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Offbeat Occupations: DJs responsible for keeping life in the party
By Chansi Long
May 28, 2012
It was his freshman year at Kansas University, and Nick Reddell needed a job. He started working bars: cleaning toilets, sweeping floors, doing the grunt work no one wanted.
Collectors find a couple gems at Packard auction
Fans, salvagers gather to view lot of 15 cars
By Chansi Long
May 26, 2012
Sixty years ago, Leroy Schroller would dust the fleet of Packards on display at his father’s dealership. But Schroller, then 15, was not allowed to do anything other than that.
Veritas grads have one last laugh together
By Chansi Long
May 26, 2012
The Veritas class of 2012 turned their tassels Saturday in a ceremony held at First United Methodist Church’s West Campus. There were only eight graduates, allowing intimate recognition of each student. On display at eight tables was a personalized collage of every student, and at the end of the ceremony, a video slideshow highlighted the transformation of each graduate from infant to young adult.
Offbeat Occupations: Doula wants positive experience for moms
By Chansi Long
May 21, 2012
One day when Sara Wornock and her husband were visiting their obstetrician, they spotted a brochure for Complete Doula Services. It was a serendipitous moment, as the Wornocks wished to have their first baby naturally but had determined home birth was not for them.
Bikers roar toward D.C.
Annual pilgrimage honors missing soldiers, POWs
By Chansi Long
May 19, 2012
Hundreds of motorcycles will course through Lawrence via Interstate 70 on Monday morning for the annual Run for the Wall. Started in 1989, RFTW is a nationwide campaign designed to direct attention to missing soldiers and prisoners of war.
Offbeat Occupations: Bartender shakes things up by creating cocktails
By Chansi Long
May 14, 2012
On a Sunday night in April, Katy Wade, 29, works behind the bar of 715, at 715 Mass.
Monarch Watch event offers close look at butterflies and more
By Chansi Long
May 13, 2012
Hundreds of people came out to Foley Hall for the annual open house and plant fundraiser hosted by Monarch Watch.
Inmate at Douglas County Correctional Facility dies during medical emergency
By Chansi Long
May 12, 2012
An inmate at Douglas County Correctional Facility died during a medical emergency at 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
Severe storms cause power outages
By Chansi Long
11:00 p.m., May 7, 2012 Updated 09:33 p.m.
More than 550 people in Douglas County lost electricity during Sunday’s thunderstorms. The thunderstorms emerged in Douglas County about 4 p.m. Relentless heavy rain, quarter-size hail and winds as high as 25 mph buffeted the area for a five-hour stretch. The severity ebbed about 9 p.m., when the National Weather Service canceled the thunderstorm watch for Douglas County.
Douglas County under flood advisory until 9 p.m.
By Karrey Britt & Chansi Long
May 6, 2012
The National Weather Service placed Douglas County under an urban and small stream flood advisory. The advisory lasts until 9 p.m.

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