Incumbent District Attorney Suzanne Valdez on Saturday sought to defend her first-term performance as Douglas County's chief law enforcement official as two other candidates vying for her job voiced concerns about the public's eroding trust in her office and the charging decisions she has made.
The three candidates squared off at a standing-room-only Democratic primary forum hosted by Women For Kansas and ...
A man whose lengthy incarceration on a murder charge led to protests in 2020 has been arrested and named as a witness in the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy.
The man, Rontarus Washington Jr., 27, of Lawrence, was arrested Thursday near the homicide scene on suspicion of misdemeanor battery and interference with law enforcement after allegedly being involved in a fight hours after the homicide.
The boy ...
A Lawrence man has been arrested in connection with a teen's shooting death and is charged with second-degree intentional murder.
The man, Cir Allen Keith Glover, 18, of Lawrence, is charged with one felony count of second-degree intentional murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Isaiah Neal, according to charging documents. Charges were filed Friday morning.
Neal died at an area hospital Thursday ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Thursday, June 13
A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted a college basketball star of rape after deliberating for less than two hours.
After the jury was dismissed the courtroom erupted in cheers and high fives as the former Illinois player, Terrence Shannon, hugged members of his family and other supporters. His attorneys, speaking outside the courthouse, said that Shannon was owed ...
At a rape trial for a former Illinois basketball player on Wednesday, two athletes more familiar to University of Kansas fans were testifying — current KU basketball player Hunter Dickinson and former KU player Kevin McCullar.
Both players were called as witnesses by defense attorneys for Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, who is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count ...
A Douglas County jury found a man guilty on Tuesday of rape and multiple other sex crimes against a young girl, and the man could now be sentenced to life in prison.
George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, was found guilty of two counts of rape, as well as six of the 11 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child with which he was charged. The jury found him not guilty of the remaining five counts of ...
