Also from March 23
Births
Blog entries
- First Bell: Brownback signs ‘Celebrate Freedom Week’ bill
- Statehouse Live: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says
- The Newell Post: Will Andrew Wiggins average over/under 18 points next season?
- Town Talk: More on city recreation center bids, and a possible city policy on drone use?
- Town Talk: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden
Chats
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Which of these Elizabeth Taylor movies is your favorite?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” | 23% | |
| “National Velvet” | 20% | |
| “Cleopatra” | 20% | |
| “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” | 17% | |
| “The Flintstones” | 10% | |
| Other (tell us in the comments!) | 6% | |
| Total | 537 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Douglas County’s chief probation officer Ron Stegall retiring after 16 years- March 21, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Ron Stegall’s two main professions in his life — as a pastor and a probation officer — might seem like a strange combination. But, if you think about it, he says, the similarities are definitely there.
9:17 a.m.
Statehouse Live: House Appropriations advances state employee pay cut; exempts support staff- 1:44 p.m., March 21, 2011 Updated 8:41 a.m. in print edition on 1A
- The measure would cut 7.5 percent for workers and state officials earning more than $100,000, and cut pay on a sliding scale for those between $40,000 and $100,000. Those making $40,000 and less would see no pay cut.
- Poll: Do you think Kansas legislative staff should be included in a proposed pay cut for state employees?
10:00 a.m.
Lawrence school board candidates share budget-cutting approaches at forum- March 23, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Candidates running for seats on the Lawrence school board understand that next year’s anticipated $3 million budget hole could grower wider and deeper in the years ahead for the Lawrence school district.
- Videos: Three questions for Lawrence school board candidates
- Poll: Which four candidates will be elected to the Lawrence School Board?
- Special coverage: 2011 Lawrence school board election
1:00 p.m.
Online chat
- Lawrence school board candidate Tyler Palmer live chat
- March 23, 2011
- Lawrence school board candidate Tyler Palmer will chat live with LJWorld.com users Wednesday, March 23 at 1 p.m. Submit your question in advance below.
1:31 p.m.
Online chat
- Lawrence school board candidate Tyler Palmer live chat
- March 23, 2011
- Lawrence school board candidate Tyler Palmer will chat live with LJWorld.com users Wednesday, March 23 at 1 p.m. Submit your question in advance below.
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence school board candidate Randy Masten, retired Army officer, ready to plan ahead- March 22, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- Randy Masten learned the importance of strategic planning not in a classroom, or from a textbook, or from one of those convention center management seminars. No, Masten saw the significance firsthand as a U.S. Army officer on post in Iraq — as a team chief at the Combined Intelligence Center in Baghdad — and then later on staff at the Pentagon.
- Video: Three questions with Lawrence school board candidate Randy Masten
- Special coverage: 2011 Lawrence school board election
- Chat: Lawrence school board candidate Randy Masten live chat
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts criticizes Obama, Clinton during Lawrence visit
- Lawmaker also predicts KU men will win national basketball championship
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A1
- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts on Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence criticized President Barack Obama for not being more specific about U.S. goals in Libya days after the start of a international campaign to enforce a no-fly zone amid unrest there.
- Police: No grave found at Dad Perry Park
- 07:00 p.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 07:58 p.m. in print edition on A5
- Lawrence police were called Wednesday afternoon to Dad Perry Park, where investigators examined what appeared to be a grave site.
- Ex-sheriff’s deputy pleads in child sex crime
- March 23, 2011
- A former Kearny County sheriff’s deputy will be sentenced May 3 after admitting that he possessed sexually explicit photos of a minor.
- Two nurses plead guilty to painkiller conspiracy
- March 23, 2011
- Two Kansas nurses have admitted they conspired in 2009 with a pharmacist to illegally dispense painkillers.
- Koch Industries gives $1 million for Japan relief
- March 23, 2011
- Koch Industries says it will donate $1 million for disaster relief efforts after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
- 3 killed in wrong-way crash on I-70 near Wilson
- March 23, 2011
- The Kansas Highway Patrol says three people died in a collision on Interstate 70 caused by a driver going the wrong way.
- Kansas fugitive caught in Nebraska
- March 23, 2011
- The Lancaster County sheriff says a Kansas fugitive has been arrested in Lincoln.
