Also from December 2
Births
- Karessa Lewis and Ollie Johnson, Manhattan, a boy.
- Brandon and Jessica Criss, Lawrence, a girl.
- Melissa Burnside and Craig Venters, Lawrence, a girl.
- Angela and Gabriel Dorsey, Baldwin City, a girl.
- Amanda Dillingham, Lawrence, a boy.
- Tiffany Williams and Ryan Chaney, Lawrence, a girl.
- Eddie Teets and Gina Quinlan, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Ian and Mara Wood, Lawrence, a boy.
- Nathan and Christy Bukowski, Lawrence, a boy.
- Holly Stebbins and Eric Lind, Overbrook, a girl.
Blog entries
- First Bell: Southwest Bulldogs stage “Pack the Pound” benefit for teacher’s family
- First Bell: Woodlawn science club awarded $500 DuPont Pioneer grant
- Heard on the Hill: Dust Bowl tale chosen as KU’s Common Book for 2013-14
- Heard on the Hill: Liberal-arts education isn’t going away at KU, CLAS dean says
- Town Talk: Rumblings of Menards coming to Lawrence may be impacted by retailer’s decision to pull back on Kansas City area expansion, which it blames on Obama
- Town Talk: Questions emerge about how much Fritzel and his foundation will control operations of KU facilities at proposed Rock Chalk Park
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Fundraising consultants say there's a variety of reasons why people give to charity more during the holidays. What's the main reason you give this time of year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| The holidays put me in a giving spirit | 39% | |
| I see an increased need | 24% | |
| I don’t usually donate this time of year | 21% | |
| Year-end tax deduction | 14% | |
| Total | 338 | |
Are you doing a fresh or artificial Christmas tree this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial tree | 53% | |
| Fresh tree | 21% | |
| I’m not doing a tree this year | 20% | |
| Christmas trees aren’t part of my culture/religion | 4% | |
| Total | 774 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Food stamp fraud may be costing state $22M a year- 3:41 p.m., November 30, 2011 Updated 12:28 a.m. in print edition on 1A
- State auditors trying to weed out food-stamp fraud believe more than 7,000 people in Kansas may be getting benefits to which they aren’t entitled and costing taxpayers as much as $22 million a year, the state’s top social services official said Wednesday.
10:00 a.m.
Notification of bomb threat at Free State High lags as unofficial word spreads- December 1, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- Twitter, Facebook, area media outlets and good old-fashioned word of mouth quickly spread news of a bomb threat spurring the cancellation of classes Thursday at Free State High School.
2:00 p.m.
Online petition backs standards-based grades- December 2, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- The Lawrence school district’s use of standards-based grading for sixth-graders has some fans, after all.
6:00 p.m.
Kansas officials oppose proposed federal restrictions on children working on farms- December 1, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- Gov. Sam Brownback, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and other Kansas officials said Thursday proposed federal restrictions aimed at increasing safety for children working on farms go too far.
10:00 p.m.
All stories
- Hitting rock bottom: Bowersock shows off construction site for new power plant
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Don’t tell Sarah Hill-Nelson that hitting rock bottom is a bad thing.
- Town of liquor foe Carry Nation OKs Sunday liquor sales
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Turn-of-the-century teetotaler Carry A. Nation began her campaign against drinking by busting up saloons in Kansas, which to this day has some of the strictest liquor laws in the country. But even in the town where her legacy is enshrined, the influence of the hatchet-wielding crusader is waning.
- Kansas Geological Survey gets $11M grant for greenhouse gas project
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Kansas University’s Kansas Geological Survey has received an $11.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to test the feasibility of storing carbon dioxide underground in south-central Kansas.
- Hemenways moving from Lawrence to Lenexa
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A2
- A former Kansas University chancellor and his wife are moving from their Lawrence home to Lenexa.
- Lawrence police seek source of Thursday bomb threat at Free State High School
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Lawrence police officers and detectives are continuing their investigation into a written bomb threat that led to canceled classes Thursday at Free State High School.
