Also from December 5
Births
Couples
- Wedding: Peters
- Wedding: Abel
- Engagement: Sharpe and Dunlap
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Who would be your first choice to replace Mark Mangino as KU's next football coach?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Harbaugh, Stanford | 42% | |
| Kevin Sumlin, Houston | 14% | |
| Turner Gill, Buffalo | 13% | |
| Nolan Cromwell, Texas A&M asst. | 10% | |
| Skip Holtz, East Carolina | 7% | |
| Other | 7% | |
| Randy Edsall, UConn | 5% | |
| Total | 2355 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Mass distraction: University Theatre stages contemporary play scrutinizing how an over-stimulated society treats ADD- December 4, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- Cell phones, video games, Facebook. E-mail, TiVo, Twitter. Laptops, podcasts, earbuds. SpongeBob … Talk about distractions. It’s a wonder anybody can think straight these days…
6:00 a.m.
’79 Marley show lives on in local memory- December 5, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Bill Tuttle remembers being in a rotten mood on Dec. 6, 1979.
10:00 a.m.
Defense witness testifies in case against Lawrence man accused in attack on ex-wife- 2:01 p.m., December 4, 2009 Updated 5:09 p.m. in print edition on 1B
- A defense attorney began presenting his case Friday in the attempted murder case against Arthur Davis III, who is accused of trying to kill his ex-wife.
2:00 p.m.
KU declines to release details of Mangino’s settlement agreement for now, says deal is not finalized- 12:47 p.m., December 4, 2009 Updated 5:54 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- The Lawrence Journal-World, 6News and LJWorld.com have filed a Kansas Open Records Act request with Kansas Athletics Inc. to obtain a settlement agreement with football coach Mark Mangino.
- Video: KU declines to release details of Mangino’s settlement agreement for now, says deal is not finalized
- Poll: Do you think the details of Mark Mangino’s settlement with KU should remain confidential?
6:00 p.m.
Ho-Ho-Hoedown: Lawrence old-time and bluegrass bands throw holiday party for the whole family- December 4, 2009
- “In a lot of country and honky tonk music, you get a lot of drinkin’ and cheatin’ and partyin’ and that kind of stuff, so it’s nice to take a night off of that and just sing Christmas songs,” says The Wilders’ Ike Sheldon …
All stories
- Statehouse Live: Otto defends “OPOSSUM” video to NAACP
- 12:26 p.m., December 5, 2009 Updated 12:59 p.m.
- Meeting set up by NAACP to discuss Otto’s video
- Man arrested on drug, weapons possession charges
- 06:02 a.m., December 5, 2009 Updated 09:13 p.m.
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man was arrested early Saturday on charges of drug possession, criminal possession of a firearm, obstruction of legal procedure and having an out-of-county warrant.
- Osteoporosis growing concern nationwide, locally
- December 5, 2009
- Osteoporosis affects 8 million women and 2 million men in the United States. Each year, an estimated 1.5 million people experience a fracture from a fall because of osteoporosis.
- Woods’ apology changes nothing
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The billion dollars didn’t help one cent.
- Ballock boosts Eudora
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Eudora senior Justin Ballock scored 41 points to help lead the Cardinals past Anderson County on Friday night.
- Company installs unique wind turbine
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Looking like paddle wheels from an old-time riverboat atop an 83-foot steel pole, the aluminum contraption hovering near Interstate 435 and Roe Avenue in Overland Park could be modern sculpture.
- ’79 Marley show lives on in local memory
- Reggae legend filled KU venue with ‘gorgeous’ sound and color
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Bill Tuttle remembers being in a rotten mood on Dec. 6, 1979.
- Ex-files: British military ends its UFO hot line
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on E6
- The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.
- Store takes model approach with living lingerie displays
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on E6
- It’s what all young women do in their spare time: lounge in frilly underwear, fiddle with their rhinestone belly button rings and prance on the sofa, oblivious to passers-by peeping through un-covered windows.
- Iran cracks down on universities’ dissent
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on E6
- As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clamp-down in the universities, with a wave of arrests and expulsions.
- Kristin Chenoweth illuminates ‘12 Men’
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D7
- Endowed with an inner light and a frenetic chirpiness that borders on the tragic, singer and Emmy-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth is seriously miscast as diehard New Yorker E.J. Baxter in “12 Men of Christmas” (8 p.m., today, Lifetime), a Hallmark movie disguised as a Lifetime movie.
