Also from December 30
Blog entries
- First Bell: Push-back on Common Core not unique to Kansas
- Heard on the Hill: KU links: Retired prof discusses tornado safety; business dean in state Chamber video
- Statehouse Live: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards
- Town Talk: Lawrence home sales continue rise in 2013, builders begin to pick up pace on new construction
Obituaries
- Phil Homeratha, Lawrence
- Harry L. Ground, Princeton, Ill.
- Susan Sholander
- Lona Mae Courtney, Oskaloosa
- Bonnie Jean Hein, Tonganoxie
- Violet Jean Woodward, Lawrence
- Virginia Kaspar Dolezal, Lawrence
- Herbert James Michaelis, Russell
- Mary Lou Sanchez, Eudora
- Cynthia Mae Schrant, Hays
- Helen ‘Peg’ Pauline Martin, Lawrence
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Who do you think is KU's biggest competition for the Big 12 men's basketball regular season title?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 63% | |
| Missouri | 30% | |
| Kansas State | 3% | |
| Texas | 1% | |
| Other | 0% | |
| Total | 2869 | |
What do you think was the most important world story of 2011?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Osama bin Laden’s death | 33% | |
| The Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster | 29% | |
| Arab Spring | 16% | |
| None of the above | 11% | |
| European economic crisis | 8% | |
| Total | 393 | |
Videos
Lead stories
1:26 a.m.
Offbeat Occupation: Pastry chef relishes sweet job- December 26, 2011
- When Juan Carlos Tovar-Ballagh, 23, was a young boy, he would experiment in the kitchen — often to the dismay of his own taste buds.
6:00 a.m.
Reserves contribute early, often for Kansas- December 30, 2011 in print edition on 1B
- Kansas University’s basketball coaching staff might not throw the game film into a time capsule, but for this team Thursday’s 89-34 victory against Howard University might wind up being noteworthy.
- Videos: KU vs. Howard
- Photo gallery: KU vs. Howard
10:00 a.m.
Sears to close Lawrence store- 1:46 p.m., December 29, 2011 Updated 12:18 a.m.
- The Lawrence Sears store, 2727 Iowa, will be among 79 stores Sears Holdings Corp. will close, according to information posted on the Sears website Thursday.
All stories
- 61-year-old man arrested for parole violation
- December 30, 2011
- A 61-year-old Lawrence man who is serving three years on probation for a 2006 robbery of a convenience store was arrested on a warrant Friday morning.
- Obama delays request for debt limit increase
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A6
- President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the nation’s debt limit at the request of congressional leaders.
- Gas and other fuels are top U.S. export
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A6
- For the first time, the top export of the United States, the world’s biggest gas guzzler, is — wait for it — fuel.
- Law: Parents responsible for underage drinking
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Parents of teens: If you think a drinking disaster at your kid’s party can’t happen at your house, not with your kid, because he’s a good kid, it’s time to wake up and smell the whiskey bottle tossed on your lawn.
- Anatomy of a hangover: Is there anything you can do?
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Dry mouth, pounding headache, queasy stomach, body aches — all standard fare the morning after a heavy-drinking New Year’s Eve celebration.
- Walking while drunk can be dangerous on New Year’s
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A3
- We all know it’s a bad idea to become smashing drunk and then get behind the wheel of car. But what about people who trade the keys in for a pair of shoes?
- KU cancer center designation may happen in 2012
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A3
- The year 2012 will be a pivotal one for the Kansas University Cancer Center. After a site visit from an NCI team in February, KU will await word on whether it has achieved its top research priority of attaining designation as a cancer center from the National Cancer Institute.
- Chinese ‘Octomom’ stuns one-child public
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on C6
- The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling.
- Obama wooing veterans in campaign
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on C6
- President Barack Obama ended one war and is winding down another, bringing home tens of thousands of U.S. troops. Now he wants them to pay him back — with votes.
- GOP endorsement game intensifies
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on C6
- It may be overrated, but the political endorsement race won’t stop. In fact, it will only accelerate as voting in the GOP presidential contest nears.
- Two juveniles detained in connection with arson at vacant Lawrence house
- December 30, 2011
- Authorities have taken two juveniles into custody who were suspected of arson at a vacant west Lawrence house on Monday evening, a Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswoman said.
- Mother gets probation for role in child abuse case
- December 30, 2011
- A judge Friday morning sentenced a 34-year-old Lawrence woman to serve 18 months on probation for her role in a child abuse case, prosecutors said.