- Kansas Democratic Party leader says Obama will visit Osawatomie next week
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- The Kansas Democratic Party’s chairwoman says President Barack Obama plans to give a speech Tuesday in Osawatomie.
- Christmas tree donated to state pushed outdoors because of fire code
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A2
- For years, the Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association has provided a tree to be placed in the governor’s official residence, Cedar Crest mansion. Not this year.
- Kansas Supreme Court suspends Lawrence attorney’s law license
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday suspended indefinitely the law license of longtime Lawrence attorney Shelley Kurt Bock.
- Kansans support current tax rates, more school funding, according to survey
- December 2, 2011
- More respondents favored keeping income, sales and property taxes at their current rates. But when asked about preferences for changing taxes for various earner categories, respondents were most likely to favor increasing taxes on large corporations (63 percent) and high income earners (58 percent).
- City commissioners to act on proposed hotel/apartment development at 9th and New Hampshire
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- It will be a tall order for Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday night.
- Kansas City Royals, Fox Sports drop broadcaster, Hall of Famer Frank White
- December 2, 2011
- The Kansas City Royals and Fox Sports Kansas City have announced they will not renew Frank White’s announcer contract for 2012.
- Woman pleads no contest in Topeka toddler’s death
- December 2, 2011
- Prosecutors say a 20-month-old Topeka girl was burned intentionally on her feet before dying, apparently from suffocation.
- Statehouse Live: Christmas tree put up outside Capitol
- December 2, 2011
- Traditionally, the tree presented by the Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association is delivered to the governor’s mansion, Cedar Crest, and placed inside. But Brownback said he was informed that was against the fire code because a live tree in a public building could be a fire hazard.
- Basketball recruit Andrew White commits to KU
- 02:19 p.m., December 2, 2011 Updated 01:15 a.m. in print edition on B1
- Virginia high school basketball sensation Andrew White capped one of the most memorable days of his life by scoring 23 points in Miller School’s 80-55 home victory over Woodberry Forest on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.
- Suspect in Central National Bank robbery linked to earlier robbery
- 01:49 p.m., December 2, 2011 Updated 05:22 p.m.
- Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson said Friday that the man suspected of robbing Central National Bank on Wednesday had targeted the financial institution since last summer.
- Former Army MP given probation term for spending stolen money
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A Douglas County judge Friday sentenced a 23-year-old former Fort Leavenworth soldier to serve one year on probation for buying cigarettes with money taken from two Kansas University students in a June 23 armed robbery on campus.
- Service restored after Internet product upgrade caused difficulty accessing LJWorld.com, KUSports.com and other sites
- 12:46 p.m., December 2, 2011 Updated 02:31 p.m.
- A product upgrade by the Journal-World’s Internet provider has caused difficulties accessing LJWorld.com and other stories.
- Drug traffickers using Kansas highways to move their products
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- There’s a good chance illegal drugs smuggled into the United States from Mexico will travel through Kansas, and maybe Lawrence, on their way to the East Coast, according to a recently released federal report.
- Advice for Saturday night: ‘If you are drinking, make sure to get a sober driver’
- December 2, 2011
- The Kansas Highway Patrol plans to bring in extra troopers to Lawrence and Douglas County Saturday night in an effort to crack down on drunken driving and other traffic offenses, including speeding.
- Scotch Fabric Care’s annual coat giveaway draws big crowd
- Share the Warmth continues Saturday
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Pick a color, pick a size. Frilly, puffy, fuzzy, or lined with velvet. Just about any type of coat imaginable — about 4,300 in all — filled suite 104 in the I-70 Business Center Friday for the 25th annual Scotch Share the Warmth Coat Giveaway assisted by the Salvation Army.
- 5-pound hunk of metal crashes into Mass. warehouse
- December 2, 2011
- The owners of a furniture warehouse in Plymouth, Mass., want to know the origin of a chunk of metal that plunged through the roof.
- Ultraconservative Islamists make gains in Egypt Parliamentary elections
- December 2, 2011
- Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamist party plans to push for a stricter religious code in Egypt after claiming surprisingly strong gains in the first round of parliamentary elections, a spokesman said Friday.
- Pakistan says U.S. gave wrong info before strike that killed 24 soldiers
- December 2, 2011
- U.S. officials gave Pakistan soldiers the wrong location when asking for clearance to attack militants along the border last weekend, Pakistani military officials said Friday. The strike resulted in the deaths of 24 soldiers and a major crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad.
- Shawnee County Treasurer being investigated by Topeka DA
- December 2, 2011
- There’s no need for Attorney General Derek Schmidt to investigate Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson. A letter from the attorney’s general’s office shows District Attorney Chad Taylor is already conducting a probe.
- Kansas toddler dies of suspected child abuse
- December 2, 2011
- A south-central Kansas toddler has died, and her mother’s boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
- Domino’s Pizza driver in Wichita fires at would-be robber
- December 2, 2011
- Wichita police are investigating a report of a pizza delivery driver firing shots at someone he claims tried to rob him.
- Kansas cattlemen examine environmental impact of livestock production systems
- December 2, 2011
- The Kansas Livestock Association wraps up its annual convention discussing research on the environmental impact of livestock production systems.
- Johnson County Community College settles Open Records lawsuit with former student journalist
- December 2, 2011
- Johnson County Community College has settled a lawsuit with a former student who sued after the school asked for $47,000 to meet an open records request.
- Exhibit at Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum commemorates 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
- December 2, 2011
- A new exhibit on display at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum recalls the historic events surrounding the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
- Town Talk: Lawrence firm makes breakthrough with DNA testing; single-family home construction flirting with new low; Ninth and N.H. project set for city debate
- December 2, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Man life-flighted after accident on County Road 1023
- 12:43 a.m., December 2, 2011 Updated 12:20 a.m.
- One person was life flighted to Kansas University Hospital after a single vehicle accident late Thursday night.
- Strong winds down trees and power lines in West
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The most powerful winds to tear across California in nearly 15 years kept 9-year-old Dalen Guyton up late into the night. Then, around midnight, came the boom.
- Economy improving, but job growth is still weak
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Factories are producing more. Construction is growing. People are buying more cars. The holiday shopping season is off to a strong start.
- Online petition backs standards-based grades
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- The Lawrence school district’s use of standards-based grading for sixth-graders has some fans, after all.
- Pump Patrol for Dec. 2
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A5
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.03 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call 832-7154.
- Stabbing victim in fair condition
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A Lawrence woman who was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka on Tuesday with apparent stab wounds was listed in fair condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
- Call center expanding into former outlet mall
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Lawrence’s national standing as the place to call to get answers about student financial aid is getting a boost with a major expansion of a private call center.
- Analyst: Expect cattle market to stay strong
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Consumers can expect to pay more for their beef this coming year if the return of wetter weather allows cattle ranchers to begin rebuilding herds rather than sending cows to slaughter, a leading market analyst told hundreds of livestock producers Thursday.
- Police search for armed robbery suspect
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police are searching for a man suspected of robbing another man of a television set at gunpoint early Thursday in the 700 block of Alabama Street.
- Experts: In its next 150 years, Kansas to see monumental shifts
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A2
- Kansas in the next 150 years will rely less on agriculture as the backbone fueling its economy and more on the ingenuity and resilience of its urban residents to thrive.
- First Bell: ‘BIPE’ founder believes in standards-based grading; cameras keep eyes on (bomb) threats; will Free State need a makeup day?
- December 2, 2011
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- Heard on the Hill: KU’s SafeBus moves stops after residents complain; student reports on first generation college students’ challenges; journalism prof examines how media shapes views on gay marriage
- December 2, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- 25 years ago: Douglas, Johnson counties plan K-10 development
- December 2, 2011
- The rough draft of the “K-10 Corridor Study” had been released on the previous morning.
- 40 years ago: Contract awarded for buildings at proposed lake
- December 2, 2011
- Wilson Constructors, Inc., of Salina was the apparent low bidder.
- 100 years ago: Visiting speaker shares views on votes for women
- December 2, 2011
- “The lecture on Women and the Ballot given last night in the Friends church by Mrs. A. C. Zehner of Dallas, Texas, was of unusual interest.”