- Faith Forum: How do you prepare for the upcoming religious holidays?
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D1
- • Why wait until the holidays to prepare? • Acknowledge God’s blessings year-round
- LHS grad leads team back to promised land
- Magnuson’s Lions make second straight state tournament appearance
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C5
- In 2008, Lawrence High volleyball coach Stephanie Magnuson left the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka with mixed emotions.
- Manginos have left positive impressions on community
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A4
- While not always as visible in doing charitable work as coaches like Roy Williams or Bill Self, Mark Mangino and his wife, Mary Jane, have left their mark in different ways.
- Ex-players respond to Mangino news
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Twenty-four hours after Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino’s resignation, former players are still trying to come to grips with the fact that the man considered widely responsible for transforming the program from doormat to Big 12 North contender is officially gone.
- U.S. soccer to open with England
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C2
- The United States will face England at the World Cup for the first time since a famous upset 60 years ago, then play Slovenia and Algeria in the first round of next year’s tournament.
- 2009 Lawrence Journal-World All-Area First Team Volleyball Bios
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C5
- 2009 Lawrence Journal-World all-area first team Volleyball bios.
- Caron solid at other sport
- Div.-I hoops signee excels on volleyball court
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Last month, at the Greater Kansas City Volleyball Coaches Association’s MO-KAN All-Star Match in Kansas City, Mo., Free State High senior Chantay Caron received some confused looks from her teammates when she informed them that she was headed to Kansas State University for a reason other than volleyball.
- KU swimmers in 2nd
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Kansas University swimming and diving team finished the second day of the University of Virginia Cavalier Invitational in second place on Friday.
- NU could help TCU get to BCS title game
- December 5, 2009
- Nebraska can finally thank TCU in a big way for helping the Cornhuskers get into a BCS national championship game — by returning the favor eight years later.
- Night of firsts: Lions boys, girls fall in new coaches’ debuts
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C1
- It was a night of firsts in more ways than one at Washburn Rural High on Friday night, as four high school basketball coaches made their varsity debuts in the Junior Blues’ gymnasium.
- Transfer Withey just California dreamin’
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Jeff Withey wishes he could join his Kansas University basketball teammates in his native California this weekend.
- Mangino’s words just overkill
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Mark Mangino’s persistent efforts to create an aura of martyrdom have included a number of dubious remarks. For me the ex-Kansas football coach sawed off a limb of verbal overkill when he fiercely cited one of his codes of conduct — better to die on your feet than exist on your knees.
- Veritas girls stifle Northland, 40-12
- Veritas boys fall to Northland
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Veritas Christian’s Shereen Fattaahi has a rather simple formula for frustrating the heck out of her opponents. In fact, it’s her favorite part of the game.
- One hurdle left for UT
- December 5, 2009
- This is it for the Texas Longhorns, the chance they’ve been waiting for since last December. There are no tiebreakers or computer formulas in their way.
- Baucus gave girlfriend nod for attorney post
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says the Montana Democrat was in a relationship with his current girlfriend when he recommended her for U.S. attorney.
- Suspect in massacre probe arrested
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Philippine troops took the patriarch of a powerful clan — a former governor — and three other members of his family into custody today after the president put his southern province under martial law to hunt down suspects in the country’s worst political violence.
- Massacre at mosque shows Taliban strength
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Taliban suicide squad targeted Pakistani military officers and their families praying at a mosque Friday close to army headquarters in a gruesome display of the militants’ ability to strike at the center of power in this U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed nation.
- Cocaine-stuffed chicken is recipe for arrest
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport say a man from Guatemala was detained after he tried to carry a cooked chicken stuffed with more than $4,000 worth of cocaine.
- University group to use puppies to chase finals stress away
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Chapman University student group wanted to find a way to relieve stress during finals week, so they came up with an innovative approach: puppies.
- Obama says his jobs plan will ‘jump-start’ hiring
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Even as he heralded the first unemployment drop in months, President Barack Obama began putting the finishing touches Friday on a fresh job creation proposal he’s planning to send to Congress next week.
- Beloved panda born in U.S. headed to China
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A young giant panda who became a major attraction after his birth at Washington’s National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.
