Also from February 21
Births
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Have you been affected by a natural disaster?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. | 29% | |
| Flooding. | 25% | |
| More than one event. | 12% | |
| Other event. | 8% | |
| Hurricane. | 8% | |
| Hailstorm. | 4% | |
| Blizzard. | 4% | |
| Earthquake. | 4% | |
| Tornado. | 4% | |
| Total | 24 | |
What do you think is Lawrence's largest health issue?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking. | 33% | |
| Obesity. | 30% | |
| Uninsured adults. | 15% | |
| Smoking. | 10% | |
| Air pollution. | 2% | |
| Crime. | 2% | |
| Access to healthy foods. | 2% | |
| Sexual transmitted diseases. | 2% | |
| Total | 39 | |
Videos
- The snow flurries should taper off as the evening wears …
- Family members and friends of a woman injured in a …
- Kansas State University has a new president for the first …
- Parts of Interstate 70 west of Lawrence were closed Sunday …
- The driver of a snow plow was in serious condition …
- The Lawrence school board will talk about what options it …
- The Jayhawks looked good offensively in their second game against …
- The Kansas women couldn’t come up with enough to get …
- Free State and Lawrence High ended their swimming seasons during …
- A Kansas Department of Transportation snow plow driver is in …
- One person was killed in an early-morning accident just west …
- A view from the 6News towercam.
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
- A view from the 6News Towercam.
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Bill to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate- 8:15 a.m., February 19, 2010 Updated 5:42 p.m. in print edition on 1B
- Since 1994 when capital punishment was re-instated in Kansas, 10 men have been sentenced to die, but no executions have occurred.
6:00 a.m.
Look who’s listening: Taylor- February 21, 2010 in print edition on 1C
- To do the Hokey Pokey, you put your right hand in, you put your right hand out, you put your right hand in, and you shake it all about.
- Video: KU vs. Colorado postgame
- Video: Kansas defeats Buffaloes, 94-74
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Colorado
- Poll: Whose offensive game were you more pleased with following the Jayhawks’ 94-74 victory over Colorado?
- Audio clips: 2010 KU-Colorado
10:00 a.m.
Lawrence resident tells story of survival in Haiti during earthquake- February 21, 2010 in print edition on 1A
- Lawrence resident Rachelle Esperance, 38, and her 2-year-old son, Olivier, were watching television in a second-floor apartment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, on Jan. 12 when a catastrophic earthquake hit.
- Video: Earthquake survivor retells story
- Photo gallery: Earthquake strikes Haiti
- Photo gallery: Photos of Haiti devastation
- Photo gallery: Lawrence resident survives Haiti earthquake
- Poll: Have you been affected by a natural disaster?
- Special coverage: 2010 Haiti Earthquake
2:00 p.m.
Victim’s friends urge driver to ‘man up’ to hit-and-run- February 21, 2010 in print edition on 1B
- She’s a chef, a mother of three, a devoted friend, and now Krystyn Renfro can add medical miracle to that list.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- KU women fall at Texas Tech, 68-51
- 08:31 p.m., February 21, 2010 Updated 09:01 p.m.
- The Kansas women’s basketball team was dominated in the second half, losing 68-51 to Texas Tech on Sunday in Lubbock, Texas.
- Multiple accidents on 23rd between Haskell and Learnard stalling traffic
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- Traffic accidents on 23rd, between Haskell and Learnard causing delays.
- Sunday’s weather-related cancellations
- 11:03 a.m., February 21, 2010 Updated 01:10 p.m.
- The following events have been canceled or postponed because of weather:
- Olympic activity takes place from couch
- February 21, 2010
- The tragic truth is, despite my Scandinavian heritage, I was never cut out for any of the Nordic sports except, maybe, yodelling. I could get down the mountain, you see. My problem was getting up.
- Lawrence resident tells story of survival in Haiti during earthquake
- ‘I thought we were dead’
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence resident Rachelle Esperance, 38, and her 2-year-old son, Olivier, were watching television in a second-floor apartment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, on Jan. 12 when a catastrophic earthquake hit.
- Ramirez hits 2 homers to lead KU softball team
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C7
- For the second-straight game, senior Sara Ramirez hit a game-winning home run for the Kansas University softball team.
