Also from September 7
Chats
Obituaries
- Sigrid Jan Larson
- Alice A. Bullerman, Waterloo, IA
- William “Bill” R. Wilson, Lawrence
- Margery “Marge” Ivy Nevius, Lawrence
- RG Lamb, Lawrence
- Marjorie Knight, Lawrence
- Bertha K. Beguelin, Lawrence
- Bertha K. Beguelin, Lawrence
- Harvey Jay Brown, Eudora
- 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
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Did you study abroad?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 73% | |
| Yes | 26% | |
| Total | 283 | |
Do you think young people are more or less politically involved these days?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Less | 55% | |
| More | 27% | |
| The same | 17% | |
| Total | 510 | |
Videos
Lead stories
12:21 a.m.
A knockout workout: Boxing for fitness takes hold in Lawrence- September 3, 2012
- If there’s a ripped-up, cauliflower-eared, cage-fighter type wandering around the class, don’t worry, he’s not going to punch your lights out. The only sparring is between you and the heavy bag.
6:00 a.m.
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.”
10:00 a.m.
Kindergarten teacher takes prize- September 6, 2012
- Second-year kindergarten teacher Lauren Mitchell got a surprise from her colleagues, students and family Thursday afternoon.
6:00 p.m.
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.
10:00 p.m.
All stories
- Cain tags two, powers Royals past White Sox
- September 7, 2012
- Lorenzo Cain hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking, two-run shot in the ninth inning, as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, on Friday night.
- Property owners want answers on extra tax for more parking
- September 7, 2012
- City officials are going to have to provide some extra information before downtown property owners will consent to an extra tax to fund more parking near the expanding Lawrence Public Library.
- Grandparents go back to school
- September 7, 2012
- Who bakes us cookies just because? Who listens to our stories? Who snuggles us while we read? Grandparents do, and that’s why we love them.
- Kansas files friend-of-court in concealed carry case
- September 7, 2012
- Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the state has joined 13 other states supporting a lawsuit over Maryland’s restrictions on concealed-carry permits.
- Brownback marks Kansas preparedness events
- September 7, 2012
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other state officials are reminding residents to prepare for disasters and emergencies as drought conditions create a fire risk.
- Boundary change to be discussed
- September 7, 2012
- The Lawrence school board may change a district boundary on Monday after months of consideration.
- Leader of bioscience incubator at KU leaving for another job
- September 7, 2012
- The leader of a highly-praised technology and bioscience incubator on Kansas University’s West Campus is leaving his post to take a leadership role with a local high-tech company.
- Trail group in it for the long run this weekend
- September 7, 2012
- It should be a walk in the park, or perhaps a run. Lawrence Trail Hawks will host 100-mile and 50-mile races as well as a marathon Saturday and Sunday, at Clinton State Park, 798 N. 1415 Road, Lawrence.
- Kansas Arts Foundation raises $105k, but disburses no funds to local organizations in inaugural year
- 04:27 p.m., September 7, 2012 Updated 07:06 p.m.
- The Kansas Arts Foundation raised nearly $105,000 in its first year but made no allocations to local arts groups, according to documents submitted to the IRS.
- Home schooling discussion ends before it starts
- September 7, 2012
- State officials on Friday backed off any examination of the requirements for home schooling. “I don’t see us pursuing that next year,” said state Rep. Steve Huebert, R-Valley Center, who is chairman of the House-Senate Legislative Educational Planning Committee.
- 3 injured in head-on accident in 900 block of Maine Street
- 02:19 p.m., September 7, 2012 Updated 06:45 p.m.
- Two people were extricated from two vehicles after a head-on collision in the 900 block of Maine Street at around 2:15 p.m. Friday.
- Eye endorses Schlingensiepen in 2nd Congressional District race
- September 7, 2012
- Lawrence attorney Bob Eye on Friday formally endorsed fellow Democrat Tobias Schlingensiepen in the 2nd Congressional District race.
- Brownback: Feds don’t cite fixes at women’s prison
- September 7, 2012
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says federal officials who’ve criticized the state prison for women aren’t considering aggressive steps taken to combat sexual misconduct against inmates.
- KUsports.com staff’s Week 2 college football picks
- September 7, 2012
- The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 1 of the college football season.
- Douglas County Jail inmate indicted for failing to register as a sex offender
- September 7, 2012
- A Douglas County Jail inmate was indicted Thursday in U.S. District Court for failing to register as a sex offender.
- Dead battery thwarts would-be truck thieves in Lawrence
- September 7, 2012
- Some potential vehicle thieves were thwarted in an early-morning theft attempt Friday.
- Big 12 reaches $2.6B deal with ESPN, Fox Sports
- September 7, 2012
- The Big 12 has reached an agreement with ESPN and Fox Sports on a 13-year contract reportedly worth $2.6 billion to televise football and men’s basketball through 2024-25.
- Town Talk: Godfather’s Pizza closes in West Lawrence; Eileen’s Colossal Cookies reopens; city moving to take next step on curbside recycling but service can’t begin until 2014
- 09:20 a.m., September 7, 2012 Updated 10:26 a.m.
- News and notes from around Lawrence and Douglas County.
- FACT CHECK: Obama and the phantom peace dividend
- September 7, 2012
- President Barack Obama laid claim to a peace dividend that doesn’t exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways, schools and bridges.
