Also from December 24
Births
- Travis and Michelle Peterson, Lawrence, a boy.
- Jessica Baker and Jesse Wells, Overbrook, a girl.
- Jacob and Hannah Hale, Baldwin, twin girls.
- Eric and Debbie Thompson, Lawrence, a boy.
- Bill and Jennifer Ankenbauer, Lawrence, a girl.
- OM Someshuer Bhakta, Lawrence, a boy.
- Amy Nicholson and Heather Moore, Ottawa, a girl.
Blog entries
- Statehouse Live: Senate, House dealing on tax and budget issues as wrap-up session continues
- Town Talk: Oklahoma City tornado sparks discussion of building code standards at Lawrence City Hall
- Town Talk: Lawrence hosts mayor of Greek sister city this week
- Eat Your Vegetables: Cooking away the CSA, week 6: Salad season
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Videos
- The forecast for Christmas day calls for snow flurries without …
- New KU football coach Turner Gill left an indelible mark …
- KU shot 73 percent in the second half to top …
- Even with slippery roads and sidewalks, a few brave folks …
- During the hustle and bustle of the holidays, one Lawrence …
- The Lawrence Humane Society was named the best shelter in …
- Thursday’s weather turned from rainy to snowy, making Friday-night driving …
- Today’s sleet has changed over to snow, which is beginning …
- The highways around Lawrence are slippery, as travelers attempted to …
- The long-awaited winter storm is upon us, with sleet hitting …
- Travel is treacherous through the area, with icy conditions and …
- A collection of some the photos shot by staff photographer …
- Ashley Meenen gives us the latest on what we can …
- The roads will be a little wet this morning as …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Nearly 17 percent of Douglas County residents choose to get H1N1 vaccine- December 22, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- As of Tuesday, 19,952 residents had received the H1N1 vaccine through private providers, pharmacies or one of the 40 clinics offered by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
6:00 a.m.
An enduring mystery — authorities still after prison escapees- December 24, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- On Christmas Eve 35 years ago, Priscilla Ann Frey, Kansas inmate No. 9782, escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility. Authorities haven’t seen her since.
- Photo gallery: Lansing Correctional Facility
10:00 a.m.
Family of McLouth Marine gets Christmas surprise from anonymous Santa- December 23, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- Jake Perry and his family got a special gift-bearing visitor this year. The visitor didn’t come in a red sleigh hauled by eight reindeer. Instead, this Santa came in a red Ford Explorer driven by 200 horses.
2:00 p.m.
Eyes are on the skies as region braces for ‘blizzard conditions’- 11:38 a.m., December 23, 2009 Updated 5:21 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- The 40 employees of the city of Lawrence’s street division are keeping their attention on the ground — diesel engines plugged in, trucks loaded with sand and salt, and trusty Thermoses filled with hot coffee or perhaps comforting cocoa.
- Videos: December 2009 Winter storm
- Photo gallery: Winter Weather 2009-10
- Poll: Are blizzard conditions worth a white Christmas?
4:00 p.m.
Blizzard Blog: Douglas County in bulls’ eye for tonight’s storm; blizzard warning in effect- 12:00 a.m., December 24, 2009 Updated 1:07 a.m.
- The Lawrence area’s being hit by a winter storm.
- Video: Holiday travel complicated by storm
- Videos: December 2009 Winter storm
- Photo gallery: 2009 Christmas storm
- Photo gallery: Winter Weather 2009-10
- Poll: Are blizzard conditions worth a white Christmas?
- On the street: Do you want a white Christmas?
All stories
- Wichita State strives to revive tradition
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- It really hasn’t been that long since Wichita State enjoyed elite status in the college basketball world, but for the Shockers, it might seem like it.
- Celtics’ Pierce sidelined at least two weeks
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- The Boston Celtics don’t expect Paul Pierce back any time soon.
- LMH, American Cancer Society team up to provide ‘I Can Cope’ classes for cancer patients
- December 24, 2009
- Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. There are unfamiliar medical terms, tests and treatments that can leave patients and their families feeling overwhelmed. That’s why Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the American Cancer Society are teaming up to offer “I Can Cope” classes.
- Salina woman pleads for return of camera memory card
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A Salina woman who was finally getting around to having some important family pictures developed is asking whoever stole her purse — with camera inside — to at least return the memory card.
- Medicare Part D to only cover FDA-listed drugs
- 03:18 p.m., December 24, 2009 Updated 12:59 p.m.
- Beginning Jan. 1, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will reimburse Part D sponsors only for FDA-listed drugs.
- Online supporters earn $1,000 for Lawrence Humane Society
- December 24, 2009
- Online voters have chosen the Lawrence Humane Society as the best in Kansas, earning the shelter a $1,000 grant.
- Holidays may bring violence for some; Kansas attorney general releases resources available for help
- December 24, 2009
- For most families, the holidays are a joyful time. Unfortunately for some, it is not. This time of year brings stress, anger and even violence.
