Also from January 18
Obituaries
- Arnold G. Seifert
- Robert Wayne Bignall, Topeka
- Georgia Pettis, Bonner Springs
- Bessie Fay Foster, Bessie, 55, Lawrence
- Winferd Hugh (Pill) Owen, Basehor
- Clyde Woods, Jr., Lawrence
- Barbara A. “Granny” Wiggins, Lawrence
- Theresa Loretta Aucott, Lawrence
- Alvin H. Schild, Lawrence
- Virginia Lee Bock
- Earl Goodrich, Lawrence
- Frances Jean Typer, Lawrence
- Georgia L. Pettis, Eudora
- Helen Eis McAlpine, Topeka
- Kathleen Pearce Reed
- Melva Jean “Tudy” Sneed, Lawrence
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Do you donate to your alma mater?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No | 64% | |
| Yes | 35% | |
| Total | 315 | |
Lead stories
12:29 a.m.
Downtown retail vacancy rate drops in 2012 as new projects begin - January 17, 2013
- Retail vacancy rates in downtown fell to 4.4 percent at the end of 2012, according to a new survey from the Lawrence commercial real estate office of Colliers International. Last year at this time, the survey found downtown had a vacancy rate of 7.4 percent after several high-profile closings. By Chad Lawhorn
6:00 a.m.
Brownback plans to transfer highway funds to schools, merge Kansas Turnpike Authority raise questions- January 17, 2013
- Members of the Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday voiced concerns over Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals to pay for education with highway funds and merge the Kansas Turnpike Authority with the state transportation agency. By Scott Rothschid.
- Poll: Do you think Gov. Brownback should try to combine the Kansas Department of Transportation with the Kansas Turnpike Authority?
- On the street: Do you think Gov. Brownback’s suggestion to combine the Kansas Turnpike Authority with the Kansas Department of Transportation is a good idea?
10:15 p.m.
Fritzel breaks silence on proposed Rock Chalk Park deal, says he won’t profit from the KU sports complex- 6:20 p.m., January 18, 2013 Updated 7:48 p.m.
- Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel broke his silence Friday about his role in the proposed $50 million Rock Chalk Park development in northwest Lawrence, promising that his company won’t profit from the Kansas University sports complex. Among other things, he said he will be paid $1.3 million per year in lease payments by the university over the next 30 years for use of the facility. The university would take ownership of the facility after 50 years. By Chad Lawhorn
All stories
- How former Jayhawks fared in Jan. 18 NBA games
- January 18, 2013
- A look at how former Kansas University players fared in Friday’s NBA games.
- Lawrence city commission agenda for Jan. 22
- January 18, 2013
- Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, City Hall
- Fritzel breaks silence on proposed Rock Chalk Park deal, says he won’t profit from the KU sports complex
- 06:20 p.m., January 18, 2013 Updated 07:48 p.m.
- Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel broke his silence Friday about his role in the proposed $50 million Rock Chalk Park development in northwest Lawrence, promising that his company won’t profit from the Kansas University sports complex. Among other things, he said he will be paid $1.3 million per year in lease payments by the university over the next 30 years for use of the facility. The university would take ownership of the facility after 50 years. By Chad Lawhorn
- Weekend wrap-up: Douglas, Franklin and Jefferson county courts
- January 18, 2013
- This week, a McLouth man is charged with dealing methamphetamine, two face charges in Franklin County for a convenience store robbery, and a Fort Riley soldier signs a diversion agreement with prosecutors in a February aggravated assault case involving a handgun.
- KU soccer’s Whitney Berry drafted into NWSL
- January 18, 2013
- Kansas University senior midfielder Whitney Berry was selected with the third pick in the third round of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) draft by FC Kansas City on Friday. The 19th overall pick, Berry is the second Jayhawk to be drafted by a professional team in the United States.
- KU football player cited for battery
- January 18, 2013
- A junior Kansas University football player was cited for battery in an early morning incident Sunday at Tonic, 728 Massachusetts St., according to municipal court records.
- Three arrested in Jefferson County after wide search for stolen truck
- January 18, 2013
- Three people suspected of using a stolen truck to try to steal scrap metal in Jefferson County were arrested Thursday in the 1200 block of Rice Road, about 10 miles north of Lawrence, after a chase that involved several area law enforcement agencies.
- Students march to honor, study Martin Luther King Jr.
