A Lawrence man who was convicted of trying to kill his pregnant girlfriend and one of his friends was sentenced in Douglas County District Court on Tuesday to more than 13 years in prison for that incident and several other crimes.
Charles Darnell Thomas, 38, was found guilty in August of two counts of attempted second-degree murder, one count of misdemeanor battery, one felony count of aggravated battery and ...
The dead come in many shapes and sizes, but one thing many of them have in common is they leave behind family and friends. For William Hallagin, Douglas County’s lead coroner scene investigator, his job is all about the living.
“I always told people that I helped more people as a coroner investigator than I ever did as a paramedic, because I'm able to help them in a time and moment of confusion where they ...
Douglas County veterans and Gold Star families are invited to sign-up for Lawrence’s 2022 Veterans Day Parade.
The parade will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12 in Downtown Lawrence. Parade participants will gather outside of the Black Stag Brewery, 623 Massachusetts Street, starting at 10 a.m. Participants can walk the six-block parade route or ride on a float specific to their service.
The parade ...
A Lawrence woman's ex-boyfriend allegedly made threats against her and her new boyfriend, damaged their property and tried to kill the new boyfriend by shooting his car, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Journal-World this week.
The affidavit is in support of the arrest of 47-year-old Steven Carl Drake II, of Lawrence, who is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder in an incident ...
A former KU pharmacy student who was accused of rape in 2019 was sentenced to probation Thursday in Douglas County District Court for lesser, nonsexual crimes.
Andrew Elliott Ferguson, 24, of Lawrence, was sentenced to 38 months in prison, or just over three years. Judge James McCabria suspended that sentence to two years of probation in accordance with Kansas sentencing guidelines. Ferguson pleaded no contest ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court to 12 years in prison for a home burglary and robbery with an airsoft gun.
The man, Wesley James Tolbert, 26, pleaded guilty in June to one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated burglary for his part in a home robbery in the 900 block of Arkansas Street on Oct. 13, 2021.
Tolbert entered the guilty plea as part of a deal ...
