Also from July 28
Births
- Matt and Amanda Frost, Lawrence, a girl.
- Jess Moore and Rebecca Bogard, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Russell and Amina Hilger, Lawrence, a boy.
- Chad and Amanda Lisher, Lawrence, a boy.
- Wei and Sadaaki Fukui, Lawrence, a girl.
- Nasima Noor and Mohammed Omar Faruq, Lawrence, a boy.
- Byron and Lauren Myrick, Lawrence, a girl.
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Should Kansas' senators have asked the judiciary committee not to hear Steve Six's nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 77% | |
| Yes | 19% | |
| Not sure | 3% | |
| Total | 544 | |
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Statehouse Live: Readjusted population counts will impact legislative redistricting in Lawrence- 10:28 a.m., July 27, 2011 Updated 4:00 p.m. in print edition on 1A
- A unique provision in the Kansas Constitution puts Lawrence, and Manhattan for that matter, at a disadvantage in the process of redrawing boundaries for legislative districts.
- Source document: Census Readjustment
2:00 p.m.
New KU business dean enthusiastic about reaching out to university community- July 27, 2011
- It’s been a lot of meeting and greeting so far for Kansas University’s new business dean as she prepares to officially start work next week. But Neeli Bendapudi is already on campus, and the people she’s met say the best word to describe her is “enthusiastic.”
All stories
- Westar acknowledges unacceptability of recent outages
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Representatives from Westar Energy shed a little light on the company’s recent service issues and discussed plans to improve during an open house Thursday evening.
- Lawrence School District, teachers agree on pay raises, benefits changes
- Educators to receive $1,250 raise
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Teachers and their bosses reached a tentative agreement Thursday evening on a work contract for the coming school year, one that would include a $1,250 raise for each and every licensed educator in the district.
- 18-year-old man charged with criminal damage of Eudora school stadium
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Douglas County prosecutors have filed a felony criminal damage to property charge against an 18-year-old Eudora man who is accused of spray-painting the artificial turf and other objects at the new Eudora District Stadium.
- In lawsuit, Planned Parenthood officials say Kansas defunding efforts part of national campaign
- 05:11 p.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 06:11 p.m. in print edition on A6
- Lawyers for Planned Parenthood say a new Kansas law that defunded its chapter in the state is part of a national campaign to cut off federal family planning money for the organization.
- City offering grants for residents to weatherize homes
- July 28, 2011
- Weatherizing your home this year? The city of Lawrence may be able to pay for it. The city is providing grants as part of an effort to assist low-to-moderate income families conserve energy and lower their utility bills.
- Defense wins motion in trial of man accused in quadruple slaying in Osage County
- July 28, 2011
- A former Missouri city official accused of killing four family members in Kansas will be able to present evidence of a relationship between his wife and another woman.
- Bank starts foreclosure proceedings against Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern’s home
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A3
- An attorney for U.S. Bank last Friday filed a civil suit seeking a mortgage foreclosure on the west Lawrence home of Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern, according to Douglas County District Court records.
- Salina police dog dies from extreme heat
- July 28, 2011
- Salina officials say one of the department’s dogs died because of the extreme heat.
- Bus set on fire, others vandalized at Wichita church
- July 28, 2011
- Wichita police say vandals set at least four buses on fire and damaged several others at a Wichita church.
- Massive marijuana operation raided in southeast Kansas
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- At least one crop seems to be thriving during this hot, dry Kansas summer. Authorities in Elk County say several law enforcement agencies confiscated more than 4,000 marijuana plants at a rural growing operation Wednesday. The plants were being grown in a heavily wooded area near the southeastern Kansas town of Howard.
- Sprint posts wider loss, teams with LightSquared
- July 28, 2011
- Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said its loss widened in the second quarter as it spent more to attract and keep customers, in the face of competition from AT&T and Verizon.
- Dodge City man recovers from burns from oil fire at festival
- July 28, 2011
- A Dodge City man who was severely burned at a festival last year has returned to work and credits his recovery in part to the support he received from the community.
- 31st Street construction ends; road reopens between Haskell and Louisiana
- 02:03 p.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 03:24 p.m. in print edition on A6
- Here’s some good news for Lawrence drivers: 31st Street, between Haskell Avenue and Louisiana Street, will reopen at 3 p.m. today, according to Keith Browning, Douglas County public works director.
- Gov. Brownback seeks disaster declarations from U.S. ag secretary
- July 28, 2011
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue disaster declarations for several counties experiencing losses from drought and severe weather.
