Also from December 9
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Who was KU's first-half MVP against Radford?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Aldrich | 34% | |
| Elijah Johnson | 29% | |
| Xavier Henry | 20% | |
| Sherron Collins | 15% | |
| Other | 0% | |
| Total | 64 | |
How many books have you read this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| None | 17% | |
| Six to 10 | 16% | |
| 21 to 50 | 15% | |
| 11 to 20 | 15% | |
| Three to five | 15% | |
| More than 51 | 11% | |
| One to two | 9% | |
| Total | 1026 | |
Who do you think is KU's best perimeter defender?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Brady Morningstar | 37% | |
| Sherron Collins | 29% | |
| Tyshawn Taylor | 14% | |
| Tyrel Reed | 7% | |
| Elijah Johnson | 5% | |
| Xavier Henry | 4% | |
| Other | 1% | |
| Total | 2743 | |
Videos
- KU handled Radford with ease on Wednesday, defeating the Highlanders …
- After the first winter storm of the season, it’s important …
- Trees near Watson park are on the city’s cutting block. …
- The temperatures won’t be getting any warmer tonight. Expect wind …
- A federal judge in a Lawrence stolen property case ruled …
- City leaders are forming a new plan to acquire the …
- Douglas County commissioners decided to move ahead with plans for …
- Jason Pendleton is headed for greener pastures. The Lawrence school …
- A Kansas City man who led police on a destructive …
- Senior Danielle McCray is averaging just under 20 points per …
- Here it is, the third installment in the countdown to …
- Click and drag with your mouse around this 360 degree …
- Kevin Romary previews the matchup between Kansas and Radford Wednesday, …
- 6Sports’ Kevin Romary tries to stump Andrew in a segment …
- The winter storm has passed but the cold remains. Temperatures …
- There could be icy portions remaining on the roadways as …
- This Toyota Camry slid off the road and into the …
- The storm we saw yesterday has left the region, but …
- KUSports.com online editor Jesse Newell and Journal-World sports writer Matt …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Picture perfect: Capturing the right family photo doesn’t have to ruin the holidays- December 8, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- It was a holiday card for the ages. Two cute little faces, framed by warm hats, gazing into the camera, rosy-cheeked, adorable and ripe for both the holidays … and a total meltdown…
6:00 a.m.
More families seeking help for holidays this year- December 8, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- The holiday season is known for wintry weather, Wassailing and wanting to extend a helping hand. This year, local agencies are hoping Douglas County residents feel the giving spirit because more and more families are asking for help.
10:00 a.m.
Lawrence health department loses food inspection contract due to state budget cuts- 3:06 p.m., December 8, 2009 Updated 8:10 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department will no longer conduct food service inspections at 435 local restaurants. The department announced Tuesday that its $90,000 contract with the Kansas Department of Agriculture will be terminated.
2:00 p.m.
New Lawrence team forms to promote bone health, prevent hip fractures- December 7, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- An estimated 1.5 million people experience a fracture from falling each year, and only 20 percent of them receive follow-up treatment for osteoporosis.
- Poll: Do you drink milk?
6:00 p.m.
Holiday loafing: Dense, delicious povitica boasts rich flavors and a hard-to-pronounce name- December 9, 2009
- That’s po-va-teets-sa. It’s a holiday staple in Eastern Europe and, in some parts of the United States - including Kansas City’s Strawberry Hill neighborhood - a tradition more popular than eggnog…
7:00 p.m.
FINAL: KU scores 63 points in second half of 99-64 victory over Radford- 6:15 p.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 9:57 p.m.
- Six Jayhawks scored in double figures, led by 15 points apiece from Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich.
- Videos: KU vs. Radford
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Radford
- Poll: Who was KU’s first-half MVP against Radford?
- Poll: Who do you think is KU’s best perimeter defender?
- Audio clips: 2009 KU-Radford
All stories
- Akron passes on KU’s Warinner
- December 9, 2009
- Kansas University offensive coordinator Ed Warinner, who on Monday interviewed for the University of Akron head coaching vacancy, did not get the job, a school official confirmed Wednesday.
- Trees near Watson Park may be cut
- Measure meant to protect Westar’s lines
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A1
- City leaders are warning that up to 20 mature trees in and near Watson Park in downtown Lawrence soon may fall victim to a chainsaw.
- Lawrence school salaries lag nearby districts
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Jason Pendleton has spent the past 11 years teaching and coaching both boys and girls soccer at Free State High. But next year, he’ll be starting from scratch at a new high school, Blue Valley Southwest. Pendleton says the reason for the move is purely about money.
- LMH doctor offers advice about hypothermia
- December 9, 2009
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital doctor offers advice on symptoms of hypothermia, what to do.
- FINAL: KU scores 63 points in second half of 99-64 victory over Radford
- 06:15 p.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 09:57 p.m.
- Six Jayhawks scored in double figures, led by 15 points apiece from Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich.
