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Powerlifter to take place among elite American Indian athletes in national hall of fame- March 14, 2013
- Hundreds of trophies and medals filled six tables Thursday night in the Coffin Sports Complex on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus. The display was part of a ceremony honoring the achievements of Lawrence powerlifter Brady Tanner. On Saturday, Tanner will become the first Special Olympian inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo., joining the likes of Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills. But for all his achievements — including three gold medals from the 2011 World Special Olympic Games in Greece and numerous national titles — Tanner’s attitude was the attribute most mentioned by event speakers. By Adam Strunk
11:43 a.m.
Federal budget cuts cost Kansas federal courthouses, prosecutors, defenders more than $750,000- March 15, 2013
- Budget problems are nothing new for Kansas courthouses, but with the “sequester” that took effect Friday, federal courts and prosecutors in the state are seeing budget cuts in the hundreds of thousands. By Ian Cummings
11:44 p.m.
Feeling free: Perry Ellis has career game as KU downs Iowa State- March 15, 2013
- Kansas freshman forward Perry Ellis exploded for a career-high 23 points off 10-of-12 shooting and 3-of-3 free throwing, with six rebounds and two steals in 28 minutes as KU advanced to the Big 12 tournament championship game against Kansas State. By Gary Bedore• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- Photo gallery: KU basketball v. Iowa State (Big 12 Tournament)
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- Feeling free: Perry Ellis has career game as KU downs Iowa State
- March 15, 2013
- Kansas freshman forward Perry Ellis exploded for a career-high 23 points off 10-of-12 shooting and 3-of-3 free throwing, with six rebounds and two steals in 28 minutes as KU advanced to the Big 12 tournament championship game against Kansas State. By Gary Bedore• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- Opinion: Perry Ellis developing into nice March surprise for KU
- March 15, 2013
- A Sprint Center-record crowd of 19,160 watched Kansas forward Perry Ellis turn from a freshman into a sophomore in one night, his confidence growing exponentially as the game progressed, Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan writes.• Box score• Bill Self postgame audio
- How former Jayhawks fared in March 15 NBA games
- March 15, 2013
- A look at how former Kansas University players fared in Friday’s NBA games.
- Cyclones: Perry Ellis too much
- March 15, 2013
- With the haunting memory of Elijah Johnson’s 39-point explosion in Ames, Iowa, still fresh in their minds, several Iowa State Cyclones admitted that Friday’s 88-73 semifinal loss to Kansas University at Sprint Center felt like deja vu. Only with a different player. By Matt Tait
- Weekend wrap-up: Two men sentenced in Lawrence home invasions, Linwood man faces a federal gun charge
- March 15, 2013
- A wrap-up of cases this week in the Douglas County and federal courts: A Linwood man faces a federal gun charge, and two men are sentenced in two separate recent Lawrence home invasions.
- Lawrence man sentenced to probation for burglary
- March 15, 2013
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man has been sentenced to two years of probation for breaking into a residence just southwest of Eudora in October.
- Lawrence man sentenced to 12 years in prison for stabbing his wife in 2011
- March 15, 2013
- A 39-year-old Lawrence man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison Friday for stabbing his wife in 2011. By Ian Cummings
- Appeals panel upholds conviction of man in string of west Lawrence robberies
- March 15, 2013
- A panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the conviction of a man sentenced to serve more than 10 years in prison for a burglary spree at three west Lawrence homes in 2011. By Scott Rothschild
- Town Hall meeting to focus on school bond issue
- March 15, 2013
- A town hall meeting on March 26 will give voters an opportunity to ask questions about the proposed $92.5 million school bond issue.
- Overland Park man sentenced to five years in prison for fatal 2010 drunken-driving collision in Lawrence
- March 15, 2013
- A 24-year-old Overland Park man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for accidentally killing a Lawrence woman in a 2010 vehicle collision on Clinton Parkway. Ian Cummings
- KU researchers appearing on Weather Channel show to discuss mass extinctions from radiation bursts
- March 15, 2013
- Three Kansas University researchers are set to appear on a Weather Channel TV show next week to talk about the possible damage to Earth caused by bursts of radiation coming from space.
- Charter schools bill fails in Kansas House committee
- March 15, 2013
- With both sides claiming they wanted what was best for students, a bill that would have expanded charter schools in Kansas was rejected on Friday. House Bill 2320 failed on a 9-10 vote in the House Education Committee. By Scott Rothschild
- Federal budget cuts cost Kansas federal courthouses, prosecutors, defenders more than $750,000
- March 15, 2013
- Budget problems are nothing new for Kansas courthouses, but with the “sequester” that took effect Friday, federal courts and prosecutors in the state are seeing budget cuts in the hundreds of thousands. By Ian Cummings
- Royals win again, 5-3 over Indians
- March 15, 2013
- Adam Moore hit two of the Kansas City Royals’ seven doubles and drove in two runs in a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday.