- Revamped Kansas Arts Commission to meet next week
- July 28, 2011
- The Kansas Arts Commission plans to gather next week for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback’s appointees became a majority of its 12 members.
- Eight more Kansas counties sign up for rural incentive program
- July 28, 2011
- The Kansas Department of Commerce says eight more counties will participate in a program designed to lure new residents to rural areas.
- Wonder Fair preps latest entry in ongoing Our Tube series
- July 28, 2011
- Tonight’s entry is curated by John Kelly Clark.
- Lawrence police looking for suspect accused of injuring KU student
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police are searching for a suspect accused of injuring a Kansas University student late Wednesday outside his west Lawrence apartment.
- Lawrence landscaping company donating services to nearby ‘Extreme Makeover Home Edition’
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A6
- A family will be getting a new home next week, and a local landscaping company will be pitching in.
- KU Center for Design Research gets $100,000 donation
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A new $100,000 donation to the Kansas University Center for Design Research will support research projects and other start-up costs at the agency.
- Brownback names GOP chair to lead Children’s Cabinet
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Amanda Adkins also is currently chair of the Kansas Republican Party and served on Brownback’s staff when he was a U.S. senator.
- At Kansas senators’ request, committee will not consider Steve Six’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals
- 10:38 a.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 06:07 p.m. in print edition on A1
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., on Thursday said he couldn’t support former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six’s nomination to the federal bench because of Six’s position on the new federal health care reform law and an abortion investigation.
- Statehouse Live: Education rally scheduled for Saturday at Statehouse
- 10:29 a.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 06:09 p.m. in print edition on A4
- The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday on the south side of the Capitol.
- Lawrence chamber president leaving for job in Steamboat Springs
- 10:25 a.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 05:28 p.m. in print edition on A3
- The president and CEO of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is leaving the organization in late September to take a similar position with the chamber in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- Town Talk: Homebuilding numbers down from a year ago; new clothing store opens downtown; Martin Park may get improvements; Fore!, I think
- July 28, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Heard on the Hill: Job fair lets students find part-time work; I’m looking for questions to ask new Haskell president; KUMC associate vice chancellor attends program known for training future leaders
- July 28, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Pickup truck stolen from North Lawrence
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck was reported stolen from North Lawrence.
- 3 refrigerators stolen
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A Lawrence man reported three refrigerators worth $1,700 stolen.
- Pump Patrol
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.59 at several stations.
- Political lines to be redrawn across state
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A2
- Kansas Democrats raised concerns Wednesday about how the Republican-controlled Legislature will redraw the state’s political maps to solidify the GOP’s hold on the state’s four U.S. House seats.
- Crimes against drug dealers increase in Lawrence
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Douglas County’s top prosecutor says law enforcement has seen an increase in the past two years in the number of robberies of suspected drug dealers in Lawrence.
- County Commission agrees to purchase property near jail
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A5
- A unanimous decision by Douglas County commissioners Wednesday will authorize the execution of an offer to purchase land for the future home of a Public Works facility.
- County OKs parcel annexation by city
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Douglas County commissioners Wednesday reached a 2-1 decision to move forward with a plan to annex about 67 acres of property at the northwestern edge of Lawrence into the city.
- Rural U.S. disappearing? Population share hits low
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A6
- Rural America now accounts for just 16 percent of the nation’s population, the lowest ever.
- Scientists: It’s not a bird, not a plane; it’s a dino
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A6
- One of the world’s most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th birthday of its discovery: A new analysis suggests it isn’t a bird at all.
- Somali militants block famine refugees from aid
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A6
- In a squalid refugee camp beside Mogadishu’s airport, some 2,000 desperately hungry women and children await help, many of them weak and dying in tents made of sticks and cloth. Missing from the camp, however, are large numbers of Somali men.
- Red Sox slam Royals, 12-5
- July 28, 2011
- Boston’s David Ortiz hit a grand slam to cap a five-run fourth inning and Dustin Pedroia extended his career-best hitting streak to 24 games with a solo homer in Boston’s 12-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
- Our Town Sports
- July 28, 2011
- Soccer U12 Spartans earn sliver: The Lawrence Spartans won the silver medal in U12 soccer at the Sunflower State Games, July 23-24 in Topeka. The players: Caden Anderson, Siam Boyd, Ryan Braun, Cole Cooper, Bret Folks, Josh Moore, Chas Sedlock, Juan Solis, Drew Vereen, Jack Vereen, Ayrton WallGregg and Jake Whitebread.