- KU swimmers break records at Mizzou Invitational
- December 2, 2011
- Kansas University swimmer Morgan Sharp broke the KU record in the 500 freestyle as the Jayhawks competed in the first day of the Mizzou Invitational on Thursday.
- 2011 Journal-World All-Area Soccer Team
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B4
- The Journal-World’s picks of this season’s best high school boys soccer players in the area.
- LHS hoops start tonight
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Basketball season has finally arrived for Lawrence High.
- Veritas girls win opener; boys fall to Flint Hills
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kristen Finger totaled 15 points and 14 rebounds, and the Veritas Christian girls basketball team opened its season with a 30-11 victory against Flint Hills Christian on Thursday in the Shea Invitational.
- Thomas Robinson cashes in free throws
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University junior power forward Thomas Robinson, who hit 11 of 13 free throws Wednesday against Florida Atlantic, has made 71.4 percent of his attempts this season.
- Seabury hoops squads embrace this season’s challenges
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B1
- The boys and girls basketball programs at Seabury Academy are at very different places right now.
- As more coaching jobs open, KU’s search continues
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B1
- While Thursday turned out to be another quiet day for Kansas University’s search to find a head football coach, plenty of moves that might impact what happens at KU unfolded across the country.
- Pat Ruel knows keys to winning
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Coaching searches provide an excuse to call guys about whom you’ve heard so many good things but never had a chance to visit with on the phone.
- Training abuse
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- WHINSEC, previously named the “School of the Americas,” is a shameful scar upon the American ideals of freedom and democracy. This training facility in Georgia trains foreign militants on the U.S. taxpayer dime. According to a U.N. Truth Commission report, some of the most notorious human rights abusers in Latin America have been SOA graduates or attendees, including the officers responsible for the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in front of his congregation while he was giving Mass. His crime? The previous day he had publicly criticized the repression and killings being carried out by the right-wing militant government.
- Hard truth
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- My heartfelt thanks to the Lawrence Journal-World for giving its readers a chance to comment about local, state and national events. I must include kudos to those who take the time to write. Many viewpoints I agree with, a few I don’t, but that does not detract from the fact that they are well-written, without the rancor that so often permeates letters to the editor columns. It’s admirable that the good people of Douglas County exhibit civility. However, there comes a time when we should demand the truth.
- Fiscal crisis
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- When reading Mike Hoeflich’s ominous screed (“US facing constitutional crisis,” Journal-World, Nov. 30), I was reminded of the sick patient, who rather than opting for painful surgery, kept trying to find a doctor who would tell him what he wanted to hear. Merely electing new politicians won’t cure our fiscal problems!
- Credit due
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Turner Gill’s two-year run as coach is over, but it’s important for everyone to remember, as I see the message boards blowing up with vitriolic and scathing criticism of this team, that it was a team made up of college kids. None of those kids out there on that field were making millions of dollars, and many of them were out there representing the school as best they could.
- Forced diversity may hurt minorities
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The Supreme Court faces a discomfiting decision. If it chooses, as it should, to hear a case concerning racial preferences in admissions at the University of Texas, the court will confront evidence of its complicity in harming the supposed beneficiaries of preferences the court has enabled and encouraged.
- Safety gap
- Kansas’ two U.S. senators are working to close an important regulatory gap for underground natural gas storage fields.
- December 2, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Federal legislation introduced this week by our state’s two U.S. senators could close an important safety gap in Kansas and many other states.
- ‘Charlie’ goes on the road; John Walsh returns
- December 2, 2011
- A botched family vacation offers fodder for the holiday movie-length special “Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas” (7 p.m., Disney), featuring the cast of the Disney Channel favorite, “Good Luck Charlie.”
- Horoscope for Dec. 2
- December 2, 2011
- This year learning how to express your not-so-nice feelings effectively and not threaten others will become easy. You will put in a significant effort to reach this place. If you are single, you easily could tumble into a love-hate relationship. Take your time. If you are attached, your vision of your life might be much different from your sweetie’s. Don’t judge. Try different styles. Pisces can be challenging.
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