- FSHS swims to first at Emporia Invitational; LHS sixth
- March 15, 2013
- Free State High’s girls swimming and diving team collected 481 points on its way to a first-place finish Thursday at the Emporia Invitational.
- Lions track and field opens season at Topeka West
- March 15, 2013
- Leah Gabler won two individual events for Lawrence High’s track team Thursday at the season-opening Topeka West Midwinter Classic.
- Firebirds shake off rust in season-opening track quad
- 12:03 a.m., March 15, 2013 Updated 09:58 a.m.
- With no team scores being kept at their season-opening home quadrangular on Thursday, Free State’s track and field athletes got a chance to shake out the cobwebs. By Benton Smith
- Horoscopes for March 15
- March 15, 2013
- For Friday, March 15: This year you communicate with precision because you want others to receive your message. Unfortunately, you can’t control others’ responses; however, you can clarify and confirm that they understand you. If you are single, you might meet someone in a class or by participating in some other mind-opening experience. If you are attached, a conversation will reveal that the two of you need to revive a goal.
- Tune In Tonight: Dick Cheney is largely unchanged
- March 15, 2013
- Showtime wades into the documentary field in a big way with “The World According to Dick Cheney” (8 p.m.) directed by R.J. Cutler.
- Opinion: New pope could impact Latin America
- March 15, 2013 in print edition on A6
- One of the biggest questions about Pope Francis is whether he will be a politically activist pontiff who — much as he has done in Argentina — will be a thorn in the side of leftist-populist governments throughout Latin America. Some say he will.
- Opinion: Marriage act may fall
- March 15, 2013 in print edition on A6
- Given his track record on marital fidelity, former President Bill Clinton is not the person I would consult about “committed, loving relationships.” Clinton used those words in a Washington Post op-ed last week, urging the Supreme Court to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman, which he signed into law.
- Editorial: Water pressure
- Continuing drought conditions point to the need for long-term change in how Kansas uses its water resources.
- March 15, 2013
- The recent rain helped to clean our streets from the dingy mess the late winter had left behind. After the snow and the fun of sledding and making forts and snow creatures, the warmer temperatures and rain were welcome. That modest amount of precipitation (less than 2 inches so far in 2013 in Lawrence) did not, however, make any meaningful impact on the drought.
- Letter: Tend to business
- March 15, 2013
- It seems that, every day, one finds in the Journal-World another example of our esteemed legislators at work sponsoring bills that do little or nothing to enhance the general welfare of the state or the residents thereof. The latest example of such inane foolishness is a bill “supported by the NRA,” and others, which would limit lobbying for gun control. Supporters argue that “taxpayer funds should not be used to lobby for restrictions on legal products.”
- City offering home rehabilitation loans
- March 15, 2013
- The city of Lawrence is offering loan funding for home rehabilitations, including foundation, wiring, plumbing and roofing repairs, as well as for painting. According to a city press release, the funds, provided through the Community Development Block Grant, will go toward rehabilitating homes to make them habitable “to help maintain affordable, safe and healthy housing for the community.”
- Chiefs release Cassel
- March 15, 2013
- Matt Cassel’s rocky career in Kansas City came to an abrupt ending on Thursday, when the Chiefs released their former starting quarterback with two years left on his contract.
- Kansas City adds cornerback Smith
- March 15, 2013
- The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms with cornerback Sean Smith on a three-year deal to help shore up the secondary.
- 100 years ago: Strong storm heralds coming of spring
- March 15, 2013
- “The weather disturbance was one of the most violent that has prevailed here in the month of March for many years.”
- 40 years ago: Tornado season arrives before sirens installed
- March 15, 2013
- Seven of the 15 sirens in the network had been delivered and only two of them had been installed.
- 25 years ago: Police defuse homemade bomb at local store
- March 15, 2013
- “I didn’t really know for sure, but it sure looked like a bomb. It had a clock,” said a store employee.
- Blog: Plans filed for restaurant/retail on South Iowa site once proposed for Olive Garden May 23, 2013 · 38 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 41 comments
- Blog: Brownback signs 'Celebrate Freedom Week' bill May 23, 2013 · 10 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 42 comments
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013 · 3 comments
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message May 24, 2013 · 14 comments
- Republican tax plans would increase state revenue, analyses say May 22, 2013 · 50 comments
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 22 comments
- Editorial: Guns, speech May 23, 2013 · 32 comments
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013 · 8 comments
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- Editorial: Development shift? May 24, 2013
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- FSHS softball season ends in extra-inning heartbreak at state May 24, 2013
- Old Glory shines on west campus June 18, 2003
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
- Kobler to lead shift toward 'technology-rich' classrooms May 23, 2013
