Also from July 30
Births
- Randy and Tamra Gengler, Lawrence, a boy.
- Skyler O’ Hara and Andrew Bauch, Lawrence, a boy.
- Noah and Callista Buchen, Lawrence, a girl.
- Lisa Pool and Deron Belt, Lawrence, a boy.
- Tony and Jeanne Mlynarski, Lawrence, a boy.
- Terry and Jessie Garrett, Lawrence, a boy.
- Ashley Bryan and Jacob Francis, Lawrence, a girl.
- Andrew and Dawn Stull, Lawrence, a boy.
- Robin Rials, Lawrence, a girl.
- Tyler Rush and Kristie Villeareal, Lawrence, a boy.
Blog entries
- Heard on the Hill: Clemson University hires KU professor to lead biology department
- First Bell: Why are graduations in the middle of the week?
- Statehouse Live: Senate, House dealing on tax and budget issues as wrap-up session continues
- Town Talk: Oklahoma City tornado sparks discussion of building code standards at Lawrence City Hall
- Town Talk: Lawrence hosts mayor of Greek sister city this week
- Eat Your Vegetables: Cooking away the CSA, week 6: Salad season
Couples
- Anniversary: Graham
- Wedding: Gibler and Weatherford
- Wedding: Faletra and Cox
- Wedding: Sampson and Higgins
- Wedding: Conley and Wondrack
- Engagement: Lorenz and Runge
- Engagement: Osburn and Heffner
- Engagement: Bergman and Miller
- Engagement: Woytinek and Holl
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Lawrence summer road construction will come to an end — sooner or later- July 29, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Take a deep breath and check out this list of road construction projects that are among the most disruptive in and around Lawrence.
- Special coverage: Lawrence road construction
10:00 a.m.
Local officials, representatives hope to prevent closure of Lawrence SRS office- July 29, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Talks are under way to save the Lawrence office of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, officials said Friday.
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence city crews struggling to keep water treatment plant operating as emergency repairs are made- July 29, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- You think you’re having a hard time keeping up with your watering chores. Crews with the city’s water department are struggling to keep one of Lawrence’s two water treatment plants operating as temperatures remain high and dry conditions persist.
6:00 p.m.
KU considering — but won’t be revealing — 40 possible efficiency adjustments worth studying further- July 29, 2011 in print edition on 6A
- An efficiency and effectiveness study at Kansas University is continuing to progress, but university officials aren’t saying much — at least for now — about how they will achieve those new efficiencies.
All stories
- U.S. default on minds of Kansas officials
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A8
- State officials have been bracing for the financial implications on Kansas if the federal government fails to raise the debt ceiling by Tuesday.
- Falling into poverty: Economic setbacks make Lawrence couple, like many Americans, lose security, gain fear
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A1
- It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Roy and Dorothy “Dodie” Coker raised children in Lawrence, worked for years at local businesses, and for 17 years steadily paid the mortgage on their home on Pawnee Street. Roy, 58, and Dodie, 61, should be slowing down, getting ready for retirement, enjoying weekends with their three grown children and spoiling their four grandchildren. Instead, the Cokers are learning their way around the local social service system, scratching and clawing to pay the bills.
- President, congressional leaders take late shot at debt-limit deal to avert U.S. default
- 10:35 p.m., July 30, 2011 Updated 12:27 a.m. in print edition on A8
- In a last-minute stab at compromise, Republican congressional leaders and the White House made significant progress Saturday night toward a deal to avert a government default threatened for early next week, according to officials familiar with the talks.
- Mortgages
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Douglas County register of deeds recorded 80 mortgages in the weekly period ended Thursday.
- Around and about in local business
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Local business news for the week ending July 30, 2011.
- Westar reports record levels in electricity demand
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A10
- Westar Energy says the demand for electricity during the summer heat has reached record levels.
- KU football adds WR Neal Barlow
- 03:17 p.m., July 30, 2011 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Six-foot-7 wide receiver Neal Barlow, who played football at Arkansas for two years before transferring to Arkansas-Little Rock to play basketball, will become a member of the Kansas football team, Rivals.com is reporting.
- Statehouse Live: Education supporters decry funding cuts to public schools
- 03:03 p.m., July 30, 2011 Updated 03:25 p.m. in print edition on A3
- House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, said next year’s fight in the Legislature will be between “restoring cuts to eduction or tax cuts for big business.”
- City Commission agenda for Aug. 2
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A5
- City commissioners will hold a public hearing and consider approving the 2012 city budget.
- Museum to put on Civil War open house
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Douglas County Historical Society will host an open house Aug. 11 commemorating the Civil War.
- National briefs: Phillies trade for outfielder Pence
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Hunter Pence is adding his big bat to a pennant race.
- Less time for signings means more excitement in NFL
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha … intercepted!
- Eagles land cornerback Asomugha
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Philadelphia has become quite the attractive free-agent destination of late.
- K.C. Sluggers’ Garrett Cleavinger throws no-hitter in win
- July 30, 2011
- Garrett Cleavinger pitched a five-inning no-hitter and the K.C. Sluggers baseball team rolled past RBA (Corpus Christi, Texas), 12-0, on Friday in the Action Baseball Invitational.
