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Chad Lawhorn (City and neighborhoods reporter)
I've been reporting news in Lawrence since 1992. Before joining the NewsCenter, I was editor, publisher and owner of the Lawrence Business Ledger and the Baldwin Ledger newspapers. I've been with The World Company since 2001, when I sold my weekly newspaper business to the company.
I mainly cover city government and neighborhoods, but I've also previously served as business editor for the Journal World, and have undertaken a variety of first-person journalism projects. In parts of 2007 and 2008, I received some national publicity for a series of articles detailing how I purchased a handgun, received a concealed carry license from the state, and carried the weapon around for a few days.
I also enjoy writing profiles on area people, ranging from a promient nightclub owner to the corner hot dog vendor to a 91-year old woman who still goes to work six days per week. If you know of someone interesting, send me an e-mail.
And from time to time, I like to take people to places that they don't often get to go. Sometimes I even take a video camera, like the night I hung out with a bunch of mixed martial artist competitors.
I have my degree in journalism from Kansas University, and also did some undergraduate work at Emporia State University. I'm a native of the small Kansas town of Melvern, which is about an hour away from Lawrence in Osage County.
My wife and I have two children. In my spare time, I work on writing what I hope will be my first novel, play pool, boat, umpire Little League baseball, and barbecue.
Recent stories
- Resident hopes to start rickshaw business in downtown Lawrence, pending city approval
- November 19, 2009
- Lawrence resident Shane Powers is hoping to open a rickshaw business in downtown by the spring, if he can convince city leaders to create a new ordinance that allows for such a business.
- Lawrence city commissioner recovering at LMH following procedure to relieve chest pains
- November 19, 2009
- Lawrence City Commissioner Mike Amyx is recovering at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after undergoing a procedure related to chest pains this morning.
- Community shelter leaders moving forward with shelter plan despite setback at planning commission
- November 17, 2009
- Leaders of the Lawrence Community Shelter said Tuesday they are sticking with plans to build a new homeless shelter along East 23rd Street, despite the project receiving an unexpected delay from planning commissioners.
- Biotech lab plan passes another hurdle
- Financial analyst raises concerns about projections
- November 17, 2009
- A $2.9 million proposal for the city and county to purchase a west Lawrence laboratory building won a key recommendation Monday, but not before concerns were raised by a city-appointed financial analyst.
- City checking up on weathered water lines
- November 15, 2009
- They’re old warriors that lurk beneath the ground. They’re pieces of cast iron that somehow have fended off the wear and tear and the corrosive elements that are a big part of the Lawrence soil. They’re the city’s water lines.
- Oread residents hope to flush portable toilets out of neighborhood
- As crowds clamor for KU football, portable toilets have become a fixture
- November 13, 2009
- Yes, there’s talk about toilets as the Jayhawks prepare for their final home game of the year. And no, it is not what you think.
- Speakers at forum criticize shelter proposal
- November 13, 2009
- A public forum on plans for a new homeless shelter on East 23rd Street turned into a rapid-fire listing of objections by neighbors on Thursday night.
- Aberdeen residents get word they’ll be let back into their apartments
- November 12, 2009
- Victims of an Oct. 8 fire at Aberdeen South Apartments got the news they were hoping for on Thursday.
- A month later, Aberdeen residents still waiting to enter their burned apartments
- November 11, 2009
- As Jennifer Goode stares at the large hole that flames left in the roof of her Aberdeen South apartment building last month, she figures the chances that her childhood blanket is still intact are between slim and none, but she’d like to know for sure.
- Scouting report: It’s cookie season
- November 11, 2009
- Lydia Storm had never had cookies and milk with somebody so famous.
Recent photos
A student walks on the campus of the University of North Carolina. Kansas University’s incoming chancellor, Bernadette Gray-Little, has spent 38 years at the school in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Several area legislators say they were surprised to learn that a bill they voted for in 2007 loosened the restrictions on concealed-carry holders bringing loaded weapons into bars.
A .22 caliber Jimenez pistol cost $139 to buy at a local pawn shop. The pistol is about the size of a cell phone.
For concealed carry Web package
Finding places that allow you to carry a concealed weapon in Lawrence is not hard, Journal-World reporter Chad Lawhorn found. Lawhorn carried a concealed weapon around the city during the last week as part of project to document the process of receiving a concealed carry permit in the state.
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