Also from September 6
Births
Blog entries
- Dispatches from the Academy: Day 5: The murder of Onzie Branch
- Heard on the Hill: KU radio station KJHK featured by mtvU
- First Bell: Study: U.S. students do better than test scores suggest
- Five-minute Scout: Slow pace, bad offense means TCU unlikely to hit 50 against KU
- Town Talk: ‘Nanobrewery’ hopes to set up operations in western Douglas County; demand for tickets to downtown Lawrence craft beer expo anything but ‘nano’
- Town Talk: Lawrence home sales increase by nearly 28 percent in 2012, but home values on the decline, according to two new reports
- Tale of the Tait: Rise & Sign: National Signing Day rockin’ and rollin’ as letters arriving quickly in Lawrence
- The Newell Post: Close shots partly to blame for Elijah Johnson’s offensive struggles
Obituaries
- Harvey Jay Brown, Eudora
- Bertha K. Beguelin, Lawrence
- Marjorie S. Knight, Lawrence
- William “Bill” R. Wilson, Lawrence
- Delmar J Barland
- Margery “Marge” I. Nevius, Lawrence
- Richard “Dick” K. Smith , Lawrence
- Ida Doris Olstead, Coleman, Texas
- Arthur Lewis “Popsi” Petersilie, Lecompton
- Lillian Ida Williams, Lawrence
- Eunice Mae Pittman
- Geraldine Ann Kelley
- John Ross, Lawrence
- Tonya Denise Turner, Lawrence
- Richard David Andrews , Pomona
- Charlotte Ann Rickenbacher
On the street
Photos
Polls
Have you ever been honored with an award for your work?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 76% | |
| No | 23% | |
| Total | 309 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:09 a.m.
Public split on plans for new rec center- September 4, 2012
- At least one point about a proposed sports complex in northwest Lawrence became clearer Tuesday: The public is divided about the wisdom of the plan.
6:00 a.m.
Colorado shooting suspect wrote of ‘unquenchable curiosity,’ experiences working with underprivileged children in KU application- September 5, 2012
- He wrote of an “unquenchable curiosity,” and owned a long list of academic accomplishments to back up his stated lifelong goal “to increase the efficiency of how human beings learn and remember.” But before Kansas University could interview James E. Holmes for a possible slot in the neuroscience graduate program, Holmes withdrew his application. That was in February 2011. A little over a year later — this past July — police say Holmes entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. and started shooting, killing 12 and injuring 58 others.
- Source document: Open Records request for Holmes application
10:00 a.m.
Panel OKs raises for public employees- September 6, 2012
- A committee overseeing state employee pay is recommending about $11.4 million in raises for underpaid state workers, with corrections officers at Kansas prisons among the groups benefiting most.
6:00 p.m.
County supports cheaper towing charges- September 5, 2012
- The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday unanimously agreed in principle to a resolution limiting how much towing companies on the county’s nonpreference towing list can charge consumers.
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All stories
- Media bias
- September 6, 2012
- Scott Rothschild’s story, “Jenkins’ remark about unemployment rankles” showcases some of the reasons for rankle: biased reporting, fallacious reasoning that panders to the bias and indiscreet thinking. Congresswoman Jenkins’ comment on the face is true. “Right now we have people who are happy to collect unemployment and not work. We have a problem with people working the system.” Of course that is true! Change starts by facing the facts; fraud is a fact that can only be rooted out by exposing the abuse, telling the truth. Thank you, Lynn.
- Latin American health topic of event
- September 6, 2012
- Latin American health topic of event A symposium about health care in Latin America will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union on Kansas University’s campus.
- Patriot traveling country to promote day of recognition for uniformed personnel
- September 6, 2012
- In the days following 9/11, tributes were common for military members, police, fire and emergency medical personnel across the country.
- Insurance company accuses apartment owners of fraud
- September 6, 2012
- An insurance company alleges the owners of the former Boardwalk Apartments committed fraud in claims they submitted after a deadly 2005 fire destroyed one building at the west Lawrence complex.
- Kindergarten teacher takes prize
- September 6, 2012
- Second-year kindergarten teacher Lauren Mitchell got a surprise from her colleagues, students and family Thursday afternoon.
- Obama: Recovery path hard, challenge ‘can be met’
- September 6, 2012
- His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation’s stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic National Convention finale, “Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met.”
- Scholarship hall catches fire
- 09:32 p.m., September 6, 2012 Updated 08:58 a.m.
- Firefighers were called Thursday evening to a kitchen fire at K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall, 1318 La. Around 6:30 p.m., hall members were sitting down to dinner when they noticed smoke coming from behind the ovens.
- Power outage reported in southwest Lawrence
- September 6, 2012
- Hundreds of homes in southwest Lawrence are without power Thursday night.
- Award-winning environmentalist Simran Sethi leaves post at KU’s journalism school
- September 6, 2012
- Simran Sethi, an award-winning journalist, educator and environmentalist, has left her job as an associate professor at the Kansas University School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
- Report: Kansas prison violates inmates’ rights
- 05:07 p.m., September 6, 2012 Updated 12:12 a.m.
- The U.S. Justice Department says the state women’s prison in Kansas violates the civil rights of its inmates by failing to protect them from sexual misconduct and abuse by staff and other prisoners.
- Man convicted of April shooting sentenced to 71 months in prison
- September 6, 2012
- Douglas County District Court Judge Michael Malone on Thursday sentenced William Verner, 27, to 71 months in prison for his role in an April 1 shooting outside an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Michigan Way.
