Also from February 17
Births
- Terral Palmer and Emilie Burdette, Lawrence, a girl.
- Michael and Susan Hornberger, Lecompton, a girl.
- Brian and Jennifer Madden, Lawrence, a boy.
- David and Randi Sprinkle, Ottawa, a boy.
- Sooa and Evan McCormick, Lawrence, a girl.
- Brian and Betsy Timmer, Lawrence, a boy.
- Ronald Zahorik and Lena Howett, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Brandon and Stacey Byers, Lawrence, a boy.
- Nick Elder and Lindsay Thommen, Ottawa, a girl.
- Amber and Tommy Wood, Ottawa, a boy.
Blog entries
- Heard on the Hill: NYT blog focuses on KU lowrider expert
- Statehouse Live: Brownback urging prayer on Saturday during ReignDown USA event
- Heard on the Hill: Good news for wireless-dependent KU travelers
- Tale of the Tait: Realignment Today: Is Florida State still in play for potential Big 12 expansion?
- Town Talk: Compton-led banking company purchases Missouri-based bank
- Town Talk: New breakfast spot, The Roost, slated to open in former Milton’s location
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
At what age should children get a Facebook account?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 24% | |
| 18 | 23% | |
| 13 (when Facebook allows children to get their first account) | 20% | |
| 15 | 9% | |
| 14 | 8% | |
| Other (please state age in the comments section) | 7% | |
| 10 | 2% | |
| 17 | 1% | |
| 12 | 1% | |
| 11 | 0% | |
| Total | 602 | |
Should cameras be allowed in federal courthouses?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 67% | |
| No | 32% | |
| Total | 408 | |
Videos
Lead stories
6:00 a.m.
Two Lawrence police officers suspended for role in fixing traffic tickets in exchange for KU basketball tickets- 3:10 p.m., February 16, 2012 Updated 7:17 p.m.
- City leaders have confirmed that two Lawrence police officers were suspended following an investigation conducted by the FBI related to traffic tickets being fixed in exchange for Kansas University basketball tickets.
10:00 a.m.
Lawrence to the 1st under congressional redistricting proposal- February 16, 2012
- All of Douglas County would be in the 1st U.S. House District under a congressional redistricting plan filed by Rep. Anthony Brown, R-Eudora.
2:00 p.m.
Brownback waiting to comment on concealed carry on campus proposal- February 16, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback on Thursday declined to weigh in on a proposal that would allow concealed carry license holders to bring their guns on campuses and other public buildings.
10:00 p.m.
All stories
- Weather meeting to offer tips, info
- February 17, 2012
- On Feb. 28, the National Weather Service in Topeka will present Weather 101, which will include information about how thunderstorms develop, features of severe weather and safety tips.
- Fat tunes: Group makes music for Mardi Gras
- Musicians to parade downtown
- February 17, 2012
- This year they plan to spread their raucous, colorful cheer beginning around noon, at 11th and Massachusetts streets, and then work their way down to Free State Brewery, 636 Mass., where, as band-member-wife Sarah Revell put it, “they just kind of take over.”
- Suspended police officers’ names not released
- Officials say identities will be given to ‘appropriate parties’
- February 17, 2012
- One day after Lawrence city officials confirmed that two police officers were suspended related to an investigation into the dismissal of traffic tickets in exchange for Kansas University basketball tickets, the city’s attorney said it would notify appropriate parties in the judicial system about the identity of the individuals involved.
- Similar tragedies to deadly Honduran prison fire could occur across region
- February 17, 2012
- The world’s worst prison fire in a century happened in a lockup like many in Honduras: a decrepit, suffocating place of overcrowded, dark cellblocks where many inmates were accused only of petty crimes.
- Global clearinghouse to evict Iranian banks
- February 17, 2012
- A financial clearinghouse used by virtually every country and major corporation in the world agreed Friday to shut out Iran from its respected network, an unprecedented escalation of global economic pressure to halt Iran’s suspected drive for nuclear weapons.
- States attack ‘Obamacare’ with birth control bills
- February 17, 2012
- Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama’s health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of birth control with bills that would allow insurance companies to ignore new federal rules requiring them to cover contraception.
- Congress approves tax present for 160 million wage-earners
- February 17, 2012
- Americans are getting an election-year tax present. Congress voted with rare speed and cooperation Friday to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and to renew unemployment benefits for millions more who haven’t seen a paycheck in six months.
- Federal court camera experiment begins
- February 17, 2012
- A pilot project to study the impact of cameras in federal courthouses began this week in Topeka with the recording of a civil case concerning water use in Douglas County.
- Koch releases emailed threats on eve of protests
- 05:03 p.m., February 17, 2012 Updated 10:45 p.m.
- Charles Koch says he and his brother and their employees are getting death threats and hate messages because of their political beliefs.
