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12:00 a.m.
Ruth Turney was selected by the Douglas County Correctional Facility as its Volunteer of the Year for Lifetime Service. Turney's volunteer work for the jail's library has helped share her love of reading with others. Ruth Turney selected by Douglas County Correctional Facility as Volunteer of the Year for Lifetime Service
Micki Chestnut
April 15, 2011 in print edition on 3A
Ruth Turney has had a lifelong love affair with books. She taught herself to read as a preschooler and hasn’t stopped since. “If you saw my house, you can hardly move for the books,” she said, laughing.
6:00 a.m.
A two-vehicle accident about 3:30 p.m. on Kansas Highway 10 east of Eudora Saturday, April 16, 2011, claimed the lives of two people. Three others were seriously injured. Two dead, three with serious injuries after accident on Kansas Highway 10 near Eudora
By Shaun Hittle, Joe Preiner
3:46 p.m., April 16, 2011 Updated 4:17 p.m.
A 5-year-old and a 24-year-old were killed, while three others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident on Kansas Highway 10, near mile marker 11 just south of Eudora.
10:00 a.m.
Lecompton Mayor Roy Paslay is retiring after having served on the Lecompton City Council for 26 of the past 30 years. Lecompton Mayor Roy Paslay to resign after almost 30 years on council
By Chad Lawhorn
April 17, 2011 in print edition on 1A
When you have arrived in the 300 block of Elmore Street, you indeed have arrived at the power center of this northwest Douglas County town of about 600 people.
2:00 p.m.
A KNI resident's room. Residents are able to personally furnish their rooms through money they earn from working or funds they receive from Social Security or other sources. Budget discussions threaten future of Kansas Neurological Institute
By Scott Rothschild
April 17, 2011 in print edition on 1A
Frances Sapp of Reading explains plainly what she believes would happen to her 43-year-old son Sammy if the Kansas Neurological Institute were closed. “I think he would die or be hospitalized shortly after being moved.”
6:00 p.m.
Katie Barnett, pictured with her dog Leonidas, is a third-year law student at Kansas University who is organizing an animal cruelty prosecution clinic. KU law student organizing animal cruelty prosecution clinic
By Brenna Hawley
April 17, 2011 in print edition on 3A
Katie Barnett has always been an animal lover.

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Pump Patrol
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A4
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.69 at several stations.
Ex-bank head’s indicted wife bought plane ticket
Associated Press
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A5
A Kansas woman indicated along with her ex-bank-president-husband in a conspiracy scheme is accused of reserving a plane ticket to Venezuela a day after the deadline passed for her to accept or reject a plea deal.
At least 21 killed in storms
Tom Breen and Phillip Rawls - Associated Press
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A9
A brutal spring storm raged across North Carolina on Saturday, flattening businesses, flipping cars and destroying homes, leaving at least four dead from a system already blamed for killing 17 people in four states.
Obama: GOP budget is ‘wrong for America’
Jim Kuhnhenn - Associated Press
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A9
President Barack Obama is promoting his new deficit-reduction plan by drawing sharp contrasts with a House Republican budget that he says offers a vision that “is wrong for America.”
KU law student organizing animal cruelty prosecution clinic
By Brenna Hawley
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A3
Katie Barnett has always been an animal lover.
Mexicans lazy? No way, José!
By Global Post
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A1
It’s a bad day for people who throw around ugly national stereotypes.
Kansas softball falls to Baylor, 9-3
By Matt Tait
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B3
One out away from escaping Saturday’s second inning against No. 15 Baylor having surrendered just one run, Kansas University’s softball team quickly found itself in one heck of a hole after an error led to a big inning for the Bears.
Sporting Kansas City shut out by Columbus Crew
The Associated Press
April 17, 2011
Robbie Rogers scored his second goal of the season in the 53rd minute, and the Columbus Crew set a team record with their fourth straight shutout, beating Sporting Kansas City, 1-0, on Saturday.
LHS tennis team takes second
J-W Staff Reports
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B5
The Lawrence High boys tennis team finished second at a six-team round-robin tournament on Saturday at Lake Shawnee.
Wally Judge released from scholarship at K-State
The Associated Press
April 17, 2011
Forward Wally Judge will be allowed to transfer after he was released from his scholarship at Kansas State.
Oklahoma can’t wait for the fall
Mike Jones-McClatchy Newspapers
April 17, 2011
Bob Stoops paused at the door to the Switzer Center auditorium/meeting room Tuesday, turning back to members of the media assembled for the twice-weekly interview opportunity during Oklahoma spring training.
KU sophomores win track titles
J-W Staff Reports
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B3
Kansas University sophomores Kyle Clemons and Francine Simpson each claimed titles at the 2011 John Jacobs Collegiate Invitational on Saturday.
