Also from December 11
Births
Blog entries
- The Lasso: Beer, rock n’ roll, alpacas and more
- Heard on the Hill: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage
- Town Talk: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage
- Eat Your Vegetables: Cooking away the CSA, week 10: The best flourless peanut butter cookies
Couples
- Wedding: Phelps and Alvarez
- Wedding: Kinley and Spreer
- Wedding: Babcock and Tibbits
- Anniversary: Guy
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Drought watch impacts Lawrence, Clinton Lake- December 9, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Consider it saving for a non-rainy day. State water regulators have put Lawrence and all other entities that pull drinking water out of Clinton Lake on notice that the Douglas County reservoir is on the verge of drought conditions.
6:00 a.m.
Owner of recycling business wants green light from city- December 10, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Armond Enclard wants to bring his trash and recycling service to more apartment complexes in the city, but is finding the path harder than he thought.
10:00 a.m.
Sebelius under fire from allies for Plan B decision- December 11, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Leaders of groups that push for reproductive health rights for women were stunned last week when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius refused to make emergency contraception more easily available.
2:00 p.m.
Redevelopment could complicate consolidation- December 10, 2011
- A new apartment development would send hundreds of families — some with young children — looking for new places to set their mobile homes. The Journal-World examines what those relocated children could mean for an already complicated school consolidation process.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- Local law enforcement agencies withhold information on citizen complaints
- KU, Douglas County sheriff, Eudora deny access to most information; Baldwin City provides data
- 10:18 p.m., December 11, 2011 Updated 12:43 p.m. in print edition on A5
- The Journal-World recently filed open records requests with several local law enforcement agencies asking for documents detailing citizen complaints against officers. Here’s how the other local agencies responded to our request.
- 16 Things: Band leader strikes up a list of notable and entertaining events
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A1
- This is another in an occasional series of stories by reporter Andy Hyland, asking Kansas University staff to share “16 Things I’ve Done.” This week, we talked with Tom Stidham, associate director of bands.
- Firing range litigation enters new round
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A1
- The legal wrangling surrounding the Fraternal Order of Police firing range in Douglas County is not over. And it has taken a different turn, now that a five-year legal battle over a county-approved conditional-use permit has been resolved.
- Tyshawn Taylor has successful surgery on right knee
- December 11, 2011
- Kansas senior guard Tyshawn Taylor had successful surgery on his right knee Sunday morning and is expected a full recovery, KU coach Bill Self said.
- @FakeTwitter: Behind the Twitter accounts lampooning local celebrities
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A3
- He’s the man behind the curtain of the Twitter parody account @FakeJeffWithey, and he’ll admit, the popularity of the account has surprised him.
- Russian protesters given surprising amount of leeway
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule. Police showed surprising restraint and state-controlled TV gave the nationwide demonstrations unexpected airtime, but there is no indication the opposition is strong enough to push for real change from the Putin or his ruling party.
- Gingrich assailed by rivals at debate
- December 11, 2011
- Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in a campaign debate Saturday night in Des Moines, telling the former Massachusetts governor, “The only reason you didn’t become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.”
- Gunmen try to kill head of army
- December 11, 2011
- Gunmen tried to assassinate the head of the Libyan army Saturday in a bold daylight attack in the country’s capital, setting off hours of intense gunbattles along the main highway to the airport.
- Climate conference OKs landmark deal
- December 11, 2011
- A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement early today on a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming decades.
- Strong earthquake strikes in Mexico
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A3
- A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico’s western Guerrero state Saturday night, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died, but there were no reports of widespread damage.
- Evidence found that may solve 1985 case
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A3
- More evidence has emerged in a decades-old rape case that was reopened this year after a Journal-World investigation.
- 25 years ago: Two incumbents file for city commission re-election
- December 11, 2011
- Both men agreed that a shopping mall was important to the city’s future.
- 40 years ago: School, church, and local businesses suffer break-ins
- December 11, 2011
- a complete list was still being compiled of items taken from the school.
- LHS wrestling wins Eudora tourney
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B3
- The Lawrence High wrestling team placed first at the 22-team Eudora Tournament of Champions on Saturday.
- Veritas boys take down Cair Paravel, 44-18
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Elijah Penny had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Veritas Christian boys basketball team defeated Topeka Cair Paravel, 44-18, on Saturday.
- LHS boys struggle in 57-41 loss to ONW
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B3
- For at least one half Saturday night, Lawrence High’s boys basketball team was gritty enough to give Olathe Northwest all it could handle in the championship game of the Blue Valley Shootout.
- Up-tempo Free State girls overwhelm Lansing, 72-26
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B6
- The Free State High girls basketball team’s 72-26 victory against Lansing was one of those rare instances where the score did tell the whole story.
- Firebirds fall to Lansing at the buzzer
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B6
- The Free State High boys had a chance to snag a basketball victory in the final seconds against Lansing, but the game was lost long before.