- Explosives in Statehouse incident were fireworks
- February 17, 2012
- Kansas authorities say explosives found in a pickup near the state Capitol earlier this week were illegal homemade fireworks.
- Kobach-supported immigration bills probably stalled, Kansas leaders say
- February 17, 2012
- After four days of emotional hearings, legislative leaders said several proposed immigration bills supported by Secretary of State Kris Kobach are probably dead. “I don’t sense the support in the Senate for that kind of legislation,” said Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton.
- Leavenworth police looking for murder suspect
- 02:22 p.m., February 17, 2012 Updated 03:29 p.m.
- Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of killing two brothers in Leavenworth.
- Ron Paul plans KC visit Saturday
- February 17, 2012
- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is planning a stop in Kansas City.
- House to start working Kan. income tax bills
- February 17, 2012
- Members of the Kansas House Taxation Committee will begin working next week on rival plans for reducing the state’s income tax rates.
- Ford CEO Mulally to be featured speaker at KU’s commencement
- February 17, 2012
- Ford CEO and president Alan Mulally will be the featured speaker at Kansas University’s commencement this year, breaking a long trend of having chancellors deliver the KU address to graduates.
- No charges planned in abortion records shredding
- February 17, 2012
- A northeast Kansas prosecutor says he won’t file criminal charges over the state’s destruction of abortion records, an issue that had overshadowed a criminal case against a Planned Parenthood clinic.
- Shawnee County DA meets with agencies on Capitol incident
- February 17, 2012
- A prosecutor has met with law enforcement officers about an investigation into a pickup containing homemade bombs that was parked near the Kansas Capitol.
- New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria
- February 17, 2012
- New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under “shock and awe” bombing to Libya wracked by civil war, died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack in Syria while reporting on the uprising against its president.
- Town Talk: Medical testing business opens on Sixth Street; from 2x4s to lathe tools, the weapons that may get you tased in Lawrence
- February 17, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- KCK man pleads guilty to 2008 Lawrence robbery
- February 17, 2012
- A 23-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty Friday to robbery and aggravated assault for his role in a 2008 west Lawrence robbery.
- Kansas sites added to historic places list
- February 17, 2012
- Eight Kansas locations have been added to National Register of Historic Places, including a former railroad office building dating to 1910.
- Abortion insurance case reassigned again
- February 17, 2012
- A lawsuit challenging a Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion has been reassigned to still another federal judge.
- 8 Kansas legislators endorse Gingrich for president
- February 17, 2012
- Eight Kansas legislators have endorsed former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
- Lawrence High School honor roll for fall 2011
- February 17, 2012
- These Lawrence High School students were named to the honor roll for the first semester of the 2011-12 school year.
- Government asks automakers to curb dashboard tech
- February 17, 2012
- Auto dashboards are becoming an arcade of text messages, GPS images, phone calls and web surfing, the government says, and it’s asking carmakers to curb those distractions when vehicles are moving.
- Report: Parents need more info on phone apps for children
- February 17, 2012
- Who is monitoring the apps that kids use on their phones? The government complained Thursday that software companies producing games and other mobile applications aren’t telling parents what personal information is being collected from kids and how companies are using it.
- Southwest Middle School honor roll for fall 2011
- February 17, 2012
- Southwest Middle School has announced its fall 2011 honor roll.
- Development leader, city leader offer 2012 business predictions
- February 17, 2012
- A leader of the largest group working to attract new businesses to the Kansas City area told a Lawrence crowd Thursday that he expects to see positive signs in 2012.
- Pump Patrol
- February 17, 2012
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.35 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call 832-7154.
- Lawrence man reports 1977 Chevrolet stolen
- February 17, 2012
- A 52-year-old Lawrence man reported his 1977 Chevrolet stolen from the 600 block of Second Street sometime 10 a.m. Monday and 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to police reports.
- Lawrence man reports Honda Civic stolen
- February 17, 2012
- A 39-year-old Lawrence man reported his 1990 Honda Civic stolen from the 1200 block of 27th Street sometime between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to police reports. He estimated the loss at $1,100.
- Lawrence woman reports $3,700 in cash stolen
- February 17, 2012
- A 43-year-old Lawrence woman reported $3,700 in cash stolen from the 2400 block of Ousdahl Road at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, according to police reports.
- Lawrence man reports car stolen
- February 17, 2012
- A 22-year-old Lawrence man reported his green 1998 Honda Civic stolen from the 300 block of Stockade Street sometime between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to police reports. He estimated the loss at $1,500.
- Companies awarded county road projects
- February 17, 2012
- The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded bids for two projects in Douglas County.
- Koch protest may draw 500
- February 17, 2012
- Organizers of a weekend protest in Wichita targeting billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch say about 500 activists have confirmed their plans to attend.
