A 36-year-old man was arrested Saturday in Lawrence on suspicion of burglary and aggravated arson. Michael Lenoy Hodges, whose address is listed as "transient" in the Douglas County Jail booking log, was arrested shortly after 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Joe's Kwik Mart at 2330 Iowa St., though it ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly put a signature to a bundled law enforcement bill Friday elevating consequences for conviction of buying sexual relations, misuse of a laser pointer and crimes of vehicle and gift-card theft. The legislation was a holdover from the 2025 legislative session that ...
Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health crisis. Five juvenile officers in Sedgwick County either used excessive force on Cedric ...
TOPEKA — For many trans Kansans and allied activists, Friday wasn’t their first time in the state Capitol building in Topeka. Years of commitment to the cause led to the day’s event, which organizers called a “pee-in.” A group of about 50 people gathered in the Statehouse to ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Several dozen protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman's death at the hands of an immigration officer. Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7 as she was driving away from ...
President Donald Trump's administration can continue to detain immigrants without bond, marking a major legal victory for the federal immigration agenda and countering a slew of recent lower court decisions across the country that argued the practice is illegal. A panel of judges on the 5th ...
