A 55-year-old man was convicted Thursday of felony criminal threat in a case where he was initially charged with attempting to rob a Lawrence restaurant employee last spring. The threat conviction followed a no contest plea by Maurice Anthony Mahan, who will be sentenced on Feb. 24. As the ...
As ramps along K-10 are scheduled to close next week due to work on the South Lawrence Trafficway expansion project, Kansas Department of Transportation officials say the project is still on track to be completed on time. Kate Craft, a public information officer with KDOT, told the ...
A mother who was accused in 2019 of leaving two toddlers in a freezing car as she drank at a local bar appeared Thursday in Douglas County District Court for a preliminary hearing in a 2024 child abuse case. The hearing was continued, however, at the mutual request of defense attorney Gary ...
Updated at 4:21 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 The driver involved in a crash four months ago that killed a local actor has now been charged with second-degree murder and several other crimes. Eliseo J. Munoz, 24, was arrested shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at his Lawrence home on suspicion of ...
A Douglas County judge heard evidence Wednesday in a case where a stranger allegedly got high on hallucinogens, walked into a Lawrence family's home, stripped naked and terrified the occupants in the middle of the night. But before Judge Sally Pokorny potentially orders the defendant — ...
Parents of a 20-year-old University of Kansas student killed in a hit-and-run accident are suing both the alleged driver and the delivery company DoorDash, which the lawsuit contends used the driver despite an extensive criminal record. William Ray Klingler, 36, is facing multiple charges ...