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Rarely has a holiday movie with the word Santa in the title ever been so unsuitable for kids. Such is the case with "Bad Santa," a hilarious, profane, really dark, dark comedy that stars Billy Bob Thornton as part of a Santa and elf team who rob the department stores where they are hired to work. "Ghost World" director Terry Zwigoff takes this potential one-joke premise and turns it into a modern comedic classic.
Hundreds were downtown to watch Santa's arrival.
The agency hopes the kettle campaign will raise $75,000 to help area homeless.
Several good little boys and girls talked to Santa after he was rescued from the roof of Weaver's in downtown Lawrence.
Shoppers swarmed through Lawrence on the busiest shopping day of the year.
Vermont Street BBQ smoked turkeys for the community; and LINK provided meals for area homeless.
Retailers have noticed an increase in shopping over the past month, and the day after Thanksgiving is historically the busiest shopping day of the year.
The Homestay program helps foreign students meet with families and learn about American culture.
KU athletes Wayne Simien, Bill Whittemore and other Jayhawks talked to 6News about their favorite turkey day treats.
The Jayhawks on Parade are leaving Lawrence and will be gone by next spring. The cow-Jayhawk from the 700 block of Massachusetts Avenue migrated this week. They will be auctioned off for charity.
A Lawrence woman who recently moved into town was burglarized Tuesday night, and the thiefs also stole her Thanksgiving turkey. She moved from Topeka last month because she thought Lawrence would be a better place to raise her children.
More families are taking vacations this winter, and area travel agencies are increasing business. Thanksgiving travel is kicking off the winter vacation season with heavy traffic in the air and on the roads.
A new store in downtown Lawrence is focusing on Lawrence history. It is upstairs from the Watkins Museum of Community History.
Too many questions remain for the friends of slain KU student Shannon Martin to be wholly satisfied with the guilty verdicts in the case.
People at the Lawrence Community Nursery School, the school attended by Carmin Ross-Murray's daughter, say they hope the silence on the part of police indicates they are following leads in the case.
College basketball analyst Dick Vitale signed books at the Kansas Union on Tuesday before the night's KU-Michigan State matchup.
Before motorists hit the road for Thanksgiving travels, a look at their vehicles' tires is in order.
Kattia Cruz, 29, and Luis Alberto Castro Carrillo, 33, were found guilty Monday in the trial for the 2001 death of Kansas University student Shannon Martin.
Students who failed biology as freshmen have a new option to be allowed to graduate
Lawrence liquor store owners say they haven't seen a sales spike from new regulations that let them stay open on Sundays.
Five teams out of 12 were chosen Monday at Liberty Hall for the 2004 Rock Chalk Revue.
Howard Hill, public address announcer for Kansas University football and men's basketball home games for two decades, will retire at the end of the season.
Just before the start of men's basketball, the KU Athletic Corp. was given an update on the controversy surrounding the ticket distribution system for Jayhawks games.
The University Dance Company at K-U will present the culmination of months of rehearsals at its fall concerts tonight and Saturday. In the spotlight will be "Missa Brevis," modern dance legend Jose Limon's response to the devastation of World War II. A live choir and organist will accompany the dancers.
Richard Norton Smith will leave KU for the LIncoln Library in Illinois Sunday after just two years as director of the Dole Institute of Politics.
The policy will divide up faculty seats at Allen Fieldhouse on a lottery basis.
The investigation has taken detectives to Manhattan, where the victim's ex-husband is a professor.
The KU First drive has met its goals a year early.
Eagle Bend golf course has had a fall-off in revenues.
Security has been heightened for the final court sessions in Costa Rica.
The flash floods at the Kansas Turnpike made Ryan Lane a reluctant hero, and took the life of Al Larsen. Both men tried to help stranded motorists during the floods, and Lane says that Larsen saved him as well.
The money will go to scholarships, men's and women's athletics, and a Special Olympics clinic.
Officials looking to expand the Lawrence Public Library are mulling an offer from Dan Simons, part owner and managing member of Riverfront LLC, to buy half of the former mall.
Student leaders at Kansas University organized a forum for students to discuss state funding of higher education with state and university officials.
More than 400 people were evacuated from Baldwin High School and more than two dozen were sent to the hospital Tuesday due to noxious fumes in the school.
Dozens of community members attended City Commission Tuesday night in support of Rick's Place, a bar seeking to move to a stip mall that includes a church. The bar was granted a waiver allowing it to relocate to Ninth and Illinois streets.
While ECKAN prefers to meet daily needs instead of a yearly feast, LINK and the Salvation Army will have holiday dinners.
In an effort to keep the cost of the fertilizer plant's clean-up out of taxpayer hands, the county commissioners are seeking aid from the Kansas Department of Health and the Evironment.
Detectives have followed many leads, but have few solid facts.
The owner of Rick's Place is interested in moving his bar and grill to Old West Lawrence, just blocks from him home. But a church in the area does not want Rick's to move there.
Kansas will join Michigan and California as the latest state to promote agriculture as part of tourism. The state will promote agriculture-related attractions for visitors to the state.
Four flicks open on area screens this week. First up is "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World," Russell Crowe's latest venture into the past. This time he plays a British naval captain ordered to pursue a superior French privateer. Director and fellow Australian Peter Weir mounts combat scenes so realistic that the viewer will feel like part of this seafaring crew.
