Police suspect fugitive no longer in Lawrence

Lawrence Police are still looking for a fugitive who eluded a manhunt last week and drove across a golf course during his getaway, a police spokesman said.

Paul Richard Caswell, 31, is wanted for a Nebraska federal parole violation and was being watched by local police investigating a forgery and counterfeiting operation.

Although police don’t know where Caswell is, they don’t think he remains in the Lawrence area, Sgt. Mike Pattrick said.

“It’s typical for someone who is not from the jurisdiction to leave it as soon as they can,” Pattrick said of a fugitive’s behavior.

Caswell fled from police Nov. 25 while officers were watching him at the Ramada Inn, 2222 W. Sixth St. He allegedly got into a car and led police on a chase during which he drove across the Lawrence Country Club golf course.

He later abandoned the car and fled on foot to escape.

Weather

Snow enters forecast

Lawrence residents could see wet, heavy snowflakes falling today, but don’t expect the snow to pile up, 6News weather forecaster Ross Janssen said.

“It might stick in some grassy areas, but we aren’t expecting any accumulation,” Janssen said.

A rain-and-sleet mixture was forecast to begin after midnight Tuesday and become snow by 4 a.m. today, Janssen said. It will end by noon, he said.

The overnight low temperature was expected to be 32 and today’s high 38. Temperatures should warm into the low 40s Thursday but turn colder again Friday with a high of 34, Janssen said.

Snow and rain are expected today over much of eastern Kansas, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.

Update

Victim dies from injuries suffered in accident

An Oskaloosa woman injured Nov. 21 in a one-vehicle accident died Tuesday at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan.

Sharon A. Stumpf, 21, had been listed in critical condition since the accident.

Stumpf was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 59 at the Oskaloosa city limits when her vehicle crossed the center line, bounced over a curb, struck a utility pole and a tree before coming to stop in a yard, Jefferson County sheriff’s officers said.

The accident occurred about 3:30 a.m.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Barnett Funeral Home in Oskaloosa.

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Authors discuss works on ‘River City Weekly’

Ann Hagedorn, author of “Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad,” talks about those fugitive slaves and abolitionists of Ripley, Ohio, who risked life and property for freedom during the Civil War in this “River City Weekly” encore.

Then novelist Paule Marshall visits with host Greg Hurd about her life as a writer. Marshall, perhaps best-known for her trilogy on black-American women with West-Indian roots, “Brown Girl, Brownstones,” “The Chosen Place” and “Praise Song for the Widow,” talks about her strong female characters who come to grips with their personal and cultural pasts.

Joyce Williams, a lactation consultant, talks about Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s Infant Nutrition Center and The Perfect Fit store for nursing mothers on “Better Health.”

“River City Weekly” premieres on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays with encore presentations at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays.