Updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny will step down this spring after 17 years on the bench. Pokorny, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was sworn in on Jan. 15, 2009, to replace retiring Judge Jack Murphy. Her retirement date ...
The trial for a defendant accused of attempted capital murder more than three years ago in Baldwin City is now scheduled to begin on Aug. 3. The defendant, Junah Augustus Sisney, 23, is alleged to have fired a gun at multiple people on Dec. 30, 2022, outside the Bullpen Bar in Baldwin City, ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 A 36-year-old man who was arrested Saturday in Lawrence on suspicion of burglary and aggravated arson was charged Monday with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Michael Lenoy Hodges, whose address is listed as “transient” in the Douglas County Jail ...
A man who had originally been charged with distributing a drug that caused a 39-year-old Lawrence man's death pleaded no contest on Friday to the lesser crime of simple distribution of fentanyl. Harlan Epps had been charged in the overdose death of Justin Jones, who died in his home on June 5, ...
The attorney for a man who was acquitted at trial Thursday in Douglas County District Court on Friday blasted news coverage of his case and said he would request a change of venue for the man's next trial, which was scheduled to begin on Feb. 18. Razmi Tahirkheli, the attorney for 28-year-old ...
A Lawrence man previously charged with distribution of heroin causing a death pleaded no contest on Thursday to three lower-level felony drug charges as part of a plea agreement. Timothy Edward Thompson, 44, had originally been charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of ...