Also from December 26
Births
Couples
- Engagement: Hemenway and Ballard
- Engagement: Ritschard and Berry
- Wedding: Pewenofkit
- Anniversary: Ogden
- Engagement: Lafond and Brackbill
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Blizzard Blog: Winter weather advisory lifted; roads remain snowpacked- 12:00 a.m., December 25, 2009 Updated 5:09 a.m.
- Challenging driving conditions have persisted through Christmas Day after blizzard-level conditions and heavy snowfall the previous night.
- 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?
6:00 a.m.
Snowbound: Rare white Christmas brings frustrations, fun- December 26, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Ryan Schneider spent more than four hours in the car with his family Friday morning. They weren’t traveling anywhere, though. They were stuck.
- Videos: December 2009 Winter storm
- Photo gallery: 2009 Christmas storm
- Photo gallery: Winter Weather 2009-10
10:00 a.m.
Storm complicates holiday meal- December 26, 2009 in print edition on 3A
- More than six inches of snow from Thursday night’s winter storm couldn’t keep the holiday spirit from coming out Friday.
2:00 p.m.
Seven years reappear: Former Lawrencian Freedy Johnston resurfaces with ‘Rain on the City’- December 26, 2009 in print edition on 1C
- In the song that made his career, Freedy Johnston sings the lyric “seven years disappear.” Nearly two decades later, Johnston knows that feeling all over again.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Lawrence roads still treacherous
- December 26, 2009
- Police continue to urge caution on roadways
- Winter Weather Blog: Some churches canceling Sunday services
- 02:13 p.m., December 26, 2009 Updated 05:45 p.m.
- Snow to head southeast after 3 p.m.
- J-W carriers still trying to deliver newspapers
- December 26, 2009
- As the snow continues to fall, many Lawrence Journal-World newspaper subscribers are still without Friday and Saturday newspaper.
- Van Gundy’s request: no games on Christmas
- December 26, 2009
- Stan Van Gundy has a request for the NBA: no more Christmas games. “I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game,” the Orlando Magic coach said.
- Health bill offers significant benefits
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A9
- When legislation is as long and complex as the health-care reform bill passed by the Senate, critics from both the left and right can inevitably find some legitimate areas for criticism.
- Johnson eager to face Chiefs
- December 26, 2009
- Larry Johnson’s gift has lost some of its luster.
- Faith Forum: What are your faith wishes for the new year?
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C1
- • Have the courage to live fully in our faith • Meet the needs of others rather than sports
- Seven years reappear: Former Lawrencian Freedy Johnston resurfaces with ‘Rain on the City’
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C1
- In the song that made his career, Freedy Johnston sings the lyric “seven years disappear.” Nearly two decades later, Johnston knows that feeling all over again.
- Year in review: Cross your fingers after the ride of 2009
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on D1
- It was a year of hope — at first in the sense of, “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!”
- Fantastic freshmen: KU’s Henry, UT’s Bradley lead list of Big 12’s top rookies
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- KUSports.com Big 12 blogger Eric Sorrentino ranks the top 10 freshmen in the Big 12 this college hoops season.
- Snowbound: Rare white Christmas brings frustrations, fun
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Ryan Schneider spent more than four hours in the car with his family Friday morning. They weren’t traveling anywhere, though. They were stuck.
- Retailers upbeat about season
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Leslie Ahlert’s been ringing up holiday cheer — in the form of Vera Bradley handbags, Department 56 villages and countless hand-blown glass Santa ornaments — in downtown Lawrence for 26 years now, and the way she figures it, this latest holiday shopping season has proven more nice than naughty.
- Case adjusting nicely
- Former Kansas guard enjoying life as coach
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- There’s a poignant picture of former Kansas University basketball guard Jeremy Case included in the montage of highlights plastered on the wall outside the northwest tunnel of Allen Fieldhouse.
- A few bold projections for the upcoming bowl games
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Here’s something you can count on every Christmas, just as rich and filling as a nice hot meal at my son Ben’s virtual Facebook cafe: Bowl picks.
- Christmas tree blamed in fatal Topeka fire
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B10
- A house fire that killed a 4-year-old Topeka boy was ignited when a child playing with a candle set a Christmas tree ablaze, investigators said.
- Proposal ends med school career
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B10
- The recently fired president of a Kansas City osteopathic medical school had been promoting a change that some feared jeopardized the independence of the entire profession.
- Wichita wants cap lifted on historic tax credits
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A5
- Kansas legislators will be asked next year to lift a cap on the amount of historic tax credits the state can grant.
- City commission agenda for Dec. 29
- Final meeting of year to be brief
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A4
- It will be a light agenda for the Lawrence City Commission, which will meet in a morning session on Tuesday.
- Wintry blast grips nation’s midsection
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Residents across the Midwest and the Plains who made it home for Christmas were digging out on Friday after a fierce snowstorm while those who spent the night in airports and shelters tried to resume their journeys. Meteorologists warned that roads across the region remained dangerous.
