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On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
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Polls
Would a special beer can with Kansas University colors make you more likely to buy the beer?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 71% | |
| Yes | 28% | |
| Total | 1425 | |
Which KU football true freshman are you most excited to see play?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| RB Toben Opurum | 54% | |
| WR Bradley McDougald | 29% | |
| LB Huldon Tharp | 14% | |
| Other | 1% | |
| Total | 1086 | |
Videos
- A 43-year-old Lawrence man was detained Monday evening in connection …
- The forecast for Tuesday, September 1 calls for a high …
- The top six sports plays from the past week.
- A Lawrence neighborhood is on alert after multiple reports of …
- Common Cents reporter Lori Carson explains why a home inspection …
- Haskell football coach Eric Brock was booked into Johnson County …
- Residents along south Kasold are learning time is indeed money.
- Congressman Dennis Moore discussed the economic slowdown with a guardedly …
- The Kansas football team is counting down the days until …
- Advocates discussed Monday night awareness for homelessness and mental illness.
- Crimson and blue Bud Light beer cans have KU officials …
- 6News staffers Andrew Baker and Mark Boyle teed off for …
- Kidcast for Monday, August 31.
- It’s possible that the skies could clear up a bit …
- Expect a typical afternoon commute for the final day in …
- After a chilly, cloudy start to the morning, expect temperatures …
- We’re looking at patchy fog this morning along with some …
- Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded Monday morning to a multiple-alarm …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Regents warn of budget cuts’ overall effects- August 30, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- State universities have done a good job managing record budget cuts, but their work may come back to haunt them, higher education officials say.
6:00 a.m.
United Way facing economic double whammy- August 31, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Cheryl Wright was worried about what to do with her son as the end of the 2008 school year approached.
10:00 a.m.
After city fills in cracks, road markings become patchy- August 31, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Mark Thiel knew it was coming, but even he found himself a little bit surprised once contract crews finished sealing cracks on the major North Second-North Third Street corridor in North Lawrence.
2:00 p.m.
Parking infractions can become ticket to jail- August 31, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Fines for Lawrence city parking tickets are increasing to $3 Tuesday, and if the ticket isn’t paid in 10 days, the fine is increasing from $10 to $15. If you rack up enough of those tickets and don’t pay the fine, you could end up taking a surprise trip to Douglas County Jail.
6:00 p.m.
Diamond devotees: Lawrence fans show up to support their softball-playing partners- August 31, 2009
- Sarah Shaffer enjoys both the competition and comedy. Lenette Hamm treasures the memories, both past and future. Lauren Trower cashes a paycheck, soaking up the atmosphere that only ag lime fields and aging major-league wannabes can provide. And Amy Lee? “It’s a change of scenery,” exhales the exhausted mother of Maya, 3, and Cami, 1. “It’s something to do. An activity.”
All stories
- Police make arrest in connection with KU burglary
- Occurred at the Shenk Sports Complex on KU’s west campus
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police and Kansas University police apprehended one suspect Monday evening in connection with an automobile burglary on the KU campus.
- Moore discusses economy at Rotary meeting
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Benefits of bailout money given to financial institutions key topic of talk.
- Kansas insurance commissioner urges consensus on health care
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Monday urged elected leaders “to look past the din of this summer’s health care debate” and seek consensus.
- Sewer line needs to be replaced, but city’s lack of easement complicates job
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A proposed city project to replace a 70-year-old sewer line in east Lawrence may be dirty business in more ways than one.
- KU brings Sayers back to his alma mater
- 04:41 p.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B1
- Former Kansas University football player Gale Sayers will join the KU athletic department in October, serving as Director of Fundraising for Special Projects.
- Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger endorses Sen. Brownback for governor
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Praeger, a longtime Lawrence political figure, is considered one of the most moderate Republican officeholders in the state. Brownback is considered a conservative Republican.
- Lightner to seek Republican nomination for Moore’s 3rd District seat
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Patricia Lightner, a former state representative from Olathe, says she is running for the Republican nomination for the 3rd Congressional District, which is currently represented by U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan.
- Crimson and blue Bud Light cans make appearance on Lawrence liquor store shelves
- 02:42 p.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 05:17 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Crimson and blue Bud Light cans on the shelves of Lawrence liquor stores have Kansas University officials seeing red.
- Police receive 2nd report of man exposing himself in Sunset Hill neighborhood
- 11:38 a.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 04:12 p.m. in print edition on A3
- Lawrence police received a second report Sunday about a man exposing himself to children in the Sunset Hill neighborhood, which officers have connected to a similar report on Thursday.
