A repeat felon sighed with relief and raised his shackled hands in prayerful gratitude Tuesday as a Douglas County judge sentenced him to probation, despite his having the worst criminal history score possible under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines. Judge Stacey Donovan told defendant Sean ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 A man who was caught stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a Lawrence grocery store in May will have his felony case dismissed if he pays back $25,000 over three years and does 20 hours of community service, among other conditions of his diversion ...
A judge ordered a year of probation on Wednesday for a man accused of selling wristbands to a group of underage people so that they could drink alcohol at The Jayhawk Cafe just hours before a fatal shooting there. Hunter J. Noravong, 20, was originally charged with four counts of “purchase ...
When confronted with accusations against him, a 36-year-old Lawrence man told police that he raped and sexually abused a 13-year-old girl earlier this year, according to a recently released affidavit in the case. The man, Steven Earl Snow, has been charged with two counts of child rape, an ...
Don't be alarmed if you see emergency responders and a lot of other people standing outside of City Hall on Tuesday — it's only a drill. City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., will be holding its evacuation drill at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city announced in a news release. People downtown at that time ...
An attorney from Douglas County's Public Defender Office was sworn in as a pro tem judge on Monday in Douglas County District Court. Gary West will fill the pro tem vacancy that was created when Blake Glover was appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to be a district judge. Glover was elevated to that ...