Also from May 10
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On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
How often do you check your credit score?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I don’t check it | 59% | |
| Only when I have to make a big purchase | 19% | |
| A few times a year | 14% | |
| At least once a month | 6% | |
| Total | 454 | |
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Natural Grocers to open in Lawrence on 23rd Street and Naismith Drive- May 10, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Call it healthy competition. Colorado-based Natural Grocers has filed plans to enter the city’s grocery market with a full-line store at 23rd Street and Naismith Drive on a site now occupied by Burger King.
- On the street: How often do you buy organic groceries?
10:00 a.m.
Former associate athletics director Ben Kirtland seeks 57 months in prison- May 9, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- Ben Kirtland wants to be sentenced to 57 months in prison, asks to be held responsible for paying $1.2 million in restitution to his former employer, and supports being ordered to pay another $85,090 to the IRS for unpaid taxes on ill-gotten gains from a ticket-stealing-and-selling conspiracy conducted from within Kansas Athletics Inc.
2:00 p.m.
Donors’ ‘statement’ at Lawrence High School stadium to be ready for fall- May 10, 2011 in print edition on 3A
- The Chesty Lions of Lawrence High School — supporters, students and members of both the marching band and players themselves — once again will be walking under an arch on their way to Friday night football games.
6:00 p.m.
Family of foxes takes up home near Lecompton Historical Society- May 9, 2011 in print edition on 1A
- A new family of seven has taken up residence near the Lecompton Historical Society. Their home is made of stone, which provides comfortable shelter. Most evenings, the children come out to play.
- Photo gallery: Foxes take up home in downtown Lecompton
All stories
- Visit KUSports.com/alldecade to continue voting for the KUSports.com All-Decade Team
- 11:00 p.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 11:51 p.m.
- Visit KUSports.com/alldecade to continue voting for the KUSports.com All-Decade Team
- Kansas Athletics collects insurance on theft claim in ticket scandal
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Kansas Athletics Inc. has recovered nearly $340,000 in losses from a tickets scandal that cost the department at least $2 million.
- KU Hospital board gets update on electronic records
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A3
- An electronic medical records system at Kansas University Hospital will improve patient care, help doctors avoid mistakes and allow patients to check test results from their home computers, hospital officials said Tuesday.
- Brownback administration lays off Kansas Arts Commission employees
- 07:44 p.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 09:42 a.m. in print edition on A1
- Earlier in the legislative session, Brownback proposed abolishing the commission, but the Legislature rejected the move.
- Breakfast celebrates Older Americans Month
- May 10, 2011
- Trinity In-Home Care is celebrating Older Americans Month with a community breakfast Friday.
- Centron Corp. film producer Russell Mosser dies
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A5
- Russell Mosser, a civic-minded film producer whose Centron Corporation operated in Lawrence for decades, died April 29 at age 93.
- Portion of Douglas County Road 458 to close
- May 10, 2011
- Douglas County and the Kansas Department of Transportation will close County Road 458 from U.S. Highway 59 east to East 1338 starting May 16 for bridge and road repair.
- Lawrence man enters no-contest plea to aggravated battery charges from September robbery
- May 10, 2011
- A 20-year-old Lawrence man entered a no-contest plea to two aggravated battery charges Tuesday related to a September robbery in which two residents were injured.
- Wichita schools might cut 186 jobs, programs
- May 10, 2011
- The superintendent of Wichita schools says the district might have to cut 186 jobs, several programs and close one school to deal with a $30 million shortfall in funding next year.
- Hundreds of fish die in Wichita pond
- May 10, 2011
- The record heat in Wichita might have been a big factor that led to the death of hundreds of fish in a Wichita pond.
- Douglas County Commission to consider development plan for floodplain area
- May 10, 2011
- A plan that outlines future development in an area of Douglas County that has high-quality soil and is in a floodplain will come before the Douglas County Commission on Wednesday evening.
- Police say missing Iowa man killed himself in Kansas
- May 10, 2011
- An Iowa police chief says a man sought as a witness in the disappearance of a Carroll woman has killed himself in Kansas.