- Statehouse Live: Memo outlines budget cuts to schools
- 05:38 p.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 05:38 p.m.
- Estimated major state funding cuts to public schools.
- New deal for city of Lawrence to purchase Farmland site is in the works
- Officials with city, redevelopment group and others are discussing options
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The city has long been interested in the nearly 500-acre property just east of Lawrence on Kansas Highway 10 because leaders believe it can be converted into a business park.
- Federal judge rules Yellow House co-owner not mentally competent to help in his defense
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A federal judge has ruled that Guy Neighbors, an owner of the Yellow House Store in Lawrence, isn’t mentally competent to assist in his defense in three court cases.
- Kansas National Guard to announce Friday which armories will be closed
- December 9, 2009
- Communities across Kansas will learn Friday which of the state’s 56 National Guard armories will be closed.
- KU on Wheels reports buses running closer to ‘on-schedule’
- 08:50 a.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 10:55 a.m.
- In an announcement on its homepage KU’s KU on Wheels bus service announced that some bus routes were running as many as 30 minutes behind schedule.
- State to use stimulus dollars to help low-income families buy appliances
- December 9, 2009
- Kansas plans to use $2.6 million in federal stimulus funds to help low-income families buy new, energy-efficient appliances.
- Q&A: What are the H1N1 consent forms used for?
- December 9, 2009
- The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department explains what the consent forms are used for at H1N1 flu vaccine clinics.
- Daughter of Buffalo’s Gill recently began job with KU athletics department
- December 9, 2009
- Jordan Gill, the daughter of Kansas University football coaching candidate Turner Gill, recently began working for the KU athletics department’s Williams Fund, the Journal-World learned Tuesday.
- 18 accidents — none serious — reported since snow started falling
- Pets need protection from cold
- 12:02 a.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 01:02 p.m. in print edition on A3
- The winter weather advisory for Douglas County has been lifted.
- Scientist debunks warming
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A9
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken the route of many who would rather call names than have a serious debate about “climate change.”
- Hidden fees top Americans’ gripe list
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Americans have many reasons to be annoyed.
- Obama loses glow in Latin America
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Love can be fleeting.
- Topeka man taken to hospital after Tuesday morning accident
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 23-year-old Topeka man was taken to an area hospital Tuesday morning after a one-vehicle car accident.
- Jayhawks working on free throws
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Every so often, near the end of a grueling Kansas University basketball practice, Bill Self will order one of his players to step to the free-throw line.
- Wednesday’s school closings, other cancellations
- 12:00 a.m., December 9, 2009 Updated 09:22 a.m.
- A list of school closings for Dec. 9, 2009.
- Uganda debates proposal on death penalty for gays
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals.
- Russian science falls on snow
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on C8
- In the snow-hushed woods on Moscow’s northern edge, scientists are decades deep into research on bending the weather to their will.
- Suit against juvenile facility settled
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A lawsuit alleging a Topeka juvenile correctional facility’s insufficient staffing allowed a 12-year-old resident to be repeatedly raped has been settled out of court, an attorney for the boy said Monday.
- Director of Topeka’s troubled zoo retires
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B10
- The director of the Topeka Zoo is retiring as the city begins an intense review of its operations in the wake of 11 animal deaths.
- Fierce winter storm hits Midwest
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest.
- Walters brings out ‘fascinating’ guests
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B8
- As someone who has to cough up a column every day, I try to avoid using words like “fascinating,” because when you really try to put your rhetorical finger on the term, it quivers like a bowl full of jelly.
- People in the news
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B8
- People in the news for December 9, 2009.
- Horoscope for December 9, 2009
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B8
- This year, you often feel like you need to take charge. Be aware of what is going on right now. Much might appear to happen out of the blue. If you observe more carefully, you will see the signposts and be less startled. Know that there isn’t a right or wrong way. If you are single, you draw many people toward you, though they might not always be suitable. If you are attached, you find that your sweetie is also an excellent friend. Libra is your friend.
- Palin’s wave of popularity won’t sustain candidacy
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A9
- At midday Friday, Sarah Palin’s book-signing road show rolled into Plano, Texas, attracting yet another of the enthusiastic crowds that have greeted her throughout America’s heartland.
- 2000-09 could be warmest decade ever
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A7
- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries and activists who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.
- Obama lays out job creation plan
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama on Tuesday presented the broad outlines of a new government effort to spur the creation of jobs, but he left the work of hammering out the specifics to Congress.
- Lawsuit over American Indian trusts settled
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Obama administration on Tuesday announced it will pay American Indians $3.4 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued that the federal government cheated tribes for more than a century out of royalties for oil, mineral and other leases.
- Inmate executed with one-drug injection
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A2
- An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain.
- Militants strike government targets
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed.
- Boeing seeing fewer airline order deferrals
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B9
- A Boeing Co. executive said Tuesday that fewer customers are deferring jet orders, which may be a sign that things have stopped getting worse for the world’s airlines.
