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One person transported by ambulance from fully engulfed Jefferson County house fire

Aerial image of the Jefferson County house fire scene from Google Earth.

Volunteer firefighters from at least four Jefferson County departments are on scene of a structure fire in Sarcoxie Township. The address of the fire scene ...

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How the center of the KU campus has moved over 140-plus years

The beginning.

I don't know about you, but I've read just about enough words for today, so this blog entry will be a mostly visual one. For ...

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Early results from speech and debate nationals

Thanks to Lawrence High School speech and debate coach Jeff Plinsky and his prolific Twitter account, we have some early results from the National Forensics ...

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FINAL: Red alums top Blue current players, 66-61, at Bill Self basketball camp

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Here's video of that Andrew Wiggins dunk that Jesse Newell was in perfect position to capture just seconds into today's game. And Nick Krug's photo ...

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Beer, rock n’ roll, alpacas and more

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The lasso's rounding up a lot of local food and music today. Let's see what we've got: • This is one is for the beer ...

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Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage

Sometimes we reporter types want to try to dig up more information than we can get by just dialing a phone number or clicking a ...

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City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage

It is a popular game with a certain someone in my household: Where is the downtown parking meter patrol officer? I suspect you know how ...

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Cooking away the CSA, week 10: The best flourless peanut butter cookies

Flourless peanut butter cookies are totally delicious.

OK, I realize peanut butter cookies do not seem like a CSA-friendly treat, but they are. Just stick with me. You see, these peanut butter ...

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A little cleaner look at KU’s announced TV deal with Time Warner

The news regarding a broadcasting deal between Kansas Athletics, IMG College and Time Warner Cable/MetroSports to create a revamped Jayhawk Network has produced quite a ...

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State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park

The idea of a destination-style resort at Clinton Lake — an old proposal that resurfaced late last year — is becoming more serious. Officials with ...

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Upscale meal in peach orchard to showcase the fine-dining side of agrotourism

Richard Gwin/Journal-World Photo

Think “agrotourism,” and pick-your-own apples and winery tours probably come to mind, at least in the Midwest. But another take on it is becoming increasingly ...

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Where does each KU basketball returner need to improve?

Blue team forward Perry Ellis puts up a jumper against Red team center Joel Embiid during a scrimmage on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the Horejsi Center.

It's the basketball offseason, which means it's the best time for the Kansas men's basketball players to improve their skills before the games begin to ...

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City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub

Buses, builders and bulldozers, oh my. It is not the latest elaborate act for Lawrence’s Busker Fest. Instead, it may be the newest solution to ...

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KU starting to feel decline in federal research dollars

When I saw Steve Warren, KU's vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, at a groundbreaking event on Friday, I asked him about something that ...

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Wonkette, books and kickball

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Summer is in full swing, so let's take the temperature of the Lawrence blogosphere and see what the Internet has in store for us: • ...

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Bedbugs on the radar screen of city officials; new ordinance would allow City Hall to create rules to exterminate pests

And here you thought property maintenance just meant keeping the grass mowed, the house painted, the roof shingled, and other such matters. Well, add one ...

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New bridal shop opens along South Iowa Street

Area bridegrooms have it easy these days. It used to be that planning a wedding involved so much running around that you would ruin a ...

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Departing assistant superintendent to work for Fort Hays State

Adam Holden is going back to work for Fort Hays State University after his resignation as assistant superintendent in the Lawrence school district takes effect ...

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City manager forecasting increase in city’s general fund property tax rate for 2014 budget

If City Manager David Corliss has his way, property tax bills in Lawrence may go up just a bit in 2014. Corliss is in the ...

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Common Core wrongly tied to data project

The Common Core standards in reading and math in Kansas do not require states to collect massive amounts of personal data on every student. Nor ...

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