- LJWorld.com’s top stories of 2011 featured the tragic and off-beat
- December 30, 2011
- The most popular stories on LJWorld.com are consistently those about Jayhawk sports, traffic accidents, crime and local business and politics. But in 2011, the off-beat and tragic were the stories that drew the largest audience.
- Kansas newspapers anxiously eye post office closures
- December 30, 2011
- Western Kansas newspapers are worried that another postal switch could mean some of their mail subscribers will be getting their news days late.
- Chiefs quarterback Kyle Orton sues former Chicago lawyers alleging bad investment advice
- December 30, 2011
- Attorneys for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Kyle Orton have filed a lawsuit claiming bad advice from his former lawyers cost him and and others millions of dollars related to energy investments.
- Interstate 470 in Topeka reopens after semi rollover
- 01:15 p.m., December 30, 2011 Updated 04:06 p.m.
- The left eastbound lane of Interstate 470 in Topeka is closed from the South Topeka Kansas Turnpike toll gate due to a semi rollover, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
- Lawrence 16-year-old receives two traffic citations from injury accident
- December 30, 2011
- A 16-year-old Lawrence boy who crashed his mother’s Porsche into a tree last week has been released from a Topeka hospital and also received two traffic citations for speeding and driving without a valid license, according to an accident report.
- Man, 46, arrested on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child
- 11:29 a.m., December 30, 2011 Updated 11:51 a.m.
- Lawrence police arrested a 46-year-old Lawrence man late Thursday night on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child.
- Early-morning fire displaces family of 11 from rural Douglas County home
- 10:20 a.m., December 30, 2011 Updated 11:29 p.m.
- An early-morning fire Friday in northwestern Douglas County has displaced a family of 11, an American Red Cross leader said.
- Kansas abortion foes not resting after victories
- December 30, 2011
- Abortion opponents in Kansas aren’t resting after a string of legislative victories at the start of Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration, though the proposals they’ll pursue most aggressively in 2012 aren’t likely to be as eye-catching.
- Railroad club plans to move historic steam engine
- December 30, 2011
- A railroad club plans to move a historic steam engine from a Pittsburg park to a nearby town to restore it.
- Kansas attorney general’s office spends $476K defending new abortion laws
- December 30, 2011
- The Kansas attorney general’s office has paid outside lawyers $476,000 in defending abortion laws enacted this year.
- Kansas extends break on rules for hauling hay
- December 30, 2011
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback continues to give truck drivers some relief from state regulations if they’re hauling hay to livestock in drought-stricken areas.
- North Korea vows no softening under its new leader
- December 30, 2011
- North Korea warned the world Friday there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s government after Kim Jong Il’s death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir’s authority with a new title: Great Leader.
- US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office
- December 30, 2011
- The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
- ‘Synthetic’ marijuana is problem for US military
- December 30, 2011
- U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called “Spice,” which mimics a marijuana high and can bring on hallucinations that last for days.
- Accident reported on Lazy Brook Lane
- 02:26 a.m., December 30, 2011 Updated 09:28 a.m.
- A 46-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Friday morning after his sport-utility vehicle struck a parked vehicle in southwestern Lawrence.
- Bachmann vows to stay in GOP race
- December 30, 2011
- Vowing to press ahead through the Iowa caucuses, Republican Michele Bachmann dismissed the notion Thursday that her presidential campaign was in disarray — even as she lost another staff member.
- Republican voters’ focus on U.S. economy, not Iowa’s
- December 30, 2011
- After Rick Perry entered the Republican presidential race, he rolled into town on a bus emblazoned with “Get America Working Again” and offered prescriptions for fixing the economy. Newt Gingrich stopped by to bash what he calls job-killing environmental and labor regulations.
- Brownback’s Medicaid plan sparks uncertainty, as well as hope
- December 30, 2011
- Prompted by rising costs that squeeze the state budget, Kansas plans to overhaul its Medicaid program — something that makes advocates for the needy and health care providers nervous as Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration looks for savings.
- Second suit filed in helicopter crash that killed Kansas couple
- December 30, 2011
- A second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday in a Nevada court against the Las Vegas-based operator of a sightseeing tour helicopter that crashed and killed five people earlier this month.
- First Bell: required make-up time shrinks for Free State High; looking ahead on Gov. Brownback’s financing plan; First Bell to return a week into new year
- December 30, 2011
- Time for another edition of “First Bell,” a look at issues and items involving education in and around Lawrence.
- Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B4
- Howard University’s 34 points scored were the fewest by a Kansas University opponent since Alcorn State totaled 31 in KU’s 98-31 win on Dec. 2, 2009, in Allen Fieldhouse.
- Bench-clearing ball
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Seldom-used Merv Lindsay, Christian Garrett, Niko Roberts and Jordan Juenemann became reacquainted with Kansas University’s basketball fans during a festive, feel-good 89-34 romp over Howard University on Thursday night in Allen Fieldhouse.
- College traditions taking a hit
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B2
- There is nothing like college football on Jan. 1 to ring in the New Year, but don’t ring this Sunday because only the NFL will be home.
- Colt McCoy relieves Browns of blame
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Colt McCoy didn’t want to relive any of what happened to him three weeks ago.
- How former Jayhawks fared
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B6
- Here’s a look at how former Jayhawks fared in NBA action.
- KU baseball signs seven in fall class
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B6
- Kansas University signed seven baseball players to national letters of intent during the fall signing period, KU announced Thursday.
- Bison undone by Kansas’ ‘atmosphere’
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B4
- Howard coach Kevin Nickelberry was honest when asked what he learned following his team’s 89-34 loss to Kansas on Thursday night.
- Reserves contribute early, often for Kansas
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University’s basketball coaching staff might not throw the game film into a time capsule, but for this team Thursday’s 89-34 victory against Howard University might wind up being noteworthy.
- 25 years ago: Lawrence bank suffers fourth robbery
- December 30, 2011
- Police were searching for a man who had robbed the FIRSTBANK branch in Lawrence.
- 40 years ago: Car plummets from turnpike bridge
- December 30, 2011
- Three persons had been injured in two related accidents on the Kansas Turnpike Bridge over North Second Street.
- The top quotes of 2011
- December 30, 2011
- The growing scrutiny of the rich dominated this year’s best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian who anointed the Occupy Wall Street protesters’ slogan — “We are the 99 percent” — as the year’s best.
- Killing of bin Laden voted top news story of 2011
- December 30, 2011
- The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
- Politics is the driver of human history
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Huge excitement. Two Earth-size planets found orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after the stunning announcement of another planet orbiting another star at precisely the right distance — within the so-called “habitable zone” that is not too hot and not too cold — to allow for liquid water and therefore possible life.
- Holiday reading
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Congratulations and a big thank you to the Lawrence Journal-World for printing the 12 pages of “A Christmas Carol” and “The Life of Our Lord,” by Charles Dickens.
- Revise plan
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- The developers — Doug Compton, et al. — who want to build a hotel, apartments, etc., at Ninth and New Hampshire, next to the Lawrence Arts Center, should comply with requests to keep it at a lower height, such as three to four stories, similar to the Arts Center, thus keeping it within the bounds of that district.
- Legal evil
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Richard Stumpf (Your Turn, Dec. 21) described the KPERS commission as a failure. So how will our state government fix this?
- Safe night
- Have a good time Saturday night, but be safe.
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Ringing in a new year is a great reason to celebrate, but it’s easy for those celebrations to get out of hand.
- Fond farewell
- All good things come to an end, and tonight we say goodbye to an iconic Lawrence radio show.
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Tonight truly will be the end of an era on Kansas Public Radio. After almost 60 years of weekly broadcasts, tonight will mark the final regular airing of the locally produced “Opera is My Hobby.”
- Timeless tale
- December 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- At 10:30 am on Christmas Eve, my third-grade son finished reading your recently published “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens.
- 100 years ago: Two young men of Lawrence build their own ‘flying machine’
- December 30, 2011
- “On December 12 the United States government granted a patent to Paul and Harry Elliott of Lawrence for a propeller that they have invented for the aeroplane they have built.”
- Horoscopes for December 30
- December 30, 2011
- This year you often find yourself confused or in situations where misunderstandings cause a problem. Learn better ways of communicating. Learn to confirm appointments as well as what you thought you heard. If you are single, move in a new direction as far as meeting people. If you are attached, the two of you should consider a weekend workshop in communicating. Pisces draws you out.
- Those we lost in 2011: an appreciation
- December 30, 2011
- As 2011 comes to a close, let’s remember those figures from television history who left us during 2011. Some were far too young. Others lived into their 10th decade. Some were household names, like Harry Morgan (“Dragnet,” “M-A-S-H”), Andy Rooney (“60 Minutes”) and Peter Falk (“Columbo”).
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