cuban President Fidel Castro looked strong and animated during a July 31 meeting.
- IOUs to end in September
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A2
- California will stop paying bills with IOUs on Sept. 4 and plans to redeem outstanding notes that same day, ending a “shameful chapter in the state’s history,” state Controller John Chiang said Thursday.
- Mom and Pop used-car dealers being left without clunkers
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B9
- One man’s clunker is another man’s meal ticket.
- Rec calendar
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Lawrence Bicycle Club Various rides Tuesday through Sunday. Call Paul Corcoran at 842-5273 or e-mail pcorcoran@sunflower.com.
- Royals finally win AL series
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B6
- The Minnesota Twins started this week with hopes of closing ground on the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
- Raiders announce MVPs
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Lawrence Raiders legion baseball players Matthew Abel and Bryan Kindle were selected as Co-MVP’s for the 2009 season on Thursday.
- Free State hires Lee Ice to take over softball
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Longtime Lawrence baseball man Lee Ice has decided to see how the other half lives.
- Eagles give Vick a chance
- Philly signs disgraced quarterback to deal
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- By halftime, the Linc was buzzing: Michael Vick was an Eagle. Suddenly, no one seemed to care much about the preseason game against the New England Patriots on Thursday night. All that mattered to most fans was that the disgraced quarterback had joined their team.
- Towering titan
- Hawkinson beefs up in vital move to left tackle
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The plump kid with the curly hair was sitting in the back of the room, talking about food. This was Tuesday, and Tanner Hawkinson, the newly minted left tackle for the Kansas University football team, was explaining how, exactly, a recently lean college freshman had managed to transform himself into a nearly 290-pound titan.
- Workshops set on pond, pasture management
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B9
- “Making the Most of Your Acreage: Pasture Management 101” workshops will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Tonganoxie fairgrounds and at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 29 at the Gardner fairgrounds.
- American Red Cross elects board members
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B9
- The Douglas County Chapter of the American Red Cross elected the following new members to its board of directors.
- Area residents selected for ag leadership class
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B9
- The Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership board of directors has selected 30 new members for the statewide program’s leadership study, training and travel.
- Respect for life
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Just when it seems safe to consider new topics, another theocratic screed appears demanding response.
- Vick doesn’t belong in Philadelphia
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B2
- With their shocking decision to sign Michael Vick, the Eagles are taking an enormous risk. All that’s at stake is everything owner Jeff Lurie and head coach Andy Reid have ever said about what the franchise stands for, and they have put all of that in the hands of a man who went to prison for murdering dogs.
- Tiger terrific at PGA Championship
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Tiger Woods was twirling his club, not tossing them at his bag in disgust. Putts that grazed the edge of the hole and caused him so much angst were for birdie, not par or worse. Woods had no complaints Thursday in the first round of the PGA Championship.
- Not all lifestyle
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: Let me make a wild guess, Ms. Boeck: Osteoarthritis does not run in your family. Some people aren’t that lucky.
- Fear stifles health care debate
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Like many of my fellow Kansans, the other night I answered the call for a “tele-town hall” conducted by Sen. Sam Brownback.
- Passenger rights
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A8
- A nasty airline incident in Rochester may renew the momentum for federal legislation to enumerate some basic passenger rights.
- Students start moving in this weekend
- Sense of humor, patience, quick feet recommended as residence halls open
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, friends and anyone else helping move freshmen into Kansas University’s residence halls this weekend will be packing into what just might be the world’s largest loading zone atop Daisy Hill.
- Chiefs’ Thigpen, Croyle in battle
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B5
- It must be tempting for Tyler Thigpen to sit around and think about what might have been.
- Jayhawk pioneers deserving
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Next time the sports masterminds at Kansas University turn out a football media guide, they should correct an error on page 184 of the current brochure. It does an injustice to two Jayhawks who deserve big-time credit for their roles in integrating the modern KU program.
- 25 years ago: KU sleepover policy comes under fire
- August 14, 2009
- A state legislative leader, Rep. Bill Bunten, R-Topeka, had opened fire on a new Kansas University policy allowing students in residence halls to have overnight guests of the opposite sex. Bunten (currently serving as mayor of Topeka) said the policy would be “fraught with problems” if implemented in the fall as planned.
- 40 years ago: New site for library proposed
- August 14, 2009
- The Lawrence Library Board proposed the area on the south side of Seventh Street between Vermont and Kentucky as the site for a new library. It was to replace the old structure at Ninth and Vermont.
- 100 years ago: Douglas County lacks liquor licenses
- August 14, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Aug. 14, 1909: “Gov. W.R. Stubbs went from here to Topeka today in his auto, the first time he has tried the cross-country run. He has been practicing for a week but still took his chauffeur for security. … A survey shows that not a single liquor license is held in Douglas County — for the first time in many years. This is due to help bootleggers since there are no license-holders for officials to check on.”
- Road worker: Indie filmmaker Joe Saunders brings feature shoot to Eudora
- August 14, 2009 in print edition on C1
- In the cinematic masterpiece that is “Dumb & Dumber,” the main characters take off on a road trip with Jim Carrey’s Lloyd exclaiming to Jeff Daniels’ Harry, “We’re really doing it, Har!”
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- Study suggests continued population drop in Kansas May 29, 2012 · 5 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 34 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 150 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 256 comments
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 41 comments
- Remove politics, and redistricting map falls in line May 27, 2012 · 43 comments
- Tuition victims May 22, 2012 · 54 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 27 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 85 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Lives forever changed by skywalk collapse July 15, 2001
- Hard-luck loss: Blue Valley West walk-off sends Lawrence High baseball home in pitchers’ duel May 26, 2012
- Book helps family heal after tragedy May 28, 2012