- Man charged with robbery, battery
- September 7, 2012
- A 23-year-old Russell man has been charged with aggravated robbery and battery stemming from a May 13 incident in which prosecutors allege the man used a handgun during a robbery.
- First Bell: The science fair should forge ahead; boundary change in front of the board Monday
- September 7, 2012
- News, et cetera, from schools in and around Douglas County.
- 100 years ago: Police follow through on new order to shoot unleashed dogs
- September 7, 2012
- “Some of the owners of the dogs that were killed this morning were very indignant.”
- 25 years ago: No new dorms planned for KU’s growing student population
- September 7, 2012
- For the second time in two years, student enrollment at Kansas University was expected to increase by about 1,000 students.
- Firebirds win gymnastics quad
- September 7, 2012
- Free State High’s Jacqueline Zaitz took the all-around and the Firebirds won the team title Thursday at the Shawnee Mission East quadrangular gymnastics meet. Free State totaled 102.5 points and LHS 94.55. Scores for SM East and North were not available.
- Middle class
- September 7, 2012
- The recent article about the hurting middle class was no surprise. What hurts most is the lack of jobs. If the construction workers were back to work it would help immensely. The problem is we need a strong middle class to generate more house building, remodeling, car buying etc. Demand is what drives job creation and demand is produced by a healthy middle class.
- Kansas WR Josh Ford has knack for blocks
- 12:00 a.m., September 7, 2012 Updated 04:42 p.m.
- Though Kansas University receiver Josh Ford was happy with his blocked punt in Saturday’s 31-17 victory over South Dakota State, he says it’s not his best one. Not even close.
- Syria has parallels to Afghanistan
- September 7, 2012 in print edition on A8
- The U.S. and its allies are moving in Syria toward a program of covert support for the rebels that, for better or worse, looks very much like what America and its friends did in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
- 40 years ago: 19th and Louisiana under study to improve safety
- September 7, 2012
- The intersection of was congested, especially in early morning.
- Regional prep sports roundups: Sept. 7
- September 7, 2012
- High school sports notes and highlights from around the region.
- Wayne Simien proud of fundraising work
- Lawrence Family Promise events set for Sunday, Monday
- September 7, 2012
- Former Kansas University All-America basketball power forward Wayne Simien and Cindy Self, wife of KU coach Bill Self, are fourth-year co-chairs of Sunday and Monday fundraisers for Lawrence’s Family Promise.
- Free State volleyball wins 3 at O-South
- September 7, 2012
- Free State High’s volleyball team ran its record to 5-0 with three victories Thursday night at Olathe South.
- Seabury sweeps Wathena Riverside
- September 7, 2012
- Seabury Academy’s volleyball team had 19 services aces Thursday night in a sweep of Wathena Riverside.
- Home schoolers get their shot at athletics
- September 7, 2012
- Back when he was a student at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Lawrence resident Ric Mitchell was feeling a little cooped up by his job.
- Stopped short: Lions win 2, run out of gas
- September 7, 2012
- For a while, not much could curtail Lawrence High’s volleyball attack Thursday night at its home quadrangular.
- After shutout victory, Firebirds gear for Vikings
- September 7, 2012
- Free State High football coach Bob Lisher hasn’t had to worry about his players’ heads getting too big following their season-opening 37-0 victory at Olathe Northwest last week.
- Haunted by opening woes, Lions travel to SMNW
- September 7, 2012
- The past few days at Lawrence High football practices haven’t been easy, and that wasn’t the result of the high-tempo format nor the late afternoon heat.
- Rangers edge Royals in 10
- September 7, 2012
- Ian Kinsler hit a leadoff triple in the 10th inning and scored on Michael Young’s single to lift the Texas Rangers over the Kansas City Royals, 5-4, on Thursday night.
- More planning
- September 7, 2012
- I just returned from an East Lawrence Neighborhood Association meeting, where I heard about another Compton-Treanor plan to remake the east side of downtown Lawrence. It is a huge seven-story building. The project is designed simply to guarantee maximum return to investors. All over again, the project is aimed at the well-to-do, and pays little attention to the desires of the local neighborhood.
- Kansas plan
- September 7, 2012
- It’s no secret that Gov. Sam Brownback doesn’t support the federal Affordable Care Act. The question is whether he will risk handicapping his state by refusing to move forward on decisions that will guide, and likely improve, the implementation of national health care in Kansas.
- Horoscope for Sept. 7
- September 7, 2012
- For Friday, Sept. 7: This year you tend to overthink. You could let that habit run rampant in your life, but know that talking and thinking will prevent you from feeling. If you are single, you could meet someone who also overthinks. If you are attached, you relate far better, as you both commit to a mutual interest.
- Networks join in cancer fight
- September 7, 2012
- Networks cast aside competition for an hour to co-broadcast the annual special “Stand Up to Cancer ’12” (7 p.m., ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, HBO, ION, LMN, Showtime, Starz, TBS, VH1).
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- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 71 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 77 comments
- City commissioner wants review of city's storm shelter policies in wake of Oklahoma tornado May 22, 2013 · 12 comments
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013 · 30 comments
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 64 comments
- On the street: Do you have plans in place in the event of a tornado? May 22, 2013 · 2 comments
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013 · 28 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 30 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 53 comments
- LHS student earns perfect ACT score May 21, 2013
- Tarik Black strong, physical May 22, 2013
- Two men face charges in Sunday morning shooting May 22, 2013
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