As ultra marathoners prepare for a grueling 100-mile trail race at Douglas County’s Clinton Lake, one runner is hoping for a bit of redemption after her big dream was dramatically upended almost a decade ago.
The annual Hawk Hundred on Sept. 7-8 will take runners on a 25-mile loop on Clinton Lake’s north shore from Sanders Mound to Land’s End and back again, but an elite group of 25 runners this year ...
A Lawrence man charged with numerous child sex crimes waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday in an effort to continue negotiating a plea deal.
The man, Adrian Raye Wisdom, 28, has been charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of rape, nine counts of sodomy and three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, all felonies. Most of the charges are filed as off-grid ...
Dakota Loomis, a defense attorney and Baldwin City Municipal Court prosecutor, unseated Douglas County's incumbent DA with a landslide Democratic primary victory on Tuesday night.
As of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, with 97 of 101 precincts reporting, Loomis had 6,313 votes, or 63.5% of the total, in the three-way race. Another challenger, Tonda Hill, was in second place with 2,691 votes, or 27.06%, and incumbent DA ...
The name of a former deputy district attorney who is facing a state ethics complaint has been removed from a list of nominees for the board that reviews police conduct complaints.
Attorney Joshua Seiden’s name had originally been one of seven nominees that the City Commission was considering as a member of the Community Police Review Board, but since Friday afternoon, the number of nominees has dwindled to ...
A new exhibit opening this coming week at the Lawrence Arts Center aspires to take people back in time to a “magical” community that was home to Mexican American railroad workers and their families from 1920 to 1951.
The exhibit, “Finding La Yarda,” has been in the works for two years, and project director Marlo Angell said it combines architecture, ceramics, videography, photography and more to create ...
A former deputy district attorney who is facing a state ethics complaint related to allegations of professional misconduct is now under consideration by the Lawrence City Commission to serve on the board that reviews police conduct complaints.
Attorney Joshua Seiden is one of several potential appointees that the City Commission is set to consider for the Community Police Review Board (CPRB) at its upcoming ...
