Also from December 13
Births
- Court and Brad Wendt, Overbrook, a boy.
- Taeler King and David Gray, Lawrence, a boy.
- Michael Bryant and Adrienne Sizemore, Winchester, a girl.
- Nichole and Jake Webster, Lawrence, a boy.
- Justin and Jerri Ahrens, Eudora, a boy.
- Amy and Clint Shelton, Eudora, a boy.
- Andrew Dierks and Erica Curtis-Dierks, Lawrence, a boy.
- Hyun Jin Cho and Sunnyeo Kim, Lecompton, a boy.
- Elissa and Jonathan Douglass, Lawrence, a boy.
- Vanessa Bryant, Lawrence, a boy.
- Vanessa Bryant, Lawrence, a boy.
- Bryna and Matthew Miller, Lawrence, a girl.
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
- Patricia Rae Reed Pitts
- Ernestine Walker Brown, Topeka
- George E. Nussbaum, Hollister, Missouri
- Gerald Thomas, Kansas City, KS.
- Larry Joe Dobbs, Baldwin
- Thomas John Giffin, Eudora
- Dorothy E. Shaner, Lecompton
- Ella Mae Cofer, Lawrence
- Mary Nuñez
- Karolyn Kay Marcum
- Larry Joe Dobbs
- James E. McLean, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Ernestine Walker Brown, Topeka
On the street
Photos
Podcasts
Polls
Are you planning on traveling over the Christmas holiday?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 66% | |
| Yes | 33% | |
| Total | 319 | |
Is it important for students to learn cursive handwriting?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 71% | |
| No | 28% | |
| Total | 575 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Lawrence attorney named ombudsman under new KanCare program- December 12, 2012
- James Bart, a Lawrence attorney, on Wednesday was named as the ombudsman who will help customers who are having any problems with the state’s new Medicaid system called KanCare. By Scott Rothschild
6:00 a.m.
Tyler Self making most of minutes- December 13, 2012
- As a member of the Red Team, also known as Kansas University’s basketball Scout Team, Tyler Self tries to bring his A game to practice every day. By Gary Bedore
12:00 p.m.
KU students compete to build a better weed-puller- December 12, 2012
- At midday in KU’s Art and Design Building on Wednesday, students brandished devices equipped with spikes, claws and blades. They weren’t going to battle, though — they were showing off tools they’d built to pull weeds, designed for the Garden Weasel brand. By Matt Erickson
4:48 p.m.
Former KU student arrested for botched armed robbery; second suspect in hospital with gunshot wound- 3:26 p.m., December 13, 2012 Updated 4:50 p.m.
- A 21-year-old former Kansas University student is in jail, and another person is being treated for a gunshot wound to the arm following what police say was a botched armed robbery early Thursday morning. By Shaun Hittle
10:54 p.m.
Rivals team up to support Lawrence High School player with cancer - December 13, 2012
- Participants from both sides of Friday night’s city high school basketball rivalry game at Lawrence High School will do everything in their power to try to win, even though they all know it’s not the most important battle touching their lives at the moment. By Tom Keegan
All stories
- Study: ‘Fiscal cliff’ may cost Kansas 40,000 jobs, $2.75 billion GDP
- December 13, 2012
- Kansas could lose more than 40,000 jobs next year, most of them in the private sector, if no deal is reached to avert mandatory tax hikes and spending cuts to defense and other federal operations under the “fiscal cliff,” according to an economic analysis.
- Rivals team up to support Lawrence High School player with cancer
- December 13, 2012
- Participants from both sides of Friday night’s city high school basketball rivalry game at Lawrence High School will do everything in their power to try to win, even though they all know it’s not the most important battle touching their lives at the moment. By Tom Keegan
- KU cornerback Tyler Patmon leaving program
- December 13, 2012
- The lone underclassman in Kansas University’s starting secondary will be joining the seniors in leaving the KU football program this offseason. Sources confirmed to the Journal-World that junior cornerback Tyler Patmon would not return to the team next season. Patmon, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound starter from Round Rock, Texas, announced similar news via Twitter on Thursday night. By Matt Tait
- Efficiency task force to call for review of collective bargaining laws
- 05:31 p.m., December 13, 2012 Updated 07:32 p.m.
