Also from July 7
Births
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
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Has the Missouri River flooding affected your summer travel plans?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 57% | |
| I don’t have any travel plans this summer | 27% | |
| Yes | 15% | |
| Total | 344 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Douglas County DA: No charges planned in fatality accident on Kansas Highway 10- 9:41 a.m., July 5, 2011 Updated 11:50 a.m. in print edition on 3A
- Douglas County prosecutors won’t file criminal charges in connection with a May 31 accident on the South Lawrence Trafficway in which a Lyndon woman was struck and killed by debris that fell from a pickup truck.
6:00 a.m.
Fraternity housing plan likely runs afoul of city code- July 7, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- A new housing arrangement for members of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity’s Kansas University chapter could place them in violation of city occupancy codes.
10:00 a.m.
Statehouse Live: Brownback defends closure of Lawrence SRS office; local lawmaker says decision wasn’t data driven- 12:22 p.m., July 6, 2011 Updated 4:57 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- Gov. Sam Brownback said it was reasonable to close the Lawrence office because of its proximity to other SRS offices in other towns that were accessible by “four-lane roads.”
- Video: Sam Brownback discusses state’s decision to close SRS offices
- Poll: How would you grade Gov. Sam Brownback’s first six months in office?
6:00 p.m.
KU to confer honorary degrees for first time in university’s history- July 6, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- After getting the go-ahead from the Kansas Board of Regents, Kansas University is beginning a process that would award honorary degrees for what’s believed to be the first time in the school’s history.
All stories
- Teachers lower request for raises
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Negotiators for teachers in the Lawrence school district are inching closer to the district’s position on salary offers for the coming school year.
- Writer and former Douglas County sheriff candidate George Kimball dies
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A2
- A one-eyed radical who once campaigned as a “two-fisted” candidate for Douglas County sheriff died this week in New York, where he had become one of the country’s most acclaimed boxing writers and a longtime chronicler of the nation’s culture.
- Police release name of man found dead in Lawrence hotel room, say he died after fight with female acquaintance
- July 7, 2011
- Lawrence police said a 52-year-old Lawrence man found dead at a Lawrence hotel Tuesday died from injuries suffered in a domestic incident with a female acquaintance earlier in the day.
- New KU staffer to help push research into the marketplace
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Kansas University has hired a scientist and business strategist from Purdue University to help the school move technology into the marketplace.
- National group asks federal government to pull funding from Kansas arts in wake of state’s decision to cut its funding
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A6
- A national group wants the federal government’s arts agency to withhold funding from Kansas because Gov. Sam Brownback eliminated state dollars for arts programs.
- Prosecutors file 11 charges against man involved in domestic disturbance
- July 7, 2011
- Douglas County prosecutors have filed 11 charges against a 48-year-old rural Lawrence man who sheriff’s officers used a Taser to subdue after he refused to obey their commands Wednesday afternoon after a 911 call.
- Tonganoxie High School student killed in rollover accident Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 24-40 in Basehor
- 03:46 p.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 10:04 p.m. in print edition on A1
- A Tonganoxie High School student died in a rollover accident Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 24-40 in Basehor.
- Topeka interim superintendent resigns
- July 7, 2011
- The interim superintendent of Topeka schools is resigning.
- Alabama now holds record for most EF-5 tornadoes
- July 7, 2011
- Fatal tornadoes in April mean Alabama has seen more of the strongest category of twister than any other state.
- Emporia State’s business school ranks as nation’s most affordable
- July 7, 2011
- A national magazine says Emporia State University has the most affordable business school in the U.S.
- Excessive heat pushing up utility bills in western Kansas
- July 7, 2011
- Excessive heat in western Kansas could have an impact on utility bills.
- Brownback names Terry Maple state fire marshal
- July 7, 2011
- Gov. Sam Brownback has named Terry L. Maple acting state fire marshal.
- Police take 8 children from Wichita home after 3 were found wandering a street
- July 7, 2011
- Eight children from a single Wichita family are in protective custody after three were found wandering a street saying they were looking for a new place to live.
- KC-area children flock to summer lunch programs
- July 7, 2011
- These last boys in the free-lunch line came with their hair and shirts soaked in the rich smells of hot summer. Their spoons raked in the baked beans. Their hands gripped their chicken sandwiches. And the way they came shyly sniffing for seconds from the Fort Osage School District’s food servers made this much clear as well: They came hungry.