- Prosecutors among supporters of KC man’s release from prison
- March 23, 2011
- Prosecutors are arguing for the early release of a man convicted in the 1982 murder of his lover’s husband in Kansas, another strange twist in a tale of crime that took more than two decades to solve.
- Early-education site tour set for April 9
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Parents interested in finding, reviewing and comparing area offerings for childcare are invited to participate in the upcoming Douglas County Early Education Site Tour.
- Senate upholds abolishing Kansas Parole Board
- 04:17 p.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 12:41 a.m. in print edition on A8
- A resolution seeking to reject Gov. Sam Brownback’s plans to abolish the Kansas Parole Board and transfer the duties to the Department of Corrections has lost in the Senate.
- Immigration bill remains stalled in Kansas House
- March 23, 2011
- Kansas legislators who want to require police to check the legal status of suspected illegal immigrants failed Wednesday to dislodge a bill imposing the mandate from a House committee, where it’s been tabled indefinitely.
- Wave of anti-abortion bills advance in the states
- March 23, 2011
- Dozens of bills are advancing through statehouses nationwide that would put an array of new obstacles — legal, financial and psychological — in the paths of women seeking abortions.
- For Douglas County EMT who died Monday, service to others ranked above all else
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Whether Steve Smith was fighting fires in Lawrence or serving his three tours of military duty in the Middle East, he had one thing on his mind.
- Kansas Senate advances bill restricting late-term abortions
- 02:48 p.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 01:02 a.m. in print edition on A3
- Kansas senators give first-round approval to legislation restricting late-term abortions based on the presumption that a fetus feels pain after the 21st week of pregnancy.
- Kansas Senate approves its version of bill requiring voters to show photo ID
- 02:43 p.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 04:05 p.m. in print edition on A8
- Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s proposal for requiring Kansas voters to show photo identification at the polls is all but certain to emerge from legislative negotiations after the Senate approved its version Wednesday.
- McLouth High senior lifts her way into male-dominated sport
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Jeri Holwick is one high school girl who says she likes her big legs.
- Statehouse Live: Engineering bill gains Kansas Senate approval
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Several senators voiced opposition to the proposal, however, saying the state shouldn’t increase debt during the current tough fiscal times.
- Kansas Senate approves bill addressing pension woes
- 11:16 a.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 12:32 a.m. in print edition on A1
- A bill designed to address the long-term funding problems of the Kansas public pension system has passed the Senate.
- Kansas House votes to ban smoking in state casinos
- March 23, 2011
- A bill extending the 2010 statewide smoking ban to state-owned casinos has cleared the Kansas House.
- Elizabeth Taylor dies at age 79
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.
- Town Talk: Blockbuster to close 23rd Street store; more industrial zoning sought for area near Lecompton interchange; real estate agent warns of Craig’s List scam
- 10:49 a.m., March 23, 2011 Updated 11:52 a.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County:
- First Bell: One more candidate chat, today at 1 p.m.; YouTube video still defending teachers; N.J. school financing faces constitutional questions
- March 23, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a rundown of news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- Heard on the Hill: Duke professor explains why KU is so good at basketball; company that began at KU has bright future, co-founder says; engineering students perform well at design competition
- March 23, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Lawrence school board candidates share budget-cutting approaches at forum
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Candidates running for seats on the Lawrence school board understand that next year’s anticipated $3 million budget hole could grower wider and deeper in the years ahead for the Lawrence school district.
- KU baseball coach Ritch Price reaches 500-win mark
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Ritch Price didn’t begin coaching for personal accolades. For Price, in his ninth year as Kansas University’s baseball coach, it’s always been about teaching the game he loves to generations of young ballplayers and watching them blossom.
- Former KU golfer Gary Woodland to tee off with Tiger Woods
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B1
- The meteoric rise of former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot upward yet again Tuesday when groupings for this week’s PGA tour event were announced.
- KU volleyball names Laura Kuhn new assistant coach
- March 23, 2011
- Former Georgia Tech standout Laura Kuhn has been named a volleyball assistant coach for Kansas University, head coach Ray Bechard announced on Tuesday.
