KUQB freshman Brock Berglund charged with assault
KCTV5 reported Kansas University freshman quarterback Brock Berglund of Highlands Ranch Colorado has been charged with third degree assault in Douglas County Colorado. Local state news notes ethics complaint filed against Rep Terri Lois Gregory for soliciting campaign contributions via her state email account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KUQB
KCTV5
Kansas University
Brock Berglund
Highlands Ranch
Colo
Douglas County
Terri Lois Gregory
Baldwin City
Kansas Democratic Party
Gregory
Obama weighs stopgap deal with deficit plan in place
President Barack Obama said he would back a short term deal to avert a financial default on August 2 if a broader deficit cutting agreement was essentially in place. The remark was made as negotiations continued on a larger budget framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barack Obama
Poem Laments SRS Office Closure in Lawrence
Quote from Caryn Mirriam Goldberg notes communal resilience as Kansas poet laureate, reflecting on plans to shutter the SRS office in Lawrence and the local impact on support services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
SRS
Lawrence
Coming Friday Check on Local Teachers Negotiations
On Friday we will report how talks between teachers and local school officials are progressing, with comments from educators and district leaders. The story aims to capture aims, concerns, and potential classroom impact.
City hosts 1200 for World Series softball in Lawrence
Lawrence welcomes 1,200 players from eight states to the USSSA Fast Pitch 12 and Under World Series at the Youth Sports Complex. The double elimination event runs through Sunday amid heat with highs near 95. Organizers provide water stations tents and cooling luau events to aid players and fans while local hotels and restaurants anticipate brisk business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Romero
Fort Collins
Colo
Lawrence
USSSA
Illinois
Colorado
Arkansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
27Th St
Bob Lanner
Energy upgrade case could reshape utility retrofits
Kansas City Power & Light seeks to charge 1.23 billion to customers for mandated environmental upgrades at the La Cygne Generation Station, a move opposed by Westar Energy’s 50 percent stake and groups like The Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy and the Kansas Sierra Club. They argue funds would be better spent on renewables and retiring the nearly 40-year-old plant, amid questions on prudence of retrofitting an aging coal facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas City Power & Light
KCC
la Cygne
Westar Energy
Kcp&l
Great Plains Alliance For Clean Energy
Kansas
Sierra Club
Hemenway retires fully from KU after sabbatical period
Kansas officials confirm former KU chancellor Robert Hemenway is no longer on the university payroll. Despite other ex-leaders drawing salaries, Hemenway ended pay and athletic-ticket benefits while maintaining a campus office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemenway
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
Robert Hemenway
Jack Martin
Hall Center
Martin
del Shankel
Pittsburg State University
Tom Bryant
College of Education
Dear Lawrence Historic Photo Project Call for Submissions
The Lawrence Journal-World invites the public to join a nostalgia project titled Dear Lawrence. Participants take old photos to their original shooting spots, photograph them again, and submit high resolution images with captions by August 15. Selected entries may be published or printed for a show during Final Fridays on August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal- World
Dear Lawrence
Phers
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
Facebook
Journal-World
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rep
Obama
Facebook.com
Ljworld
Twitter
Energy Smart
B-E-Forg
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Lanner
Will Richardson
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Jeni Hagen
Applebee
Dustin Porter
KU Endowment Association
Kansas State
Jon Wefald
School of Leadership Studies
Bryant
Werald
Andy Hyland
Journal-World Photogra
Clearlawrence
the Lawrence Journal-World
Mike Yoder
Seventh
Massachusetts
Bowersock
Liberty Hall
Lawrence Journal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!