Brick mailboxes are dangerous to drivers, county officials say, and those officials are working to outlaw stone and brick mailboxes on county roads.
The family of slain KU student Shannon Martin say witnesses have been threatened.
Police investigated an alleged homicide Friday night in a rural Lawrence home.
Witnesses provided their testimony linking the suspects to the KU student's murder.
Professor Paul Gump was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
The novelty gift item, created by Home and Away's Cathy Hamilton, has inspired a movie. Warner Bros has contacted Hamilton about purchasing the rights to the idea. It's not the first time the gift has been in the spotlight.
Vandalism of Nebraska fans has raised concerns about the city's reputation. The Chamber of Commerce will send packages including gift certificates and apologies from city officials.
The judge in the case denied the motion to keep the confession out of the case.
The trial was delayed because of legal technicalities.
The Brook Creek Neighborhood Association is opposed to the new Salvation Army shelter.
The state is one of the worst in the nation for how it uses the money from tobacco settlements. Lawrence public schools report that a quarter of their students are smokers. Watchdog groups blame lack of funding for tobacco prevention.
Randle was arrested more than a week ago, but the district attorney's office will not pursue the case.
Commissioners deferred on identifying land for future business parks at the city commission meeting Tuesday night, but did agree to the formation of a business retention task force.
Gatherings at the American Legion and on the KU campus were some of the ways Veterans Day was observed in Lawrence.
Police have said they believe they know who is responsible for the extensive damage, but there have been no arrests yet.
A retired Kansas University professor was honored for his World War II service during a ceremony Monday at Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive.
Since her arrival at KU four years ago, Spirit Squad coordinator Cat Jarzemkoski has fought the same diversity battle that most of the university has. However, Jarzemkoski's latest efforts with the minority-oriented Unity Dance Troupe have members of KU's black community believing that she is using them in an attempt to make herself look better.
Lawrence eighth-grader Emily Lamb has spent the past two years organizing birthday parties each month for the homeless at the Community Drop-In Shelter. This month, those with birthdays will receive a backpack filled with items for the winter.
An elementary school club is creating new interest in science for students.
The ceremony recalled the history of the Marine Corps as well as current military efforts.
The "Matrix" trilogy concludes with "Revolutions," and from the looks of this confusing, joyless exercise in post-MTV filmmaking, it's time to put the plummeting franchise out of its misery. This time Keanu Reeves and his sunglasses-wearing gang must thwart the wicked machines from invading their underground city. The result is a $110 million blockbuster with barely a dime's worth of entertainment value. On the other end of the spectrum is "Elf." The maniacally funny Will Ferrell stars as a boy raised at the North Pole by elves, only to discover in his 30s that he is actually a human. He eventually returns to meet his biological father, played by James Caan, who is in desperate need of being taught the meaning of Christmas. A fine cast and the imposing Ferrell's commitment to do anything for a laugh sets the table for a real holiday treat.
The smaller version of the Jayhawk mascot has a new display in the Kansas Union to remember the Baby Jay's invention. Also, the first person to wear the Baby Jay costume has started a new fund to maintain the costumes.
The tornado flattened several homes and apartments in West Lawrence on May 8, 2003.
Three area churches have fallen victim to break-ins. One even videotaped the culprit, although they have not been able to identify him.
The university's students and staff are being asked to practice better energy conservation.
The round of layoffs cuts nearly 20% of the company's workforce.
The ceremony recognized Native American veterans and one of its own.
The group's goal is to inspire grassroots political activisim.
Advocates hope to have greater prominence in state affairs.
The commission wants to find ways to keep Lawrence's unique local stores downtown.
The state of the economy has left service agencies with smaller budgets and increased demand.
There will be no hotel built in a tract off Legends and Research Park drives thanks to a unanimous City Commission vote to rezone the land. However, nearby residents did not get their wish for a residential zone between their homes and the research park.
An Emporia man had to be restrained on the way in and out of the courtroom Tuesday during his sentencing for his role in a kidnaming in March.
A body believed to be that of Mary Powell, 79, was recovered Tuesday as firefighters searched the ruins of her house, which was destroyed Monday by fire.
Letters and voter registration cards are being mailed to Douglas County residents whose precincts have been changed in an effort to cut down long lines at the polls.
Natural gas prices will be higher this winter than last, but the good news is that they may not be as high as was predicted, thanks to an adequate supply.
Five Johnson County teenagers were cited by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at Stull Cemetery for criminal trespassing.
Residents in west Lawrence want a plot of land formerly set aside for a hotel to be rezoned as residential, and the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department agrees.
There are ways to prevent cavities in children, even after Halloween when children may eat significant amounts of candy.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $100,000 grant for improvements to Hobbs Park.
6News visited some local celebrities to collect candy Friday night, and checked up on the children trick-or-treating in downtown Lawrence Friday evening.
Jason Tremble, the Topeka man who shot at a sidewalk in downtown Lawrence in mid-October, plead guilty to all charges against him in district court Friday. Eleven people were injured in the incident.
After the trick-or-treating is over tonight, there are plenty of ghoulish options for the night owls among you.
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