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George Diepenbrock (General assignment reporter)
I was born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, but when I was 3, my family moved from Lawrence to southwest Kansas. I grew up in Liberal, and in 2000, I started at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., where I earned a bachelor's degree in English in 2004.
The first person I ever interviewed was Darin Headrick, my middle school principal when I was in sixth grade. He’s now the superintendent of Greensburg schools leading a rebuilding effort amid the devastating 2007 tornado.
Aside from my West Middle School newspaper class, I picked up my interest in journalism as a summer intern reporter at the Southwest Daily Times in Liberal. My editors joked about their method to teach me fairness and objectivity. I covered the school board while my dad started serving his first term.
After I graduated from Knox, I worked for one year as a reporter in Liberal until I returned to Lawrence to attend journalism graduate school at Kansas University. That July of 2005, I also began working as a part-time reporter at the Journal-World.
In June 2007, I started work at The World Company full-time, and I have mostly worked as a general assignment reporter, meaning two things: I get to either cover whatever I want or whatever my editors tell me to for our Web site, the newspaper and 6News.
In my spare time, I follow KU sports teams, try to tackle my reading list, and watch way too much football. I refuse to give up on the Kansas City Chiefs.
You can also follow me on Twitter, where I try to provide updates on court proceedings, political speeches and news.
Recent stories
- Lawrence man sues Kansas highway patrolman over Tasing incident
- February 13, 2012
- A 26-year-old Lawrence man has filed a lawsuit against a Kansas highway patrolman alleging the trooper used excessive force when he used a Taser during a 2011 Lawrence incident
- City to appeal judge’s ruling that part of sidewalk ordinance unconstitutional
- February 13, 2012
- Lawrence city prosecutors will appeal a recent municipal court decision that declared part of a sidewalk ordinance was unconstitutional.
- Perry woman injured in one-vehicle accident on K-10 west of Eudora
- 06:43 a.m., February 13, 2012 Updated 09:42 a.m.
- A 32-year-old Perry woman was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital Monday morning after she was injured in an accident on a snowy Kansas Highway 10.
- 7-year-old girl hurt in accident on Kansas Highway 33
- February 10, 2012
- A 7-year-old Olathe girl was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., after a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in southeastern Douglas County.
- Kansas Court of Appeals rules Martin Miller should get new murder trial
- February 10, 2012
- A Kansas Court of Appeals panel has ruled a former Lawrence carpenter and Christian school leader convicted of killing his wife should get a new trial based on errors in the jury instructions at his 2005 trial.
- Lawrence city sidewalk ordinance ruled unconstitutional
- February 9, 2012
- A Lawrence Municipal Court judge has declared part of a city ordinance that makes it illegal to obstruct traffic on a sidewalk vague and unconstitutional. Judge Randy McGrath made the ruling Wednesday in a trial of Robert Gilmore, 54, who faced three misdemeanor counts of prohibited use of a right of way for incidents last year on Massachusetts Street.
- High school students invited to program on college financial aid
- February 9, 2012
- Area high school students and parents at an event on the Kansas University campus this Sunday can learn more about financial aid for college and become eligible to win a $500 scholarship.
- Tonganoxie man injured in a one-vehicle accident near Basehor
- February 9, 2012
- A 78-year-old Tonganoxie man was injured Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident about three miles north of Basehor, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Police arrest second suspect in connection with robbery at Lawrence apartment
- February 9, 2012
- Lawrence police have arrested a second suspect, a 23-year-old Ottawa man, who is charged in connection with a Jan. 10 robbery at a Lawrence apartment.
- Early morning fire displaces residents in northern Lawrence
- 08:25 a.m., February 9, 2012 Updated 01:28 p.m.
- A chimney fire early Thursday damaged a house in northern Lawrence and has displaced two residents there, a Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswoman said.
Recent photos
Alison Shutt, of Eudora, holds her daughter Courtlynn after the Kansas Department of Transportation in Eudora Wednesday announced plans to install a cable median barrier on Kansas Highway 10 near the spot where Shutt's son, Cainan, died in an April 16 crash. Courtlynn was also injured in the accident and has recovered from a broken neck.
Alison Shutt, of Eudora, holds her daughter Courtlynn and addresses the media in Eudora Wednesday morning after the Kansas Department of Transportation in Eudora Wednesday announced plans to install a cable median barrier on Kansas Highway 10 near the spot where Shutt's son, Cainan, died in an April 16 crash. Shutt and hundreds of people in "Cables for Cainan" had urged KDOT to install cable median barriers on K-10.
Alison Shutt, of Eudora, stands in front of a map of a Kansas Department of Transportation pilot project to install a cable median barrier at two stretches along Kansas Highway 10 near Eudora and in Johnson County. Shutt and hundreds of people in "Cables for Cainan" had urged KDOT to install cable median barriers after her son, Cainan, 5, was killed in an April 16 cross-median crash that resulted in a double fatality near Eudora.
Crews from Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical battle a blaze in the 3100 block of Creekwood Drive in northern Lawrence on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. No one was injured in the fire.
Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Joey Frost and a dog with the K-9 unit assist Lawrence police officers in searching for evidence Thursday afternoon near Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a vehicle was stolen in the area. Police arrested an Ozawkie man as the suspect after several officers searched the area.
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