Also from April 23
Audio clips
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Do you anticipate taking a plane to your vacation destination this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 41% | |
| No | 33% | |
| I won’t be taking a vacation this year | 21% | |
| Not sure | 3% | |
| Total | 1589 | |
Videos
- There’s a chance of severe thunderstorms tonight, including wind and …
- This year’s heavy snowfall was hard on the city budget. …
- The city says the street needs to be completely rebuilt …
- The Kansas State High School Athletic Association is cutting fees …
- Volunteers in Marion are building a new house for a …
- Members of the TKE fraternity on campus will live in …
- Residents reported one tornado was one mile wide and was …
- The organization provides shelter for four families at area churches …
- The library is raffling baskets of goodies off to earn …
- Analyst Chip Budde expects to see an offensive game more …
- Terrence Jones will make his final college visit a trip …
- The Jayhawks beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders 10-2.
- Douglas County and the surrounding area are under a slight …
- The earlier you leave from work Friday afternoon, the better …
- Musician Mat Shoare and photographer Sarah Link have collaborated on …
- Two Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical paramedics had to …
- There’s a slight risk for severe weather Friday, with strong …
- Drive carefully because you could see moderate to heavy rainfall. …
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Death and comedy: Director and KU grad Neil LaBute discusses his new film, ‘Death at a Funeral’- April 22, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- Neil LaBute, a former Jayhawk, joined us to discuss “Death at a Funeral,” mainstream success and why Tracy Morgan had curry all over his face and hands…
6:00 a.m.
Lawrence sales tax revenues down 5 percent in first quarter of 2010- April 22, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Lawrence consumers clamped down on spending in the first quarter of 2010, putting the city on pace for its largest sales tax decline in recent memory.
- Video: Sales tax revenue down
10:00 a.m.
Challenge grant pushes ECM close to fundraising goal- April 22, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries’ Ministry of the Hearth Capital Campaign just got a big boost.
2:00 p.m.
Downtown festivities to accompany KU game- April 23, 2010 in print edition on 3A
- The way downtown Lawrence merchants see it, there’s no reason football needs to be big business just during the fall.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Tornado watch issued for Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties
- April 23, 2010
- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties through 4 a.m. Saturday morning.
- City Commissioners to consider rebuilding busy stretch of Iowa Street
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A1
- A center turn lane and $5.5 million for a busy portion of Iowa Street will be on the wish list of city engineers Tuesday.
- City pays more than twice the regular amount for snow removal in 2009-2010
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A1
- The snow shoveling is done, but Lawrence City Hall leaders are still trying to dig out from the unexpected expense that came with clearing the city’s streets of snow.
- Senate Democrat offers plan to increase taxes on Kansas incomes higher than $200,000
- Plan raises rates for wealthy Kansans, reduces levy on lower incomes
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- In Kansas, a married couple making $60,000 per year has the same state income tax rate as a couple earning $6 million per year.
- More Kansans choosing vacations that see them venturing not too far from home
- AAA adds roadside services to make trips even easier
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- When Kansans hit the road, they increasingly rely upon technology and count on connectivity to help keep them on their way.
- More applicants competing for fewer spots in KU’s nursing school
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- As applicants line up to get into Kansas University’s School of Nursing, they’ll be facing an increasingly tough road, thanks to state budget cuts.
- Two area men sentenced in federal cattle fraud case
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Two men have been sentenced in U.S. District Court for defrauding a cattle rancher in Jefferson County.
- Just 34 Westar Energy customers still without power
- 04:04 p.m., April 23, 2010 Updated 05:51 p.m.
- More than 400 Douglas County Westar Energy customers were still without power as of 4:40 Friday afternoon.
- Montana jury finds no liability for jail where Haskell student died last November
- 03:30 p.m., April 23, 2010 Updated 03:43 p.m. in print edition on B1
- A coroner’s jury last month in Montana found detention officers were not criminally liable in the November death of Haskell Indian Nations University freshman A.J. LongSoldier, who died after being incarcerated in a county jail.
- Paramedics forced to abandon ambulance after man pulls a knife
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Two Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical paramedics had to abandon their ambulance near downtown Friday afternoon when police say a man being transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital pulled a knife.
- Highway Patrol plans stepped up enforcement in Douglas County Saturday night
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Kansas Highway Patrol will look to crack down on drinking and driving around Lawrence this weekend.
