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Polls
Did you wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 87% | |
| Yes | 12% | |
| Total | 8 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
In Lawrence, find New Year’s Eve parties for every taste- December 23, 2012
- Your first New Year’s resolution of 2013 — stop kicking off the new year by doing something that’s not your style. Unless your heart is set on a big black-tie gala, you can find — or create — social events to suit your own taste here in Lawrence. By Sara Shepherd.
6:00 a.m.
After a ‘miracle,’ Gardner family will enjoy Christmas with a healthy toddler- December 23, 2012
- About a month ago, as Thanksgiving approached in the Hernandez home in Gardner, the family was waiting for a call. After months spent wondering what was wrong with their toddler’s eye, they’d discovered that when they’d found him months before screaming, holding a metal meat thermometer in his hand, it hadn’t been just a scratch. But Christmas will be a lot better. By Matt Erickson
12:00 p.m.
Longtime link: Church’s meal organization, meatloaves span decades- December 24, 2012
- In a way, a hot lunch at the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen is like the biblical story of the loaves and the fishes. But it’s not a miracle that makes all that food appear, it’s an army of dedicated church members like the ones at West Side Presbyterian, aka “the meatloaf people.” By Sara Shepherd.
6:00 p.m.
All stories
- With Weis at helm, KU academic staff not worried about juco signees’ academics
- December 24, 2012
- The risk of bringing in junior-college transfers is diminished somewhat at Kansas University because of the way KU football coach Charlie Weis and Paul Buskirk, the school’s associate athletic director for student support, work together from the time a prospect sets foot on campus to enrollment and the beginning of classes. By Matt Tait
- Netflix says video streaming out of service Monday night
- December 24, 2012
- Families across the United States may have to find movies elsewhere, as Netflix’s video streaming service was hit by a Christmas Eve outage.
- Sound Off: Stull Road Bridge
- December 24, 2012
- What is the bridge on Stull Road (or 45th Street in Shawnee County) west of the Shawnee/Douglas county line?
- Tonganoxie teens launch book drive to benefit Children’s Mercy Hospital
- December 24, 2012
- Tonganoxie High School seniors Wyatt Maurer and Tyler O’Briant launched a book drive for patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Both have spent time at Children’s Mercy as patients and are members of the hospital’s Teen Advisory Board.
- Last-minute Christmas shopping an annual tradition for men of one Lawrence-based family
- December 24, 2012
- At lunchtime on Christmas Eve, Wayne Osness, his son and three sons-in-law still had much of their Christmas shopping to do. But it was no cause for worry. In fact, it’s tradition. By Matt Erickson
- Family’s homemade cookies thank those who spend holiday on the job
- December 24, 2012
- For at least 15 years, one Lawrence family has baked hundreds of cookies and delivered them to the hospital, police station, fire stations and a call center around the time the overnight shift begins on Christmas Eve. If you think that sounds like a lot of cookies, you’d be correct. By Sara Shepherd.
- Car accident damages utility pole, blocks traffic, in 1500 block of Tennessee Street
- 03:20 p.m., December 24, 2012 Updated 03:20 p.m.
- A car accident in the 1500 block of Tennessee Street damaged a utility pole about 12:10 a.m. Monday.
- Man flown to hospital after single-vehicle accident near Lone Star Lake
- December 24, 2012
- A man was flown to an area hospital late this morning after a single-vehicle accident just south of Lone Star Lake in southwest Douglas County.
- KU: Potential student-loan costs from ‘fiscal cliff’ much smaller than originally reported
- 10:38 a.m., December 24, 2012 Updated 03:48 p.m.
- Should the federal government fall over the “fiscal cliff” at the end of this month, the potential additional loan costs for Kansas University students will be far lower than the university reported earlier this month: $206,000, rather than about $27 million. By Matt Erickson
- Ben McLemore named Big 12 rookie of the week
- December 24, 2012
- Kansas freshman Ben McLemore was named the Big 12 rookie of the week, the conference announced Monday morning.
- How to help: Christmas dinner servers needed
- December 24, 2012
- If you’re interested in volunteering tomorrow, Christmas Day, consider volunteering at The Free Lawrence Community Christmas Day Dinner.
- Divorces
- December 24, 2012
- Divorces granted in Douglas County District Court the week ending December 21, 2012.