- Massive storm disrupts last-minute holiday travel in Midwest
- December 24, 2009
- A slow-moving storm spreading snow, sleet and rain across the nation’s midsection glazed roads and disrupted flights Thursday, making last-minute holiday travel treacherous but promising a white Christmas for some.
- State education board member tells school districts not ‘to appear greedy and selfish’
- December 24, 2009
- State Board of Education member Walt Chappell has written school districts, urging them not to sue the state over funding cuts to Kansas public schools.
- Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone
- December 24, 2009
- The Senate has passed President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul extending medical insurance to 30 million Americans.
- Blizzard Blog: Douglas County in bulls’ eye for tonight’s storm; blizzard warning in effect
- 12:00 a.m., December 24, 2009 Updated 01:07 a.m.
- The Lawrence area’s being hit by a winter storm.
- People in the news
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- People in the news for December 24, 2009.
- Aide: Family giving up custody battle
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- David Goldman’s bitter five-year battle to regain custody of his son neared conclusion Wednesday, when the child’s Brazilian family halted its legal efforts as a court-ordered deadline for delivering the boy loomed.
- Daylong standoff at Virginia post office ends peacefully
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A daylong standoff at a small-town Virginia post office ended peacefully with three hostages being released and a suspect who came out of the building in a wheelchair in custody, police said late Wednesday.
- Reed not bothered by fewer minutes
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Tyrel Reed, who averaged 20.7 minutes per game a year ago compared to 15.2 mpg this still-young season, isn’t stressed over reduced playing time.
- Sophomore infusion
- Younger athletes make immediate impact for FSHS, LHS
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- First-year Lawrence High boys basketball coach Mike Lewis knew before he took the job that sophomores would factor heavily into his rotation this season.
- Pump patrol
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.36 at several stations.
- An enduring mystery — authorities still after prison escapees
- Woman’s 1974 prison escape still baffles Kansas authorities
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- On Christmas Eve 35 years ago, Priscilla Ann Frey, Kansas inmate No. 9782, escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility. Authorities haven’t seen her since.
- Current list of Kansas escapees
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- This is the current list of Kansas escapees.
- Long hours not so bad for senators
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Yes, they’ve been in session every day for a month. They’re sick of Christmas cookies and each other. But don’t feel bad for the senators stuck working overtime.
- Vaccine means more holiday hugs, fewer bugs
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C10
- More hugs, fewer bugs. Holiday visits have become safer for grandparents thanks to a childhood vaccine that has dramatically curbed infections spread by kids, a new study finds.
- Panic — but no deaths — in jet accident in Jamaica
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 had endured the crowded airports and delays of holiday travel, and were moments from their Caribbean destination. Suddenly, everything seemed to spin out of control.
- Providers of health care try selling gift cards
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.
- Bill on brink of Senate passage
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama’s call to remake the nation’s health care system.
- H1N1 a threat to new moms
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it’s a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows.
- It looks a lot like Christmas on TV
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- We’ve finally arrived at that marvelous time when I feel compelled by the spirit to write listings in rhyme.
- Horoscope for December 24, 2009
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- This year, you discover how important your personal and domestic life is. On some level you will renew or change this area of life in order to have it work better for you. If you are single, you could meet someone when you’re not looking, though the relationship could take some major adjustments. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from becoming more involved with your home and family. Aries serves as an anchor.
- Bin Laden daughter hides in Saudi embassy
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday.
- Ex-President Carter offers apology to Jews
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to improve an often-tense relationship.
- Madoff moved to prison medical center
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Bernard Madoff has been moved from a North Carolina federal prison to a prison medical facility.
- Balloon boy parents sent to jail for hoax
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The parents who pulled the balloon boy hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show were sentenced to jail Wednesday — 90 days for him, 20 days for her — and barred from profiting from their newfound celebrity status for the next four years.
- Winter storm moves to nation’s midsection
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Holiday travelers battled slick, icy roads and flight cancellations and delays on Wednesday as a major winter storm began to spread across much of the nation’s midsection — and the worst of the weather was still expected to come.
- Our town sports
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Local sports for December 24, 2009.
- Patterson coach of year
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- TCU’s Gary Patterson was voted The Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year for leading the Horned Frogs to a perfect regular season and their first BCS appearance.
- A&M’s Roland satisfactory
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A hospital spokeswoman says Texas A&M senior Derrick Roland is in satisfactory condition and might go home today after surgery to stabilize two broken bones in his leg.
- Royals, Anderson agree
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Outfielder Brian Anderson and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a $700,000, one-year contract.
- Santa working fewer hours, but job security isn’t an issue
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C10
- Kevin Scott is a “real bearded Santa.” He commits year-round to wearing red, bleaching his naturally dark brown hair, beard and eyebrows a snowy white, and giving out friendly ho-ho-ho’s to those who recognize him.
- Missouri halts nine-game slide against Illinois
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Kim English scored 24 points while matching his career best with five three-pointers, and Missouri hounded Illinois into a season-high 22 turnovers in a victory that ended the Tigers’ nine-year losing streak in the Braggin’ Rights game on Wednesday night.