- 4 Kansas National Guard soldiers save 2 Liberians
- May 10, 2011
- Four Kansas Army National Guard soldiers are credited with saving two Liberian soldiers who got caught in a riptide while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Campers find skull in Wichita creek
- May 10, 2011
- Sedgwick County authorities say a skull found in Wichita in April belonged to a black woman between the ages of 18 and 25, but that’s about all they know.
- Fire in Cimarron National Grassland torches more than 20,000 acres in southwest Kansas
- May 10, 2011
- A fire that has scorched nearly 20,000 acres of the Cimarron National Grassland in southwest Kansas is still burning.
- Wichita State men’s basketball team honored by Gov. Brownback, state legislators
- May 10, 2011
- Kansas officials are honoring the Wichita State men’s basketball team for its NIT championship crown.
- TransCanada says Keystone pipeline leak in North Dakota won’t affect oil deliveries
- May 10, 2011
- The temporary shutdown of the Keystone oil pipeline after a leak in southeast North Dakota will not affect deliveries to customers, the pipeline’s operator said.
- Lawrence high school students to participate at KU’s Mini College in June
- 03:49 p.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 09:36 a.m. in print edition on A3
- Ten students from Lawrence’s two public high schools will be going to college before any of their classmates.
- Tonganoxie police have identified suspect in Monday’s chase, plan to request arrest warrant
- May 10, 2011
- Tonganoxie’s police chief said Tuesday that officers have identified the suspect who ran from police Monday afternoon and plan to request warrants for the man’s arrest although he had not yet been located.
- Statehouse Live: Legislators say progress being made on Kansas budget
- 02:13 p.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 01:02 a.m. in print edition on A2
- After weeks of gridlock, legislators on Tuesday made progress on many key budget issues as the session neared its final day.
- Kansas Bioscience Authority to hire help to respond to investigations
- May 10, 2011
- The Kansas Bioscience Authority will hire some help to deal with investigations into its business practices.
- Lawrence Community Nursery School planning music festival on Saturday
- May 10, 2011
- The Lawrence Community Nursery School will host the Red School Rockin’ Music Festival on Saturday at Burcham Park.
- Two women killed Tuesday morning in two-vehicle accident on northwest side of Perry Lake
- 10:23 a.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 05:33 p.m. in print edition on A4
- A 20-year-old Holton woman and a 42-year-old Valley Falls woman died in a head-on crash Tuesday morning on Kansas Highway 4 northwest of Perry Lake, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Lawrence school board agrees to lease warehouse on West 31st Street
- May 10, 2011
- Members of the Lawrence school board agreed Monday to lease a 12,000-square-foot warehouse near Walmart and Home Depot, a move to help the district save at least $100,000 in annual expenses by purchasing canned fruits, cleaning supplies and copy paper by the truckload instead of smaller quantities.
- Town Talk: Have a downtown drink; arts incubator idea still alive; West Lawrence antennas to get approval; oil company increases Lawrence presence; Hobbs Taylor gets new tenant
- May 10, 2011
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Kansas Legislature approves compromise KPERS bill
- 09:02 a.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 12:42 a.m. in print edition on A1
- A plan for eliminating a long-term shortfall facing Kansas’ public pension system won final approval Tuesday from the Legislature, even though it doesn’t accomplish many Republicans’ goal of starting a 401(k)-style retirement plan for new teachers and government workers.
- Heard on the Hill: KU alumna Sheila Bair won’t seek another term as FDIC chairwoman; KU Alumni Association Grad Grill is Thursday; Monarch Watch still has butterfly plants
- May 10, 2011
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- First Bell: Free State senior named U.S. Presidential Scholar; today is nominations deadline for $10,000 Bobs’ Award; Wichita school district to close school, cut 168 jobs
- May 10, 2011
- Time for another edition of First Bell, a look at news and other educational items involving schools in the area.
- KU student reports stolen 2005 Infiniti car
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A 21-year-old male KU student reported to Lawrence police someone stole his 2005 Infiniti car valued at $25,000 between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday from the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street.
- KU student reports stolen Suzuki motorcycle
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A4
- A 21-year-old male Kansas University student reported his 2005 Suzuki motorcycle valued at $2,800 was stolen between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. Friday from the 900 block of Arkansas Street.