- KU names leaders for next major fundraising campaign
- April 23, 2010
- Kansas University has named a committee to help plan its upcoming capital campaign.
- Heralded recruit Terrence Jones to take visit to KU on Sunday
- 01:18 p.m., April 23, 2010 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on C1
- One of the most accomplished high school basketball players in Oregon history will be making an official recruiting visit to Kansas University on Sunday.
- Weather-related cancelations for Friday
- April 23, 2010
- Potentially severe weather has postponed or canceled these area events.
- Agency on aging plans annual fundraiser
- April 23, 2010
- The Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging is hosting its annual “There’s No Place Like Home” fundraiser from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. May 15 at Topeka’s Great Overland Station, 701 N. Kansas Ave.
- Baldwin High culinary management team headed to national competition
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- After winning a state culinary management competition for a second year in a row, a Baldwin High School team will head to nationals on May 1.
- Statehouse Live: House Appropriations recommends budget bill
- 10:38 a.m., April 23, 2010 Updated 01:42 p.m. in print edition on A1
- The earlier bill cut public schools by $172 million in the next school year by not replacing federal stimulus funds. But on Friday, the committee added back half that amount — $86 million.
- K-State president says university could be running on private funds within two decades
- April 23, 2010
- Kansas State University president Kirk Schulz says the Manhattan university could be completely funded by private money within two decades.
- Community breakfast to honor older adults
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- Trinity In-Home Care is sponsoring its third annual Community Breakfast Honoring Older Adults from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. May 7 at Maceli’s, 1031 N.H.
- 11 tornadoes reported Thursday around western Kansas
- April 23, 2010
- The National Weather Service says 11 tornadoes were reported in western Kansas, causing minor damage but no major injuries.
- Three Kansas Congressional members honored for quality of their websites
- April 23, 2010
- Three members of Kansas’ congressional delegation are being honored for their office websites by a Washington-based nonprofit group.
- Flood watch canceled early; threat for severe weather persists
- 12:07 a.m., April 23, 2010 Updated 01:28 p.m.
- The National Weather Service has ended early the flood watch for northeast Kansas.
- Pump patrol
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.69 at several stations.
- Report: Health overhaul will increase nation’s tab
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law will increase the nation’s health care tab instead of bringing costs down, government economic forecasters concluded Thursday in a sobering assessment of the sweeping legislation.
- Burning oil rig sinks, setting stage for big spill
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A deepwater oil platform that burned for more than a day after a massive explosion sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, creating the potential for a major spill as it underscored the slim chances that the 11 workers still missing survived.
- Aldrich to throw out first pitch at Royals-Twins game
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University junior basketball center Cole Aldrich will throw out the ceremonial first pitch when his hometown Minnesota Twins meet the Kansas City Royals at 1:10 p.m. Sunday at Kauffman Stadium.
- Secretary of state candidate accused of funds misconduct
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B10
- A legislator who’s asking Kansas voters to make him the state’s top elections official has been accused of improperly using campaign funds and illegally soliciting contributions from lobbyists.
- Texting dampens social skills
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A9
- I travel around a LOT — too much, but one does learn things from spending time in the company of strangers, such as the fact that too many young American men suffer from a desperate lack of social skills.
- Downtown festivities to accompany KU game
- Sidewalk sales, buskers and kids zone will join Saturday’s football event
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A3
- The way downtown Lawrence merchants see it, there’s no reason football needs to be big business just during the fall.
- E-payment of benefits raises some concerns
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B9
- The Treasury Department is working to switch millions of people who receive Social Security and other federal benefits from paper checks to e-payments.
- Economy rebuilding with rising home sales, falling jobless claims
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B9
- The economy is improving, with home sales up, jobless claims down and inflation tame. Yet there are concerns the economic rebound won’t get much juice from the housing market, which is being fueled by government tax breaks.
- KU softball can’t hold on against Nebraska
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B3
- Despite home runs from freshman Mariah Montgomery and sophomore Marissa Ingle, the Kansas University softball team could not hold on to its lead, and Nebraska defeated the Jayhawks, 8-5, on Thursday.
- KU’s Engelman honored
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas University women’s basketball team held its postseason awards reception and senior celebration Thursday night in the Kansas Union Ballroom, with freshman guard Monica Engelman nabbing the prestigious Ms. Jayhawk Award.
- Big 12 bonanza: Five of top six picks from conference
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- The Rockettes would have loved this show. From an early Oklahoma party to the Big 12’s dominance to Tim Tebow stealing the spotlight from overall top pick Sam Bradford, the NFL’s first prime-time draft was worthy of its Radio City Music Hall location.
