Staff
Caroline Trowbridge (Assignment Director)
I’m the go-to person if you have a story idea or a question about our coverage. I’m always interested in what you’re interested in. So get in touch and tell me what’s on your mind.
My official title is community editor. That means I work with reporters as they develop stories that we provide to you in print and online. Our reporters are a versatile and talented group.
Although I’m not a Lawrence native, I’m married to one. And I’ve lived here off and on since I was a kid. My mom earned her master’s degree in English at KU, so we spent a lot of time in Lawrence. In my family, my parents never said, “If you go to college.” Instead, they said, “When you go to KU.”
I’ve covered a lot of beats – city, crime and courts, business. And I’ve been an editor for a long time. I also have worked at the Wichita Eagle and at the Kansas City Business Journal.
I won’t say I love Lawrence. That’s a given. I do have high expectations of Lawrence, as I think all of us who work and live here should.
When I’m not obsessing about news, I like to hang out with my daughter and husband, and our friends. My husband and I are motorcyle riders and birders. We love to travel and expose ourselves to lives different from ours.
We also are die-hard KU basketball fans. We also enjoy KU football. I remember crying when KU had 12 men on the field during the 1969 Orange Bowl. I was young then. Very young. But I understood football.
Please get in touch. Oh, and follow me on Twitter.
Recent stories
- Around and about in local business
- May 13, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending May 11, 2012.
- No arrest made after student walks into area high school with a stock of gun
- 09:03 a.m., May 7, 2012 Updated 10:37 a.m.
- Pomona High School was locked down Monday morning after a student walked into the building with the stock of a shotgun.
- Around and about in local business
- May 5, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending May 4, 2012.
- Lawrence’s unique history has a home at Watkins Museum
- April 29, 2012
- Watkins Community Museum of History in downtown Lawrence is filled with reminders of the city’s colorful past.
- Journal-World hosting reception for the unveiling of Only In Lawrence honorees
- April 25, 2012
- On Sunday, we’ll kick off several weeks of special coverage of our 2012 Only in Lawrence honorees. The public is invited to a reception Thursday afternoon to highlight these folks’ contributions to our community. The reception honoring the Larry Award honorees starts at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the News Center, Seventh and New Hampshire. We hope you can join us as we applaud our hometown heroes who make Lawrence such a great place to live, work and play.
- Perry man killed in one-vehicle rollover accident west of Lawrence
- 08:33 a.m., April 25, 2012 Updated 05:26 p.m.
- One person was killed Wednesday morning in a one-vehicle rollover accident on U.S. Highway 40 west of Lawrence, according to Kansas Highway Patrol dispatchers.
- Around and about in local business
- April 22, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending April 20, 2012.
- Water line replacement affects westbound traffic on Sixth Street
- April 17, 2012
- Lawrence city crews have closed one westbound lane on Sixth Street because of a water line replacement project.
- Around and about in local business
- April 14, 2012
- Around and about in local business
- Police respond to shooting near apartments north of Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- April 1, 2012
- Lawrence police responded about 3:30 a.m. Sunday to a shooting.
Recent photos
Emergency crews respond at the scene of an accident at the intersection of 11th and Kentucky streets Monday afternoon.
Emergency crews respond at the scene of an accident at the intersection of 11th and Kentucky streets Monday afternoon.
Marketplace
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- 100 years ago: First 'moving picture' to be made of Lawrence May 28, 2012 · 11 comments
- National group seeks repeal of 'Stand Your Ground' law in Kansas May 27, 2012 · 166 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012 · 277 comments
- Brownback tells federal judicial panel to toss legislative redistricting maps May 29, 2012 · 7 comments
- Tax gamble May 26, 2012 · 95 comments
- Blog: Iranian Nuclear Energy: Will It Destroy Lives Or Save Them? May 29, 2012 · 6 comments
- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 47 comments
- New law seen as way to increase independence for those with disabilities May 29, 2012 · 7 comments
- On the street: How did you spend your Memorial Day? May 28, 2012 · 37 comments
- District Attorney Charles Branson to run for third term May 29, 2012 · 13 comments
- Kansas tax act most regressive in nation May 27, 2012
- Thread of pain ran through Jackson’s career June 28, 2009
- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Town Talk: UPDATE: Frank Male files for county commission; keep an ear open for local sales tax talk; city hires new city engineer; wholesale water district buys land near Kaw; weekly land transfers May 29, 2012
- How to help: Guides needed for Lamplight Tour of Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park May 27, 2012
- Library kicks off reading program May 27, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- Book helps family heal after tragedy May 28, 2012