- Uighurs use missionary railway to flee China
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- An underground network of Christian missionaries that usually works with North Korean refugees says it has helped smuggle nearly two dozen Muslim Uighurs out of China following last summer’s deadly ethnic violence and the subsequent government crackdown.
- Obama shifts visit to boost climate deal
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copenhagen, hoping to capitalize on steps by India and China and build a more meaningful political accord, the White House said.
- American student convicted of murdering roommate
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early today after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.
- Nightclub blast kills over 100
- Explosion caused by pyrotechnics, reports say
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- An explosion and fire apparently caused by pyrotechnics tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early today, killing 101 people, according to news reports.
- Unexpected drop in jobless rate sparks optimism
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Two years of steep job cuts all but ended last month, unexpectedly pulling down the unemployment rate and raising hopes for a lasting economic recovery.
- Business reports felony theft
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Landscape, 600 Lincoln St., reported Tuesday burglary and the theft of miscellaneous products.
- Three vehicles sustain criminal damage Tuesday night
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence Police received three reports of criminal damage to vehicles occurring Tuesday night.
- Woman arrested after high-speed chase
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A 64-year-old Lawrence woman was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery, and attempting to flee and elude.
- State GOP town hall scheduled in Lansing
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Leavenworth County Republican Party Central Committee will be host to a town hall meeting Monday night.
- Church celebrates with open house
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- “Walk With Christ” a Christmas celebration and open house featuring a living nativity scene at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
- Donor drops 4-leaf clovers in kettles
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Salvation Army of Lawrence often finds unusual things like buttons and arcade tokens in its red kettles. But four-leaf clovers?
- Stepmother sentenced in 2-year-old’s death
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A Wichita woman has received the maximum sentence for voluntary manslaughter in the death of her 2-year-old stepdaughter.
- K.C. resident from Sudan helps country
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A refugee from Sudan who has settled in Kansas City says he wants to do what he can to help his war-torn country.
- Course to educate on mental illnesses
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B1
- A program to provide free education for the families, friends and caregivers of those dealing with serious mental illness will start up again next month.
- Pump patrol
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.47 at several locations.
- How KU uses endowment funds could influence giving
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Money, money, money. As the lyrics to a song in the popular Broadway show “Cabaret” said, “money makes the world go ’round.” If there is any question about the validity of this statement, ask the folks at Kansas University.
- U.S. Marines launch offensive
- Operation first since surge announcement
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A7
- U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge.
- Wounded president flown to Morocco
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The wounded president of Guinea was airlifted to a hospital in Morocco on Friday, opening a dangerous power vacuum in this mineral-rich country one year after he took over in a military coup.
- NATO to add 7,000 troops to Afghanistan
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A7
- NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said Friday in pledges that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described as crucial to turning the tide in the stalemated war.
- Settlement proposed on Westar rates
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Westar Energy customers would see an increase of $1 per month on their electric bills under a proposed $17.1 million rate hike settlement before the Kansas Corporation Commission.
- New extension board, officers announced
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The Douglas County Extension Council conducted its annual meeting and election of officers and board members on Nov. 30.
- Kmart center donates to Salvation Army
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Kmart Distribution Center, 2400 Kresge Road, conducted a Thanksgiving food drive.
- GM CEO shuffles managers, shakes up ‘business as usual’
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- When auto industry veteran Bob Lutz returned to General Motors in 2001 after 30 years with other companies, he quickly grew tired of GM’s numbers-oriented bureaucracy, printing up post-it notes that asked, “Says Who?”
- Late-term abortion provider plans to expand operation in Nebraska
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- An abortion doctor said Friday that he will likely perform more late-term procedures at his Nebraska practice to meet the demand left when a Kansas physician was shot and killed earlier this year.
- E. coli victim sues Cargill for tainted hamburger
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- A Minnesota woman who became severely ill from an E. coli infection after eating a tainted hamburger sued a division of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. on Friday for $100 million.
- Economist tells cattlemen 2010 will be tough year
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B4
- A leading livestock market expert warned Kansas cattlemen Friday that the industry will continue to be tough and urged them to take advantage of any narrow profit margins they can find.
- Senate preserves long-term health care program
- Plan had been pushed by late Sen. Kennedy
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A5
- The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled, saving the plan once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in its health overhaul bill.
- Report: Staff warned their families before campus
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on A5
- At least two Virginia Tech administrators told family members about a double shooting in a dorm — the prelude to the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history — well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose.
