A woman who was accused of felony child abuse last winter took a plea deal Friday to misdemeanor battery and was given probation. The woman, Tiara Nicole Dillon, was charged in February 2025 with torturing or beating a child under the age of 18. The child in question is now 10 years old, and ...
The public is invited to a farewell ceremony next month for Judge Sally Pokorny, who is stepping down from the bench. As the Journal-World reported, Pokorny will be retiring effective April 10. A public event is scheduled for 3 p.m. that day at the historic Douglas County Courthouse on the ...
A 40-year-old felon who was accused in a Lawrence woman's fentanyl death in 2022 is back in jail this week facing a new felony drug charge along with several misdemeanors. William Martin Byrd, of Lawrence, was arrested late Wednesday morning at his home and charged the next day with possession ...
A car went into the Kansas River just off the Eighth Street boat ramp on Wednesday after the driver took a wrong turn, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, and it's now been removed from the water. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the ...
Paula Kissinger is in her 70s now, but she vividly remembers responding to a call as a police officer in the summer of 1981: A young student had been brutally raped at knifepoint by a stranger on the KU campus and had barely escaped with her life. Kissinger took the initial crime report, ...
A violent offender who was facing a charge of possession of methamphetamine was allowed to plead guilty Wednesday to a lower-level felony of interference with law enforcement, and the state is recommending probation, even though the offense is a presumptive prison term under state sentencing ...