- Meetings scheduled to address closure of Lawrence’s SRS office; Brownback administration remains mum
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Opposition continues to mount to the decision by Gov. Sam Brownback administration’s to shut down the Lawrence office of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
- Two Johnson County women injured in median cross-over accident on Kansas Highway 10
- Trooper injured in second crash in area
- 02:37 p.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 03:15 p.m. in print edition on A4
- Two Johnson County women were injured in a cross-median crash Thursday morning on Kansas Highway 10 near the Kansas Highway 7 intersection, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Union members protest First Management construction project at Ninth and New Hampshire
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Members of a local union have been protesting the construction project at Ninth and New Hampshire streets with a large sign that reads “Shame on First Management.”
- Dollhouse project gives fundraiser for court advocates an international flair
- 02:06 p.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 04:34 p.m. in print edition on A1
- The Egyptian house was plastered with photos of the revolution. The Moroccan one featured a wall painted in the traditional tadlakt way, with big swoops in the paint. And the Pakistani one had a place for the family to eat on the floor, as is traditionally done in that country.
- Ballard Center collecting supplies for school kits
- 01:15 p.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 08:24 a.m. in print edition on A2
- Applications will be taken until July 29 for Ballard Community Services’ annual school kit program, which provides school supplies to children from families that qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.
- Gary Woodland shoots one-over 73 in first round of Scottish Open
- July 7, 2011
- Gary Woodland shot a one-over par 73 Thursday morning in the first round of the Scottish Open. Woodland’s round put him in a tie for 106th place, eight strokes behind co-leaders Lee Westwood and Mark Tullo.
- Obesity rates in Kansas climbing at among fastest rates in country
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A1
- A new report says the percentage of Kansans who are obese has more than doubled in the past 15 years, with 29 percent of the adult population fitting that category.
- Brownback draws fresh criticism for choice of appointment to state medical board
- 11:17 a.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 03:36 p.m. in print edition on A1
- Abortion-rights supporters condemned Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s appointment of an attorney who has previously represented anti-abortion protesters to the state board that licenses and regulates doctors, including those who terminate pregnancies.
- Electrical problem pinpointed as cause for Cynthia Street fire
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Fire investigators have determined a Tuesday afternoon fire that damaged a west Lawrence home was accidental and caused by an electrical problem.
- Iowa governor invites Brownback, Neb., Mo. governors to join him in protesting Army Corps’ management of Missouri River flooding
- 09:16 a.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 10:22 a.m.
- Gov. Terry Branstad has urged governors in three states to consider pulling out of a Missouri River association because of the Army Corps of Engineers’ long-term management of the river and what he believes is a tendency to favor upstream states, according to a letter provided by his office.
- Kansas Senate President getting new chief of staff
- July 7, 2011
- Kansas Senate President Steve Morris will be getting a new chief of staff next month.
- Heard on the Hill: KU students to gain access to 50-inch telescope; KU Medical Center, KU Hospital can be difficult to distinguish; parking employees face perils on the job
- July 7, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Officials still trying to determine cause of west Lawrence house fire
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Firefighters on Wednesday were still investigating the cause of a Tuesday afternoon fire that caused significant damage at a west Lawrence home.
- Pump Patrol
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.35 at several stations.
- Fraternity housing plan likely runs afoul of city code
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A1
- A new housing arrangement for members of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity’s Kansas University chapter could place them in violation of city occupancy codes.
- Real estate and insurance executive Phil Harrison remembered for love of community
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A2
- Friends and colleagues of Phil Harrison, the former Lawrence real estate and insurance executive, said this week that he approached each of his many interests with passion and enthusiasm.
- McGrew Real Estate to celebrate 60th anniversary by donating to local charities
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A10
- McGrew Real Estate is celebrating its 60th anniversary by donating $4,000 to Lawrence-area charities and asking online voters to help determine how much money should go to each one.
- Auto industry is on hiring spree
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Volkswagen opened a plant in Tennessee last month with 2,000 workers. Honda is hiring 1,000 in Indiana to meet demand for its best-selling Civic. General Motors is looking for 2,500 in Detroit to build the Chevy Volt.
- Douglas County commissioners approve extension of noise ordinance to be enforced all hours of the day
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County’s quiet hours just got a little longer. County commissioners Wednesday unanimously approved amendments to the county’s noise ordinance that allow for enforcement by at all hours of the day.