- McLouth bull rider to appear on TV show
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B3
- A McLouth professional bull rider will be featured on a Country Music Television show.
- Special event
- The Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade is a special holiday treat for Lawrence.
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B6
- The local calendar is overflowing with holiday-related events this weekend. There are plenty of opportunities to support local charities, do a little Christmas shopping and just get into the holiday spirit.
- Fascinating sight
- A well-known butterfly researcher is watching a fascinating experiment unfold in outer space.
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Chip Taylor knows just about everything about monarch butterflies, but he didn’t know whether they would be able to emerge from their chrysalises in a weightless environment.
- Afghanistan poses a tough challenge
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B6
- It is now as certain as anything can be in politics that 2010 will be a painful year for Democrats — a year of high unemployment, staggering deficits and a growing list of casualties from an unresolved war.
- When reporters go, so do the facts
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B6
- If you ever wondered why God invented the delete button, let me pass along the e-mail that arrived on the wings of various listservs directed at the Mainstream Media.
- Out of choices
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: Daily, we receive bad news about our state and local budgets. It’s time our “leaders” faced reality. Kansas has been in a budget deficit crisis for four years.
- Enforce the code
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: I’ve lived in the Oread Neighborhood for 20 years and have been active with the Oread Neighborhood Association on and off for those 20 years. Sidewalks have always been a big concern of the neighborhood.
- Housing partners
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on B7
- To the editor: We at Family Promise of Lawrence celebrate our first anniversary with joy!
- Horoscope for December 5, 2009
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D7
- For Saturday, Dec. 5: This year, you break past former restrictions, knowing when enough is enough. Realize that at this point, you might want to establish a new type of attitude and open yourself up to many opportunities. If you are single, you make friends with ease. If you are attached, take a seminar together or plan that special vacation.
- People in the news
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D7
- A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature.
- Polanski’s house arrest a splendid captivity
- 12:00 a.m., December 5, 2009 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on D7
- Roman Polanski’s life took a dramatic turn for the better Friday as he traded a Swiss jail for house arrest surrounded by family in his luxury Alpine chalet.
- Club news
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Ann Weick and Jeanette Collier, both of Lawrence, were presented the Communication and Leadership award at the Toastmasters’ District 22 Fall Conference held Nov. 20 at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka.
- Scouting news
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D3
- The 58th Annual Bromelsick Christmas Program will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in Room 120 in Budig Hall at Kansas University.
- FCE news
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Kanwaka FCE will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the home of Don and Margaret Fuston, 802 N. 1800 Road, Lawrence.
- Around and about
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D3
- Bethany Enoch and Karl Metzger, both medical students at Kansas University School of Medicine, are two of five students selected as 2009 Pisacano Scholars by the Pisacano Leadership Foundation. Enoch and Metzger are the first Pisacano Scholars selected at KU since the start of the program in 1993.
- Gifts to keep kids moving
- December 5, 2009 in print edition on D1
- 40 years ago: Local soldiers coming home by Christmas
- December 5, 2009
- The 90 local men in the 69th Infantry Brigade called up for duty in Vietnam were due to be released Dec. 12 and were expected to be home by Christmas, local officials learned.
- 25 years ago: Snowfall hits drivers unaware
- December 5, 2009
- A number of fender-benders occurred as a surprise snowfall of about two inches hit during the night and left many drivers unaware of the slick spots beneath the cover. Melting came fast but not until there had been a number of minor wrecks. A cold snap was also at hand, with a daytime high only around 30 and anticipation of an overnight low of about 15 degrees.
- 100 years ago: Scarlet fever on rise
- December 5, 2009
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 5, 1909: Dr. John C. Rudolph warns that scarlet fever is on the increase and that too many people are not observing quarantine regulations. He says there is no current fear about sending children to school but that every precaution should be taken and quarantines honored. He has gone after hotels in Baldwin for not properly observing quarantine rules. He also says some physicians have not reported cases and that this could lead to new problems. The state says it will prosecute errant doctors in this matter… The controversy continues about use of the Bell telephone system and the Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co. The systems do not interact and there is pressure for one system to serve everyone… . A new two-story and basement brick warehouse 74 by 50 feet will be built upon the lot just west of the Boener Brothers Cigar Factory. The Helm Commission Co. has made plans for the new building.
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- 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
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