Kyle Clemons has been bringing great flavors to hungry diners since he was a kid working for his dad’s food truck. His restaurant, Gold Medal BBQ, started as a food truck in 2020 and moved into a brick and mortar location during the pandemic in 2021. He and his wife, Christina, are known for their speed on the race track. Kyle won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in 4x400 meter relay and Christina is ...
A Lawrence police officer testified Tuesday that he tried to save the life of a man who was bleeding to death on another man's front stoop after being shot in the face. The officer, Steven Koenig, said he thought at first that Bryce S. Holladay, 26, still had a pulse. Koenig kept performing CPR until paramedics arrived, but he said the attempt was in vain — Holladay was dead. Koenig testified during the ...
A Lawrence man was taken to an Emporia hospital Friday after suffering a suspected serious injury in a car wreck in Lyon County. The man, Cornelius Tsosie, 47, was traveling southbound in a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer on Kansas Highway 130 near milepost 4 around 7:15 p.m. when his vehicle left the road on the right side and struck a culvert, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol, who said he was not wearing a seat ...
One of the two teenagers accused in a fatal shooting in central Lawrence last summer has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. The teen, Javier I. Romero, 18, appeared Friday in Douglas County District Court, where Judge Stacey Donovan accepted his decision to waive the hearing, at which she would have decided whether enough evidence existed to proceed to trial. Donovan then scheduled Romero for ...
A Lawrence man has been charged in the death of a person after allegedly distributing an illegal drug. The man, John Paul Beckwith, 27, was arrested on Jan. 25 on suspicion of distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death, a level-one person felony, according to a complaint filed in Douglas County District Court. The incident occurred on or around Oct. 8, 2021, according to the complaint. Details ...
Catalytic converters have long been targets for thieves, but thefts have skyrocketed in the past two years, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, and it's a trend that has played out locally as well. Though specific numbers weren't available this week, the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office both expressed concern over the crime. Catalytic converters, which look like ...