Also from March 6
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Polls
Would you change your cell phone number if you moved to a new area code?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 68% | |
| Yes | 17% | |
| Not sure | 14% | |
| Total | 621 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Parent advocacy group to study state’s school funding plans- March 5, 2012
- The Lawrence school district is hoping the lobbying power of parents will help convince the Kansas Legislature to better fund schools.
6:00 a.m.
School closings to still be addressed- March 6, 2012
- Members of the Lawrence school board agreed that they would have to vote on whether or not to consolidate the district’s elementary schools. They just weren’t ready to vote on the issue Monday night and don’t expect to be at the next meeting.
10:00 a.m.
Plenty of events coming to Downtown Lawrence, including some that might close streets- March 5, 2012
- A 16-pound steel ball, lots of spandex and a few detours are all on tap for Downtown Lawrence.
2:53 p.m.
All stories
- KU Cancer Center director happy with NCI review
- March 6, 2012
- Roy Jensen, director of the Kansas University Cancer Center, said on Tuesday he was “cautiously optimistic” after a recent site visit from the National Cancer Institute reviewers.
- KBA approves severance deal for interim CEO
- March 6, 2012
- The Kansas Bioscience Authority approved on Tuesday a severance package for its acting president and CEO that would pay him one year’s salary if he is removed from his position without cause.
- Accident at 31st and Iowa streets involves four cars
- March 6, 2012
- A minor accident at 31st and Iowa streets Tuesday night involved four cars and mildly injured an infant, Lawrence police said.
- Romney wins Ohio, four other Super Tuesday states
- 06:06 p.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 12:02 a.m.
- Results from Super Tuesday 2012
- Heritage Conservation Council plans workshop on applying for grants
- March 6, 2012
- The Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council is hosting a workshop for those interested in applying for natural and cultural heritage grants.
- KU expects to ask Kansas Bioscience Authority to fund new chemotherapy drug delivery research
- March 6, 2012
- Kansas University leaders are looking for financial support for its initiatives in bioengineering, which could lead to new chemotherapy drug delivery mechanisms that would fight cancer, among other new research opportunities.
- Kansas House member faces complaint over tax debate
- March 6, 2012
- A Democrat in the Kansas House faces an investigation into whether he intentionally misled colleagues during a debate last month on property tax legislation.
- High winds knock city light pole onto vehicle parked in downtown Lawrence
- March 6, 2012
- High winds downtown caused a light pole to fall onto and damage a vehicle in the 600 block of Massachusetts Street on Tuesday.
- KU Cancer Center director encouraged after National Cancer Institute reviewers’ visit
- March 6, 2012
- Roy Jensen, director of the Kansas University Cancer Center, said on Tuesday he was “cautiously optimistic” after a recent site visit from the National Cancer Institute reviewers.
- Shooting victim undergoes two surgeries; family awaits more information
- 03:04 p.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 04:01 p.m.
- Parents of a former Lawrence High School student who was shot last weekend in Kansas City, Mo., said Tuesday their son had gone through two surgeries in the hospital.
- Baker University hires chief academic officer
- March 6, 2012
- Baker University has hired a new chief academic officer for its four schools.
- Kansas moves closer to ending ban on happy hour
- 02:30 p.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 04:49 p.m.
- Kansas is moving closer to repealing a ban on happy hours at bars, taverns, clubs and restaurants.
- Lawrence’s rental licensing ordinance at center of legislative dispute
- March 6, 2012
- “Quiet family homes have become weekend party palaces,” Arly Allen with the Centennial Neighborhood Association told the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.
- Bill Self named Sporting News national coach of the year
- 11:03 a.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Kansas coach Bill Self was selected as the Sporting News’ national coach of the year, the publication announced Tuesday.
- Lawrence woman, 32, sentenced to 50 years in prison for ex-boyfriend’s murder
- March 6, 2012
- A Lawrence woman pleaded guilty last week and received a 50-year prison sentence for planning the 2009 murder of her former boyfriend in southern Missouri.
- Registration now available for KU’s annual Mini College
- March 6, 2012
- Kansas University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is now accepting enrollments in its fourth annual Mini College.
- Statehouse Live: Mental health advocates seek funding after years of budget cuts
- March 6, 2012
- “Our state’s mental health system is not strong enough to meet the demands placed on it,” said Glen Yancey, who is president of the Kansas Mental Health Coalition.
