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Douglas County under tornado watch until 9 p.m.

It's times like these that I yearn for Katie.

Katie, O Katie, with thy bicycle helmet so fitting;

Why don't people listen to you when twisters are hitting?

Could it be your insipid reporting about a baby in Brush Creek?

Or the fact it turned out to be a log after so many people freaked?

April 27, 2012 at 4:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An explanation to readers about recent home delivery issues

Dennis, I appreciate your efforts today accepting responsibility for the problems of the past week. That said, I am trying to understand why the LJW has decided to try and pump revenues/reduce costs with the porch delivery and the reconfigured carrier routes at this time. Why now? I know the easy answer is that these steps are undertaken to immediately increase revenue. But the newspaper industry's circulation and revenue problems are well-documented; the print media's public image has never been worse... it appears you are just making subscribers - long timers and short timers - mad enough to finally pull the plug on their subscriptions. It's like you are trying to put out the newsprint fire by pouring gasoline on it....

April 4, 2012 at 1:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU spirit squad, band members help save trapped man before NCAA women's tournament game

Go! KU! Lift Lift Lift!

March 19, 2012 at 3:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: When did KLZR start in Lawrence?

The last I heard, Spacin's Jason Marck was in Chicago working for the NPR affiliate there and doing quite well producing a specialty show. Other personalities - Trace Taul is still in radio doing production work in Wichita. I believe Charlie Wasson is in San Antonio, but could be wrong on that.

February 8, 2012 at 10:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: When did KLZR start in Lawrence?

The Lazer had a great indy/alternative sound back in the early 1990s. I would place the time of death of KLZR shortly after the Booth family sold it to the radio conglomerate out of southern Missouri in the mid to late 1990s.

February 8, 2012 at 8:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Town Talk: Two New York-style pizza places slated for West Lawrence; city interviewing finalists for library construction job; land transfers for the week of Jan. 30

Grimaldi's in Brooklyn.

February 3, 2012 at 3:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Yoder fares poorly in wealth ranking

Brooke Robinson Yoder is a Washington lobbyist. I believe she works on agriculture issues for the most part. While that in itself does not mean the family is worth lots of $$$, I would tend to believe the Yoders aren't scraping it to make ends meet.

January 9, 2012 at 3:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Yoder fares poorly in wealth ranking

Kevin Yoder is married. It might paint a more accurate picture, in his case, to ask what the net worth of his wife is as well.

January 9, 2012 at 12:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

‘Power surge’: KU introduces ‘old ball coach’ Charlie Weis to fix, fire-up program

I think a ket question for the KU AD and above is "do we provide a longer leash for Weis than the previous administration provided for Mangino?" Puke buckets, elbow crawls on 110 degree turf, etc. Will those tools be allowed and tolerated in this regime? And maybe more importantly, if they are used, will they produce results?

December 10, 2011 at 9:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Charlie Weis to be announced as next KU football coach

Well at least KU will sell a few more season tickets for 2012. Beyond that, who knows what the program will look like 3-4 years from now.

December 8, 2011 at 4:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )