- House rejects Senate-approved tax package; Legislature adjourns; new plan teed up
- May 24, 2013
- The Kansas House on Friday overwhelmingly rejected the Senate-approved tax plan and adjourned until Tuesday. By Scott Rothschild
- More than 3,000 lose power overnight; power mostly restored by Friday morning
- 08:55 a.m., May 24, 2013 Updated 12:35 p.m.
- More than 3,000 Douglas County Wester Energy customers lost power around 2:30 a.m. Friday after a vehicle struck a utility pole, according to Westar Energy spokeswoman Erin La Row. By Shaun Hittle
- Kansas football adds KC stop to Weis tour
- May 24, 2013
- Kansas Athletics and the KU Alumni Association announced Thursday the addition of June 27 in Kansas City, Mo., as the final stop on the Kansas Football Preview Party with Charlie Weis tour.
- Kansas swimming hires diving coach
- May 24, 2013
- Kansas has hired former Tennessee volunteer assistant Brian Pritt as its new diving coach, the university announced Thursday.
- KU track qualifies four for NCAA Outdoor Championship
- May 24, 2013
- On the opening day of the NCAA West Preliminary on Thursday, Kansas University qualified four track and field athletes for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director
- May 24, 2013
- Former Lawrence High basketball player Brad Frederick, an assistant coach the past 14 years at Vanderbilt and the son of a former KU athletic director, will be joining Roy Williams’ North Carolina staff, the website Inside Carolina reported Thursday night. Notes by Gary Bedore
- Free State girls take aim at state track title
- May 24, 2013
- When Free State High’s girls track and field athletes make their way to their events at Cessna Stadium beginning this afternoon in Wichita, at the state track championships, many expect to contend for medals. With so many Firebirds competing in 15 different events today and Saturday, coach Steve Heffernan knows in the back of their minds, they’ll be thinking about beating out Olathe East for the Class 6A team title. By Benton Smith
- KU softball’s Maggie Hull named Academic All-American
- May 24, 2013
- Kansas University senior softball player Maggie Hull’s relentless self-improvement agenda earned her what both she and her coach called the most meaningful of her many honors when she was named Thursday first-team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America. By Tom Keegan
- Opinion: Firebirds’ window for state softball title not shut
- May 24, 2013
- The tears flowed, the hugs seemed never-ending, and the pain of bowing out of the Class 6A state softball tournament before they could even get comfortable was just beginning. The only thing that came close to alleviating the pain felt by Free State High’s softball players after Thursday’s crushing 3-2, eight-inning loss to Derby at Blue Valley West High was the immediate talk about making it back to the state tournament again a year from now. Column by Matt Tait
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water
- May 24, 2013
- Wichita officials will consider imposing fines of $1,000 per month on residents and businesses that use too much water as part of a short-term plan to respond to dwindling water supplies.
- FSHS softball season ends in extra-inning heartbreak at state
- May 24, 2013
- Free State High’s softball team fell to Derby, 3-2 in eight innings, in the first round of the Class 6A state tournament on Thursday in Overland Park. By Benton Smith
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday
- May 24, 2013
- The Kansas Land Trust, a land preservation and protection nonprofit organization, is sponsoring the Akin Prairie Wildflower Walk at 1 p.m. Saturday at Akin Prairie.
- Horoscopes for May 24
- May 24, 2013
- For Friday, May 24: This year you opt for a new beginning. You will be happier if you act like the master of your own destiny. If you are single, you will open up new doors, but first, you must completely detach from someone in your past. If you are attached, the two of you struggle with your differences.
- Opinion: OAS breaks ground on marijuana
- May 24, 2013
- Latin American presidents who support decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several policies that might help reduce the region’s drug-related violence.
- Opinion: Obama shares strong message
- May 24, 2013
- President Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus on the inspirational part.
- Editorial: Development shift?
- Will city officials be less concerned about downtown Lawrence as they consider future development proposals?
- May 24, 2013
- Now that the Rock Chalk Park deal is under way, it is likely City Hall officials and city commissioners will shift gears on their policies relative to encouraging and accepting proposals for new retail development.
- Letter: Vet responds
- May 24, 2013
- This a follow-up to my May, 8 response to the May 5 Journal-World article “Concert … baby wildlife.”
- 100 years ago: Bootlegger breaks out of Lawrence jail
- May 24, 2013
- “Williams was serving a sentence of 120 days for violation of the prohibitory law.”
- 40 years ago: ‘Non-conforming use’ provision to be more strictly enforced
- May 24, 2013
- No city-wide survey had been conducted to find violations.
- 25 years ago: First Kansan wins multistate lottery
- May 24, 2013
- “Hopefully, we’ll still be regular people.”
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- Police department's case for a new facility not likely to show on next year's budget, officials say May 25, 2013 · 1 comment
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 19 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 60 comments
- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 17 comments
- Long-term plan suggests toll lanes on K-10 corridor May 23, 2013 · 51 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 39 comments
- Blog: GOP tax plans would increase taxes on low-wage Kansans, decrease taxes for high-income Kansans, report says May 23, 2013 · 30 comments
- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013 · 1 comment
- 59 minors, several local businesses, cited for alcohol violations in state regulator's patrols in May May 23, 2013 · 29 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 88 comments
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- Wildflower Walk set for Saturday May 24, 2013
- KU baseball tops West Virginia in Big 12 tourney opener May 23, 2013
- Proposed cuts to corrections system could endanger Kansans, secretary says May 24, 2013
- Lawrence man pleads guilty to bank robbery; 52-month sentence recommended May 20, 2013
- KU softball’s Maggie Hull named Academic All-American May 24, 2013
- KU track qualifies four for NCAA Outdoor Championship May 24, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
- Doctor finds 'A Healthier Wei' to treat kids May 14, 2013