- Local bank announces new branch manager
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Sarah Musick has been named manager of Douglas County Bank’s Orchards Corner branch at Bob Billings Parkway and Kasold Drive.
- Orthopedic surgeon makes top 25 list
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Dr. Jeffrey Randall, Lawrence, has been listed among 25 of the best knee surgeons in the country in the January issue of Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review.
- Panera Bread donates food to Salvation Army
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B9
- Panera Bread’s Operation: Stock the Shelves, a canned food drive benefiting the Salvation Army, was Nov. 17. All Panera Bread locations in Lawrence, Wichita, Manhattan, Topeka, the Kansas City area, and St. Joseph, Mo., participated.
- Life decisions
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: We are hearing some unsettling news lately about the health care legislation that is being so quickly propelled through Congress.
- Nation of sheep
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: One of the greatest scandals of all time has surfaced in the last few weeks but remains virtually unreported by mainstream (controlled?) media.
- Misleading column
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- To the editor: Cal Thomas’ column on the health care bill (HR 3692, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009) in the Dec. 2 issue of the Journal-World was a pastiche of misrepresentations and egregious errors.
- Inspection impact
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Even a temporary suspension of hotel and motel inspections could have a significant impact on Kansas.
- County to reconsider raises in wake of state budget cuts
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Douglas County commissioners will take one more look tonight at their budget decision to give county employees a 1 percent cost-of-living raise for 2010.
- Lawrence woman taken to hospital after Tuesday morning accident
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 55-year-old Lawrence woman was taken to an area hospital after a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning.
- Pump patrol
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.47 at several stations.
- Depot plans remain on track
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A3
- It wasn’t exactly an “all aboard!” moment but city commissioners on Tuesday agreed to move forward with a half-million-dollar grant application to preserve the old Santa Fe depot in east Lawrence.
- Radford coach has seen this before
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Radford basketball coach Brad Greenberg remembers the day his younger brother, Seth, engineered one of the biggest upsets in Allen Fieldhouse history.
- Perkins did it his way
- A.D. driven by money, winning
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Those shocked at the way athletic director Lew Perkins has handled the Kansas University football coaching change haven’t paid close attention to the way Perkins handles most things.
- Baker coach to retire at season’s end
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Rick Weaver, Baker University’s men’s basketball coach for the past 25 years, has announced his plans to retire from coaching at the end of the 2009-10 academic year.
- Fans will back Woods when he wins
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B2
- It seems that Tiger Woods may be acquainted with at least some of the seven deadly sins, and assuredly the National Enquirer will be checking Tiger’s scorecard to see if he’s remained under par.
- Yankees reach deal for Granderson
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Instead of spending at these winter meetings, the New York Yankees are in a dealing mode.
- Eudora boys edge Tongie, 55-51
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Eudora High’s boys basketball team held off a late Tonganoxie rally and defeated the Chieftains, 55-51, in the semifinals of the Eudora Invitational on Tuesday.
- Grabill’s 31 points leads Seabury in opener
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on B1
- After the night he had Tuesday, Seabury Academy junior Reed Grabill sure thought he earned better treatment than this.
- 25 years ago: Shoppers enjoy unseasonably warm weather
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Christmas shoppers in sweaters and even shirt-sleeves filled downtown sidewalks to take advantage of unseasonably balmy weather. And a popular Sants Claus roamed through the crowds, drawing compliments from adults and adulation from children.
- 100 years ago: Training School proving popular
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on A8
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 9, 1909: The Manual Training School has already worked its way into the hearts of the people of Lawrence through the keen interest taken in its various departments by the boys and girls of the city. The various trade and vocational and domestic courses have been surveyed by local officials who are delighted at the progress at the new facility.
- 40 years ago: Postal substation to open
- December 9, 2009
- The new Jayhawk postal substation on 23rd Street was due to be ready for occupancy by March 1. The station later became the site for a book store.
- ‘Gilly’ hosts SNL special
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Kristen Wiig’s recurring character Gilly might not seemed filled with holiday cheer, yet NBC is turning to her to host a “Saturday Night Live” Christmas special.
- Costume jewelry can add plenty of holiday sparkle
- December 9, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Long before the economy slipped into its current swoon, stylish women understood the joys of high-quality costume jewelry.
- Study shows holiday weight gain sticks around
- December 9, 2009
- Research indicates that Americans are gaining an average of .4 to 1.8 pounds each year during their adult lives. Some of those pounds may be added during the holiday season…
- Holiday loafing: Dense, delicious povitica boasts rich flavors and a hard-to-pronounce name
- December 9, 2009
- That’s po-va-teets-sa. It’s a holiday staple in Eastern Europe and, in some parts of the United States - including Kansas City’s Strawberry Hill neighborhood - a tradition more popular than eggnog…
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- 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 · 258 comments
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 42 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 · 86 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