- January 18, 2013
- Sixth-grade students from Liberty Memorial Central Middle School staged a civil rights march down Massachusetts Street Friday as they learned about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Peter Hancock
- Constitution Hall to host Bleeding Kansas series
- January 18, 2013
- Constitution Hall State Historic Site, 319 Elmore St., Lecompton, will hold it’s annual Bleeding Kansas Series at 2 p.m. on Sundays Jan. 27 through Feb. 24. Presenters will include Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and authors Diane Eickhoff and Aaron Barnhart.
- Police pursue man with stolen checks, gun, suspected in Tonganoxie burglary
- January 18, 2013
- A man who tried to cash a stolen check at a Lawrence bank on Thursday, and was involved in two car accidents while fleeing police, remains at large.
- Lawrence man receives two life sentences for sex crimes against 6-year-old girl
- January 18, 2013
- A 39-year-old Lawrence man has received two life sentences for sex crimes in connection with a 2011 incident involving a 6-year-old girl.
- Prominent KU donor Al Self dies at 91
- January 18, 2013
- Madison “Al” Self, who along with his wife donated more to Kansas University than any other individual donor, died this past weekend in Illinois.
- Boil water advisory canceled for Jefferson County district
- January 18, 2013
- A boil water advisory, issued Wednesday for Jefferson County Rural Water District No. 10, has been canceled, according to a news release issued by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. By Shaun Hittle
- Kansas Court of Appeals panel sides with Douglas County quarry on permit issue
- January 18, 2013
- In a long-running dispute, a panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed a decision that granted a permit for a quarry operation in Douglas County. By Scott Rothschild
- Statehouse Live: GOP losing steam on quickie proposal to change constitution on school finance
- January 18, 2013
- House Speaker Ray Merrick on Friday said it was unlikely that the Legislature could place a constitutional amendment on the April ballot that would seek to thwart a court order to increase school funding. By Scott Rothschild
- Douglas County GOP to host discussion about health care coverage
- January 18, 2013
- The Douglas County Republican Party is hosting a discussion of health care coverage in Kansas.
- High-speed police pursuit in East Lawrence ends in arrest at pumpkin patch
- January 18, 2013
- Several police cars pursued a black Cadillac late Friday morning on a meandering high-speed chase through East Lawrence, from 10th and Rhode Island Streets to East 15th Street, before the Cadillac was found stopped near a pumpkin patch east of the city limits.
- Moody’s calls school finance ruling a negative credit factor for Kansas
- January 18, 2013
- The credit rating company says last week’s court ruling, coupled with pressure from tax cuts, casts a negative cloud over the state’s financial future. By Peter Hancock
- Wichita State professor announced as first finalist for top job at KU’s Edwards campus
- January 18, 2013
- Kansas University on Friday announced the first of three final candidates for the top position at its Edwards Campus in Overland Park: a professor and administrator at Wichita State University.
- To our readers: LJWorld.com website problems
- January 18, 2013
- The World Company websites have experienced some technical problems the past several days.
- Morse files for Lawrence school board
- January 18, 2013
- Adina Morse filed paperwork Friday morning to run for the Lawrence school board. By Peter Hancock
- Seabury splits in Tonganoxie
- January 18, 2013
- Seabury’s girls won and its boys lost at the Tonganoxie Invitational on Thursday.
- Veritas girls win
- January 18, 2013
- Naomi Hickman scored 12 points, and Madi Bennett and Kristen Finger added 11 points apiece to lead Veritas Christian to a 42-25 high school girls basketball victory over Hyman Brand on Thursday night.
- LHS wrestlers win O-South dual
- January 18, 2013
- Lawrence High defeated Olathe South, 49-18, in a wrestling dual on Thursday,
- Free State boys bowlers win again
- January 18, 2013
- Free State High’s boys bowlers claimed their second consecutive victory Thursday, winning the Shawnee Mission North quadrangular.
- Lawrence girls first, boys second at bowling invite
- January 18, 2013
- Lawrence High’s girls bowlers took first place and the LHS boys were second in the LHS Invitational on Thursday at Royal Crest Lanes.
- Free State boys fall in McPherson
- January 18, 2013
- Free State High’s boys basketball squad gave a tough McPherson team all it could handle in the first half before falling, 53-44, on Thursday night in the first round of the McPherson Invitational.