- EPA director to speak at KU
- 09:48 a.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 01:31 p.m.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson is scheduled to speak at Kansas University next week on environmental issues and other recent EPA actions.
- Town Talk: Extra Virgin olive oil and vinegar store to open in Downtown Lawrence; retail sales off to best start since 2008; weekly listing of property sales
- March 6, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Douglas County land transfers for the week ending Feb. 27, 2012
- March 6, 2012
- Land transfers for the week ending Feb. 27, 2012, as recorded by the Douglas County Register of Deeds.
- Electrical problem causes light smoke at Buffalo Wild Wings; restaurant open
- 08:10 a.m., March 6, 2012 Updated 12:01 p.m.
- Lawrence firefighters were called shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday to Buffalo Wild Wings, 1012 Mass., where they found light smoke.
- Participants cited for disturbance early Sunday
- March 6, 2012
- Participants in a disturbance early Sunday in the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street were cited for either battery or disorderly, conduct, according to Lawrence police.
- Man, 20, to serve 18 months probation for role in November burglary
- March 6, 2012
- A 20-year-old man was ordered to serve 18 months on probation for his role in a November burglary of Tobacco Mart, 1420 W. 23rd St.
- Secretary of State Kris Kobach criticized for forming PAC
- March 6, 2012
- Secretary of State Kris Kobach faced bipartisan criticism Monday for forming his own political action committee, with legislators saying it is inappropriate for the state’s chief elections officer to move so openly toward involvement in others’ partisan campaigns.
- KU researchers mapping out students’ learning processes
- March 6, 2012
- Those working on a project funded by the largest grant in Kansas University history are part of a larger national effort to change the way testing is done at elementary and secondary schools.
- Lawrence artist creates Flint Hills mural
- March 6, 2012
- Lawrence artist Randall Bennett accepted a tall task last May when he was hired to create a mural for the soon-to-open Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan.
- School funding No. 1 priority for group of parent-lobbyists
- March 6, 2012
- In just one meeting, a group of parents tasked with lobbying on behalf of schools have narrowed in on single target: convince state lawmakers to provide more funding to school districts.
- $100K gift to KU sets up scholarship
- March 6, 2012
- A new $100,000 gift to the Kansas University School of Medicine will establish a new scholarship for medical students, with a preference for black students.
- Couple give $1.6M to Baker University
- March 6, 2012
- A $1.6 million gift from Ross and Christine Hartley, of Jackson Hole, Wyo., brings Baker University close to its $10.3 million goal to fund a renovation and expansion of Mulvane Hall on its Baldwin City campus.
- Mild concussions can cause lingering issues
- March 6, 2012
- Children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year after their injuries, according to a study that helps identify which kids may be most at risk for lingering symptoms.
- Overhead bins getting bigger to fit more carry-on bags
- March 6, 2012
- Fliers can stop sharpening their elbows. Overhead bins are getting bigger.
- Riot police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow
- March 6, 2012
- An attempt by Vladimir Putin’s foes to protest his presidential election victory by occupying a Moscow square ended Monday with riot police quickly dispersing and detaining hundreds of demonstrators — a stark reminder of the challenges faced by Russia’s opposition.
- Obama, Netanyahu talk unity, underline differences
- March 6, 2012
- Taking sharply different stands, President Barack Obama on Monday urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his nation’s right to a pre-emptive attack. Even in proclaiming unity, neither leader gave ground on how to resolve the crisis.
- School closings to still be addressed
- March 6, 2012
- Members of the Lawrence school board agreed that they would have to vote on whether or not to consolidate the district’s elementary schools. They just weren’t ready to vote on the issue Monday night and don’t expect to be at the next meeting.
- Survey: More optimism about jobs, economy
- March 6, 2012
- The U.S. economy is improving faster than economists had expected. They now foresee slightly stronger growth and hiring than they did two months earlier — trends that would help President Barack Obama’s re-election hopes.
- McCain seeks airstrikes on Syria; U.S. presses Putin
- March 6, 2012
- Frustrated by a diplomatic logjam and a bloody Syrian offensive, Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday urged the United States to launch airstrikes against President Bashar Assad’s regime to force him out of power — a call for dramatic military intervention that wasn’t supported by the Obama administration or its European or Arab partners.
- What’s so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegates
- March 6, 2012
- Super? Maybe not this time. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest payout of the Republican presidential primaries. Super Tuesday, slimmed down to half its 2008 size but still doling out one-third of the delegates needed to win, probably won’t settle much.