- K.C.’s Thomas Jones eager for Jets
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B10
- Thomas Jones has no hard feelings, no regrets. The Kansas City Chiefs running back has seen better days, though, especially when he was pounding out tough yards for the team that will be on the other sideline today, the New York Jets.
- Kevin Sumlin named A&M coach
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B10
- Coach Kevin Sumlin and his prolific offense made Houston a power in Conference USA. His next challenge will be trying to replicate that success in the Southeastern Conference, the country’s toughest football league, as Texas A&M’s new coach.
- Charlie Weis wins over fieldhouse crowd
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B1
- It didn’t take long for new Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis to win over the KU basketball crowd. If he can get the same response from roughly three times as many people next fall at Memorial Stadium, he might be on his way.
- Brownback has no plans to pardon any Kansas inmates
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Gov. Sam Brownback will not be giving any Kansas inmates the gift of freedom this year.
- Baylor’s RG3 wins Heisman
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on B10
- Robert Griffin III is Baylor’s Superman and when he won the Heisman Trophy he was wearing the socks to prove it. Who knows? Maybe they even helped him outluck Andrew Luck.
- Sebelius under fire from allies for Plan B decision
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Leaders of groups that push for reproductive health rights for women were stunned last week when U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius refused to make emergency contraception more easily available.
- Around and about in local business
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Local business news for the week ending Dec. 10, 2011
- Wheel genius: Road work planned for this week
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Road work planned for the week of Dec. 11, 2011
- Public retirement ages, benefits come under greater scrutiny
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on C8
- After nearly 40 years in public education, Patrick Godwin spends his retirement days running a horse farm east of Sacramento, Calif., with his daughter.
- Many thanks
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- While driving home from time with my daughter, I got to thinking of all the people I need to thank for just doing their jobs this year.
- WWII memories
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Dec. 7, 1941; news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning was shock. In college, after Christmas break in January ’41, male students disappeared, signing to train in the Army, Marines, Navy, Army Air Corps. College became a girls’ school.
- Out of control
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- The Journal-World reported that Paula Gilcrest said that many appraisals would go down due to the poor sales on houses, but that’s not true.
- Coaching choice
- Charlie Weis is a big name in football and fans hope his tenure at Kansas University will be a big success.
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- Welcome to Lawrence, Charlie Weis.
- Iraq War’s end leaves issues unresolved
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on C8
- In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world.
- GOP contest is classic tug of war
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- One graduated from Baker High, a public school in Columbus, Ga.; the other from Cranbrook, a private school in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. One has a Ph.D. in history from Tulane; the other has an MBA from Harvard. One steeped himself in the details of the colonial educational institutions of the Belgian Congo; the other in the minutiae of failing companies in the United States.
- The experts?
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on A9
- I just read the article in Friday’s Journal-World about the hiring of Charlie Weis as the next football coach for Kansas University.
- Free media coverage both blessing, curse
- December 11, 2011 in print edition on C8
- From late-night comedy shows to cable news interviews, free media exposure has proved influential in defining the Republican presidential candidates and setting the dynamics of the primary race, especially for lower-tier hopefuls lacking cash for TV ads.
- 100 years ago: Residents of Perry to have electric light in 1912
- December 11, 2011
- “Perry is to have electric lights, with a complete electric lighting system.”
- Behind the Lens: Cameras for kids
- December 11, 2011
- Considering that children are experiencing digital devices at younger and younger ages, it’s not a crazy idea to provide them access to better cameras.
- Garden Calendar: Cultivating gift ideas for the gardener in your life
- December 11, 2011
- Jennifer Smith shares her gift ideas for the green thumb in your life.
- A boring adaptation of ‘Bag of Bones’
- December 11, 2011
- Pierce Brosnan returns to TV in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s best-seller “Bag of Bones” (8 p.m., A&E, concludes Monday). H
- Horoscope for Dec. 11
- December 11, 2011
- This year many decisions and a lot of plans result from key partnerships. Your professional ties might be different from your immediate personal circle. If you are single, you will desire a close bond yet refuse to jump into a relationship. Shop around. A significant friend could be heading down the path after June. If you are attached, look to common goals. Cancer knows how to draw you in.
- On the street: What is your favorite Shakespearean play? June 19, 2013 · 6 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 13 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 70 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 32 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 24 comments
- Blog: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 122 comments
- Senate Democratic leader asks attorney general whether Supreme Court's voter decision affects Kansas June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 100 comments
- Lawrence man sentenced to 52 months in prison for February bank robbery June 18, 2013 · 5 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- KU geographers win defense grant to study Central American communities June 19, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- Ms. Wheelchair Kansas to speak out on disabilities March 13, 2008
- Lawrence man arrested in alleged beating, robbery June 18, 2013
- Reformed drug dealer wants to thank Clinton May 20, 2004