- Net Worth: Cinematic endings revamped by animated site
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Back during my dozen-year stint as a film critic, what infuriated me more than anything was sitting through a good movie that was thwarted by a terrible ending.
- Storm chaser to talk about tornadoes
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Babcock Place, 1700 Mass., will host Twisters: Living in Tornado Alley, presented by Jay Antle at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
- Time to cut ties with Roethlisberger
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- I’m not so sure what “comprehensive behavioral evaluation” means, though the last time I remember one being ordered for a star athlete they came back with the conclusion that, yes, Mike Tyson did have some psychological issues.
- BCS releases formula
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B2
- The Bowl Championship Series released its formula for determining how conferences, such as the Mountain West, can earn an automatic bid to the big-money bowls.
- KU track competing at Penn and Drake Relays
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B3
- The Kansas track and field team had athletes participating in the Drake and Penn Relays on Thursday.
- Resignations point to new church strategy
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Heads are starting to roll in the Catholic Church’s child abuse scandal.
- Springsteen gets heritage award
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Everyone knows he was born in the USA, but it was Bruce Springsteen’s European immigrant roots — and his family’s 110-year American dream — that were celebrated Thursday.
- Tim Allen hosts TV Land Awards
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- When Tim Allen was asked to host this year’s “8th Annual TV Land Awards,” his biggest concern was the opening number.
- Hill open to creating her own fashion line
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Faith Hill is a red carpet regular and has proven to be a consistent fashionista throughout her 15 years in country music.
- Weaver urges action to protect oceans
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Actress Sigourney Weaver is making her second trip to Congress in as many weeks, urging lawmakers to help oceans by reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
- Polanski’s appeal to end sex case denied
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- An appeals court on Thursday denied Roman Polanski’s latest attempt to end his decades-old sex case, a move that could set the stage for the fugitive director’s return to the United States.
- ‘South Park’ producers say network cut speech
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- Producers of “South Park” said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
- Horoscope for April 23, 2010
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- This year, you have many opportunities. You could opt for a home-based business or go into a profession that you really love. A mentor often inspires you. Enormous resourcefulness makes the world your oyster. If you are single, a compulsive attraction could be all you see. If you are attached, with a little nurturing, the romantic flames could start blazing again. Virgo reveals a different side.
- Start watching ‘Party Down’
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B8
- “Party Down” (9 p.m., Starz) returns for a second season and that’s cause for celebration. A strong ensemble cast with great chemistry play struggling actors, writers and assorted has-beens who work as cater-waiters on the periphery of Hollywood’s rich and famous.
- Eric Sorrentino’s lightning round: NFL Draft edition
- April 23, 2010
- Thursday’s 2010 NFL Draft put into perspective just how good the Oklahoma University football team could have been last season had it not been for injuries.
- Friends of the Kaw receives $60,000
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A3
- Friends of the Kaw has received seven grants in the past few months totaling nearly $60,000.
- New York School to welcome families
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A3
- New York School leaders plan several events in the next month to welcome families from Kennedy School who will attend New York, 936 N.Y., next year following a boundary change.
- US Airways, United end consolidation talks
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B9
- US Airways has broken off talks with United Airlines, leaving United to pursue a deal with Continental Airlines that would reshuffle the lineup in the airline industry.
- Lawmakers: Candidates must prove citizenship
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Arizona lawmakers expressing doubt over whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States are pushing a bill through the Legislature that would require the president to show his birth certificate to get on the state’s 2012 ballot.
- Suit: Vatican got letter from abuse victim
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- A neatly typed letter dated March 5, 1995, is addressed to the No. 2 man at the Vatican and recounts the story of a priest who preyed on deaf boys trapped in dormitories with no chance of escape.
- Take-kids-to-work day appears to lose steam
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- More than a decade after it began, take-your-kid-to-work day appears to be losing steam. Now it’s keep-your-kid-in-school.
- Sea lion pup found on rooftop deck
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Mike Kai thought one of his surfing buddies was thumping around on his rooftop deck, but it turned out to be a wayward sea lion pup, enjoying the view of Newport Beach at sunrise.
- Childhood screenings on Tuesday and May 11
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence Early Childhood Special Services provides free developmental screenings for children 3 to 5 years old who live in the Lawrence school district.