- Heard on the Hill: KUMC doctor discusses new child snoring research; KU School of Medicine gets $100k for scholarship; KSU student newspaper apologizes for column that offended international students
- March 6, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- 25 years ago: Missing ballots cause recount in recent primary
- March 6, 2012
- A canvass of the ballots of last week’s primary election revealed that eight ballots from seven precincts were missing.
- 40 years ago: Groundbreaking takes place on Clinton Lake buildings
- March 6, 2012
- The facilities were expected to be completed in about nine months.
- 100 years ago: Spelling contest to be held at county courthouse
- March 6, 2012
- “For first prize a fine dictionary will be given.”
- Seabury embraces pressure of state
- March 6, 2012
- For most high school basketball teams in Kansas, the season is over.
- LHS’ Wright-Conklin to wrestle in Kansas-Missouri all-star dual
- March 6, 2012
- Lawrence High senior and three-time Class 6A state wrestling champion Reece Wright-Conklin will be among the 28 seniors competing tonight at the 20th Annual Metro Classic, a dual pitting Kansas wrestlers against their Missouri counterparts.
- Nation’s coaches honor KU track
- March 6, 2012
- The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Kansas University sophomore sprinter Diamond Dixon the Midwest region’s female track athlete of the year, and KU’s Wayne Pate the region’s women’s assistant coach of the year.
- KU men’s golf sits in 11th place
- March 6, 2012
- The Kansas University men’s golf team posted a four-under 284 and is in 11th place with a 36-hole total of five-over 581 after the first day of the Louisiana Classics.
- ‘Still Kansas City’: Self speaks out on Big 12 (minus MU) and K.C. tourney
- March 6, 2012
- The Phillips 66 Big 12 men’s basketball championship will be held in Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., this week as well as in March of 2013 and ‘14.
- Family planning
- March 6, 2012
- It’s unfortunate that folks such as Craig Tucker, Nancy Pelosi and Kathleen Sebelius continue to contribute to misunderstandings in the public arena on teachings of the Catholic Church regarding family planning.
- Team lauded
- March 6, 2012
- An enormous “thank you” to coach Self and his staff. Autumn has always been my favorite season, made even more so once I became a Jayhawk.
- Trash truth
- March 6, 2012
- I wanted to comment on the recent quote in the Lawrence Journal-World regarding trash collection by City Commissioner
- Minority votes
- March 6, 2012
- If the Kansas Legislature approves Kris Kobach’s efforts to make new voter registration requirements effective in this year’s elections, chalk up another victory for those who want to minimize the influence racial minorities have in our political system.
- Draw the line
- Redistricting once again is dominating and disrupting the work of the Kansas Legislature.
- March 6, 2012
- Once again, the process of redrawing congressional and legislative district lines in Kansas is threatening to derail the Kansas Legislature.
- GOP must ponder constructive loss
- March 6, 2012 in print edition on A8
- “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The next and most urgent counsel is to take stock of reality.” — William F. Buckley, Sept. 11, 1964 On that evening 48 years ago — it was still summer, early in the presidential campaign — Buckley, whose National Review magazine had given vital assistance to Barry Goldwater’s improbable capture of the Republican nomination, addressed the national convention of the conservative Young Americans for Freedom. Buckley told his fervent acolytes that “when we permit ourselves to peek up over the euphoria” of Goldwater’s nomination, we see that it occurred “before we had time properly to prepare the ground.”
- Kansas University’s fall 2011 HONOR ROLL
- March 6, 2012
- Kansas University has announced its fall 2011 Honor Roll, which includes undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of allied health; architecture, design and planning; business; education; engineering; journalism; music; nursing; pharmacy; and social welfare.
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- Loads of Hound Dogs w/ Darrell Lea -- 06/15/13 at Jackpot Music Hall 2 comments
- Kansas Memorial Wake -- 06/08/13 at Plymouth Congregational Church 2 comments
- Black Flag -- 06/06/13 at Granada 1 comment
- Art Tougeau Parade -- 06/01/13 at Downtown Lawrence 1 comment
- Haiti Garage Sale -- 06/01/13 at Christ Community Church, 1100 Kasold 1 comment
- Americana Music Academy House Concert featuring NU BLU Bluegrass Band -- 05/26/13 at Americana Music Academy 1 comment
- 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
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 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
- City girls make all-region soccer June 1, 2013
- Agencies join forces to help homeless population acquire financial literacy June 6, 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
