Also from July 9
Blog entries
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Should downtown Lawrence businesses help pay for the new public library parking garage?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 52% | |
| Yes | 41% | |
| Not sure | 6% | |
| Total | 526 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Governor’s tax cut plan includes increase- July 7, 2012
- While much has been written and said about the tax cuts signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback, not much has been mentioned about a tax increase that is part of that legislation.
6:00 a.m.
Bomb squadron vet ‘rode the wind’ of war- July 8, 2012
- There is a monument at Wright Patterson Field near Dayton, Ohio, that carries words Gene Ward knows well — words that describe the 449th Bombardment Group. “A group of men, who rode the wind together in the crimson skies of a world ravaged by war with purpose and precision to perform heroic acts of cool valor and unqualified trust in each other,” it reads.
10:00 a.m.
With baseball’s elite in Kansas City, Spencer’s Negro Leagues collection a hit- July 8, 2012
- As Major League Baseball fans converge on Kansas City for Tuesday’s All-Star Game, Kansas University’s Spencer Research Library has a few baseball-related items of its own about which it can boast.
- Photo gallery: Spencer Research Library Memorabilia
All stories
- Board OKs calendar with weekday graduations
- July 9, 2012
- Members of the Lawrence school board approved an academic calendar for the 2013-14 school year on Monday that placed high school graduations on a Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Judge orders hearing on former KU consultant’s appeal to shorten ticket scandal prison sentence
- Ex-consultant seeks shorter sentence
- July 9, 2012
- A federal judge said Monday he wanted to hear more evidence before he ruled on a request by a former consultant for Kansas University who is seeking to have his sentence shortened for his role in a $2 million ticket scalping conspiracy he helped conceal.
- Lawrence student wins IIYM piano competition
- July 9, 2012
- The International Institute for Young Musicians 2012 International Piano Competition is an international contest open to pianists ages 12-19. The contestants first submitted an audition DVD, and from the 35 submissions, 12 semifinalists were chosen. The semifinalists competed Saturday, each playing for 25 minutes, and then six finalists were selected. On Monday night the finalists each played for 35 minutes. Fourteen-year-old Lawrence resident Chaeyoung Park placed first at the competition.
- Pump Patrol
- July 9, 2012
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.29 at several stations.
- Eudora man pleads guilty to four charges related to incident in Lawrence
- July 9, 2012
- A 25-year-old Eudora man pleaded guilty to four charges Monday in connection with a March incident at the Days Inn, 730 Iowa.
- Lawrence City Commission to review plans to upgrade police department through sales tax
- July 9, 2012
- Lawrence city commissioners are being presented with a new set of scenarios — all of them involving new sales taxes — to fund a multimillion-dollar effort to boost the city’s police force.
- Kansas Bioscience Authority committee supports funding for research project at Kansas State
- July 9, 2012
- The Kansas Bioscience Authority’s Investment Committee on Monday supported an effort that would provide more than $868,000 to help support new research at Kansas State University’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.
- Kansas legislators get kudos for transportation work
- July 9, 2012
- Economic Lifelines on Monday honored several legislators for their support of state transportation funding.
- Early in budget discussions, City and County on different paths
- July 9, 2012
- Both the county and the city are discussing their respective proposed budgets for 2013. That’s two independent processes but many departments and agencies depend on funding from both bodies.
- Peachy keen: In northeast Kansas, a banner year for mid-summer stonefruit
- July 9, 2012
- After the 2011 Kansas winter resulted in a summer with little to no peaches, Vertacnik’s Orchard and some other area fruit growers are experiencing a banner year.
- Lawrence may be asking downtown businesses to pay for library parking garage
- July 9, 2012
- Soon, city commissioners may arrange for those two ideas to collide. City Manager David Corliss’ office is proposing that nearly every downtown property owner would pay a special tax to add an extra level and about 75 additional parking spaces for a public parking garage that will be built next the Lawrence Public Library.
- Heat causes fish to die in Kanza Preserve pond
- July 9, 2012
- It’s a case of murder most foul at the Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve, as hundreds of dead carp — and the associated rotting fish smell — line the banks of a pond on the preserve, near 27th Street and the South Lawrence Trafficway in southwest Lawrence.
- Westar seeking volunteers for pilot project that encourages off-peak electric usage
- 02:34 p.m., July 9, 2012 Updated 04:53 p.m.
- Westar Energy is seeking 1,000 customers to participate in a pilot project that utility officials said could provide savings on electric bills.
- Salvation Army seeks donations for backpacks and shoes for needy students
- July 9, 2012
- The Salvation Army and its Women’s Auxiliary are seeking donations and applications for their annual school backpack and shoe distribution for needy children.
- Man charged after investigation of homemade explosives
- 12:47 p.m., July 9, 2012 Updated 04:44 p.m.
- Police arrested a 20-year-old Lawrence man, Dakota Jackson Kunkle, Sunday morning on suspicion of criminal use of explosives at an apartment in the 700 block of West 25th Street.
- Town Talk: Downtown property owners may have to pay special tax for new parking; city comes up with new police funding ideas; famous Quantrill raid art coming to Lawrence
- July 9, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Lawrence High School graduates earn National Merit Scholarships
- July 9, 2012
- Two Lawrence high school graduates have earned National Merit Scholarships after being named as finalists in the National Merit program.