- Machete suspect guilty
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B5
- A man accused of threatening police officers with a machete has been convicted of one of the five charges he had faced.
- The Rev. Elvis: Pastor brings ‘the King’ to Tonganoxie
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B4
- The Rev. Francis Stockton loves to sing and has been a devoted minister in the United Methodist Church for nearly three decades.
- Crackdown on credit card provisions begins Monday
- Issuers have introduced new fees, rates
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A4
- U.S. consumers will get long-awaited relief from some of the most costly and deceptive credit card tactics when the sweeping provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 finally kick in on Monday.
- Toyota president battles crisis in family business
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E3
- Akio Toyoda’s appointment as the president of Toyota last June was full of promise. The grandson of the automaker’s founder, he was expected to boost morale and help steer the company through a brutal slump in the auto market.
- Live from Washington! It’s health care drama
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A5
- Coming soon to daytime television: America’s long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.
- The wedding sleuth: More detectives pop up in India
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A9
- Ajit Singh knows about the lies people tell.
- Sunday morning brings sleet, snow; winter weather advisory in place
- 12:00 a.m., February 21, 2010 Updated 03:16 p.m. in print edition on A1
- The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter weather advisory extending through midnight for Douglas and surrounding counties.
- Victim’s friends urge driver to ‘man up’ to hit-and-run
- Fundraiser planned for March 19 to help cover medical bills
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- She’s a chef, a mother of three, a devoted friend, and now Krystyn Renfro can add medical miracle to that list.
- Observer: Brownback challenger should note Mass. case
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- If Kansas Democrats feel discouraged about their party’s chances in the governor’s race, they could look at Massachusetts.
- Look who’s listening: Taylor
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C1
- To do the Hokey Pokey, you put your right hand in, you put your right hand out, you put your right hand in, and you shake it all about.
- CU coach lauds Jayhawks
- Buffs’ Bzdelik says Kansas ‘exceptionally good’
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C5
- Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik had a simple explanation for the Buffaloes’ struggles Saturday: They played a pretty darned good basketball team in No. 1 Kansas.
- Collins ties record
- Senior gets 123rd career victory
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C4
- Tyshawn Taylor, who had a stellar game himself, refused to enter the interview room before Kansas University senior leader Sherron Collins late Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse.
- ‘X’ a factor again
- Henry helps KU throttle Buffaloes
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C1
- Carl Henry sat stoically in his bleacher seat 20 or so rows above the visitor’s basketball bench, watching intently as his son Xavier exploded for a game-high 24 points in Kansas University’s 94-74 victory over Colorado on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
- First lady: ‘Let’s act’ on child obesity
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- First lady Michelle Obama appealed to governors on Saturday for help in reducing child obesity and said they had a moral and financial imperative to act.
- Governors brace for more economic turmoil in their states
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A7
- On the recession’s front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth.
- Words, music ability have brain link
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Words and music, such natural partners that it seems obvious they go together. Now science is confirming that those abilities are linked in the brain, a finding that might even lead to better stroke treatments.
- Afghan fighting rages as Karzai urges restraint from NATO
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers advanced through poppy fields of Marjah on Saturday under withering gunfire from Taliban fighters shooting from mudbrick homes and compounds where families huddled in terror.
- GOP’s hopefuls crowd town they love to hate
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Republicans who may want President Barack Obama’s job flocked to the town they love to hate this weekend for the Conservative Political Action Conference and repeatedly ripped into the Democrat, an early tryout of sorts for the GOP nomination.
- NAACP elects youngest board chairman
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.
- NASA: Weather iffy for space shuttle’s return
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Space shuttle Endeavour aimed for landing tonight back at NASA’s spaceport, but rainy and cloudy weather threatened to delay the astronauts’ homecoming.
- Feds plan to nurse Great Lakes to health
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.
- Haig remembered as soldier-statesman
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A2
- Soldier and statesman, Alexander Haig never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
- Ohno makes history
- Skater’s bronze is seventh career medal
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C8
- More medals — but no gold — for Shani Davis, Lindsey Vonn and Apolo Anton Ohno.
- Free State boys third in Sunflower bowling
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Free State High placed third and Lawrence High fifth Saturday in the Sunflower League boys bowling tournament, while FSHS was fourth and LHS sixth in the girls tournament.