- Taxes are on the agenda, but nobody’s talking about them
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- In the back of every Washington politician’s mind is this sobering fact: Unless Congress acts, the temporary tax cuts it passed when George W. Bush was president will expire at the end of next year.
- Family pleads for captive U.S. soldier’s release from Taliban
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The Taliban released a video Friday of an American soldier captured in Afghanistan, showing him apparently healthy but spouting criticism about the U.S. military operation.
- 2 more Irish bishops quit over abuse report
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Two Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland resigned on Christmas Day in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese.
- Body of missing girl found in woods
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday in a wooded area near the Delaware state line after thousands of volunteers spent Christmas searching for her.
- 9 killed, 5 injured in fire on cargo ship
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A Greek-owned freighter caught fire in the Caribbean off Venezuela’s coast on Christmas Day, killing nine crew members and injuring five others, Venezuelan authorities said.
- Abducted girl rescued by police
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Authorities say a 5-year-old girl who was abducted Friday while playing her sisters at a Phoenix apartment complex has been found.
- Storm complicates holiday meal
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- More than six inches of snow from Thursday night’s winter storm couldn’t keep the holiday spirit from coming out Friday.
- Humane society voted best in state
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Online voters have chosen the Lawrence Humane Society as the best in Kansas, earning the shelter a $1,000 grant.
- Legislative forum set at Dole Institute
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- State legislators in the Douglas County delegation are scheduled to speak at a forum organized by the Lawrence branch of the American Association of University Women.
- Workshop covers genealogy research
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Lawrence Public Library and the Douglas County Genealogy Society will be offering a workshop on online genealogy searching techniques from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the library, 707 Vt.
- Pump patrol
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.36 at several stations.
- Obama ‘change’ erodes Americans’ freedom
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Where is the country going to be a year from now? Based on what has happened during the past 12 months — greater government intervention and involvement in all our lives, the huge national debt, a Congress that doesn’t seem to pay attention to the wishes of its constituents, unemployment, dirty pressure politics in Congress and a Congress where members pass legislation without knowing what it calls for — what can we expect for the next 12 months?
- KU busy replying to audit
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University has spent more than 1,000 hours of work to respond to a legislative audit on how regents universities can save money.
- Chargers earn first-round playoff bye
- December 26, 2009
- The San Diego Chargers earned the first-round bye they wanted, and Philip Rivers remained perfect in December.
- Kentucky should be ready for rips
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Before he left for CBS Sportsline, Gary Parrish worked for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, where he spent four years covering John Calipari.
- Overtures to Anglicans may be a mistake
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Late in life, the mother of the Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J., began attending Mass at a Southern California church, the congregation of which soon became Spanish-speaking.
- A powerful gift
- In any season, organ donations are a precious gift for thousands of people.
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A8
- The story in Wednesday’s Journal-World about a local family’s experience with organ donations is a powerful reminder of the life-giving and life-affirming impact of such gifts.
- Extreme views
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: These are facts: 1. The 228,000 Kansans now without health insurance would gain it by 2019 under the Senate health care reform bill; if it is defeated, 59,000 would lose coverage in 10 years and the total uninsured would increase to 327,000.
- Points refuted
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on A9
- To the editor: I have been urged to reply to the op-ed of Lee Gerhard, a petroleum geologist. Most of the arguments he presented are partial truths. Space limits me to responding to his first two points:
- Holiday weekend heavy on repeats
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C5
- The second-to-last “Doctor Who” starring David Tennant “The End of Time, Part One” (8 p.m. Saturday, BBC America) shows the Doctor realizing that his tenure is at an end, obsessed with an ancient trap closing around the planet and the words of a prophecy ringing in his ears: “He will knock four times.”
- Obamas spend quiet Christmas in Hawaii
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C5
- President Barack Obama began his Christmas Day with a trip to the gym and gifts for his family, starting a low-key holiday in his childhood home and a respite from the gridlock of Washington.
- Horoscope for December 26, 2009
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C5
- For Saturday, Dec. 26: This year, family matters take precedence. Nevertheless, if you’re attached, you might suddenly find that you have a new addition to your family. If you are single, you could meet someone very sensuous and alluring. Please note that you are going through an intense personal transformation, and the person you choose this year might not be right for you later.
- Around and about
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Rose Lawson, Baldwin City, will celebrate her 90th birthday with a potluck dinner with family at The Lodge in Baldwin City on Sunday. Rose Nichols was born Dec. 28, 1919, near Vinland.
- Club news
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C3
- University Bridge Club met Dec. 19, with Steven Bogler and Janet Dunn as hosts.
- Get the most use from your gift cards
- December 26, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Expecting a stash of gift cards for the holidays? Better use them wisely.
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- Study suggests continued population drop in Kansas May 29, 2012 · 6 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 · 259 comments
- Blog: Writing Your Erotica: An Afternoon Lead By Dixie Lubin In The Company Of Other Women May 28, 2012 · 43 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