- Lawrence police arrest Kansas City man on aggravated battery, battery, criminal trespassing charges
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A4
- Lawrence police Monday morning arrested a 45-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street on charges of aggravated battery, battery and criminal trespassing.
- Pakistan suspected of leaking CIA name
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Suspicion rose Monday that Pakistan’s intelligence service leaked the name of the CIA chief in Islamabad to local media in anger over the raid that killed Osama bin Laden — the second outing of an American covert operative here in six months.
- Obama, GOP both want Medicare limits
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A7
- Unlikely as it may seem, President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress actually share some common ground on the need to curb Medicare costs to fight the spiraling federal debt.
- Drought hits Texas, surrounding states
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A7
- With much of the nation focused on a spring marked by historic floods and deadly tornadoes, Texas and parts of several surrounding states are suffering through a drought nearly as punishing as some of the world’s driest deserts.
- Kansas Senate approves compromise pension bill
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A4
- The Kansas Senate approved a proposal on Monday for attacking the long-term funding problems facing the state pension system without starting a 401(k)-style plan for new teachers and government workers.
- Chile OKs dam project in Patagonia
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A7
- A $7 billion project to dam two of the world’s wildest rivers for electricity has won environmental approval Monday from a Chilean government commission despite a groundswell of opposition.
- Natural Grocers to open in Lawrence on 23rd Street and Naismith Drive
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A1
- Call it healthy competition. Colorado-based Natural Grocers has filed plans to enter the city’s grocery market with a full-line store at 23rd Street and Naismith Drive on a site now occupied by Burger King.
- Man shot last week faces robbery, burglary charges
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A3
- A Leavenworth County man who suffered a gunshot wound last week now faces robbery and burglary charges in Wyandotte County.
- Babcock Place without air conditioning until Wednesday at earliest
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A3
- Virginia McClelland sat in the shade outside Babcock Place on a windy Monday afternoon as the temperature rose above 90 degrees, Lawrence’s hottest day in 2011.
- Donors’ ‘statement’ at Lawrence High School stadium to be ready for fall
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A3
- The Chesty Lions of Lawrence High School — supporters, students and members of both the marching band and players themselves — once again will be walking under an arch on their way to Friday night football games.
- Former KU chancellor Gene Budig earns honorary doctorate from The Citadel
- 12:32 a.m., May 10, 2011 Updated 09:07 a.m. in print edition on A6
- Gene Budig, former Kansas University chancellor, was awarded an honorary doctorate from The Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, this past weekend.
- Mississippi River flooding approaches record levels
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A6
- The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods and driving hundreds of people from their homes.
- Officials investigate flight disturbance suspect
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A6
- The passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly toward the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco. He was screaming and then began pounding on the cockpit door.
- Mark Mangino breaks silence in newspaper interview
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Former Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino conducted his first newspaper interview since losing his job after the 2009 season.
- Missouri backup QB to transfer
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- The battle to replace Blaine Gabbert as Missouri’s starting quarterback is over. His younger brother, Tyler, has decided to transfer.
- Mark Turgeon leaving Texas A&M and Big 12 to coach at Maryland
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- As the new basketball coach at the University of Maryland, Mark Turgeon hopes to experience the same kind of success he enjoyed at Texas A&M.
- Iowa State dismisses forward
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Iowa State forward Calvin Godfrey has been dismissed from the team after the school said he was arrested for marijuana possession.
- Kansas Senate honors Victor Ortiz
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- The Kansas Senate has honored the World Boxing Council’s new welterweight champion, who grew up in Garden City.
- Kirk Hinrich: Hamstring getting better
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Atlanta Hawks guard Kirk Hinrich says his ailing right hamstring is finally starting to show some improvement.
- Texas players stay in NBA Draft
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Texas standouts Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph are staying in the NBA Draft and won’t be back for the Longhorns. Thompson and Joseph were freshmen last season. They join teammate Jordan Hamilton in leaving the Longhorns early for the NBA.
