Also from January 24
Audio clips
Births
Couples
- Anniversary: Saile
- Anniversary: Moss
- Anniversary: Jordan
- Wedding: Fouts and Leach
- Engagement: Lagomarsino and Willette
- Engagement: Stewart and Powell
- Engagement: Langford and Winch
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Which role player had the best game for the Jayhawks against Iowa State?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Mario Little | 47% | |
| Brady Morningstar | 29% | |
| Tyrel Reed | 16% | |
| Quintrell Thomas | 6% | |
| Total | 372 | |
Was Sherron Collins' first half against Iowa State his best half as a Jayhawk?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 68% | |
| No | 20% | |
| Undecided | 10% | |
| Total | 165 | |
Which Big 12 North team has the best home-court advantage (other than KU)?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 46% | |
| Iowa State | 37% | |
| Nebraska | 9% | |
| Kansas State | 4% | |
| Colorado | 1% | |
| Total | 2053 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Little poses new threat- January 23, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- Mario Little’s career-high 15-point scoring outburst against Texas A&M may have given Kansas University’s future basketball opponents something to think about.
6:00 a.m.
With KU budget options, ‘everything is on the table’- January 24, 2009 in print edition on 1A
- Kansas University leaders faced more than 100 faculty and staff members Friday in an effort to open a dialogue about ongoing state budget cuts. Members of the crowd expressed concern about job security and benefits during an hourlong forum in the Kansas Union.
10:00 a.m.
Community run to benefit paralyzed Free State student- January 24, 2009 in print edition on 1B
- After a 17-year-old Lawrence girl was paralyzed in a car accident last summer, the community supported her and her family — hosting benefit concerts and fundraisers to help pay for her medical bills.Although it’s been five months since the accident, people have not forgotten. And this spring, friends of the family will be host to a run in honor of Erica Smith.
1:00 p.m.
FINAL: Collins ties career-high with 26 points as Jayhawks take down Cyclones, 82-67- 11:40 a.m., January 24, 2009 Updated 5:14 p.m.
- Kansas guard Sherron Collins scored 18 in the first half in KU’s second road win.
- Photo gallery: KU vs. ISU
- Poll: Which role player had the best game for the Jayhawks against Iowa State?
- Poll: Was Sherron Collins’ first half against Iowa State his best half as a Jayhawk?
- Poll: Which Big 12 North team has the best home-court advantage (other than KU)?
- Audio clips: 2009 KU-ISU Jan. 24
6:00 p.m.
Extreme experience: Lecompton residents travel to Chapman to assist with home rebuilding for TV show- January 24, 2009 in print edition on 1D
- Most of the time, Dan Hanney doesn’t do his carpentry work with national TV cameras in his face.
- Videos: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
All stories
- Kansas women fall to Kansas State
- Freshman Sutherland steps up in Jayhawks’ 59-50 setback
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Kansas State beat Kansas, 59-50, Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
- FINAL: Collins ties career-high with 26 points as Jayhawks take down Cyclones, 82-67
- 11:40 a.m., January 24, 2009 Updated 05:14 p.m.
- Kansas guard Sherron Collins scored 18 in the first half in KU’s second road win.
- One man life-flighted after truck hits pole
- 02:39 a.m., January 24, 2009 Updated 11:06 p.m. in print edition on B1
- One person was transported to KU Hospital via air ambulance after their truck hit a pole.
- More whales stranded in shallow water die
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Just two of a group of 45 sperm whales stranded in Australia remain alive, officials said Saturday, and rescuers were trying to comfort them as they wallowed in shallow waters among the bodies of their pod.The survivors among the group dwindled from seven to two overnight Friday despite the efforts of a team of wildlife officers who rushed to the sandbar on the remote northwest coast of Tasmania state to help.
- People in the news
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- • 2 held in alleged plot to extort Travolta• Sienna Miller set for Broadway debut this fall• Patrick Swayze to write book with wife• Aretha gave Obama collection of sermons• Hero pilot giving first interview to Couric• Slash wins round in lawsuit over house• Ledger’s family ‘proud, excited’ by Oscar nod
- Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- In a stunning reversal of alliances, Rwandan troops captured Congo’s most powerful rebel leader, a longtime ally who the Congolese government says was at the heart of years of war in the east, officials said Friday.Congo applauded the surprise arrest, hoping it would herald a new era of peace and mark the end of the Central African nation’s Tutsi rebellion.
