The state sought a four-year prison term for a probation violator who was convicted of severely beating another woman, but a Douglas County judge on Monday gave the defendant another chance at probation instead. Jennifer Elaine Poeverlein was originally charged with aggravated robbery for a ...
Community members are invited to an event and free meal Tuesday that's designed to heighten awareness regarding military veterans and suicide prevention. The half-day event begins at 9 a.m. at KU's Burge Union. It's free to attend, but participants are asked to sign up for no-cost tickets ...
Updated at 12:15 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2026 Potential jurors in a medical malpractice lawsuit were dismissed Monday morning after the parties reached a last-minute confidential settlement in a case that involved a surgeon's removal of the wrong organ. The case concerns Jeannine ...
A burglar threw a rock through the window at a smoke and vape shop in Lawrence just before midnight on Saturday, and Lawrence police are seeking additional information about the crime. The incident happened at Smoke Totz, 520 W. 23rd St., where police said a burglar raided the cash register ...
TOPEKA — Emergency rooms in most parts of the United States saw more tick bite-related visits than usual in April. For every 100,000 emergency room visits in the Midwest in April, 137 were for tick bites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of May, Midwest ...
TRACY, Calif. (AP) — Officials in a Northern California city urged people sensitive to smoke to keep indoors as firefighters spent a third day Saturday battling a fire in a huge medical equipment warehouse. Air quality on the south side of Tracy, a city of 100,000 people where the Medline ...