- Firefighters extinguish blaze at business on Clinton Parkway Court
- 09:39 a.m., July 9, 2012 Updated 04:44 p.m.
- Firefighters discovered flames Monday morning while responding to a fire near Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive.
- Heard on the Hill: Changes coming to Business School’s MBA program; Missouri governor signs bill quashing KU license plates; Natural History Museum sponsors event that talks about extreme weather
- July 9, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Marriages
- July 9, 2012
- Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County District Court the week ending July 6, 2012.
- Slow down
- July 9, 2012
- Until I read Chris Taber’s letter to the editor July 3, I was starting to wonder if I was the only one who thinks the proposed recreation center is just plain nuts.
- Positive reinforcement
- July 9, 2012
- It looks like Mary Krieger “got it” before Police Chief Khatib did.
- Fear tactics
- July 9, 2012
- Now that Republicans have declared war on the middle class and brazenly thrown their support to the top 3 percent, they need something to convince the people who actually work for a living to vote for them. It turns out their most effective weapon is weapons.
- 25 years ago: Movie producers make offer on county-owned barn, windmill
- July 9, 2012
- Trans World Entertainment, the company filming the motion picture “Kansas,” had asked to buy a barn, old corn crib, and windmill.
- 100 years ago: Some things never change: July brings hot weather, fresh farm produce
- July 9, 2012
- “This is a good season for pies. Blackberries, cherries and huckleberries of excellent quality are found in the markets.”
- 40 years ago: Public invited to observe solar eclipse from KU observatory
- July 9, 2012
- A solar eclipse was coming up in a couple of days.
- Fix-It Chick: Repair a tubeless tire
- July 9, 2012
- If your tubeless tire has deflated and separated from the rim, a little patience and some dish soap could have you back up and rolling in no time.
- Egypt must halt violence against women
- July 9, 2012 in print edition on A8
- With the election of the first Islamist president in Egypt’s history, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi, violence against women has become a hot issue. True, there have been troubling attacks on female activists since the revolution began in January 2011. Who can forget the infamous photo of a female demonstrator stripped to the waist, her blue bra exposed, as one soldier stomps on her stomach while two others drag her along on the street?
- Mental health boundaries are pushed
- July 9, 2012
- The damaged detective genre moves into challenging new territory with “Perception” (9 p.m., TNT). We’ve traveled far beyond the quirky phobias of “Monk” and the cranky attitudes of “House.” Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) plays Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscience professor described as “brilliant” about 47 times during the pilot episode.
- Horoscope for July 9
- July 9, 2012
- For Monday, July 9: This year your ability to communicate comes through clearly. You will help others to better understand you, and you will understand them better as a result. If you are single, what you want and what you get could be quite different. If you are attached, you also might express conflicting messages.
- Double Take: With roommate, set rules for successful dorm living
- July 9, 2012
- A student moving into the dorms this fall is scared about getting a bad roommate.
- Lawrence Laundry: Guide to business casual
- July 9, 2012
- While the term “business casual” seems to be as relative and cerebral as a theory of Einstein’s, choosing appropriate outfits becomes even more complicated in the summer.
- Everyday Life: Kumaré!
- July 9, 2012
- The unexpectedly sweet documentary “Kumaré” starts out with a Borat-type premise: a young American man of Indian ancestry pretends to be a guru.
- Delicious/Nutritious: 4-ingredient avocado dishes
- July 9, 2012
- A favorite of our two cooks takes center plate, and they couldn’t have made it simpler: Each recipe has only four ingredients.
- River City Jules: Summer halftime
- July 9, 2012
- It’s halftime, and you know what that means … Time to finish (or start and then finish) the summer reading program you enthusiastically signed your kids up for the day after Memorial Day. Time to take that day trip to that one historical site you have been threatening to drag your children to during these education-deprived weeks. Time to dust off the flash cards you swore you would use daily, right before you joined Pinterest.
- Kirk Hinrich expected to rejoin the Chicago Bulls
- July 9, 2012
- The notion began on the June 2010 draft night the Bulls traded Kirk Hinrich to the Wizards for additional salary cap space in their attempt to go all in for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in free agency. John Paxson’s first draft selection as Bulls general manager one day would return.
- Extended service
- A plan to expand overnight public transportation service in Lawrence is a reasonable experiment.
- July 9, 2012
- For Lawrence residents who depend on public transportation, life pretty much has to happen between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 15 comments
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 104 comments
- Senate Democratic leader asks attorney general whether Supreme Court's voter decision affects Kansas June 18, 2013 · 5 comments
- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 40 comments
- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down voter registration law similar to the one in Kansas June 17, 2013 · 74 comments
- Editorial: Arts decline June 18, 2013 · 10 comments
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013 · 1 comment
- Blog: City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 92 comments
- Former KU student sentenced to 30 days in jail, barred from social media, for attacking female student June 18, 2013 · 1 comment
- Freshman Frankamp brings hot shot to KU June 18, 2013
- New TV deal expands KU athletics coverage, access June 18, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- Editorial: Arts decline June 18, 2013
- Newton company to benefit from state budget proviso after 'Read to Succeed' initiative not approved June 17, 2013
- Clinton Lake resort discussions resurface September 6, 2012
- Fix-It Chick: Controlling roly-polies June 17, 2013
- Terrific threes: A look at KU’s top small forwards in the Self era June 18, 2013
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013
- Diabetics, weight watchers can make jam at home July 20, 2005
