Also from February 7
Births
Blog entries
- Tale of the Tait: A little cleaner look at KU’s announced TV deal with Time Warner
- Town Talk: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park
- The Newell Post: Where does each KU basketball returner need to improve?
- Town Talk: City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Did Tim Pawlenty drop out of the Republican campaign for president too soon?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 63% | |
| Yes | 36% | |
| Total | 263 | |
Do you think KU should continue playing Missouri in basketball after this season?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 79% | |
| Yes | 16% | |
| Undecided | 3% | |
| Total | 7017 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
KU students designate SafeBus as preferred ride- February 5, 2012
- SafeBus is not a normal bus: It’s a party where the guests change every 10 minutes.
6:00 a.m.
Lawrence commissioners to determine whether to create four community gardens- February 6, 2012
- Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday will consider approving a plan to allow four pieces of city-owned ground to be used for community gardens or market farms to promote everything from free fruit to fresh produce for local school lunches.
10:00 a.m.
School consolidation working group renews resolve for mission- February 6, 2012
- With time running out before a deadline to make a recommendation to the board, a working group looking at consolidating schools in the Lawrence district decided to press ahead with its original charge on Monday and is still asking for more data.
- Source document: Pinckney Revised Proposal
2:00 p.m.
All stories
- Jubilant Santorum sweeps Minnesota and Colorado
- 09:41 p.m., February 7, 2012 Updated 12:34 a.m.
- A resurgent Rick Santorum won Republican presidential caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday night, a stunning sweep that raised fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney’s appeal among the ardent conservatives at the core of the party’s political base.
- Lawsuit: George Brett falsely advertises necklaces
- February 7, 2012
- Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising necklaces and bracelets as being able to help improve health and sports performance.
- Documents show high costs for prosecution of Burundi-born Topeka resident suspected of participating in Rwandan genocide
- February 7, 2012
- The prosecution of a Burundian immigrant suspected of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide tied up manpower and cost money — so much that Kansas jurors pressed the federal judge to find out how much the government had spent on an immigration case against the 84-year-old defendant.
- Top lawmakers say legislators can’t be forced to answer questions about governor’s mansion dinners during session
- 05:41 p.m., February 7, 2012 Updated 12:33 a.m.
- Kansas Legislative leaders are telling a local prosecutor he can’t force lawmakers to produce records or give testimony while investigating private meetings with Gov. Sam Brownback.
- Auditors release 2nd report on KBA probe
- February 7, 2012
- Forensic auditors said Tuesday that they stand by their investigation of the Kansas Bioscience Authority and that any further work would be a waste of time and public funds.
- KU Chancellor Gray-Little outlines retention, graduation goals
- February 7, 2012
- Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little Tuesday outlined a plan to increase retention and graduation rates and research funding.
- Douglas County prosecutors seek to keep sex offender in prison
- February 7, 2012
- Attorneys Tuesday argued in a bench trial over whether a 54-year-old Lawrence man convicted of a molesting a girl in the 1990s was likely to commit another sex offense if he’s released from prison.
- Kansas Land Trust hosting workshops on the benefits of conservation easements in Douglas County
- February 7, 2012
- The Kansas Land Trust is sponsoring two workshops on the benefits of conservation easements for Douglas County landowners.
- New lights near KU campus designed to improve student safety
- February 7, 2012
- Those involved in planning a lighted pathway on 12th Street between the downtown area and the Kansas University campus hope the new improvements will make the area safer for students walking late at night.
- Opposition increases to Brownback tax plan, KPERS changes
- February 7, 2012
- Pushback increased Tuesday against two major initiatives sought by Gov. Sam Brownback on taxes and public pensions.
- Bill would require information on emergency contraception as part of sexual assault examination process
- February 7, 2012
- Medical facilities that provide care to rape victims would be required to give information about the availability of emergency contraception under a bill considered Tuesday by legislators.
- Nutrition Q&A: The Walk Kansas program
- February 7, 2012
- Extension agent Susan Johnson explains the benefits of this year’s activity.
- Kansas, Missouri fight possible move of Marine center
- February 7, 2012
- Kansas and Missouri officials are working to persuade the Marine Corps not to move its data center to New Orleans.
- Shawnee County DA to decide course soon in Planned Parenthood documents case
- February 7, 2012
- A Kansas prosecutor expects to decide soon whether to pursue criminal charges over the shredding of state documents seen as key evidence in a criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic.
- Kansas House honors late member who died of cancer
- February 7, 2012
- The Kansas House has honored a member who died last year after battling cancer.
- Memorial service set for 104-year-old Kan. judge
- February 7, 2012
- A memorial service for U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown has been scheduled for this Saturday.
- Town Talk: Children’s fun center coming to downtown; changes at Alvamar Country Club; architects release renderings of new design for 9th and N.H hotel
- 09:18 a.m., February 7, 2012 Updated 03:16 p.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County
- (Un)Chocolates for your sweetheart?
