Also from October 15
Births
Blog entries
- The Newell Post: Here’s what type of player KU is getting in Tarik Black
- First Bell: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away
- Statehouse Live: As Legislature remains deadlocked, Brownback in Chicago touting tax cuts
- Statehouse Live: U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack would like to see congressional approval of farm bill, immigration reform
- Town Talk: As planners debate Menards project, new study finds retail vacancy rate at 7.2 percent citywide
- Operation 100 News blog: Two men shot this morning in Lawrence
Obituaries
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Do you plan on voting early this year?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 48% | |
| No | 46% | |
| Unsure | 4% | |
| Total | 390 | |
Who do you think is the biggest threat to KU in its run for a ninth straight Big 12 title?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor | 51% | |
| West Virginia | 12% | |
| Oklahoma State | 12% | |
| Texas | 10% | |
| Kansas State | 4% | |
| Iowa State | 4% | |
| TCU | 1% | |
| Oklahoma | 0% | |
| Texas Tech | 0% | |
| Total | 2231 | |
Lead stories
12:00 a.m.
Questions, no answers, for Kansas at QB- October 14, 2012
- The question will be asked at least a thousand times this week, and Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis has no plans to share the answer.
6:00 a.m.
It’s the time of year to watch out for deer- October 14, 2012
- Love is in the autumnal air for Kansas deer. It’s mating season: perhaps a good time for our woodland friends, but a serious danger for drivers who may come across them on the road.
- Source document: Douglas County deer accidents
All stories
- Recent rain barely a drop toward making up deficit
- October 15, 2012
- With only 0.83 of an inch of rainfall so far this month, precipitation for October in Lawrence is at about half the average amount, said National Weather Service meteorologist John Woynick.
- Column: Stellar defense leading Firebirds
- October 15, 2012
- Monday’s football practice at Free State High centered on defense, and all the players on that side of the ball wore black mesh over their jerseys. Nobody talked about the school’s No. 1 ranking in the Class 6A poll unless asked about it.
- Chocolate and Tea to benefit shelter
- October 15, 2012
- Guests can satisfy their sweet tooth and help a local organization during Chocolate and Tea at Three.
- Candidates duel over tax cuts, school funding, evolution at forum
- October 15, 2012
- Disagreements over school funding, taxes and the teaching of evolution dominated a marathon session of candidate forums held Monday night in the Douglas County Courthouse. The event, sponsored by the Voter Education Coalition and 6News, produced several verbal jabs but no real knockouts.
- KU student reports armed robbery near Stouffer Place Apartments
- October 15, 2012
- A Kansas University crime alert was sent out at 10:15 p.m. Monday after a female student reported that a man with a gun stole her cellphone and iPod.
- KBA offers glimpse at investment outcomes
- October 15, 2012
- The number of jobs created by Kansas Bioscience Authority investments more than doubled during the 2012 fiscal year compared with the year before, KBA staff members told the group’s board of directors Monday.
- City begins delivering trash carts
- October 15, 2012
- Spring is long gone, but signs of green will be popping up in the front yards of Lawrence homes for weeks.
- Equal-pay advocate to speak at KU
- October 15, 2012
- The next lecture in a series honoring slain Kansas University student Jana Mackey will feature equal-pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter.
- Opening of Born Learning Trail set for Saturday
- October 15, 2012
- The United Way of Douglas County invites community members to the opening of the Born Learning Trail from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Deerfield Park, which is just west of the intersection of Princeton Boulevard and Lawrence Avenue.
- Baldwin City, Lawrence reach agreement on price of water
- October 15, 2012
- Baldwin City is in line to get a water rate reduction courtesy of Lawrence city commissioners.
- Registration ends Tuesday; voting starts Wednesday
- October 15, 2012
- Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election, and on Wednesday, advance voting starts with Douglas County officials offering more sites and longer hours.
- Federal authorities say Topeka attorney embezzles $80,000 intended for KU Business School
- October 15, 2012
- A Topeka lawyer has been indicted in federal court for wire fraud and money laundering, including allegations the man cleared out nearly $80,000 from a trust designated to benefit the Kansas University School of Business.