- 9th and N.H. project rejected
- City Commission likely to take up development plan
- February 17, 2012
- The city’s Historic Resources Commission unanimously rejected plans for a multi-story hotel/apartment building at the southeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets, likely putting the fate of the project in the hands of Lawrence city commissioners.
- Heard on the Hill: Lawsuit sheds light on tenure process; basketball campers upset about potential rules change
- February 17, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- 25 years ago: KU seeks new parking garage
- February 17, 2012
- KU officials were requesting the Board of Regents to amend their capital improvements budget.
- 40 years ago: Target date set for Clinton dam
- February 17, 2012
- A contract for construction of the Clinton dam, embankment works, and spillway could be awarded on or around May 1.
- 100 years ago: Kansas women meet on suffrage issue
- February 17, 2012
- “Kansas women today fired the first real gun in their campaign for complete suffrage.”
- Jayhawks in the NBA
- February 17, 2012
- A look at how former Jayhawks fared in NBA action Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
- Pair of Seabury newcomers shoulders load for Seahawks
- February 17, 2012
- Change can be a good thing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be easy.
- Free State diver Krieger advances to state finals
- February 17, 2012
- Free State’s Dan Krieger advanced to the diving finals Thursday at the state high school swimming and diving championships. Krieger was in 12th place after the semifinals. The Firebirds’ Trevor Hillis was 24th in preliminaries and failed to advance.
- City wrestlers ready for regional battles
- February 17, 2012
- Every high school wrestler in Kansas has been waiting all season for this weekend. Wrestlers from eight schools will be battling to secure their invitations to the state tournament when a Class 6A regional begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence High.
- Kansas football adds two area walk-ons
- February 17, 2012
- The Kansas University football program added a couple of walk-ons from the Kansas City area on Thursday.
- Knicks’ Lin added to Rising Stars Challenge
- February 17, 2012
- Jeremy Lin will play in the Rising Stars Challenge after all.
- Self raves about Tyshawn Taylor’s big-time Big 12 play
- February 17, 2012
- Tyshawn Taylor’s play of late has thrown him into the discussion at the very least for Big 12 Player of the Year honors.
- Focus on pitching: Jayhawks swap roles in advance of 2012 KU baseball opener
- February 17, 2012
- In an effort to turn around his team’s fortune late in games, Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price has flip-flopped pitchers heading into the 2012 season.
- Elijah Johnson still learning, growing with KU
- February 17, 2012
- Great college basketball coaches know what expectations to set, how to drive players to meet them and how to convince them it’s in their selfish interests to play unselfishly.
- Hall of Fame catcher Carter dies
- February 17, 2012 in print edition on B2
- Gary Carter was nicknamed “Kid” for good reason.
- U.S. is betting on Muslim Brotherhood
- February 17, 2012
- President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood began three years ago in his famous June 2009 speech in Cairo.
- Where credit’s due
- It’s way past time for Kansas Board of Regents schools to make sure students can easily transfer credits from community colleges to state universities.
- February 17, 2012
- This doesn’t seem like rocket science. In fact, it’s surprising to learn there’s still a problem with making sure students can take courses at Kansas community colleges and have credit for those courses count toward a four-year degree at a state university. If that’s the case, however, it’s high time the Kansas Board of Regents got to work on the issue.
- NYC rent control is illegal taking
- February 17, 2012
- James and Jeanne Harmon reside in and supposedly own a five-story brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a building that has been in their family since 1949.
- ‘Undercover Boss’ goes on a ‘shark’ hunt
- February 17, 2012
- If the boss is so nice, why does he have to pretend he’s somebody else? With “Amazing Race” returning on Sunday night, CBS moves “Undercover Boss” (7 p.m.) to Fridays. For the uninitiated, this documentary series invites CEOs of companies big and small to pretend to be just one of the rank and file employees at the corporation’s factory, office or franchise.
- Horoscope for Feb. 17
- February 17, 2012
- For Friday, Feb. 17: This year family becomes very important, yet you also demand enormous privacy. Juggling the various demands in your life takes talent. At first it might be difficult, but you will handle everything. Remain confident. If you are single, you could choose an emotionally unavailable person. Unless you are comfortable with this situation, the sooner you clear out, the better. If you are attached, you benefit from frequent weekends away together.
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas June 17, 2013 · 76 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 56 comments
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 20 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 119 comments
- Blog: Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage June 19, 2013 · 3 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 8 comments
- Editorial: Little choice June 19, 2013 · 5 comments
- Big wooden bird, bigger ball of fire envisioned to commemorate anniversary of raid June 2, 2013 · 4 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 28 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Regents to consider bonds for new engineering building June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Questions for working adults going back to school include finances, time management January 5, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Location of Superman's hometown sparks geographic divide June 17, 2013