- Raw politics takes center stage in debt/budget drama
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A3
- The headlines read: “Political gridlock worries Wall Street,” “Budget stalemate drags stocks down most in almost 2 months,” “Impasse could be costly for states,” “Race on to get debt plans in form for vote,” “With the debt limit, no raise lasts forever,” “Magic things can happen in every Congress in a short period of time, under the right circumstances,” “What would Reagan do,” “How to end an idiotic game of chicken,” “Leaders crack down on their rank and file,” “U.S. downgrade may ‘be a big thing,’” “Washington has four days to raise debt ceiling,” “Treasury will default on some bills.”
- Whale tale runs off course
- July 30, 2011
- Take a serious actor (Danny Glover) and star him in an adaptation of a serious book (“Moby Dick”) made for Syfy’s cheesy Saturday night movie franchise and you’ve got a serious mess on your hands. It’s called “Age of the Dragons” (8 p.m.).
- In good condition: KU players in better shape with more intense workouts
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Kansas tight end Tim Biere admits that his conditioning limited him during the 2010 season, when he played at around 260 pounds.
- Grateful grandma
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A7
- I am a frequent traveler on the T, along with my grandchildren. On Tuesday, four of the grandchildren (ages 2 to 9 years) and I took the late afternoon bus No. 9 westward from Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive to McDonald’s on Wakarusa Drive. The driver politely dropped us off and we had an enjoyable two hours.
- Great show
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A7
- It goes without saying that the Lawrence Arts Center puts on high quality theater productions, but the Summer Youth Theater’s presentation of “West Side Story” has proved once again that the LAC inspires kids to take their talents to a new, incredible level.
- Protect benefits
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Right now, the president and Congress are considering a deal to pay the nation’s bills that could cut billions from Social Security and Medicare benefits for today’s seniors.
- Street sense
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Does anyone at City Hall own, let alone wear, a thinking hat? Sixth Street, Ninth Street, 19th Street, both Kansas River bridges, Kasold (again, STILL!) and God only knows what other streets torn up the week prior to Aug. 1 lease rollover!
- Terrorists’ persistence shouldn’t be a surprise
- July 30, 2011
- So next time the Norwegians will arm more of their police. And next time, authorities will investigate the ranting manifestoes of any anti-Muslim extremist who claims to lead a revival of the medieval Knights Templar.
- Former Jayhawks get shot in NFL
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- While last Monday’s announcement of the end of the NFL lockout marked a big day for the professional football players of the world, it also proved to be a huge moment for a few undrafted, former college players who have had to wait a lot longer than any before them to get their shot at living out their dreams.
- Scouting news for July 30, 2011
- July 30, 2011
- The 22nd World Scouting Jamboree is being held from July 27 to Aug. 8 in Rinkaby, Sweden.
- Military news for July 30, 2011
- July 30, 2011
- Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Alec M. Wroten graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.
- Club news for July 30, 2011
- July 30, 2011
- University Bridge Club announces results of its July 23 meeting with hosts Karmie and Edna Galle.
- Around and About for July 30, 2011
- July 30, 2011
- Edna Zillner will celebrate her 104th birthday on Wednesday
- Faith Forum: What’s your favorite book of the bible?
- July 30, 2011
- The Rev. Matt Sturtevant and the Rev. Glenn Fletcher answer.
- 25 years ago: City commission considers annexation proposals
- July 30, 2011
- Commissioner Ernest Angino suggested that staff should go even further by studying annexation of all land controlled by developers bordering western city limits.
- 40 years ago: Kansas Union seeks permission for 3.2 beer sales
- July 30, 2011
- The operating committee of the Kansas Union had decided to seek an application for a city license to serve 3.2 beer at the Union.
- Chiefs sign first-round pick
- July 30, 2011
- The Kansas City Chiefs signed first-round pick Jonathan Baldwin on Friday morning, then capped a busy day by agreeing to terms with eight unrestricted free agents, including Arizona wide receiver Steve Breaston and their own veteran center Casey Wiegmann.
- Horoscope for July 30
- July 30, 2011
- A New Moon on your birthday points to different options. Understand what is going on in your life and opt for a new beginning where you would like one. This year, you can turn your life around in one specific area or in several areas. If you are single, you draw admirers like honey draws bears. If you are attached, you seem to get your way even more than in the past.
- 100 years ago: Aside from manure piles, alleys found to be in ‘pretty good shape’
- July 30, 2011
- “Marshal Carter yesterday made a trip of inspection through every alley on the west side following the instructions of Mayor Bishop that the town must be kept clean.”
- Royals heat up
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Melky Cabrera and the Kansas City Royals got off to a fast start, then kept piling on after Carlos Carrasco drew their ire with a dangerous pitch.
- KU basketball pursuing pair of Dallas teammates
- July 30, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Urban DFW Elite graduate Darrell Arthur has gotten to know some of the current players on coach Jazzy Hartwell’s Dallas/Fort Worth-based AAU basketball team.
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