Updated at 10:32 a.m. Wednesday, July 6 Details of how a Lawrence woman died nearly two months ago, allegedly at the hands of her husband, are still not publicly known, and that is likely to remain the case for the foreseeable future as the woman's autopsy report has been suppressed. The arrest affidavit in the case, which would provide additional details about the circumstances of Regan Noelle Gibbs' death, ...
Most 77-year-olds might think twice about running a single marathon, let alone two marathons in three days, but that’s what Lawrence resident Dick Lipsey managed to do to complete his goal of running 50 marathons in 50 states. Lipsey has been a runner for decades and has run hundreds of races across the country, but only in the last decade did he set his sights on running a marathon in every state, he said. ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Friday Two men were charged Friday in Douglas County District Court in connection with an alleged armed robbery Thursday at a home in Lawrence. Chester Wendell Brockman, 50, of Lawrence, and Markcus Trey Sanders, 28, of Kansas City, Kansas, were arrested Thursday in the 700 block of Walnut Street in Lawrence, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. On Friday, they made their ...
Updated at 11:39 a.m. Thursday A Lawrence man charged with killing his significant other was deemed incompetent to stand trial on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. The man, Chad Joseph Marek, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Regan Gibbs, 25, on May 16 in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street. Police said at the time that Marek told a dispatcher that God told him to do ...
A teenager was brought into Lawrence Memorial Hospital early Tuesday morning with a gunshot wound to the foot, according to police. The 17-year-old was reported to be at the hospital with the wound, which was not life-threatening, around 12:30 a.m., and at the same time, police were responding to a call of gunshots heard in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street, said police spokesperson Laura McCabe. Officers ...
Story updated at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday: A Lawrence man was sentenced on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to 10.5 years in prison for a sex crime against a child, but his sentence was suspended to five years of probation. The man, Trey L. Gibson, 20, of Lawrence, had been convicted of one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of felony criminal threat after he pleaded no contest ...