- February 7, 2012
- White chocolate may not be actual “chocolate” nor a superstar, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t tasty.
- Corporate profits not what they seem
- February 7, 2012
- Is the great profit engine of corporate America running out of steam?
- U.S. closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
- February 7, 2012
- The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.
- U.S. targets Iran’s Central Bank in sanctions
- February 7, 2012
- Targeting Iran’s economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country’s financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran’s nuclear program.
- Accident involving trailer reported in northwest Lawrence
- February 7, 2012
- One person was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Monday afternoon after an incident involving a trailer in northwest Lawrence.
- Event to offer social media tips to parents
- February 7, 2012
- Lawrence middle school parents who are worried about what their child is doing online or over the phone might want to attend the next Middle School Parent Connection event.
- Heard on the Hill: University Senate considering boycotting publisher Elsevier; newspaper readership program popular at other places, too; KUMC researcher mentioned in LA Times story on Alzheimer’s
- February 7, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- ‘River’ may pull you in
- February 7, 2012
- Tonight brings us the premiere of “The River” (8 p.m., ABC). It’s a stab at “Lost” by way of “Paranormal Activity” and “The Blair Witch Project.”
- Horoscope for Feb. 7
- February 7, 2012
- For Tuesday, Feb. 7: The Full Moon on your birthday signals a very lively year with a lot of interpersonal interaction. If you are single and you can stay light and easy, you’ll discover how fun dating can be. If you are attached, more often than not you will see that your sweetie offers a whole different perspective. LEO can push your buttons!
- Jayhawks in the NBA for Feb. 6
- February 7, 2012
- How ex-Jayhawks fared in NBA games of Feb. 6
- FSHS bowling 5th
- February 7, 2012
- Free State High boys placed fifth at the six-team Turner Bowling Invitational on Monday.
- Ellen Phillips sparks Veritas girls
- February 7, 2012
- Ellen Phillips led all scorers with 14 points and added seven rebounds as Veritas Christian rolled over Midland Adventist, 43-18, in high school girls basketball Monday.
- Report: Todd Haley to be Steelers’ O-coordinator
- February 7, 2012
- The Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report.
- Chiefs hire Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator
- February 7, 2012
- The Kansas City Chiefs hired Brian Daboll as the team’s new offensive coordinator Monday, bringing in a familiar face for new head coach Romeo Crennel.
- Tigers take league lead
- February 7, 2012
- Sandwiched between an emotionally charged victory against archrival Kansas University and a top-10 showdown with first place on the line, No. 4 Missouri faced a test of its collective focus. The Tigers got a passing grade — barely.
- Kansas softball confident pitching improved
- February 7, 2012
- Good news for the Kansas University softball program: Junior Maggie Hull brings her .346 batting average, 14 doubles, nine home runs and 49 RBIs back to the lineup. Even better news: With three new pitchers on board, the Jayhawks are confident they have a better shot of turning all the runs she generates into victories.
- Despite loss, Jayhawks move up (!) in poll
- February 7, 2012
- Bill Self isn’t a bit surprised his Kansas University basketball team, which lost on Saturday at Missouri, actually jumped a spot from No. 8 to 7 in this week’s AP poll.
- 100 years ago: Local man on bicycle struck by broken power line
- February 7, 2012
- “Gus Miller, of 824 Maine street and porter of the Ober Clothing store, had a narrow escape from electrocution last night.”
- 40 years ago: Lawrence schoolchildren spend day on the job with Dad
- February 7, 2012
- Woodlawn students Peggy Davis and Sonja Gilbert observed Peggy’s dad Raymond Davis.
- 25 years ago: St. John students prepare ‘time capsule’
- February 7, 2012
- Students in K-6 grades at St. John Catholic School made predictions of how the world would be in six years.
- Message of love
- February 7, 2012
- It’s almost Valentine’s Day and we’ve got trouble right here in River City.
- Gun sense
- February 7, 2012
- I read, with dismay, the Feb. 1 article in the Journal-World that there is a move in the Kansas Legislature to allow concealed weapons on college campuses.
- Health plea
- February 7, 2012
- As a mental health client and advocate, I would like to focus attention on the decimation of services for the mentally ill that has occurred over the past few years.
- Iran-Latin America ties draw U.S. focus
- February 7, 2012
- Latin America rarely comes up as a major issue in U.S. presidential races, but this time it will: There are growing signs that Iran’s rising presence in the region will become a contentious election topic.
- Turf battle
- The city needs to get control of artificial turf installations on both commercial and residential property.
- February 7, 2012
- City officials need to regain control of their turf.
- Forgettable: Lions hope to move past ugly setback
- February 7, 2012
- When players and coaches from Lawrence High’s girls basketball team one day look back on their 2011-12 season, Monday’s home game against Shawnee Mission West will be one they go out of their way to forget.
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