Year 2000 begins with relief after Y2K scare in Kansas
A Journal-World timeline reviews a year of Kansas events from Y2K calm to KU enrollment shifts, Leonard Peltier talks at Leavenworth, a Southridge Plaza fire displacing residents, John Lowe’s death, a trial verdict in Oskaloosa, KU student crimes, legal disputes, and notable local incidents through June including a UNC coaching retirement rumor.
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Journal-World
North America
Leonard Peltier
U.S
Leavenworth
Southridge Plaza
Lawrence
February Month Opens With Smashing Start And Tragedies
February opens with Smashing Pumpkins signings at Kief's Downtown Music before their breakup. Braiden Maidens testify against a 1500 hour licensing bill for hair braiders. Manuel Brown pleads guilty to a fatal drunken driving crash. Highway 59 debate continues as KDOT plans a new freeway east of the current path. In Oskaloosa a 13 year old, Cody Back, is killed in a gun incident, the second teen death in six months. Camille Artmann was killed in November 1999.
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Kief
Lawrence
Braiden Maidens
Bonner Springs
Manuel Brown
Oskaloosa
Cody” Back
Camille Artmann
March 2000 Dominates Lawrence News Highlights
March brought shocks and farewells across Lawrence and area. Supt Kathleen Williams and Eudora’s Dan Bloom stepped down in separate moves. KU legend Dick Harp died at 81, while Duke ousted KU from the NCAA East Regional. Farmland Industries faced NLRB findings of bad faith bargaining. Dakota Cody Back case unfolds in Jefferson County as a 14 year old is jailed for bringing a gun to Central Junior High. A driver license station scene ended with a 53-year-old woman arrested after urinating on the floor.
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May
Lawrence-area
Yacht Club
Wis
Terry Allen
Allen
Lawrence
Joe Schmidtberger
Alvin
IGA
Tonganoxie
Belos Pe
Kaela Hamburg
Kaela
American Eagle Outfitters
American Eagle
Ottawa
Memorial Stadium
Horton
Lawrence School Board
Randy
Weseman
Kathleen Williams
Chicago
Lawrence Public
Eudora
Dan Bloom
Board of Education
Kansas University
Dick Harp
Roy Williams
Harp
Kansas
Duke
Williams stays at Kansas amid July suspense
In early July Roy Williams announced on July 6 that he would remain at Kansas. The decision followed a lengthy deliberation with fans and players cited as inspiration. A large crowd at Memorial Stadium watched the message on Megavision and nationwide TV carried the news.
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Lawrence
North Carolina
Williams
Megavision
Memorial Stadium
Kansas
Farmland Industries Inc
DeSoto
Lawrence-area
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Monica Lewinsky
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Wyoming
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Webb Garlinghouse
Bill Guthridge
University of North Carolina
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Carolina Basketball
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Mary Decoste
Shelah
Jim Wisler
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Craig Suridell
Smashing Pumpkins
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James Lha
Nick Bradford
Uke
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