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- Lew Perkins’ tenure as Kansas athletic director comes to a sudden conclusion — months ahead of schedule
- KU’s athletic director abruptly retires
- September 7, 2010
- The buzzer has sounded on Lew Perkins’ tenure as Kansas Athletics director. Perkins on Tuesday abruptly retired his post — effective immediately — accelerating his previously announced retirement by a full year.
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Video: KU community reacts to Perkins departure
Former KU athletics director Lew Perkins announced his retirement Tuesday, effective immediately. Perkins oversaw many positive changes in KU sports during the past seven years. Watch »
Video: Pooches plunge on final pool day
The Lawrence Aquatic Center was open for dogs on its final day of the season. Pups were allowed to swim in the pool and enjoy the company of other area dogs. Watch »
Video: Sanitation workers urging city patience
City sanitation workers are asking city leaders to move forward carefully on a decision to change trash policies. Among the proposed policies are paying for the trash people throw and hiring a private service to collect trash. Watch »
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Jayhawks visit Sunflower Elementary
Members of the KU men's basketball team took some time Wednesday to help students at Sunflower Elementary learn about fun and fitness.
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Hereditary disease devastates families, but not the faith of an area woman
As I visit with 48-year-old Sara Schmanke in her living room, she can’t sit still.
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- Rosy outlook for Community Theatre move
- September 9, 2010
- To an actual chorus of “Everything’s Coming up Roses,” the Lawrence Community Theatre on Wednesday unveiled a $6.2 million campaign to build a new 300-seat theater in west Lawrence.
- Downtown Eldridge hotel getting a multi-story addition, upgrade
- September 8, 2010
- Downtown Lawrence’s venerable Eldridge Hotel is set to get a modern, multi-story expansion.
- Trial date set for Lawrence woman accused in Missouri homicide
- September 8, 2010
- A trial date has been set for a Kansas woman charged with killing her ex-boyfriend in Missouri.
- Crafty types
- September 6, 2010
- The Borders café bustles early on Saturday mornings. The crowd isn’t the typical scene of students studying or people reading, but rather women with skeins of yarn and a pile of crafts.The Borders café bustles early on Saturday mornings. The crowd isn’t the typical scene of students studying or people reading, but rather women with skeins of yarn and a pile of crafts.
- Always in style: Lasting Impressions owner creates fashion deals
- September 6, 2010
- Susan Cook loves to get decked out in designer clothes, accessories and footwear, and she takes delight in helping others do the same. Best of all, she doesn’t have to pay a fortune for the privilege. Cook owns Lasting Impressions, a consignment store at 711 W. 23rd St.
- School marathon club seeks support
- September 6, 2010
- The Deerfield School Marathon Club is seeking volunteers to help with its weekly runs.
- Managing a summer of surprises
- September 5, 2010
- “Have you seen our little squirrel?” asked Ray, brow furrowed with concern. In a summer of surprises, his question was one of the biggest. My husband contends he hates that squirrel for its thievery of the birds’ sunflower seeds and because he recently observed it eating the leaves of hibiscus plants on our deck.
- TV in demand: Must-see shows rate with local viewers
- September 5, 2010
- Last Sunday, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestowed dozens of Emmy Awards on the best that primetime programming network and cable had to offer. Whether their favorite shows captured a gold statue or went unheralded, local residents are steadfastly devoted to their must-see TV of choice.
- United Way to hold carnival for campaign
- Event will include live music, games and food in South Park
- September 5, 2010
- Things will be different this year when United Way of Douglas County leaders announce the official start to their 2010 campaign.
- City commission agenda for September 7, 2010
- City to review employee health plans
- September 5, 2010
- The city commission agenda for the September 7, 2010 meeting.
- Volunteers needed for plant eradication
- September 4, 2010
- The Grassland Heritage Foundation is looking for volunteers to help eradicate purple loosestrife near the intersection of Atchison Avenue and Clinton Parkway.
- Lawrence lauded as a good place for triathlons
- Iron 70.3 credited with putting city on map of triathletes’ favorite places
- September 3, 2010
- In its upcoming October edition, triathlete.com names Lawrence as its top “Tri Town” in the U.S.
- Homeless shelter about halfway to $3 million fundraising goal
- September 3, 2010
- An effort to raise $3 million to move the Lawrence Community Shelter to a site in eastern Lawrence has reached the halfway point, shelter leaders announced Friday morning.
- City won’t open outdoor pool Saturday due to lack of lifeguards
- September 3, 2010
- Plans to spend the holiday weekend in the city’s outdoor swimming pool will need to be adjusted.
- Getting around on game day
- September 3, 2010
- Hey, Jayhawk football fans, it’s time to get your game face on.
- Weather dampens pep rally crowd
- September 3, 2010
- The 1000 block of Massachusetts Street closed to traffic Thursday afternoon for what was supposed to be a large pep rally to celebrate the start of Kansas University’s football season.
- City Commissioner wants to discuss pay-as-you-throw pricing for trash removal, as well as privatizing the service
- No decisions expected immediately
- September 2, 2010
- Changes in how people are charged for their trash service, and the idea of turning the city-operated enterprise over to a private company are set for discussion at Lawrence City Hall.
- Labor Day closings for Lawrence and Douglas County
- September 1, 2010
- A list of offices closed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6.
- Former competitors create Project Lydia to help Ugandan women
- Local residents provide market for handmade goods from Ugandan villages
- September 1, 2010
- One side of Julie Pash’s living room has turned into a retail display with baskets, beaded necklaces and dolls lining the wall. Her spare bedroom has become a warehouse.
- National group writes up Lawrence as one of two speed-trap cities in Kansas
- 01:42 p.m., September 1, 2010 Updated 08:59 p.m.
- Lawrence is one of the worst speed trap cities in North America, according to a national association that believes local governments are unfairly using traffic laws to boost their coffers.
- Downtown pep rally to celebrate start of KU football season
- August 31, 2010
- Downtown Lawrence will be filled with a sea of crimson and blue Thursday night as Jayhawk football fans take over Massachusetts Street.
- New apartment project in Oread Neighborhood may lead to demolition of Varsity House
- August 30, 2010
- A new apartment project for the Oread Neighborhood may mean the end of an old boarding house that once gained fame as the home of the Kansas University football team.
- Making good time: Childhood passion for repair turns into career
- August 30, 2010
- When time stands still, Alan Truong restarts it. He’s worked with watches and clocks for more than 35 years, the last 19 spent at Marks Jewelers, 817 Mass.
- Perfect partners: Mothers, daughters pair up in family businesses
- August 30, 2010
- When the time came for Elizabeth Kurata to retire from her imported jewelry business, African Adorned, she didn’t have to look far for the perfect successor. The problem was, her daughter wanted nothing to do with it.
- Lives in collaboration: Lawrence couple set aside, then resume, passion for art
- August 30, 2010
- The first sculpture Melissa McCormick created from clay was a telephone. Ed Noonen remembers depicting a “punch-drunk” boxer.
- Status spoilers: Is Facebook helping or hurting class reunions?
- August 30, 2010
- Part of a high school reunion’s allure has always been the mystery of it: Did the valedictorian finish medical school? How about the emo chick — did she ever get over her obsession with the color black? But in today’s information era, where nearly everyone has a web presence on sites like Facebook or Twitter, the mystery’s solved: We already know. We watch it unfold via pictures, then read the blogs.
- Bartenders brush up on latest liquor laws
- August 30, 2010
- Did you know that bars are not allowed to host or even permit drinking games on their property? This was just one of many lessons taught at a weekend seminar on liquor laws.
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