- Youthful praise
- Mangino impressed with freshmen Opurum, McDougald
- 10:32 a.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B1
- Kansas football coach Mark Mangino continued his praise for true freshmen Toben Opurum and Bradley McDougald during the Big 12 teleconference Monday morning.
- Statehouse Live: School funding advocate alleges racially-charged photo was used
- 09:33 a.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 03:54 p.m.
- Official with Kansas Families for Education criticizes use of photo on the Kansas Liberty website
- Kansas applies for federal money to improve passenger rail service
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Kansas officials are seeking federal funds to support efforts to expand passenger rail service in the state.
- Crews respond to fire on N. Michigan Street
- Blaze under control within one hour; No one reported injured
- 05:21 a.m., August 31, 2009 Updated 03:57 p.m. in print edition on A5
- Fire and Medical crews responded Monday morning to a two-alarm fire in northern Lawrence.
- United Way facing economic double whammy
- As charitable giving decreases, need for social services increases
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Cheryl Wright was worried about what to do with her son as the end of the 2008 school year approached.
- Homelessness topic of forum tonight
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A forum examining mental illness and its links to homelessness is scheduled for tonight.
- Bank shows poorest of poor can be creditworthy
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A9
- The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world’s poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of nearly 100 percent.
- Natural pet care: Acupuncture, herbs alternative treatments for animals
- August 31, 2009
- Lily the dog was given just three months to live. Six months if she endured round after round of chemotherapy. “She had a torn ACL in her left hind leg, and I had it repaired in Kansas City,” owner Shae Harrigan says of her schipperke. “But after she came back, they called me and told me that they had found a very aggressive cancer on her leg.”
- Doula care: Midwife builds healthy practice in Lawrence
- August 31, 2009
- Births and babies are recurrent themes in Stefanie Olson’s life. As a professional doula, she’s helped more than 100 women through and beyond the birthing process.
- When is the best time to buy?
- August 31, 2009
- It happens to even the most skilled and tactful shoppers: You wait for just the right time to buy an item waiting weeks, even months for the price to come down just a little bit. Then, within days of your purchase, your coveted possession goes on sale.
- Breast-feeding is not only smart, it’s green
- August 31, 2009
- As an expecting or new parent, breast-feeding your baby is one of the smartest, and greenest, decisions you can make.
- Lawrence elementary school lunches
- August 31, 2009
- The Edge
- August 31, 2009
- • ‘The Consequences of Love’ (Books) • ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’ (DVD) • ‘Vanished’ (Books)
- Horoscopes
- August 31, 2009
- Parking infractions can become ticket to jail
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Fines for Lawrence city parking tickets are increasing to $3 Tuesday, and if the ticket isn’t paid in 10 days, the fine is increasing from $10 to $15. If you rack up enough of those tickets and don’t pay the fine, you could end up taking a surprise trip to Douglas County Jail.
- Woods’ silence tells a bigger story
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Scratch Tiger Woods from the candidates to be the next corporate spokesman for Liberty National Golf Club. At the very end of the week, he was asked one more time what he thought about the place as a future site for PGA Tour events. And one last time, he grinned a bit and deliberately said nothing, speaking volumes.
- KU soccer claims tourney title
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University freshman Shelby Williamson scored early in the second half in the Jayhawks’ 1-0 soccer victory over Arizona State on Sunday at the Lady Vol Classic.
- KU volleyball players on all-tourney team
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University junior Karina Garlington and sophomore Allison Mayfield were named to the Middle Tennessee State University Invitational All-Tournament Team.
- AA selects Hooper as manager of the year
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kevin Hooper of the Wichita Wingnuts has been named manager of the year in the American Association, an independent baseball league.
- Haskell wins opener
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Haskell football opened its season with a 53-12 victory over Trinity Bible College.
- Second chance
- Defensive coordinator learned from Year 1
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Clint Bowen says he learned plenty in his first season as Kansas’ defensive coordinator.
- Winless Chiefs left stunned, smarting
- Kansas City awaiting word on injured players in wake of desultory loss to Seahawks
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The winless, worried and wounded Kansas City Chiefs launched a short work week Sunday while awaiting medical tests on quarterback Matt Cassel and cornerback Brandon Flowers.
- Barriers threaten online growth
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A10
- Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of the other easy-to-use applications that have drawn more than a billion people online.
