Low-tech edition
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003
No one was injured in the fire that broke out at the Lawrence Community Theater Monday evening, but at least $15,000 in vintage costumes and tuxedos were destroyed.
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003
Richard Morrell, Kansas University associate vice provost, remains in intensive care five days after a car collision.
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003
Renee Low has been working as a Peace Corps volunteer for three years in a village in Haiti. Now she's seeking the funds to replace the village's schoolhouse.
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003
The expected long lines did not materialize at local stores.
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003
Four holiday movies grace the screens this week, and none bigger than "Cold Mountain." Already amassing eight Golden Globe nominations - whatever that means - this Civil War-era epic concerns the romance between a prim preacher's daughter and a rugged Confederate soldier, and their attempts at trying to reunite during wartime.
Friday, Dec. 26, 2003
Christmas came early for a Lawrence woman with four children this year. She received a car to help get her disabled children to doctor's visits.
Friday, Dec. 26, 2003
A Lawrence woman, with help from the Salvation Army, Toys for Tots and local Angel trees is making Christmas happy for less fortunate Lawrence children.
Friday, Dec. 26, 2003
More than 700 people headed to the First United Methodist Church for a free, warm Christmas meal.
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003
Foster, who has muscular dystrophy, was given a motorized wheelchair by the Cars for Christmas program.
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003
Local businesses closed up early on Christmas Eve, but had been open late in the previous weeks. Maria Martin, director of Downtown Lawrence Inc., said that businesses agreed to have extended shopping hours earlier in the season. Owners say that the extended hours were good for their businesses.
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003
Boothe plead to the lesser charge of intentional second-degree murder.
Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003
The county commissioners hope that the later meetings will give more in the community a chance to be heard.
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003
The hotel has been raided twice for taxes in the past year.
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2003
Two armed men bound the store's three employees with duct tape.
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003
The roof of the Georgetown University Intercultural Center has inspired Kansas University alumna Eileen Smith to make the journey from Georgetown to New York City on horseback.
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003
Tremain Scott received the maximum sentence allowed -- 61 months -- for the death of Quincy Sanders.
Friday, Dec. 19, 2003
Kline collects Santa Claus figurines and dresses as the jolly old elf to spread good will. He's been playing Santa Claus at rest homes for the past five years.
Friday, Dec. 19, 2003
Tremble pleaded guilty to the shooting at Brothers Bar in downtown Lawrence.
Friday, Dec. 19, 2003
The cleanup from the derailed trains has opened two tracks.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003
Salvation Army officials report that this year's donations are lagging.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003
Veterans recall long hours and hard times during the air war in World War II. From Pearl Harbor to the advent of napalm, the fliers saw many changes in aerial combat.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003
John Humphrey's home wins the "Best Holiday Scene" award in the contest.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003
Seventeen cars carrying coal were derailed, but no one was injured.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003
A resident of the Lawrence Open Shelter was found injured Monday night on Tenth Street. Police are investigating the possible attack.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2003
A rare Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat has gone from the depths of Lake Michigan to a hangar in the Lawrence Municipal Airport.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003
Escalating violence and a power struggle are among the possibilities for the country, according to a Kansas University professor.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003
The Lawrence Municipal Airport will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2004.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003
A new exhibit and a commemorative book are helping to mark the centennial of the building that houses the KU Natural History Museum.
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003
KU's semester break is longer this year than it has been in the past, but students will lose one week of their summer vacation to compensate.
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003
The Army Corps of Engineers and KDOT have decided on a 32nd Street alignment for the long-awaited and controversial South Lawrence trafficway.
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003
Although they epitomized the gross-out humor of the last decade with films such as "There's Something About Mary," the Farrelly brothers have tried to tone down their material lately. With "Stuck On You" they've taken a potentially outrageous idea - a comedy about conjoined twins - and turned it into a funny time-passer that avoids true edginess in favor of sentimentality. Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are at the center of the gags, which escalate when one of the brothers decides to move to L.A. to pursue a career in acting.
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003
Two houses in Lawrence are in a fun holiday competition to see who can light up the night sky the brightest for Santa.
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
The run was to support a couple who are fighting the West Nile virus.
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
The suspect in the University National Bank robbery has similarities to the suspects in two previous unsolved robberies.
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
Jaimes has served six terms as Douglas County Clerk.
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
Controversial director Michael Moore claims that he was never approached to come to KU.
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003
The Centers of Disease Control say that the flu season has not yet peaked.
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003
The robber opened fire in the bank and ran away through the nearby neighborhood.
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003
Local businesses are seeing holiday sales spike this year through online transactions.
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003
While the Health Department waits to receive more vaccine, preventive care is recommended.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003
Precipitation totals and the forecast for Douglas County, as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003
Some Lawrence families have woken up to find that their Christmas decorations have been stolen from their front yards.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003
The Warm Hands shelter and the Lawrence Open Shelter both opened recently, offering a place for the homeless to go in the afternoons and overnight.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003
A storm blanketed most of Kansas Tuesday evening, leaving treacherous travel and school closings in its wake.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003
Topekan Robert Lee Horton has helped found a national agency to watch for suspicious activity.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003
Four of the five charges against protesters at a Dole Institution dedication event in July have been cleared.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003
A nationwide flu vaccine shortage has increased local demand, leaving Lawrence without any flu shots to administer until a new shipment arrives Wednesday.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003
A winter storm advisory has been issued for Douglas County, and most of the state should expect snowfall Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003
Anthony Capra, 12, was looking for a deer on Saturday morning when he came across a mountain lion instead.
Friday, Dec. 5, 2003
The center says the jump in fees is intended to defray costs.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003
Local health officials are hoping to control flu outbreaks.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003
RateMyTeachers.com helps students learn from other students about prospective teachers.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003
City commissioners will probably annex land along 6th Street to keep up with the expansion.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003
Douglas County Commissioner Jere McElhaney wants to shut down the county government on the days following Christmas and New Year's Day, but budget concerns will keep everyone on the job, at least for this year.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003
The Douglas County Sheriff's Department is enlisting the FBI in investigating the death of 40-year-old Carmin Ross.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003
Jeanette Stauffer's 2 1/2-year crusade to find justice for her murdered daughter, KU student Shannon Martin, came with mental, physical and financial costs.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003
A judge in Topeka has ruled that the state has until July to remedy constitutional problems in the school finance law.
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003
Commissioners had a full plate Tuesday night as Police Chief Ron Olin made public the revised policy on police chases and the banning of big-box stores was debated.
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003
County commissioners will not be making a formal recommendation on renaming an east Lawrence creek after author William S. Burroughs.
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003
McLouth teen Carmen Jessup was killed Sunday night in an auto accident near Midland Junction, marking the second death at the site since Nov. 13.
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003
Kansas football fans eager to head to Florida have kept the phone ringing off the hooks at local travel agencies.
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