- Defensive lineman Ty McKinney to enroll at KU in January
- September 6, 2012
- Kansas football coach Charlie Weis announced Thursday afternoon that defensive lineman Ty McKinney will not enroll at KU until the spring semester.
- Clinton Lake resort discussions resurface
- September 6, 2012
- The leader of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has begun exploring the feasibility of a resort development at Clinton Lake.
- Kansas doctor wants license back in abortion case
- September 6, 2012
- An attorney for a Kansas doctor sanctioned over her referrals of young patients for late-term abortions says a court battle she’s started to regain her medical license is likely to be lengthy.
- Town Talk: Consignment furniture, home decor store opens in the Malls; companies target Lawrence for 4G wireless expansion; weekly land transfers, including N. Lawrence car wash
- September 6, 2012
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- Statehouse Live: Officials urge commitment to reducing obesity
- September 6, 2012
- Reducing obesity in the United States is going to require a commitment similar to the Civil Rights movement or anti-drunk driving efforts, a former high ranking federal health official said Thursday.
- Lawsuit claims KU medical school violated Americans With Disabilities Act
- September 6, 2012
- An applicant to the Kansas University School of Medicine has filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she was denied admission because of a disability, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
- Land transfers for the week ending Aug. 27, 2012
- September 6, 2012
- Douglas County land transfers, as recorded by the Douglas County Register for Deeds, for the week ending Aug. 27, 2012.
- Two home burglaries reported
- September 6, 2012
- Two home burglaries were reported in Lawrence Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
- FACT CHECK: Clinton claims of compromise a stretch
- September 6, 2012
- It’s a fact of life in Washington that what one party considers a principled stand, the opposition considers pigheadedness. Compromise? That’s the other guy’s problem.
- Panel OKs raises for public employees
- September 6, 2012
- A committee overseeing state employee pay is recommending about $11.4 million in raises for underpaid state workers, with corrections officers at Kansas prisons among the groups benefiting most.
- First Bell: Cordley Carnival coming later this month; good news (for students) about sleeping in class
- 12:01 a.m., September 6, 2012 Updated 07:06 a.m.
- News, et cetera, from schools in and around Douglas County.
- 25 years ago: Actor researches ‘dark side’ of Lawrence area
- September 6, 2012
- “You realize that Lawrence is a pretty relatively quiet town, but there are its darker elements.”
- 40 years ago: At groundbreaking, new Clinton Lake predicted to ‘benefit untold millions’
- September 6, 2012
- Dignitaries gathered today for a groundbreaking for the Clinton Lake project.
- 100 years ago: After summer renovations, Haskell ready for new year
- September 6, 2012
- “The Haskell Print Shop has also been greatly improved.”
- Our Town Sports
- September 6, 2012
- Horseshoes anyone?: Anyone interested in pitching horseshoes is welcome at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Broken Arrow. Contact Wynne at 843-8450.
- LHS tennis falls to BV Northwest
- September 6, 2012
- Lawrence High’s Whitney Simons won in singles and doubles in the Lions’ 6-2 loss to Blue Valley Northwest on Wednesday in a girls tennis dual.
- Cole Aldrich reflects on trip
- Former Jayhawk center moved by visit to Johannesburg
- September 6, 2012
- Cole Aldrich couldn’t stop smiling on Tuesday’s 16-hour flight from Johannesburg back to the United States as he reflected on a rewarding 12-day NBA-sponsored Basketball Without Borders excursion to that impoverished land.
- No joke: Rangers hold off Royals
- September 6, 2012
- The Texas Rangers figure they’ll be just fine if they keep focusing on themselves.
- Turn for the better: Emphasis on takeaways pays off
- September 6, 2012
- For a defense that recorded just 18 turnovers during the entire 2011 season, picking up five takeaways in one game, as Kansas University did in its season-opening victory Saturday, may seem a little bit like magic. It wasn’t.
- Professor adds to teacher bullying response
- September 6, 2012
- In the Aug. 27 Double Take column published in the Journal-World entitled, “When teachers bully,” Wes Crenshaw and Katie Guyot provided some sage advice on a situation in which a classroom teacher was depicted as bullying her student by yelling at her in front of the class.
- Positive step
- Funding approved earlier this year and salary recommendations announced Tuesday are an important recognition of the need to make state employee salaries competitive with those in the private sector.
- September 6, 2012
- Even when the budget is tight, state officials in Kansas recognized a real need.
- Obama spurs Wilson comparison
- September 6, 2012 in print edition on A8
- Four years ago, Barack Obama was America’s Rorschach test upon whom voters could project their disparate yearnings. To govern, however, is to choose, and now his choices have clarified him. He is a conviction politician determined to complete the progressive project of emancipating government from the Founders’ constraining premises, a project Woodrow Wilson embarked on 100 Novembers ago.
- Horoscope for Sept. 6
- September 6, 2012
- For Thursday, Sept. 6: This year you naturally give an excellent impression that radiates positive energy. You are more verbal and caring than in past years. If you are single, you might attract someone emotionally unavailable. If you are attached, the two of you gain by planning a special trip together.
- Names could be picked from a hat
- September 6, 2012
- Some decades back, professional wit and Random House co-founder Bennett Cerf was asked if he had an idea for the title of a surefire best-seller. To his interviewer’s surprise, he took no time to reply and said, “Lincoln’s Doctor’s Dog.” As a publisher, he knew that books on any of those subjects were always popular, so combining the three was a no-brainer.
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