- Category 4 hurricane threatens west coast
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A strengthening Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where residents stocked up on food Sunday and authorities set up shelters, anticipating landfall in the coming days.
- 8th person dead in mobile home attack
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- An eighth person died Sunday from grievous wounds suffered in an attack at a Georgia mobile home, with police acknowledging they didn’t know if the killer was on the loose.
- Blast kills 16 cadets; NATO trucks bombed
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Bombings targeted a Pakistani police station and set a NATO fuel convoy ablaze Sunday, killing 16 cadets in the northwest’s Swat Valley and threatening the supply line to international forces in Afghanistan in a separate attack near the border.
- Shuttle arrives at space station
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Space shuttle Discovery pulled up and docked at the international space station on Sunday night, delivering a full load of gear and science experiments.
- Slocum surprise winner at Barclays
- Woods, Harrington, Els fall short of championship
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Heath Slocum might have been the one player no one expected to win The Barclays.
- Former P.M. indicted in corruption case
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Sunday in a corruption scandal that led to his resignation last year and set the stage for a rightward shift in Israeli politics.
- Japanese opposition scrambles to create transition team
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Japan’s newly empowered leader Yukio Hatoyama rushed to select Cabinet ministers today after his party trounced the ruling conservatives in elections, sending them out of power for only the second time in 54 years.
- 2 firefighters killed amid massive California wildfire
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Two firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountainside amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire’s path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions.
- Divorces granted
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Divorces granted by the Douglas County District Court
- Marriage licenses issued
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Marriage licenses issued by the Douglas County District Court
- Kansas teen recovers from lightning jolt
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A south-central Kansas teen is “back to normal” after possibly being struck by lightning a month ago, the 14-year-old said.
- How to Help: Volunteers will count bicycles, pedestrians
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the city of Lawrence are looking for volunteers to manually count bicycles and pedestrians at several locations across the city next month.
- Greinke one-hits Seattle
- Royals ace retires final 22 batters
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B1
- His team may be in last place, but that hasn’t stopped Kansas City ace Zack Greinke from building his case as the best pitcher in the American League.
- Health reform savings among forum topics
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A5
- A clinical social worker from Prairie Village will make a presentation on the financing aspects of health care reform at 4 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.
- Cat at home in church community
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A5
- How many people does it take to raise a cat? At a church near Manhattan, a whole congregation is pitching in.
- Columbian president has swine flu
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials have advised other South American leaders who met with him at a summit of the infection, authorities said Sunday.
- When do flu cases require visit to the doctor?
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A6
- When is swine flu just miserable and when do you need a doctor?
- Return of swine flu: What’s ahead for Americans?
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A6
- The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world’s dominant strain of influenza, and it’s putting a shockingly younger face on flu.
- KU swine flu update
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A1
- The latest count of Kansas University students with flu-like symptoms is down to 291 students. On Saturday, that number was 313.
- After city fills in cracks, road markings become patchy
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Mark Thiel knew it was coming, but even he found himself a little bit surprised once contract crews finished sealing cracks on the major North Second-North Third Street corridor in North Lawrence.
- Pump patrol
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.34 at several stations.
- Girls Scout troop organizes blood drive
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A group of local Girl Scouts is hoping to save lives.
- Virtual School enrollment increases by 40 percent
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Lawrence Virtual School extended its enrollment period to Aug. 21, and it paid off. The school will have 1,125 students, kindergarten through eighth grade, for the 2009-2010 school year.
- State budget already has been cut to bone
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A3
- If the two days of hearings last week by the House Appropriations Committee proved anything, it was that cutting the state budget any further is going to be extremely difficult and painful.
- U.S. on the road out of Iraq
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B10
- The U.S. military is packing up to leave Iraq in what has been deemed the largest movement of manpower and equipment in modern military history — shipping out more than 1.5 million pieces of equipment from tanks to antennas along with a force the size of a small city.
- Exercise beats angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Working up a sweat may be even better than angioplasty for some heart patients, experts say.
- Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on B10
- Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence — and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots around the polar world.
- Bravo celebrates the size-zero life
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A9
- Now in its second season, “The Rachel Zoe Project” (9 p.m., Bravo) features an underfed and overworked stylist to the stars who barks out orders with one of the least-pleasant voices on television.
- Bush daughter Jenna Hager becomes ‘Today’ reporter
- August 31, 2009
- NBC’s “Today” show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager.