- Lions swim to 2nd place at home invitational
- January 18, 2013
- Lawrence High finished second of seven teams at the Lawrence Invitational — the Lions’ first and only home meet of the year. By Jesse Newell
- KU women set sights on track title
- January 18, 2013
- The Kansas University women’s track and field team enters the 2013 indoor season with a No. 2 national ranking and aspirations of making the upcoming seasons some of the best in school history. By Matt Tait
- Opinion: Diamond Dixon precious jewel
- January 18, 2013
- Diamond Dixon is real, and so is her smile and her gold medal and her national championship in the 2012 NCAA indoor 400 meters. By Tom Keegan
- Great escape: Lions open tourney with narrow win
- January 18, 2013
- Although the fourth quarter turned out to be the least successful eight-minute stretch of the night for Lawrence High’s boys basketball team Thursday, the Lions forced enough defensive stops in the final minutes to overcome a series of late mistakes and knock off Wichita East, 63-57, in the first round of the Topeka Invitational Tournament. By Benton Smith
- 25 years ago: Student films attract notice at national contest
- January 18, 2013
- One of the films was becoming quite well known, according to student advisor Marcia Ackerman.
- 40 years ago: Accident catapults motorcyclist into truck bed
- January 18, 2013
- The man had suffered a leg injury when his motorcycle struck the rear of the pickup.
- Letter: Tax options
- January 18, 2013
- The city is overlooking some real alternatives in their current discussion of the Rock Chalk Park recreation facility. First off, the $25 million recreation project is supposedly possible without any tax increase since a number of projects’ bonds payments are ending. This sizeable lump of money can be used several ways. One is cutting taxes by lowering the sales or property taxes. Another is putting the excess dollars to work on our urgent infrastructure problems.
- Letter: Climate action
- January 18, 2013
- The lead article in Friday’s Lawrence Journal-World lets us know that all but one Kansas county were declared disaster areas due to the extreme drought this past year. This week we also learned that 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded in the contiguous US, with a 55.3 degree average demolishing the previous record, set in 1998, by a full degree Fahrenheit.
- Letter: Science review
- January 18, 2013
- The second public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is now available for feedback. As a lead state in developing these standards, Kansas has a broad stakeholder team, including K-12 educators, post-secondary scientists and science educators and science and engineering professionals, that has been providing feedback over multiple previous drafts, and the Kansas State Board of Education has agreed to give serious consideration to adopting these standards as the state science standards. For more information about the review process, visit www.ksde.org/science and click on the Next Generation Science Standards tab.
- Editorial: Gun action
- January 18, 2013
- The country also needs to ask whether a one-size-fits-all gun-control solution is rational for a nation as diverse as ours, with many areas where firearms are used for hunting and treasured as family possessions and other locales where firearms are primarily tools of violence or self-defense.
- 100 years ago: Unseasonably warm temps puzzle Lawrence weather-watchers
- January 18, 2013
- “This weather certainly is not the kind one usually thinks of in connection with the month of January.”
- How former Jayhawks fared in Jan. 17 NBA games
- January 18, 2013
- A look at how former Kansas University players fared in Thursday’s NBA games.
- Horoscopes for Jan. 18
- January 18, 2013
- For Friday, Jan. 18: This year you discover the importance of sharing your decision-making process with others. When you withhold this information, people don’t understand where you are coming from. If you are single, you could meet someone quite desirable after June. If you are attached, your openness creates a new avenue of communication, which your partner appreciates.
- Tune In Tonight: ‘Fringe’ wraps up
- January 18, 2013
- Is calling a show a “cult” hit just another way of saying it never really found a big audience? “Fringe” (7 p.m., Fox) wraps up its head-scratcher of a story about parallel universes and dark conspiracies tonight. Fox deserves credit for keeping this series around (despite meager ratings) for a final 13-episode season and a chance to finish the story. (For those who still care.)
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- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 26 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 44 comments
- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 32 comments
- Editorial: Guns, speech May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 86 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 7 comments
- Will of the people May 21, 2013 · 33 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 27 comments
- Weekday graduations get mixed reviews from parents and families May 22, 2013 · 23 comments
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Off the Beaten Plate: Black Forest Crepe at A.B.'s May 23, 2013
- Families invited to free 'Wild Gardens' event at KU Natural History Museum May 23, 2013
- Arrest made in death of former Jayhawk McMillan May 23, 2013
- Local Board of Realtors collecting items today for tornado survivors in Oklahoma City area May 23, 2013
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Opinion: K-State's Snyder coaches life, then football May 12, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