- KU men’s golf places 10th at National Invitational Tournament in Arizona
- March 23, 2011
- Chris Gilbert tied for 26th-place individually to lead Kansas University men’s golf team to a 10th-place finish in the two-day, 15-team National Invitational Tournament, which concluded Tuesday.
- Baker trainer Mark Stutz honored as Kansas Athletic Trainer of the Year
- March 23, 2011
- Mark Stutz, assistant professor and chair of the department of health, sport, and human performance at Baker University, has been selected as the Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Kansas Athletic Trainers’ Society.
- Agent: Mike Anderson, Missouri seeking contract extension
- March 23, 2011
- Missouri coach Mike Anderson’s agent says he is negotiating a new contract with the school amid continued reports that Arkansas is trying to lure him away.
- Victory valedictorian: Tyrel Reed could leave KU as college basketball player with most wins
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Now that he has cemented his spot in Kansas University basketball history, senior Tyrel Reed can begin his assault on the rest of college basketball.
- Free State baseball wins opener
- March 23, 2011
- The Free State baseball team opened up its season with a 12-3 rout against St. James Academy on Tuesday.
- City of Richmond celebrating double for Spiders, Rams
- March 23, 2011
- Rally over here, rally over there, rallies planned all around Richmond as the city embraces having two teams advance to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Take a bow Richmond and VCU.
- Colorado advances to NIT semis
- March 23, 2011
- The Colorado Buffaloes turned a snub into a spark, riding the sting of disappointment all the way to Madison Square Garden.
- Angels take advantage of Royals’ errors
- March 23, 2011
- The next time Jeff Francis faces the Los Angeles Angels it will be a more meaningful game for the Kansas City Royals left-hander.
- KU softball ranked No. 22 in the Ultimate College Softball Poll
- March 23, 2011
- For the first time since 2006, the Kansas University softball team is ranked in the top 25, as the Jayhawks came in at No. 22 in the Ultimate College Softball Poll released on Tuesday.
- Bill Self recalls KU’s loss to Richmond in 2004
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Those pundits penciling in Kansas University’s basketball team as an automatic winner against unheralded Richmond on Friday in San Antonio may be forgetting one thing.
- Path to Final Four not easy for KU
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Call me stupid — it wouldn’t be the first time — but I never have understood the cliché that goes something like this: “The bracket really has opened up.” It becomes a fashionable phrase whenever multiple low seeds advance to the same regional site.
- Pump patrol
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.39 at several stations.
- KU-MU venue
- Kansas University officials should take a firm stand in favor of returning the Kansas-Missouri football game to the university campuses.
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A7
- With Kansas University’s basketball season winding down to the final several weeks, sports fans soon will be turning their attention to spring football and the outlook for the Jayhawks in the 2011 season.
- Internet vigilantes pose threat
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Something rather interesting is happening on the Internet these days. For lack of a better term I’ll call it “Internet vigilantism.”
- 40 years ago: Cottonwood, Inc., begins fund-raising for facility in southwest Lawrence
- March 23, 2011
- The center was to be built on a 37-acre site in southwest Lawrence which was owned by Cottonwood’s non-profit organization.
- Libya action reflects American hubris
- March 23, 2011 in print edition on A7
- The missile strikes that inaugurated America’s latest attempt at regime change were launched 29 days before the 50th anniversary of another such — the Bay of Pigs of April 17, 1961.
- Horoscopes for March 23
- March 23, 2011
- This year, you alternate between being overly serious and playful. You can be insightful and deep in practical conversations, but also your imagination can and will often spin into the unknown. If you are single, possibilities surround you. If you are attached, a long-dreamt-of trip could define your relationship. Sagittarius won’t smother you but cares.
- SyFy’s ’Fact or Faked’ probes creative imitations of paranormality
- March 23, 2011
- Cheesy, flagrantly unoriginal, drenched in tabloid sensibility and completely over the top, “Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files” (9 p.m., Syfy) is pretty darned perfect reality television.
- 25 years ago: Neighborhoods concerned about commercialization of Ninth Street
- March 23, 2011
- Concerns about Ninth Street, “an east-west road that slices Lawrence’s central core in half,” were being discussed.
- 100 years ago: Early Lawrence electric company advertises household appliances
- March 23, 2011
- “Engage the electric household servants to do your work, they will do it better and cheaper than any other servants.”
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