- ‘Final Destination’ arrives at No. 1 with $28.3M
- August 31, 2009
- Movie fans have made fear their top destination at the weekend box office.
- Newspapers are too important to fail
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The newspaper has been a consistent ally of democracy in the United States for generations, often battling oppression.
- Barbarism
- Coaches who encourage fighting among their charges are asking for failure.
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Little wonder our children so often grow up believing that violence is acceptable, even admirable, and that anything goes when it comes to achieving success.
- Intriguing entry in a colorful Calif. field
- August 31, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The most ominous domestic event of the 1970s was the collapse of self-government in New York City, which before being put into receivership by the state was liberalism’s laboratory.
- Diamond devotees: Lawrence fans show up to support their softball-playing partners
- August 31, 2009
- Sarah Shaffer enjoys both the competition and comedy. Lenette Hamm treasures the memories, both past and future. Lauren Trower cashes a paycheck, soaking up the atmosphere that only ag lime fields and aging major-league wannabes can provide. And Amy Lee? “It’s a change of scenery,” exhales the exhausted mother of Maya, 3, and Cami, 1. “It’s something to do. An activity.”
- Our joints and weather
- August 31, 2009
- If you know someone who swears they can predict the weather based on their joint pain, you might want to grab your umbrella the next time they tell you it’s going to rain.
- Brain fitness programs may help sharpen teen driving skills
- August 31, 2009
- Young drivers cause accidents mainly through carelessness, distraction and inexperience. Older drivers face a challenge: brains that work at slower processing speeds — a critical disadvantage when navigating the unpredictable traffic world.
- This week on ‘Jayni’s Kitchen’
- August 31, 2009
- Celebrate these last days of summer with a menu for your holiday picnic or backyard cookout.
- Burger bliss
- August 31, 2009
- A great burger should be a sloppy, messy, overflowing ordeal that leaves your mouth ringed with condiments. It should demand a fork and extra bread to mop up the drippings. It should be intensely flavorful and juicy.
- A tutorial on teaching: Tonganoxie resident writes book on state of education
- August 31, 2009
- With 15 years of teaching experience, Malinda Daniel has seen enough of public schools to know there’s room for improvement in what are constantly changing socio-cultural trends.
- Variety packed into Topeka demonstration gardens
- August 31, 2009
- Not every plant is worthy of “star treatment.” Master Gardeners in Topeka have identified some that are.
- Find your perfect shoe style for fall
- August 31, 2009
- An outfit can be instantly transformed simply by slipping into the right pair of shoes. Read on for some excellent early-fall options that will carry you through late into the season.
- Library top 10
- August 31, 2009
- Here are the top-10 most-requested books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., for the week of Aug. 17 through Aug. 23.
- Piece of mind: Blanket project outreach for women in Lawrence
- August 31, 2009
- They’re just little squares — 30 inches by 30 inches of pastel fleece, fringed on the sides — but they’re covering a lot of ground in Lawrence.
- Aquarium highlights amazing dolphins
- August 31, 2009
- At the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the excited members of the audience carefully choose their seats as they file into the auditorium for the dolphin show. It’s well known that if you sit in the first few rows, you are almost guaranteed to get wet as the playful dolphins use their powerful tails to splash the audience.
- Insulating a garage door easily a one-day job
- August 31, 2009
- Insulating a garage door can easily be done in a day.
- ‘Shelf Discovery’ Book revisits coming-of-age books
- August 31, 2009
- Sometimes, teen books aren’t just for teens.
- Arthur’s adventures: Library’s stuffed aardvark refreshed after trip to southeastern Kansas
- August 31, 2009
- For more than 10 years, Arthur the aardvark has shown up to work at the Lawrence Public Library, gladly accepting children’s hugs in a way only a 4-foot-tall stuffed animal can.
- 25 years ago: Space shuttle lifts off with KU grad aboard
- August 31, 2009
- After three delays, Space Shuttle Discovery finally soared into orbit on Aug. 30 with a crew that included NASA’s second woman astronaut and the third Kansas University alumnus to fly into space. The KU graduate was Steve Hawley.
- 100 years ago: Paving of Connecticut Street rushing along
- August 31, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Aug. 31, 1909: “C.E. Sutton’s sale of Berkshire hogs drew a huge crowd this afternoon but the 75 buyers were not paying prices as high as had been hoped… . The work of paving on Connecticut Street is being rushed along to take advantage of the labor available. The street car line is taking away many workers and paving must be done whenever there are sufficient workers.”
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