Stranger than fiction
Lawrence playwright interprets bizarre disappearance of Lawrence-area teen that's still unsolved after 18 years
Randy Leach was a "happy-go-lucky, all-American, clean cut, normal boy," says his mom choking back tears. Talking to a Lawrence Journal-World reporter in 1989, a year after her 17-year-old son disappeared without a trace, Alberta Leach can't believe not a single clue had been found yet. Nobody seems to know a thing about what happened in Linwood - a town 13 miles northeast of Lawrence, pop. 377.
Bizarre events surrounding the disappearance of Randy Leach
Many circumstances relating to the disappearance of Randy Leach in 1988 fueled rumors as to what may have happened to him.
Timeline of Randy Leach's disappearance
Events leading up to and following the disappearance of Randy Leach.
Review: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 (DS)
Before Princess Peach (hell, even before she went by Princess Toadstool), Mario's love was a personality-free, vaguely feminine bunch of pixels named Pauline. Well, once again, she's been kidnapped by a giant ape in a red tie.
Whiskey, coke, crime, a broken heart, and - finally - redemption ... sort of, anyway
Lawrence songwriter Outlaw Jake finds his way out of heartache and addiction through music
Sitting in the darkened, sticky confines of The Flamingo Club - Lawrence's lunch buffet eatery/strip club - is a country fried rocker known as Outlaw Jake. Or simply 'Outlaw,' as the 20something musician refers to himself.