- Lawrence police investigating several more home and car burglaries, plus handgun incident at book store
- October 15, 2012
- Lawrence police responded to several reports of home and vehicle burglaries over the weekend, and several occurred near the same location and during the same time frame.
- Ex-soldier gets 10 months for Kansas sham marriage
- October 15, 2012
- A former Kansas soldier has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for entering into a sham marriage so he could get additional military benefits and his Jamaican bride could become a legal immigrant.
- Kansas State Board of Education to discuss test scores
- 01:33 p.m., October 15, 2012 Updated 03:42 p.m.
- Confusion over the way statewide test results were reported last month is prompting the Kansas State Board of Education to discuss how those numbers should be reported in the future.
- Kansas food companies, including Lawrence’s CopperLeaf Gourmet, seek to boost export opportunities
- October 15, 2012
- Several Kansas food companies have been working to boost their export opportunities.
- Former judge Tacha to be honored
- October 15, 2012
- Former Kansas University School of Law professor and federal Judge Deanell Tacha will be honored Saturday with a national award for her judicial service.
- Around and About for Oct. 13, 2012
- October 15, 2012
- Jared Vinoverski, a Lawrence High School graduate, was nominated as a Pittsburg State University Homecoming king candidate.
- Softbank to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1B
- 11:19 a.m., October 15, 2012 Updated 01:51 p.m.
- Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion, giving the struggling U.S. cellphone company an infusion of cash and confidence.
- Big pick-up: Combo guard Wayne Selden commits to KU basketball
- Mom, five-star recruit had great time at Late Night in Phog
- 11:18 a.m., October 15, 2012 Updated 11:59 p.m.
- Wayne Selden, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound combo guard from Tilton School in Tilton, N.H., has orally committed to the Kansas men’s basketball team.
- Town Talk: Mass. Street Sweet Shop set to open next month; city reaches water deal with Baldwin City; city to appoint neighborhood leader to new eco devo board
- October 15, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- KU-Texas kickoff set for 11 a.m. Oct. 27
- October 15, 2012
- The Big 12 conference announced Monday morning that Kansas University’s homecoming football contest against the University of Texas on Oct. 27 would kick off at 11 a.m.
- Heard on the Hill: ‘Cash buses’ driving on Jayhawk Boulevard this week; current students will be able to opt in to Core curriculum; ‘Denim and Pink’ fundraiser Thursday
- October 15, 2012
- Your daily dose of news, notes and links from around Kansas University.
- Bankruptcies
- October 15, 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.
- Marriages
- October 15, 2012
- Marriage licenses issued in Douglas County District Court the week ending Oct. 12, 2012.
- Letter: Pension fairness
- October 15, 2012
- The states in the USA are complaining bitterly about the pension amounts that retirees are and will be drawing upon retirement and are making plans to lower the amount the state must contribute. The recession has hurt the state, but also in good times the Kansas Legislature did not pay their share.
- Letter: Vote on the issues
- October 15, 2012
- n the Oct. 10 Public Forum, a writer commented on the “misbehavior” of two audience members listening to a debate between incumbent Lynn Jenkins and her challenger, Tobias Schlingensiepen.
- Editorial: Finally fair
- Beginning today the K-State Official Online Store is expected to start charging state sales tax, a measure that’s long overdue.
- October 15, 2012
- It has taken awhile — more than a year since the issue rose to the surface and that’s considerably longer than it should have — but as of today an issue of unfairness to Kansas retailers apparently will have been resolved.
- Fix-It Chick: Move a piano
- October 15, 2012
- Moving a piano is seldom fun, but with the right tools and a few strong backs, it can be done.
- Lawrence Laundry: Downtown boot quest
- October 15, 2012
- My feet prefer the company of boots over any other encasement in which I could place them. When I find a pair I like, I wear them until the sole is flapping off and super glue no longer adheres to the half-dozen layers of glue previously applied.
- Letter: Mocking religion
- October 15, 2012
- Apparently this week is Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s week to deride and mock Mitt Romney’s religion. Will he have the courage to mock Islam sometime soon?
