A Lawrence man was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday in Douglas County District Court for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Brandon Warren Kissinger, 32, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of indecent liberties with a child, all felonies. The charges were in connection with a series of incidents ...
A person was taken to a hospital Thursday after what was described as a "long fall" from a ladder near electrical lines. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews responded at 10:34 a.m. to a greek house in the 1600 block of West 15th Street after receiving a report of a person having fallen into a live electrical line, said LDCFM Chief of Staff McKenzi Ezell. When crews arrived they found an extension ...
A man who refused to surrender his hatchet last year when entering The Village and who terrorized staff by smashing an office window was sentenced to two years of probation on Wednesday. The man, Jesse Lee Green, 39, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated robbery, one felony count of aggravated assault, one misdemeanor count of battery and one misdemeanor ...
The City of Lawrence has approved a change in city code to allow private ambulance companies to perform non-emergency medical transports to and from the hospital to alleviate some of the burden on Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews. But don’t worry, LDCFM will still be rushing to the rescue for 911 emergency calls, said John Darling, Division Chief of EMS at LDCFM. “LDCFM has performed around 750 ...
Mary Kay Howe has been typing out the record in Douglas County courtrooms for nearly 50 years now. But there was a time in the '70s when it looked like she'd be leaving the profession in record time instead. Howe, who retired from Douglas County District Court this past week, told the Journal-World about her first court reporting job, in Wyandotte County. In her very first week, she said, there was a case ...
A Lawrence woman has been charged in Johnson County with distributing a drug that allegedly caused a 53-year-old woman’s death. Ellana Nicole Graham, 23, is charged in Johnson County District Court with one felony count of distributing a controlled substance causing death. The charge is in connection with the death of Cherie Williams, 53, of Spring Hill, who died on Sept. 24, 2024. The charging document does ...