- Extremism has grip on globe
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The dogs of war are snarling. They strain forward, slavering, growling, pawing the air, eager to get at one another, to rend and tear and wet their lips with blood. As strangers in a dog park would, we try to pull them back, to exert control. But you feel your feet sliding beneath you, feel yourself carried, helpless and unwilling, into this fight they mean to have. It strikes you how poor a leash is reason.
- KU freshman Jamari Traylor learning from Morris twins, Cole Aldrich
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Kansas University freshman basketball power forward Jamari Traylor has found a way to beat the heat during a brutally-hot July in his new college hometown.
- Chiefs sign Breaston, 10 rookie free agents
- July 28, 2011
- The Kansas City Chiefs announced the signing of 10 rookie free agents on Wednesday, including four offensive linemen.
- Angels’ Ervin Santana tosses no-hitter
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Sharp from his first pitch, Ervin Santana came full cycle against the Cleveland Indians.
- Financial crisis
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- I listened to President Obama, with incredulity, as he lectured the American people on the spending habits of the last administration and his own efforts to revive a struggling economy. This president rescued nothing and, if anything, has led this nation to the precipice of financial disaster. Everything he or his administration has proposed, economically speaking, is a failure. It is all based in academia and nothing from the world of reality.
- Cheers, jeers
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Some downtown comments: Weaver’s, way to go! Twice recently you have coated your sidewalk to cover up that minefield of discarded gum. Classy. Sidewalk gum downtown is a disgrace.
- 40 years ago: Voters to decide on bond issues for new ‘governmental center’ near courthouse
- July 28, 2011
- Officials from Lawrence and Douglas County announced their intention to ask county voters to approve a $6 million bond issue in September.
- 25 years ago: Longtime ‘El Matador’ owner dies
- July 28, 2011
- A local family was mourning the death of their patriarch.
- Excessive heat warning effective through Thursday evening
- 12:00 a.m., July 28, 2011 Updated 12:07 a.m.
- Exactly 176 days ago, Lawrence was buried under a mountain of snow. Today, Lawrence suffers under an excessive heat warning with high temperatures forecast for 104 and heat indices of 110 or higher.
- Federal debt crisis: a Q & A
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Congress has until Tuesday to raise the federal borrowing limit or the government will run out of money and possibly default on its debt. House Republicans say they won’t raise the debt limit without equal spending cuts. President Barack Obama and Democrats have insisted that higher revenues must be included.
- 100 years ago: New bank moving in, cigar factory on its way out
- July 28, 2011
- “Lawrence is to have a new bank.”
- Fear over debt fight hits Wall Street; Dow loses 198
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Anxiety about a deadline to raise the nation’s debt ceiling swept across Wall Street on Wednesday and drove the Dow Jones industrial average down almost 200 points. With Washington showing no sign it will find a solution, financial planners around the country said their clients were increasingly worried.
- Another try
- City officials should work with a major national retailer on what seems like a reasonable compromise to locate a new store in Lawrence.
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Lawrence is fortunate to have another chance to attract a Lowe’s home improvement store to the city.
- Aviation rhetoric is misguided
- July 28, 2011 in print edition on A8
- With all of the flak general aviation is taking during the debt ceiling battle, it might be a good thing if President Obama Googled the World War II song, “Comin’ In On a Wing and A Prayer,” the tale of a plane struggling back to base after a bombing raid.
- Horoscope for July 28
- July 28, 2011
- This year, you’ll see a big difference if you relax and just go with the flow. Know that you don’t always have to have the answers, nor will you. Expect positive events at work or with a public commitment. You might see a pay raise or promotion. If you are single, you could hook up with a very different person. If you are attached, share more of your public life.
- A huge problem money can’t fix
- July 28, 2011
- The news media have a short attention span. Even a story as dramatic and long-lasting as the 2010 Gulf oil spill has faded from the scene, giving viewers a sense that things have gone back to normal. They haven’t. And the two-hour documentary “Black Tide: Voices From the Gulf” (8 p.m., Animal Planet) offers ample proof.
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 32 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 5 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 19 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 35 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 21 comments
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message May 24, 2013 · 12 comments
- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 34 comments
- Blog: Brownback signs 'Celebrate Freedom Week' bill May 23, 2013 · 7 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 46 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 88 comments
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
- 100 years ago: 'The vulturous Kaw triumped' over Billie Bob Atkinson May 23, 2013
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message May 24, 2013
- Theatre Lawrence warns customers of credit card information stolen in cyber attack May 23, 2013
- Old Glory shines on west campus June 18, 2003
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