- Astronaut, KU professor Steve Hawley hopes to see country take new tack on space exploration
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A3
- As the space shuttle program prepares for its final launch Friday, Kansas University’s own astronaut, Steve Hawley, said he’ll miss the shuttle program.
- Report: QB Brock Berglund back in Lawrence
- July 7, 2011
- Rivals.com reported Wednesday, via Twitter, that freshman quarterback Brock Berglund was back in Lawrence.
- Chen propels Royals over White Sox
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Bruce Chen used an assortment of pitches, changed delivery angles and even let one pitch go at 90 mph. The veteran left-hander kept the Chicago White Sox guessing and had them off-balance for most of the day.
- National briefs: U.S. falls to Sweden
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on B2
- The Americans can’t do things the easy way.
- K.C. Sluggers beat Lawrence Swag, 6-1
- July 7, 2011
- Matt Sutliffe contributed a home run and four RBIs, leading the K.C. Sluggers to a 6-1 victory over the Lawrence Swag on Wednesday at Lawrence High.
- Former Jayhawk running back Sharp helping others get up to speed
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on B1
- After a tryout with the Chicago Bears, a stint with the Wichita Wild, of the Indoor Football League, and a quick look from the UFL’s Omaha Knighthawks, former Kansas University running back Jake Sharp appears content to hit the brakes on his playing career.
- Our Town Sports
- July 7, 2011
- KU soccer camps: The Kansas University Soccer girls residential and girls team camp has two sessions. Session I is from July 15-18, all day (grades 4-12). Session II is from July 19-22, all day (grades 4-12). For questions, email kusoccercamps@ku.edu or go online to http://kuathletics.cstv.com/camps/kan-camps-soccer.html.
- Links up next for Gary Woodland
- 12:00 a.m., July 7, 2011 Updated 09:15 a.m. in print edition on B1
- The newspaper in your hands rolled off the presses at 1 a.m. Thursday, 55 minutes before Gary Woodland was scheduled to tee off in the Scottish Open, his first taste of golf in Great Britain.
- No surprise
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Come on Lawrence. Really? You are surprised the Republican administration in Topeka is closing an extremely important local office offering needed services to thousands of local people?
- Tax thoughts
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- We’re seeing hints of increased taxes in support of city services, and discussion of changes in those services. I have some observations.
- Anti-tax GOP
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Republicans are rapidly becoming solely anti-tax, anti-spending and socially conservative.
- Highway costs
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- In less than two weeks, Douglas County will close 31st Street between Louisiana and Haskell Avenue.
- GOP may turn to Texas governor
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- After blaming his predecessor for this and that, and after firing all the arrows in liberalism’s quiver — the stimulus, cash for clunkers, etc. — Obama seems poised to blame the recovery’s anemia on Republican resistance to simultaneously raising the debt ceiling and taxes.
- Site options
- Annexing an industrial site west of Lawrence would help expand the city’s economic development offerings.
- July 7, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The recent announcement that the Mars candy company would build a $250 million manufacturing plant in Topeka has drawn attention again to the scarcity of large industrial sites in and around Lawrence.
- 25 years ago: Heavy rains fail to dampen spirits at festival’s last day
- July 7, 2011
- The final day of the Independence Days festival had coincided with heavy rains.
- 40 years ago: Organizers urge KU classified employees to unionize
- July 7, 2011
- Public Service Employees Union Local 1132 was making an effort to organize classified employees at Kansas University.
- 100 years ago: Railroad plans poisonous fate for grasshoppers
- July 7, 2011
- “The ravages of grasshoppers in Western Kansas have become so serious that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad has announced that it will kill all grasshoppers along its right of way and is urging farmers to help in the work.”
- ‘Big Brother’ and summer doldrums: perfect together
- July 7, 2011
- The Fourth of July fireworks have popped, leaving clods of burnt paper on the lawn. Summer is here in earnest. It’s the perfect time to turn up the air-conditioning way too high and waste time (and electricity) watching “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS).
- Horoscope for July 7
- July 7, 2011
- This year, you will enjoy yourself the most close to home. You have always valued your home, and even more so this year. You will entertain more. If you are single, you might meet someone and quickly move into the live-in phase. Take your time. This person might not look as good in a year. If you are attached, the two of you might redecorate your home or decide to do some other work on it. Libra can be an anchor or an albatross.
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