- Letter: 100 years too late
- December 24, 2012
- Well-thought-out, carefully written laws do pretty well in controlling the behavior of the masses.
- Letter: Change needed
- December 24, 2012
- We need gun control and vigilance of parents, priests, teachers and coaches, and no bullying in schools or on the Internet.
- Letter: Fair share
- December 24, 2012
- Just how stupid does Menards think the residents of Lawrence are?
- Letter: Our responsibility
- December 24, 2012
- On Dec. 14, 20 schoolchildren in Connecticut and six teachers became innocent victims slaughtered by an assault rifle.
- 25 years ago: North Lawrence residents oppose removal of ‘non-conforming’ traffic signal
- December 24, 2012
- Residents said that beacon had been in place for 25 to 30 years and that it was doing a fine job of alerting drivers.
- Editorial: Right decision
- Restricting traffic at Iowa and 15th streets will be inconvenient, but if that allows the project to get done more quickly, it is a good trade-off.
- December 24, 2012
- Major construction in the area of Iowa and 15th streets is bound to cause significant inconvenience next year, but Lawrence city commissioners were right to affirm an earlier decision to close the intersection to east-west traffic during the project.
- 40 years ago: Salvation Army reaches holiday fundraising goal
- December 24, 2012
- Close to 800 families were to be served by the program this year.
- Lawrence Laundry: Great ‘gift’ deals abound after Christmas shopping rush
- December 24, 2012
- Shoppers should take advantage of post-Christmas deals.
- Offbeat Occupations: Running a candy store ‘fun work’ indeed
- December 24, 2012
- Miller owns and operates Mass. Street Sweet Shoppe, 727 Massachusetts St., which opened in early November. “I just decided I wanted to do something neighborly and give back to my community, so I did some research into candy and decided to open a candy store.” By Adam Strunk
- Double Take: Some advice for a successful family gathering
- December 24, 2012
- The holidays are here, the kids are home from college or high school and the spirit of the season is everywhere.
- Opinion: Senate should be wary of rules change
- December 24, 2012 in print edition on A9
- Ideas are not responsible for the people who believe them, but when evaluating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s ideas for making the Senate more like the House of Representatives, consider the source. Reid is just a legislative mechanic trying to make Congress’ machinery efficiently responsive to his party’s progressivism. And proper progressives think the Constitution, understood as a charter of limited government, is unconstitutional.
- Longtime link: Church’s meal organization, meatloaves span decades
- December 24, 2012
- In a way, a hot lunch at the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen is like the biblical story of the loaves and the fishes. But it’s not a miracle that makes all that food appear, it’s an army of dedicated church members like the ones at West Side Presbyterian, aka “the meatloaf people.” By Sara Shepherd.
- Marriages
- December 24, 2012
- Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County District Court the week ending December 21, 2012.
- Bankruptcies
- December 24, 2012
- Douglas County residents or businesses filing for bankruptcy protection recently in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Kansas, according to court records.
- Fix-It Chick: Cleaning your chimney is necessary — and easy
- Chimneys can be cleaned from top to bottom or bottom to top.
- December 24, 2012
- Santa is not the only one who likes a clean chimney. Chimneys need to be cleaned at least once a year. Unused chimneys should also be inspected on a regular basis. Cleaning a chimney is easy for anyone who isn’t afraid of heights.
- As I See Fit: Keep calm and continue working out
- December 24, 2012
- Instead of waiting until New Year’s to start your resolutions, why don’t you skip all that nonsense and just “carry on” as the overly popular slogan says?
- Delicious/Nutritious: Clementines make winter a little sunnier
- December 24, 2012
- Clementines a sweet little treat for winter.
- Tune In Tonight: Holiday fare fills the air
- December 24, 2012
- Christmas Eve means the column must be written in verse, a tradition I’ve maintained for better and, perhaps, much, much worse.
- 100 years ago: Little girl reports that Santa has skipped her house every year
- December 24, 2012
- “The Journal-World promised the little one that this year old Santa would not forget her and advised her to hang up a stocking tonight.”
- Horoscopes for Dec. 24
- December 24, 2012
- For Monday, Dec. 24: This year you are grounded. You make strong financial decisions; however, sometimes you will need to seek out others for ideas. If you are single, during this period, Cupid’s arrow is nearby. If you are attached, the two of you have worked hard to get where you are.
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