- Opinion: 50 years ago, U.S. faced ‘real deal’
- October 15, 2012
- There was a time when nuclear war was a threat and not a theory, when Americans faced the very real prospect of a massive missile attack on their soil, when the two postwar superpowers were poised for war — a brisk, brutal war that would have endangered if not ended the lives of tens of millions of people.
- Divorces
- October 15, 2012
- Divorces granted in Douglas County District Court the week ending Oct. 12, 2012.
- 25 years ago: Old fraternity house to be razed, replaced by apartments
- October 15, 2012
- The abandoned Theta Chi fraternity house at 1329 W. Ninth was in the sights of a Salina architecture firm.
- Shopping sickness explored
- October 15, 2012
- Does television shape behavior, or reflect it? And if it reflects it, is it an accurate representation or something from the circus funhouse? If television were a realistic depiction of society, I’d be pretty worried — if only about the threat of zombies.
- 40 years ago: Thousands cheer young Elton John at KU concert
- October 15, 2012
- Nearly 10,000 people had packed Allen Fieldhouse on a recent Friday night.
- 100 years ago: Roosevelt injured in Milwaukee assassination attempt
- October 15, 2012
- “Col. Roosevelt is the greatest man in the world and this attack on him is likewise an attack on the highest form of civic righteousness.”
- River City Jules: Guitar hero
- October 15, 2012
- It was a crisp autumn night. My husband had just treated his loving wife to dinner in Westport before strolling over to The Beaumont Club to see one of his favorite guitarists, Mark Tremonti, pair up with one of his favorite bassists, Wolfgang Van Halen, at this intimate concert venue. The tickets were free, the air was cool, his date was hot.
- Double Take: Parents, assume your teen will have sex
- October 15, 2012
- Here’s what we know: 47 percent of high school students have had sexual intercourse, and 35 percent report being sexually active at any given moment. The average age for first intercourse in the U.S. is 17.
- Bite Sighs: Blueberry energy cake
- October 15, 2012
- We’re going to make a cake from scratch this time, stuffed with good-for-you ingredients and still just as simple as can be. With blueberries for antioxidants, honey for energy and the comfort factor of homemade cake, this recipe is definitely a winner.
- New day care fills niche
- October 15, 2012
- A local mother has created a new child care option in Lawrence that caters to parents who favor a holistic environment and need the option of a flexible day care schedule.
- Children’s book ‘The Pillow Fairy’ helps parents solve problem
- Story gives kids incentive to sleep in their own beds
- October 15, 2012
- Local resident, educator and now published author Marcia Riley is sharing one of her parenting secrets in her new book, “The Pillow Fairy” (self published at CreateSpace, 2012), the story of how she got her two sons to go to sleep in their very own beds.
- Upstage anyone with these costume ideas from theater pros
- October 15, 2012
- Envisioning a costume is one thing. Translating it from a mental picture to something you or your child can wear is another.
- Daytripper: Spooky sightseeing
- October 15, 2012
- No need to travel all the way to Hotel Transylvania this Halloween season to encounter vampires, zombies, ghouls, ghosts, illusions, apparitions and various other members of the living dead.
- Horoscopes for Oct. 15
- October 15, 2012
- For Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 This year your birthday falls on a New Moon, signifying a new beginning in at least one segment of your life. Your creativity and magnetism intertwine, which will open you up to more possibilities. If you are single, a relationship is yours to have, if you want it. If you are attached, the two of you need more personal time as a couple, but be careful to not get to me-oriented.
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 15 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 75 comments
- Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister May 20, 2013 · 27 comments
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013 · 19 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 32 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013 · 46 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 21 comments
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013 · 13 comments
- Letter: State of vagueness May 21, 2013 · 2 comments
- Blog: Lawrence home sales continue rise in 2013, builders begin to pick up pace on new construction May 21, 2013 · 2 comments
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni May 21, 2013
- They said it ... about Tarik Black May 20, 2013
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013
- Free State softball draws Derby first May 20, 2013
- Legislature makes no progress; Brownback leaves state to tout tax cuts May 20, 2013
- Daytripper: We're in the money May 20, 2013
- When furniture turned into art: Wendell Castle's KU connection May 19, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