Kyle Busch wins a wild one at Talladega
The Associated Press
April 17, 2011
Kyle Busch won under a yellow flag in a wild finish Saturday, taking the Nationwide race at Talladega Superspeedway when the last of 10 crashes sent Mike Wallace’s car flipping upside down.
Missouri baseball rallies past KU
J-W Staff Reports
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B3
Missouri right fielder Blake Brown’s RBI single to right field in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over Kansas University on Saturday afternoon to even the teams’ Big 12 baseball series at Taylor Stadium.
Free State bounces back for 7-6 win in River City Baseball Festival
By Ben Ward
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B1
On Friday night, a few sloppy plays in the field proved of little consequence in a rout by Free State High’s baseball team. On Saturday, though, a few more defensive miscues were almost the Firebirds’ undoing.
Central-leading Royals shut out M’s
The Associated Press
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B1
A handwritten sign hastily taped above the little corner of the Royals clubhouse where Sean O’Sullivan and three of relievers have their locker stalls told the story: “Shut Out Wall.” That’s what it said, and that’s what they did.
Slow start dooms LHS to 5-3 setback at River City Festival
By Clark Goble
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B1
Lawrence High and Blue Springs (Mo.) sent their senior aces to the mound for Saturday’s game in the River City Baseball Festival at Kansas University’s Hoglund Ballpark. The Wildcats’ Jacob Woods outdueled the Lions’ Alex Laughlin, propelling his team to a 5-3 victory.
Kansas men’s golf in fourth place
J-W Staff Reports
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B3
Kansas University’s men’s golf team finished the first round of the Hawkeye Invitational in fourth place with a score of 308.
Garden Calendar: Building a better tomato cage
By Jennifer Smith
April 17, 2011
Scott Clabaugh’s tomato lassos do what other cages can’t.
Boomer Girl Diary: IQ is just a number
By Cathy Hamilton
April 17, 2011
Ever since learning her IQ in 1972, Cathy Hamilton has clung to the number like a life preserver in an ocean of daily embarrassment.
Conservative politicians tied to biggest lies
Leonard Pitts Jr. - Miami Herald
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A13
The end justifies any means. So, as was the case with Jon Kyl, if you can’t prove your point with the facts at hand, make up some facts and prove it with those.
‘Thrones’ not so magical in wit or acting
April 17, 2011
HBO takes a spin of the dice, or the runes, with “Game of Thrones” (8 p.m., HBO).
Horoscope for April 17
Jacqueline Bigar
April 17, 2011
For Sunday, April 17, 2011: This year, you have the ability to relate to many people.
Budget discussions threaten future of Kansas Neurological Institute
By Scott Rothschild
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A1
Frances Sapp of Reading explains plainly what she believes would happen to her 43-year-old son Sammy if the Kansas Neurological Institute were closed. “I think he would die or be hospitalized shortly after being moved.”
Lecompton Mayor Roy Paslay to resign after almost 30 years on council
By Chad Lawhorn
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A1
When you have arrived in the 300 block of Elmore Street, you indeed have arrived at the power center of this northwest Douglas County town of about 600 people.
100 years ago: Residents discover ‘freak occurrences’ in wake of tornado
By Sarah St. John
April 17, 2011
“Dozens of freak occurrences are reported from all sections of town.”
25 years ago: Federal Pell grants delayed for Haskell students
By Sarah St. John
April 17, 2011
About 239 students at Haskell Indian Junior College students had not yet received their Pell Grants.
Obama seems paralyzed by caution
David Shribman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A13
Say what you wish about Barack Obama, you have to acknowledge that the man displayed an exquisite sense of timing four years ago.
KBA questions
Questions about the operation and leadership of the Kansas Bioscience Authority should be cleared up as soon as possible.
J-W Editorials
April 17, 2011 in print edition on A13
Tom Thornton’s sudden resignation as president and CEO of the Kansas Bioscience Authority is sure to generate much fingerpointing in an effort to blame this or that person for Thornton’s departure.
Josh Selby’s jump to pros might help KU basketball recruiting
By Gary Bedore
April 17, 2011 in print edition on B1
Kansas University freshman Josh Selby’s decision to enter the 2011 NBA Draft may have helped the Jayhawks in the Trevor Lacey recruiting sweepstakes, Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer says.
40 years ago: Grateful father rewards Lawrence firefighters with generous donation
By Sarah St. John
April 17, 2011
The father of a young Bartlesville, Okla., man rescued by Lawrence firefighters during a recent fire gave the fire department a check for $1,000 in gratitude for their life-saving efforts.
Behind the lens: Camera recommendations
By Mike Yoder
April 17, 2011
Camera choices for any level of interest.
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