The Douglas County district attorney took the stand on Thursday just a month after he was sworn into office to face allegations that he performed inadequately when negotiating a plea deal in a case involving a Lawrence teen who overdosed on fentanyl.
Dakota Loomis was a defense attorney in Douglas County until he was sworn in as the DA on Jan. 13. Until June 20, 2024, he represented Benjamin Zed Mims, 37, of ...
A Tonganoxie police officer lost his certification to be a law enforcement officer in Kansas after an investigation found that he faked traffic stops to give away donated gift cards to his friends.
A local radio station donated gift cards to the Tonganoxie Police Department, which the department used for a holiday promotion in December 2023 in which officers could give warnings to drivers in lieu of tickets and ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly flying a child to Lawrence for sex in 2022.
The man, Yahir De Jesus Van Vollenhoven, 25, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated human trafficking. The incident is alleged to have occurred on July 14, 2022. The age of the child is not listed in the charging document. Van Vollenhoven faces ...
Lawrence is expected to have 4 to 7 inches of snow accumulating through Tuesday afternoon followed by dangerously cold temperatures throughout the week, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
By Monday afternoon, multiple entities had announce closures for Tuesday, including KU, Douglas County District Court and state offices. Lawrence Public School announced the seventh closure for the year so ...
Charges against a Lawrence man accused of injuring another man with a knife in November were dismissed on Friday, after a prosecutor said that the other man had died earlier this month.
Rashidi Edward McClelland, 47, had been charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of felony aggravated battery. The charge was in connection with an incident around 3:15 a.m. Nov. 4 at 3250 Michigan St. in which a ...
A Lawrence man was ordered on Thursday to stand trial for allegedly threatening a group of teens with a firearm, which the man later reportedly said was a BB gun.
The man, Zachary Ryan Johnston, 38, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to charging documents. Judge Amy Hanley ordered him to stand trial after two teenage women ...