- Chiefs take safety from Tennessee at No. 5
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- For many players, what they sneak around and do on Friday nights before games drops them lower in the estimation of NFL scouts. Eric Berry’s Friday night activity helped persuade Kansas City to take the smart, playmaking Tennessee safety with the fifth overall pick in the 2010 draft Thursday night.
- Pedal Against Hate event set for May 1
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A partnership of Lawrence social organizations will host an event that combines an anti-hate message with a bike ride through Lawrence.
- Peace and Justice winners to be honored
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A4
- The Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice has announced the winners of this year’s Tom and Anne Moore Peace and Justice Awards, named in honor of two of the coalition’s founders.
- Stuckey’s name could be called today
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Former Kansas University defensive coordinator Clint Bowen spent five years coaching Darrell Stuckey and a few more keeping an eye on him as a prep standout at Washington High in Kansas City, Kan. That alone makes Bowen as qualified as anyone to speak on what kind of pro player Stuckey might become, as this year’s NFL Draft picks up with rounds two and three at 5 p.m. today.
- Kansas House panel eyes surplus for 2011 budget
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A4
- A key Kansas House Republican said Thursday his budget committee will produce a 2011 budget that will end in the black without raising taxes.
- Webb not scared of change
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B1
- More than just the identity of the quarterback will change in the Kansas University football offense. Where he’s standing also shifts.
- Sentence overturned in child abuse case
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B10
- A state appeals court overturned a lengthy prison sentence Thursday given to a Kansas man for tumbling a 3-year-old boy in a hot clothes dryer and burning him.
- Victim ID’d in fatal run-over in Concordia
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on B10
- The Kansas Highway Patrol has been investigating a fatal accident in northeast Kansas.
- Tanning bed tax worries beleaguered industry
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A8
- It’s prime season for tanning beds, when proms and spring beach vacations prompt young women to pack indoor salons in search of bronze skin to go with their new bikinis.
- Ash cloud causes uncertainty for airlines
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A7
- Thousands of flights are crisscrossing Europe, but things are far from normal: The cloud of volcanic ash and the nearly weeklong shutdown of air traffic have added another element of uncertainty to the hassles of flying.
- Senate panel adopts Democratic budget plan
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A7
- A Democratic-dominated Senate panel has approved an election-year budget plan that cuts just a few billion dollars from President Obama’s budget for next year and puts off hard decisions on rapidly growing benefit programs.
- Service cut
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A9
- To the person who wrote the headline “And city could save by not collecting them” (Journal-World, April 17). I fail to see how cutting back on a city service should save the city any money at all.
- Protect unborn
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A9
- I am grateful that the governor of Nebraska has signed into law a bill barring abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Psychedelic trips aid cancer patients in NYU study
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on C8
- The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She’d already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it would help her do.
- Nationals’ fan adjusts to low expectations
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A9
- Among my various idiosyncrasies, such as (twice) driving from Washington to New York to watch a world championship chess match, the most baffling to my friends is my steadfast devotion to the Washington Nationals. When I wax lyrical about having discovered my own private paradise at Nationals Park, eyes begin to roll, and it is patiently explained to me that my Nats have been not just bad, but prodigiously — epically — bad.
- Which came first?
- It’s true that 1970 was a pivotal year in Lawrence history, but did 1970 change Lawrence or was it the other way around?
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on A9
- This week’s Journal-World series recalling unrest in Lawrence in 1970 raises an interesting chicken-and-egg question. Did the political activism of the 1970s make Lawrence the way it is? Or did the existing character of Lawrence naturally give rise to the political activism of the 1970s?
- ‘Celebrity Art Party’: Embarrassment founder Goffrier returns to Lawrence for gallery and guitar showcase
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on C1
- It’s been three decades since Bill Goffrier staged an art show in Kansas. Of course, that depends on your concept of “art” and “show.”
- TV themes on the radio
- April 23, 2010 in print edition on C2
- Once upon a time, TV theme songs were top of the pop charts.
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- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 127 comments
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- Sound Off: How can I check someone’s criminal record? May 28, 2012 · 3 comments
- God, marriage May 25, 2012 · 192 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 249 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 17 comments
- Heard on the Hill: Chesapeake Energy donation is still on track; State Department hits the brakes on Confucius Institute directive; website ranks KU as best university to work for May 29, 2012 · 3 comments
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
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- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Fraternal reorder: Clubs, lodges face dwindling membership in modern world January 10, 2010
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