- Funding for KU Cancer Center remains a top priority for state
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A7
- Kansas leaders are at odds over how to eliminate the state budget deficit, but they agree on continued funding for an effort to get the National Cancer Institute designation for the Kansas University Cancer Center.Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has included another annual appropriation of $5 million for support of the KU Cancer Center, and legislative leaders also have voiced support of that line item.
- Survivors face life after near-death
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- When US Airways Flight 1549 splashed down in the icy Hudson River, Mike Berkwits was too busy getting his wife off the slowly sinking plane and out of the swift-moving water to worry about dying.Now that’s he’s had a week to remember it, every time he tries to fall asleep, he can’t think about much else.
- Sgt.: Dead soldier was punched, choked
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A soldier found dead last summer complained about the price of beer and got in a fight at a bar before seven members of his own unit punched, choked and restrained him, a paratrooper testified at a hearing Friday.Sgt. Mitchell Lafortune testified during an Article 32, similar to a civilian grand jury, for five of seven soldiers charged with involuntary manslaughter in Pfc. Luke Brown’s July death.
- 3 dead, 12 wounded in day care stabbings
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- A young man with a gruesomely painted black-and-white face went on a rampage at a Dendermonde day care center Friday, stabbing two babies and a female worker to death and seriously wounding 12 others.Sobbing parents rushed to the scene and to nearby hospitals. Shocked rescue workers spoke of finding crying, bleeding toddlers scattered inside the center.
- Prime minister calls national elections
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Facing serious health problems and an economic crisis, Prime Minister Geir Haarde called Friday for early national elections, making his government a dramatic victim of the financial calamity gripping much of the globe.The move was welcomed by opposition leaders who said the public is still demanding the government resign immediately.
- Essay contest open to high school seniors
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- The Douglas County Law Library and the Douglas County Bar Association are sponsoring a legal essay contest. All high school seniors in Douglas County who are advancing their formal education after high school graduation are eligible to submit essays.
- Pump patrol
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $1.70 at several locations.
- Coaches must contend with APRs
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Jim Calhoun was in a charitable mood talking on his cell phone from Washington D.C. in no small part because he’d scored “some pretty good seats” at the Capitol for the inauguration of Barack Obama.
- Central Junior High School honor roll
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- Central Junior High School has announced its fall semester honor rolls.
- Buzzer beaters
- Kilburn’s last-second three lifts Lions over Topeka West
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- The two-ton barbell located in the gym Friday afternoon was invisible, of course. But Lawrence High’s boys basketball players were well aware of its presence. They felt the weight increasing on their collective backs with each passing game.
- Jailed investor says he can’t recall plane crash
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- An Indiana financial adviser accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash said he’s been under psychiatric care and claims not to recall the events of the day he bailed out, a newspaper reported Friday.Marcus Schrenker called The New York Post from the Escambia County Jail on Wednesday night and Thursday night and told the newspaper that he has no memory of the events of Jan. 11.
- Mo. father charged in infant’s death
- Man had 4 children with his teenage daughter
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- A man who fathered four children with his teenage daughter has been charged with murder after the remains of two infants were found in coolers on property where the family once lived, authorities announced Friday.The 47-year-old is charged with one count each of second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and statutory rape, and two counts each of incest and abandoning a corpse.
- Extreme experience: Lecompton residents travel to Chapman to assist with home rebuilding for TV show
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Most of the time, Dan Hanney doesn’t do his carpentry work with national TV cameras in his face.
- Pro-gun Democrat picked for N.Y. seat
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Instantly opening a rift among New York Democrats, Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand — a little-known, pro-gun Democrat from a rural Republican district — won appointment Friday to the Senate seat left vacant by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- Overdue library book leads to arrest
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- An Independence woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping “The Freedom Writers Diary,” which she checked out from the public library in nearby Jesup in April.
- Study says Western forests are dying at an increasing rate
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- Trees in old growth forests across the West are dying at a small, but increasing rate that scientists conclude is probably caused by longer and hotter summers from a changing climate. While not noticeable to someone walking through the forests, the death rate is doubling every 17 to 29 years, according to a 52-year study published in the Friday edition of the journal Science. The trend was apparent in trees of all ages, species, and locations.
- Scandal in SE Kansas causes dropped felony charges
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Felony burglary and theft charges have been dropped against twin sisters whose cases languished while then-prosecutor Michael Goodrich was being investigated for extortion at a strip club. Earlier this month, Cherokee County Attorney John Bullard also dismissed a felony property damage charge against the 37-year-old women, Birdie Jo Hoaks and Becky Jo Hoaks, because nothing had been done in their cases and the two had moved away from the area.
