On the record
Injury accident
- A 45-year-old Gardner woman died Sunday morning in a motorcycle and tractor wreck west of Overbrook in Osage County, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report.
The wreck that killed Sharon L. Tapp happened at 8:10 a.m. on U.S. Highway 56 about 3 miles west of Overbrook.
Tapp was riding on the back of a westbound 1997 Harley Davidson driven by Charles J. Tapp, 54, Gardner. As the driver tried to pass a westbound tractor, the tractor made a left turn off the highway.
Charles Tapp swerved to avoid the tractor, then lost control of the motorcycle.
He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. The driver of the tractor, Keith E. Badger, 43, Carbondale, wasn’t injured.
Emergency calls
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical was unable to transmit its log of fire calls Sunday.
Douglas County District Court
Marriage licenses issued:
Barry Littlejohn, 23, Lawrence, and Justine Cloud Jackson, 26, Lawrence.
Dustin J. Wolford, 19, Lawrence, and Megan Marie Catulippe, 17, Lawrence.
Phillip Lee Enslow, 48, Lawrence, and Lou Ann Moore, 49, Lawrence.
David Keith Barnes, 61, Cheney, and Mary Susan Sudlow, 56, Lawrence.
Larry Tyrone Brown Jr., 28, Topeka, and Melinda Ann Mosqueda, 26, Topeka.
Yoon Soung, 31, Lawrence, and Lawrenza Andar Pertiwi, 31, Jakarta, Indonesia.
James Leonard Cain, 49, Tonganoxie, and Monique Latrice Rhodes, 33, Tonganoxie.
Ryan Michael Grimes, 28, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Connie Deann Liston, 35, Prairie Village.
Divorces granted:
Tara Jane Holland, 35, Lawrence, and James Norris Holland Jr., 41, Lawrence.
Jeremy D. Kobler, 26, Lawrence, and Brook T. Kobler, age unknown, address unknown.
Victor E. Heffner Jr., 26, Lawrence, and Donna Jean Hemelrick, 26, Lawrence.
Amber Drake, 31, address unknown, and Dana Drake, 33, Lawrence.
Barbara A. Lacks, 59, Virginia, and Samuel A. Lacks Jr., 61, address unknown.
Ray St. Ledger, 33, Eudora, and Lisa M. St. Ledger, 27, Lawrence.
Cassandra Grace Sievers, 25, Lawrence, and Corey James Sievers, 34, Lawrence.
Michelle Ginavan, 35, Eudora, and Dan Ginavan, 35, Kansas City, Kan.