- Lawrence High boys basketball team continues to struggle
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Talk about a lost weekend. Lawrence High’s struggling boys basketball team sank to a season-low 35 points in a Friday night loss at Olathe Northwest. Then on Saturday night, the Lions plunged even lower in bowing to Blue Valley North, 53-32, in the Mustangs’ gym.
- Free State’s Frank, Lawrence High’s Andregg snag fourth-place finishes at state swimming
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C7
- Disappointed probably wasn’t the right word, but following Saturday’s Class 6A boys state swimming and diving championships at the Hummer Sports Complex, Free State junior Nolan Frank couldn’t help but feel like he’d let an opportunity get away.
- Source: Damon, Tigers reach deal
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C2
- The Detroit Tigers and outfielder Johnny Damon have reached a preliminary agreement on an $8 million, one-year contract.
- Eudora to prepare meals for victims of Haiti quake
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Eudora residents are looking for volunteers to assist with an event during which they hope to package 300,000 meals for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
- Wheel Genius: Road work this week
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B5
- Road work set for the week of February 21, 2010.
- Boy Scouts help elderly neighbor
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B4
- They were already out in the cold, caked in mud.
- School districts vote for new funding lawsuit
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B3
- A coalition of school districts has voted to file a new education funding lawsuit against the state.
- Community luncheon furthers plans for group
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B3
- As leaders of the chambers of commerce in Lawrence, Topeka and Manhattan gathered earlier this month to discuss prospects for forming an “I-70 Gateway for Success,” eight representatives from the Lawrence community joined Tom Kern, president and CEO of the Lawrence chamber, at the event.
- Advocate for poor dies
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B2
- To friends and fellow advocates for the poor, Katherine “Lani” Oglesby, 63, who died Wednesday in Overland Park, was someone who made things happen.
- Freshmen provide spark for KU women
- Texans Davis, Engelman return to home state today to take on Texas Tech in must win
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C1
- In the wake of knee injuries to starters Angel Goodrich and Danielle McCray, Kansas University women’s basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson simply has added a couple of new spokes to that wheel in freshmen Carolyn Davis and Monica Engelman. Now the two Texans — Davis from Houston and Engelman from San Antonio — will be returning to their home state for today’s game against Texas Tech.
- Business leaders mull regional marketing partnership
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B1
- Economic development leaders see so much potential in Kansas University’s pursuit of a National Cancer Institute designation, and Kansas State University’s preparations for a $450 million federal lab, that they’re planning to form a marketing partnership to take advantage of it all.
- All Haitian ‘orphans’ found with U.S. missionaries have parents
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A3
- There is not one orphan among the 33 children that a U.S. Baptist group tried to take from Haiti in a do-it-yourself rescue mission following a devastating earthquake, The Associated Press has determined.
- Board to point to likely cutbacks Monday
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence school board member Mary Loveland last week said she was beginning to get comfortable with reducing school nursing positions as the district seeks to cut $5 million before next school year.
- Big 12 roundup: K-State sinks scuffling Sooners
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on C9
- Denis Clemente scored 27 points and led a three-point barrage by Kansas State, propelling the Wildcats to a victory against reeling Oklahoma on Saturday.
- Aggressive therapy eyed in blocking AIDS
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Aggressive, early anti-viral therapy might provide a way to derail the spread of AIDS, a battle where a successful vaccine remains elusive.
- Public library hires social worker for homeless
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Every day, when the main library opens, John Banks is waiting to get inside. He finds a spot and stays until closing time. Then his wheelchair takes him back to the bus terminal where he spends his nights.
- Attack on IRS part of long line of tax protesters
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on A8
- Joseph Stack’s methods were unthinkable — he is accused of ramming a plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Texas — but his views on taxation follow a long line of protesters who believe tax laws don’t apply to them.
- Horoscope for February 21, 2010
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on D5
- This year, keep communication flowing. Know that you don’t have all the answers. You will want to make changes in your home and your daily life. If you are single, you meet people with ease. Decide on the type of relationship you want. If you are attached, the two of you make choices that reflect your changing bond; even your abode could reflect that quality. Gemini can be challenging at best.
- People in the news
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on D5
- People in the new for February 21, 2010.
- Blippy to make spending social
- Twitter co-founder touts site publicizing what people buy
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E3
- Facebook and Twitter have prodded people to broadcast just about anything. Now a new site wants to ask people to automatically reveal things they buy.
- Around and about in local business
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E1
- New from area businesses for February 21, 2010.
- 20 years of Photoshop
- Image-editing software has had enormous cultural impact
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E1
- As Adobe’s Photoshop reaches its 20th anniversary this month, its presence is everywhere.
- Mortgages
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E1
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 43 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday. Breakdown by dollar value:
- Bankruptcies
- February 21, 2010 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:
- Airlines make push for Wi-Fi service
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on E1
- In-flight Wi-Fi, the next big-fee income generator for airlines, is available so far on 711 commercial aircraft, and the number is growing.
- Pressure on ‘First Blacks’ demands special control
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- Jack Roosevelt Robinson had a temper. It flashed like lightning when he was confronted by the racial indignities one was required to endure if one were black in the 1930s and ’40s. At age 8, he got into a stone-throwing confrontation with a white man whose little girl had chanted a racial slur.
- Country is cranky with government dysfunction
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B7
- This is the winter of everyone’s discontent. The left is angry about the demise of a sweeping overhaul of health care. The right is angry about the growth of Washington’s power. Democrats are angry at Republican intransigence. Republicans are angry at Democratic arrogance. Liberals think Barack Obama has left his progressive moorings. Conservatives think the president is a closet Communist.
- 100 years ago: Baker president asking for year’s leave
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B6
- President Murlin of Baker University is asking for another year’s leave of absence for further study in Europe. He says he will not resign and would serve the year without pay. Murlin said he would abide by the decision of the Baker board of trustees but would like to return after another year in Berlin.
- Find the money
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B6
- Instead of jumping to what services can be reduced to further impede our students learning, there should be an outcry to find the money to fund our schools. Reallocation of funds, increasing taxes, spending smarter and truly reviewing every expense to find a way to improve education.
- Capture signals new cooperation
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B6
- There’s been a flood of news coverage of a major U.S offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. But a less-heralded operation that’s just been made known could be more crucial in the long run. I refer to the recent capture of the Afghan Taliban’s military chief — in Pakistan.
- States face reality of ‘lost decade’
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B6
- As the nation’s governors gather in Washington for their annual winter meeting, the states they lead are facing what one knowledgeable authority calls “a lost decade” of stagnant or declining revenues and budget crises.
- Transparent process
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on B6
- It’s worth the time and effort for school officials to carefully examine and respond to the ideas they are receiving to deal with expected budget shortfalls.
- 40 years ago: Jayhawks sidetracked in Colorado
- February 21, 2010
- The erratic Kansas basketball team won at Nebraska but then got sidetracked at Colorado. Ted Owens’ Jayhawks then atoned for the Boulder loss with a victory over Missouri in Lawrence. Dave Robisch, Bud Stallworth, Pierre Russell, Bob Kivisto and Roger Brown were the mainstays of the KU team.
- 25 years ago: Patrolman retiring after 28 years of service
- February 21, 2010
- Sgt. Dale Heiserman was retiring after 28 years with the Kansas Highway Patrol. He originally was stationed at McPherson and transferred to Lawrence in 1963. He had held a number of major supervisory posts with the KHP during his career and planned to stay in Lawrence after retirement.
- Enchanting gardens are good parent-child activity
- February 21, 2010
- Are you looking for a gardening activity that is more intriguing than re-potting houseplants? “All you need are some plants, a little path, some sort of structure, and, of course, a fairy,” says Jane Cram…
- Behind the lens: Using ‘S’ mode to reduce blur in your photos
- February 21, 2010
- Many owners of point-and-shoot cameras, and even many DSLR owners, favor automatic settings for exposure control, and for good reason…
- Funny business: Help us update our comics section
- February 21, 2010
- It’s been nearly five years since our last comics poll. Now, we want you to tell us again what are must-reads and what you pass by…
- High stakes: Corbett recounts the story of the Chinese and the Gold Rush in ‘Poker Bride’
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Imagine “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and “Deadwood” hand-stitched together and given a novel slant as a mini-epic of Chinese immigrant life.
- Poet’s Showcase: ‘Where Have All the Heroes Gone …’
- February 21, 2010 in print edition on D3
- Think of that moment in time Too many years gone by
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