A Douglas County jury on Wednesday found a man not guilty in a domestic battery case. The acquittal was the second for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in a single day — a separate jury on Wednesday acquitted a teen of aggravated assault with a handgun — and at least the ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17 A defendant who was convicted of murdering a man in front of the Lawrence Public Library in 2024 has been ordered to serve more than 51 years in prison. Judge Stacey Donovan on Wednesday handed down the 620-month term requested by the state and denied the ...
In a rare jury trial involving a juvenile defendant, Douglas County jurors on Wednesday acquitted a teenager of two counts of aggravated assault. Jurors reached the not-guilty verdicts on Wednesday morning after a two-day trial. The felony offenses were alleged to have occurred in October ...
The Lawrence Police Department announced Monday it will increase its presence around the holidays to combat drunk driving. The department announced in a press release Monday it will join law enforcement across the state by joining the “Taking Down DUI” campaign from Dec. 26 to Jan 2. The ...
A defendant was found guilty Friday of felony battery against a county law enforcement officer. The defendant, Dustin Parrish, pleaded no contest to the offense as part of a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, which dropped three other felony counts as part of the ...
An arrest affidavit for a former award-winning paraprofessional in the Lawrence school district alleges that the para inappropriately touched a middle school boy, asked him to undress and gave him dozens of late-night car rides. Caleb Zachary Rahmeier, the former para who was honored in ...