- Plant in salmonella probe lays off workers
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- A Georgia peanut butter plant at the center of a probe of a nationwide salmonella outbreak has laid off most of its roughly 50 workers. Production is shut down at the Peanut Corp. of America plant in Blakely, which made peanut butter and peanut paste blamed for sickening at least 486 people in more than 40 states since the fall. Six have died.
- Pet groomer charged with piercing kittens
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- A woman who marketed “gothic kittens” with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet has been charged with animal cruelty and conspiracy. Dog groomer Holly Crawford, 34, was charged Tuesday by humane officers. Her home outside Wilkes-Barre was raided Dec. 17 after the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County received a tip from PETA that she was marketing the animals online for hundreds of dollars.
- Holistic resolutions welcome in new year
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D8
- Looking forward to a new year and a new you?
- Obama says he’ll listen to GOP on economic revival
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A3
- President Barack Obama sought to dampen Republicans’ complaints about the Democrats’ massive economic revival package Friday with an offer to listen carefully to their ideas, too. But he gave no guarantees he’d accept any — and made a point of reminding them who won the November election.
- IIYM musician returns to perform at Lied Center
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D1
- Four summers ago, Kuok-Wai Lio came to the United States from China to study piano in Lawrence.
- Concert to feature state honor band
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- More than 150 students from across the state will converge in Lawrence today to participate in the Kansas John Philip Sousa State Honor Band. The band will give a free concert at 2 p.m. today at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. Martin Bergee, a Kansas University music and dance professor, will be a conductor.
- Two T’s
- The new president seems headed in the right direction to create more federal trust and transparency.
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- President Barack Obama said during the 2008 presidential campaign that two commodities which absolutely need to be restored to government are trust and transparency. Both have become in short supply over the years.
- Clinton pledges to boost foreign aid
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged Friday to overhaul U.S. foreign aid programs to increase assistance and give civilians a greater role in its delivery. But she warned that selling the public on the idea would be hard in troubled economic times.
- Bankruptcies
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on E1
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection during the week ended Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Veritas boys rally to victory
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- John Hicks scored 19 points and the Veritas Christian boys basketball team defeated Flint Hills, 42-39, on Friday.
- Poor economy hits courts, hurts programs for poor
- Public defenders, legal aid in some states facing cuts
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Timothy Cook needed help fast: His home was on the brink of foreclosure, and the six relatives and friends who lived with him were at risk of being put on the street during the coldest weather in years.Cook was desperate to find a lawyer who could buy him some time. Because he had no job, he turned to a free legal-assistance center.
- KU soccer player Cressy honored
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Kansas University freshman soccer player Emily Cressy has been selected as the Female Athlete of the Year by the USA Deaf Sports Federation for 2008.
- On the record
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following calls.
- Merck says pill may work for MS
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- German drugmaker Merck Serono is one step closer to releasing the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis, the company said Friday. In a press statement, Merck said that patients taking cladribine tablets had a nearly 60 percent lower relapse rate than those on placebo pills. The two-year study included 1,326 MS patients who were randomly divided into three groups. Two groups received different doses of cladribine and one group received fake pills.
- Bush’s exit as big as Obama’s entrance
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- One simply wanted to be present. Freezing cold or not, a crowd of 2 million, whatever — solemn warnings about tight security, long lines, traffic jams, cell phones not working. In the end, one wanted to be there on the Mall before the Capitol on Tuesday at noon amid the jubilant throng and see the man take the oath of office — our first genuine Author-President.
- KU luminary walk to honor MLK
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University will have a luminary walk on Monday in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. The walk will begin at 6:45 p.m. and proceed from Strong Hall down Jayhawk Boulevard to the Kansas Union. A special program will follow in Woodruff Auditorium and is scheduled to last until 9 p.m.
- Hamas says it’s back in control of the Gaza Strip
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A6
- Bearded Hamas leaders on Friday delivered an envelope with five crisp $100 bills to a veiled woman whose house was damaged during Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the first of promised relief payments by the militant group.
- Senate nears deal to delay digital TV
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Key senators have reached a compromise on a bill that would delay the nation’s switch to all-digital television from next month until June 12. A vote on the legislation is expected early next week. Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Commerce Committee, has been working with ranking member Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, to draft legislation that also would give consumers more access to coupons for the converter boxes needed to continue receiving broadcasts.
- Slow start dooms Seabury
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Bill Gibbs had 16 points for Seabury (4-4), but the Seahawks fell, 58-40, to Valley Falls on Friday in the McLouth Invite in high school boys basketball action.
- Horoscopes
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- You move in a new direction this year, but only after much thought, debate and deliberation. Sometimes a partner’s adverse reaction could point in a new direction, but to accept a new direction given in that manner could be hard. If you are single, you meet others with ease and make new friends. If you are attached, the two of you will benefit from more private time together. You will like the rekindling of feelings.
- Old Home Town - 100 years ago
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- From the Lawrence Daily World for Jan. 24, 1909: “A Kansas University couple who eloped and escaped the wrath of the father of the bride have reached Memphis safely and have asked that their trunks be forwarded. They say they have quit school for good and the groom has a job in a bank in Memphis. … An anti-frat bill that could affect all the Greek societies at the university has been introduced in the Legislature.
- Zaremba appointed to petroleum board
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Scott Zaremba, president of Lawrence-based Zarco 66 Earth Friendly Fuels, was appointed to the board of directors of the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas. The announcement was made by PMCA of Kansas President Terry Presta.
- Obama reverses Bush ban on international abortion funds
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.
- Obama campaign organization daunting to challengers
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- The long, tough and extremely costly 2008 U.S. presidential race ended this past November, about two and a half months ago. The inauguration, again a costly affair attended by the largest crowd in history for such an occasion, took place only four days ago.
- Orbiter launched to probe greenhouse gases worldwide
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A2
- Japan on Friday launched the first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases worldwide, a tool to help scientists better judge where global warming emissions are coming from, and how much is being absorbed by the oceans and forests.
- Landplan Engineering staff are licensed
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The state of Kansas has licensed Brian Sturm, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP, as a registered landscape architect and Randy DeWitt, PE, as a professional engineer. Sturm, a landscape architect in Landplan Engineering’s Lawrence office, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Georgia.
- Around and about
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D5
- The chess players of Quail Run School claimed the second place team trophy Jan. 17 in the K-8 division of the Rockhurst High School chess tournament at Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Mo. Individually, Quail Run’s Josh Kallenbach was champion of the K-5 division.
- City, KU ready to hire transit consultants
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- Scouring the separate schedules, routes and other resources of KU on Wheels and Lawrence’s T bus system for potential combinations and other efficiencies — and to do so by March 1 — might sound like a tough order.
- $104M available in natural disaster grants
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- Counties in Kansas, Missouri and eight other states will be able to benefit from $104 million in federal grants for natural disaster recovery. U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas announced Friday that the grants will be used to promote the economic recovery of counties that have received disaster designations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Some consumer goods recession-proof
- Wii consoles, Air Jordans unlikely to be found at discount prices
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- The 60 percent off sign at Elan Fur isn’t much different from the others filling the storefronts on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. But good luck finding a similar deal next door at Apple Inc. Even as shops vie for customers by offering massive markdowns, shoppers are still lining up to pay top dollar for coveted goods from Apple’s iPods to designer footwear.
- Community run to benefit paralyzed Free State student
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B1
- After a 17-year-old Lawrence girl was paralyzed in a car accident last summer, the community supported her and her family — hosting benefit concerts and fundraisers to help pay for her medical bills.Although it’s been five months since the accident, people have not forgotten. And this spring, friends of the family will be host to a run in honor of Erica Smith.
- With KU budget options, ‘everything is on the table’
- Job security, benefits, workload at issue
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A1
- Kansas University leaders faced more than 100 faculty and staff members Friday in an effort to open a dialogue about ongoing state budget cuts. Members of the crowd expressed concern about job security and benefits during an hourlong forum in the Kansas Union.
- Vatican 2.0: Pope gets his own YouTube channel
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- Puffs of smoke, speeches in Latin and multipage encyclicals have all been used by the Vatican to communicate with the faithful. Now the pope is trying to broaden his audience by joining the wannabe musicians, college pranksters and water-skiing squirrels on YouTube.
- Scrap the School of Fine Arts?
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B7
- With respect for all those involved, let me state my view of the decision to abolish the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas. That decision can best be described as historically catastrophic. There are two kinds of individuals involved in the arts; those who enjoy art and those who create art. Both are essential, for great art without an audience is irrelevant, and an enthusiastic audience without great art is a shame.
- Tonganoxie boys hold off Eudora
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Chieftain boys advanced to the final of the Tonganoxie Invitational with a 61-50 defeat of Eudora in a semifinal Friday night.
- Was Obama lowering expectations?