- Gov. Sam Brownback’s School Efficiency Task Force will ask for a study on the impact of the Kansas Professional Negotiations Act on management flexibility. By Peter Hancock
- Douglas County Community Foundation surpasses $10 million in grants awarded
- December 13, 2012
- It took the Douglas County Community Foundation 10 years to distribute $5 million in grants to community groups. It took two more years to double that number. By Matt Erickson
- 8 percent state cut to higher education could put KU jobs at risk, chancellor says
- December 13, 2012
- An 8 percent cut in state funding for higher education would likely put jobs in danger at Kansas University, KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little told the Journal-World Thursday. That’s the approximate level of cuts to higher education recommended by the state Division of Budget, according to the Kansas Board of Regents.By Matt Erickson
- Audit finds much lower costs than expected for Common Core State Standards in reading and math
- December 13, 2012
- A Legislative Post Audit report estimates schools will spend $32 million to $60 million implementing Common Core State Standards, with much of that being costs the schools would incur anyway. By Peter Hancock
- Former KU student arrested for botched armed robbery; second suspect in hospital with gunshot wound
- 03:26 p.m., December 13, 2012 Updated 04:50 p.m.
- A 21-year-old former Kansas University student is in jail, and another person is being treated for a gunshot wound to the arm following what police say was a botched armed robbery early Thursday morning. By Shaun Hittle
- Audit questions sufficiency of security on state computers
- 12:36 p.m., December 13, 2012 Updated 01:41 p.m.
- Kansas doesn’t do enough to secure computer systems used by its state government, making confidential information vulnerable to hackers, a legislative audit said Thursday. By The Associated Press
- Non-traditional student at Pittsburg State helps raise money for young man’s funeral expenses
- December 13, 2012
- Samantha York never met Mateo “Vinnie” Lorenzo, but his story tugged at her in a way that made her want to help pay for his funeral. York, a social work student at Pittsburg State University, learned from her father, Tom Lohff, over lunch one day that the body of the young Pittsburg man had been pulled from a strip pit after a hiking accident, but the family couldn’t afford to bury him. By The Associated Press
- Hutchinson baby who swallowed feather released from hospital
- December 13, 2012
- A Hutchinson baby who apparently ingested a feather is home from the hospital and doing well. By The Associated Press
- City Commissioner Hugh Carter takes job with Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; announces he won’t seek re-election in April
- December 13, 2012
- Lawrence City Commissioner Hugh Carter was named Thursday as the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce’s vice president of external affairs. Carter also announced on Thursday that he won’t seek re-election to the City Commission when his term expires in April. By Chad Lawhorn
- Trippy catnip documentary nabs spot at Sundance Film Festival
- December 13, 2012
- A Lawrence native’s 7-minute, 1970s-classroom-documentary-style film — featuring narration of catnip research, pans of newspaper articles about it, psychedelic music and scads of wild-eyed, crazy-acting cats — was selected for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. By Sara Shepherd.
- Former Baldwin City man arrested for animal cruelty
- December 13, 2012
- A 30-year-old Sitka, Alaska, man turned himself in to the Douglas County Jail Wednesday evening on a warrant for animal cruelty that allegedly occurred in Baldwin City in June. By Shaun Hittle
- Lawrence man pleads guilty to bank robbery
- December 13, 2012
- A 23-year-old Lawrence man is scheduled for sentencing Feb. 25 in federal court after pleading guilty to a May 24 bank robbery in Topeka. By Shaun Hittle
- Iowa Western C.C. O-Lineman Mike Smithburg picks KU football
- December 13, 2012
- The Kansas University football program picked up its fourth offensive lineman in the 2013 recruiting class late Wednesday night, when Mike Smithburg, a 6-foot-3, 300-pound guard from Iowa Western C.C. orally committed to the Jayhawks. By Matt Tait
- Ex-KU assistant Ed Warinner honored
- December 13, 2012
- Ed Warinner, Mark Mangino’s offensive coordinator during Todd Reesing’s three years as KU’s starting quarterback, including the 12-1 Orange Bowl season, was named by ESPN.com as the Big Ten assistant coach of the year.
- KU’s Caroline Jarmoc on All-America team
- December 13, 2012
- Kansas University junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc became the first KU volleyball player to earn All-America honors after she was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s second team on Wednesday.
- Firebirds’ A’Liyah Rogers signs with Bradley
- December 13, 2012
- Wednesday afternoon in the Free State commons, Free State’s A’Liyah Rogers made her college commitment official by signing a letter of intent with Bradley.
