State recommends broadband projects

Two Lawrence companies are among 22 applicants statewide to win state recommendations for projects that would extend and improve broadband service to rural residents. The World Company, doing business as Sunflower Broadband, and Lawrence Freenet Inc. were among those to ...

• County jails’ precautions keep swine flu at bay
  Though crowded living conditions make correctional facilities a potential breeding ground for contagious illnesses, Kansas prisons and local county jails have so far been spared a widespread outbreak of H1N1 flu cases.
• Kansas organist rests after 58 years
  Harry Huber spent a summer studying on the same organ that Mozart once played a recital on before turning to his audience and saying, “Truly, the organ is the king of instruments.”
• Old cell phones can be recycled for seniors
  The community services department of Douglas County Senior Services is recycling old cell phones.
• Police: Teacher made up assault story
  Garden City police say a teacher made up a story about being stabbed in the leg, beaten and robbed in his classroom.

• Firearm possession leads to charges
• Kansas Highway Patrol advises football fans to arrive early, stay sober at KU-KSU game
• Former members of the military encouraged to file papers with county
• Final tally changes slightly in Baldwin City's sales tax election
• Sewage line rupture causes Emery Road to be closed for a block south of Ninth Street
• Secretary of Defense declares moment of silence for U.S. forces worldwide, in honor of Fort Hood victims
• Cranes cause hunting to stop at refuge
• Judge rules tribe has sovereign immunity
• Charges filed after salsa poisoning
• 2 more state deaths linked to swine flu
• Marines to celebrate anniversary on Tuesday
• New Eudora Baptist Church opens to large crowds
• Military groups, area towns planning many events for Veterans Day