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B6
- Fascinating speech. It was so rhetorically flat, so lacking in rhythm and cadence, one almost has to believe he did it on purpose. Best not to dazzle on Opening Day. Otherwise, they’ll expect magic all the time. The most striking characteristic of Barack Obama is not his nimble mind, engaging manner or wide-ranging intellectual curiosity. It’s the absence of neediness. He’s Bill Clinton, master politician, but without the hunger.
- KU seeking to eliminate Hilton Magic
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self has had better luck than his mentor in Hilton Coliseum, home of the Iowa State Cyclones. So far, at least
- Blagojevich: I’m the victim of plot to raise taxes
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A4
- Launching an all-out media blitz as his impeachment trial draws near, Gov. Rod Blagojevich compared himself Friday to an honest, hardworking cowboy and said he was about to be lynched by a band of black-hatted political insiders eager to raise taxes.
- Club news
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D5
- University Bridge Club announce results of its Jan. 17 meeting. Hosts were Marc and Cora Kuepker. Blue winners were Florence McNicoll, first; Dale Kring, second; Lois Liebert, third; Willie Stoltenberg, fourth; and Janet Dunn, fifth. Pink winners were Carol Smith, first; Darlene Schneider, second; Wanda Kring, third; Jo Anne Hicks, fourth; and Alice Akin, fifth.
- Experience stands out with new LB’s coach
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Only seven days after being named linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator for the Kansas University football team — just a week since he arrived in Lawrence from his previous post at Louisville — Bill Miller was already bustling about the Anderson Family Football Complex with authority.
- Year of the Ox looks unbullish, seers say
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on A8
- If the global economy fails to recover in 2009, the housing bubble or credit crunch may not be to blame. It could be a lack of fire. Chinese fortunetellers say fire — one of the five elements mystics believe form the basis of the universe — is essential to financial well-being. And fire is nowhere to be found in the mythology of this coming Year of the Ox, the Chinese lunar year that begins Monday.
- Man dies in KCK trench collapse
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B8
- A man has died in a trench collapse while repairing a sewer line in his Kansas City back yard. Assistance Fire Chief Craig Duke says 39-year-old Joseph Laster was buried with dirt Friday afternoon in an 8- to 10- foot deep ditch. People at the scene rushed to help, using shovels, buckets and their own hands to dig for Laster.
- K.C. councilwoman says mayor retaliated
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B2
- Kansas City Council member Cindy Circo says Mayor Mark Funkhouser removed her from a committee because she voted to override his veto of a volunteer ordinance. The ordinance in effect banned Funkhouser’s wife, Gloria Squitiro, from serving full time in her husband’s office.
- Salesman joins Laird Noller staff
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B4
- Joshua Hoke joined the Laird Noller Automotive staff in Lawrence as a sales consultant on Dec. 1. Hoke was born and raised in Garnett and spent the last 17 years in the Army, both in active duty and the National Guard.
- Chiefs fire Edwards
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C2
- Herm Edwards, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs during the worst two-year span in team history, was fired Friday.
- Kansas women get early start
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Brunch with Bonnie I worked out nicely. But Brunch with Bonnie II looms as more difficult.
- Eagle girls win, 38-25
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Nine different Veritas players scored, and the Eagles claimed their second girls basketball victory of the season Friday night, 38-25, against Flint Hills Christian.
- Cyclones offense struggling
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C6
- Greg McDermott has had a full week to work on Iowa State’s biggest weakness: offense.
- City Commission agenda: Land preservation to be highlighted
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on B5
- City commissioners will consider new regulations that get more specific about when developers must preserve certain types of environmental features on land that is set to be built upon.
- Sorvino a girly Indiana Jones
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on D7
- Once you buy into legends about 13th-century knights protecting deep, divine secrets with mind-blowing implications for modern man, nothing seems too preposterous. So viewers of the four-hour miniseries “The Last Templar” (8 p.m., Sunday and Monday, NBC) will be predisposed to accept a scene of four horsemen clad in Crusader gear galloping through Manhattan traffic and breaking into a New York museum to steal rare Vatican artifacts.
- KU great Sayers to be honored
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- Former Kansas University All-American and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers has been chosen for induction into the John McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame.
- SM East defeats FSHS
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C3
- The Free State High boys basketball team fell, 54-47, to Shawnee Mission East on Friday in the McPherson Invite.
- Falcons’ slow pace trips FSHS
- January 24, 2009 in print edition on C1
- Friday night, the Free State High gymnasium was home to that rare occasion where a decision by one coach actually worked out for both teams.
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