- Tyler Self making most of minutes
- December 13, 2012
- As a member of the Red Team, also known as Kansas University’s basketball Scout Team, Tyler Self tries to bring his A game to practice every day. By Gary Bedore
- 25 years ago: Local ‘cooking hobbyists’ produce cookbook
- December 13, 2012
- Having put the book together in time for this year’s holiday season, Carey and Naas were now collaborating on another title.
- Kovel’s Antiques: Collectors solve mysterious origin story of animal-shaped pitchers
- December 13, 2012
- In the 1980s, collectors tried to solve the mystery of who made a series of red, black and cream-colored pitchers shaped like animals and birds. They were all marked “hand painted Erphila” in a round cartouche. Some were also marked “est. 1926,” some “Germany” and some “Czechoslovakia.”
- 40 years ago: KU freshman injured in sledding accident
- December 13, 2012
- Her sled had crashed into a rock retaining wall southwest of Potter Lake.
- Letter: Unfair system
- December 13, 2012
- As both a Lawrencian and a Kansas University alumnus, I decided it was my duty to respond to your article titled “KU ranks low in statewide faculty governance survey,” published Nov. 16.
- Letter: Open spaces
- December 13, 2012
- Over the last 30 years, thousands of acres of woodlands have been converted to other uses, thousands of acres of prime farmland have been lost to urban sprawl, plus many gems of prairie disappeared in Douglas County. That is why we need to create a Douglas County Conservation District that can preserve open space and natural lands.
- Letter: Lower taxes?
- December 13, 2012
- Let’s see now: Brownback and his boys in the Legislature eliminated taxes for small business and on income tax at all levels, so that means less tax revenue for education.
- Editorial: Faulty process
- Kansas needs to fix its voter registration process, not throw it out.
- December 13, 2012
- Identifying the exact problem is the key to solving it, just as asking the right question is the key to getting the precise answer. With that in mind, officials have a clear path toward reducing the number of provisional ballots cast in Douglas County — and presumably across the state.
- Opinion: Debate about scope of government
- December 13, 2012 in print edition on A7
- If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however, you harbor the anti-social desire — stigmatized as such by America’s judgmental tax code — to bequeath your wealth to your children, this would be an excellent month to die. Absent a congressional fix before Jan. 1, the death tax, which is 35 percent on estates above $5 million, reverts to 55 percent on those above $1 million.
- Style Scout: Chris Millspaugh
- December 13, 2012
- Fashion influences: Grandfathers, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck
- Style Scout: Meredith Moore
- December 13, 2012
- Dream job: I think I have it. I work with artists and bring more tasteful things to peoples’ lives.
- 100 years ago: Journal-World circulation reaches 95 of 100 county homes
- December 13, 2012
- “The statement of circulation … showed an average sworn daily circulation of 5,189.”
- Horoscopes for Dec. 13
- December 13, 2012
- For Thursday, Dec. 13: This year you will have a new beginning in whatever area you deem necessary. Your personal power will expand because you live your word. If you are single, you will see direct results. If you are attached, curb a tendency to be me-oriented.
- Garden Calendar: Terrariums create miniature environment
- December 13, 2012
- Building a terrarium is a fun activity for gardeners of all ages and is sure to cure the cabin fever that is setting in with the colder weather and short days.
- Tune In Tonight: Basic cable an endless amateur hour
- December 13, 2012
- There is terrible, and there is deliberately terrible. And there is a difference. “Nightmare Christmas” (9 p.m., ID) deserves credit for trying to combine predictable holiday programming with a certain audience’s insatiable appetite for true crime docudramas.
- Our Town Sports
- December 13, 2012
- Horseshoes anyone?: Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes is welcome at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Broken Arrow. Contact Wynne at 843-8450.
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- LHS student earns perfect ACT score May 21, 2013 · 4 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 45 comments
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- Letter: Revenue figures May 21, 2013 · 3 comments
- Faith Forum: Who is your favorite lesser-known Bible character and why? May 18, 2013 · 11 comments
- Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister May 20, 2013 · 36 comments
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni May 21, 2013
- Midwifery 101: Options for pregnant women May 21, 2013
- Free State softball draws Derby first May 20, 2013
- They said it ... about Tarik Black May 20, 2013
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013
- When furniture turned into art: Wendell Castle's KU connection May 19, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
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