- KU’s Carolyn Davis to try out for USA hoops team
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University sophomore forward Carolyn Davis is one of 34 players who will participate in the USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team Trials, which run May 22-25 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Recruit Trevor Lacey through visiting
- Basketball guard to make choice on May 18
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Trevor Lacey, a 6-foot-3 senior combo guard from Huntsville (Ala.) Butler High who completed an official basketball recruiting visit to Kansas University on Monday, will not make any more trips to schools, Lacey’s dad told Rivals.com on Monday.
- KU rowers honored
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kansas rowing honored 13 seniors and handed out multiple individual awards at its end-of-the-year team banquet Friday night.
- KU golfer Gilbert invited to regional
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- Kansas University golfer Chris Gilbert was selected to compete in the NCAA Arizona Regional, it was announced Monday night.
- Jayhawks in the NBA
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B2
- Here is how former Jayhawks fared in NBA action Monday, May 9, 2011.
- Firebirds dominate LHS in baseball
- Senior lefty Kukuk fans 11 in Firebirds’ 12-1 rout of Lawrence
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Seemingly every time Cody Kukuk takes the mound, he dazzles the array of scouts lined up behind the backstop, baffles opposing hitters and helps guide Free State High’s baseball team to a victory.
- Firebird Newsome picks TCU
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B3
- The Free State High library was decked out in purple to celebrate senior Preston Newsome, who signed his national letter of intent to run track at Texas Christian University on Monday afternoon.
- Support par for course
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Every once in a while, a parent whose rationality takes a temporary leave of absence that coincides with the high school sports career of said parent’s son or daughter, becomes convinced the local paper “favors” the other school in town.
- Splitsville: Bell powers Lions to 6-5 softball victory
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on B1
- Just about everything went right for Lawrence High senior catcher Kristen Bell in Monday’s game against Free State.
- Really? Pakistan officials didn’t know?
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A8
- There is something surreal about Pakistani officials’ reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
- Local crunch: Granolas with Lawrence connections chew up the landscape
- May 10, 2011
- If Lawrence had an official “Breakfast of Champions” it might well be the treat with a thousand faces: granola.
- Income concern
- Lawrence can’t use its high student population as an excuse for sluggish growth in its per capita income.
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A8
- The per capita income figures released by the federal government recently probably weren’t a big surprise to Lawrence officials, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be cause for continuing concern.
- A solution to the looming debt menace
- May 10, 2011 in print edition on A8
- Here’s a safe prediction: The “bipartisan” group of congressmen led by Vice President Joe Biden will fail to solve the $14 trillion debt crisis.
- Horoscopes for May 10
- May 10, 2011
- This year, you have get-up-and-go. You are entering a new cycle, where the first year is very lucky. Note a difference between what you project and what you want on a deeper level. Avoid mixed signals. If you are single, this schism could also affect your choices. If you are attached, you will tend to emphasize your family life more. Leo serves as an anchor.
- ‘Bhutto’ highlights contradictions of Pakistan
- May 10, 2011
- Documentaries don’t come much more timely than “Bhutto” on “Independent Lens” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings).
- 25 years ago: Lawrence Farmers’ Market rings in 11th season
- May 10, 2011
- Spinach and snow peas were among the fresh produce available to local shoppers at the opening of the 11th season of the Lawrence Farmers’ Market.
- 100 years ago: Policy of closing post office on Sunday reaches Lawrence
- May 10, 2011
- “The Sunday [post office] closing order has at last reached Lawrence. The post office department has instructed the Lawrence office to make Sunday closing effective June 11.”
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 37 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 40 comments
- Letter: Vet responds May 24, 2013 · 2 comments
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013 · 7 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 22 comments
- Blog: Brownback signs 'Celebrate Freedom Week' bill May 23, 2013 · 9 comments
- U.S.' largest tanker base to be in Wichita May 23, 2013 · 9 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 10 comments
- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 35 comments
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message May 24, 2013 · 12 comments
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Editorial: Development shift? May 24, 2013
- FSHS softball season ends in extra-inning heartbreak at state May 24, 2013
- Old Glory shines on west campus June 18, 2003
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013
- Theatre Lawrence warns customers of credit card information stolen in cyber attack May 23, 2013