- No. 23 Utah rallies past Cal, 37-27
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Jordan Wynn threw for a career-high 338 yards and three touchdowns to rally No. 23 Utah from an early two-touchdown deficit to a 37-27 victory over California in the Poinsettia Bowl on Wednesday night.
- McCray finding her rhythm
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Danielle McCray did something unusual the other night. Kansas University’s senior basketball player recorded her career scoring high without attempting a single free throw.
- Face it: Morningstar belongs in rotation
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Be right with you, just as soon as I open up some space in my e-mail inbox. If history repeats itself, it is about to get bombarded with angry charges of favoritism filed against me. That’s what happens whenever nice words are written about Brady Morningstar.
- Military means big bucks to state
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Before there was a modern-day Kansas, the military was leaving its imprint on the economy of the region.
- WWI museum collection grows
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- As Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial has gained acclaim with its World War I museum, the flow of donated artifacts has also greatly increased.
- COBRA extension a welcome gift
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Santa couldn’t have done better.
- Parents keep Christmas for children
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- With the tough times and a son in college, Anthony Jackson says he cannot possibly afford the kind of Christmas his family once had, with gifts piled high under the tree. But then again, he can’t imagine disappointing his youngest children, either.
- KU Credit Union pays public schools $2,500
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- KU Credit Union recently presented a check for $2,500 to the principals of Lawrence and Free State high schools, representing the share of proceeds to be donated through the credit union’s School Spirit debit card program.
- Zarco 66 owner touts sustainability
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- Scott Zaremba, president of Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels, Lawrence, shared his alternative fuels expertise and earth-friendly building and development experience during the 2009 Sustainability Colloquium, conducted Nov. 3-5 in Washington, D.C.
- A Soldier’s Christmas
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
- Well-rounded grads
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- To the editor: All citizens should beware the tell-tale sign of decline in a society: the inability or unwillingness to support study of the arts, language, philosophy, etc. Let’s be clear.
- U.S. not looking South for trade opportunities
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- The Obama administration’s first big move on international trade is good news for Asia, but it doesn’t bode well for much of Latin America.
- 40 years ago: Christmas decoration winners announced
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Top winners in the Jaycees Christmas decorations contest for residences were the Homer Franks, the Kelly Twogoods, the A.B. Ewings and the Robert Oylers.
- 100 years ago: City looking forward to ice-related power problems
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- rom the Lawrence Daily World for Dec. 24, 1909: “The community is looking forward to a Christmas with power problems due to the ice jams in the river.
- Christmas compassion not about socialism
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Apparently not content with his congressional majority that wishes to force Americans on a long march to health care disaster, President Obama has invoked the name of Jesus to broadcast his gospel of spreading the wealth around.
- Women’s work isn’t finished yet
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- It is one of those moments when I feel like a time traveler.
- Santa’s arrival
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Thank you, thank you, thank you, Clement Clarke Moore!
- Attorney joins defense association
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- The Kansas Association of Defense Counsel recently installed Shon Qualseth, of Thompson Ramsdell & Qualseth, Lawrence, as a member for 2010.
- Lawrence youth wins calendar contest
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- For the second straight year, 13-year-old Jasmine Olsen of Lawrence was one of 12 winners in KU Credit Union’s Johnny Appleseed Coloring Contest.
- Lawrence resident takes new job as assistant to Washburn president
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Cynthia Hornberger, a Lawrence resident, has taken a top-level position at Washburn University as a special assistant to the president.
- Warm up properly before tackling snow
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A5
- A blizzard sweeping across the Plains may bring a white Christmas to our area, but the picturesque landscape brings a cold reality: Driveways, sidewalks and front porches will have to be shoveled.
- Lawrence woman reports vehicle, tote stolen
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 55-year-old Lawrence woman reported Tuesday the burglary and theft of property from a residence in the 2500 block of Arkansas Street.
- Lawrence man reports radar detector stolen
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 45-year-old Lawrence man reported Wednesday the burglary and theft of property from the 1600 block of West Eighth Terrace.
- Woman released from hospital after rollover
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A woman was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Tuesday evening rollover accident just south of 31st and Haskell streets.
- Police: Thief steals truck with boy inside
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A 10-year-old has been returned to his father after a thief in Wichita stole a pickup truck with the boy inside.
- Sports museum set to open Newton location
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame will be giving fans two locations next year to peruse historic sports memorabilia.
- Topeka Bar finds smoking ban loophole
- Owner’s husband opens tobacco shop in taped-off area
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A Topeka businessman believes he has found a loophole that will allow people to smoke in his wife’s bar without violating the city’s ban on smoking in public places.
- Tracking escapees across nation ‘the best job to have’
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- As far as interesting jobs go, Roger Bonner’s might be near the top of the list.
- Christmastime at the shelter
- Christmas still exists for those without a home
- December 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Being homeless generally doesn’t get to Raleigh Worthington. He’s a positive guy, especially when it comes to the Lawrence Community Shelter. But as his sixth Christmas at the shelter approaches, he admits it’s hard to stay positive…
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