A Douglas County jury heard opening arguments and testimony from the alleged victim Tuesday morning at the trial for a former star University of Illinois basketball player accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence bar.
The Illinois player, Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape or, in the alternative, one felony count of ...
A man accused of raping a young girl took the stand on Monday in Douglas County District Court, denying that he had done anything to the girl and trying to cast doubt on her recollection and the timeline of events.
The man, George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, is back on trial this week after a brief delay because he was ill. He is charged with two counts of rape and 11 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a ...
A Douglas County jury was selected on Monday to serve in a trial for a former University of Illinois basketball player who is accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence bar.
The Illinois player, Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape or, in the alternative, one felony count of aggravated sexual battery, according to charging ...
For years, Olathe's Rhett Evans had his sights set on climbing Mount Everest. But when he got to Nepal this spring — and got very sick with a parasite — it was possible he might not even make it to base camp.
Evans, 55, had eaten some bad meat near the beginning of his weekslong expedition. Before he even reached the staging area for the Everest climb, he was "extremely sick," he said. His bout with the ...
A former University of Illinois basketball player accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Lawrence bar can present evidence to suggest another patron at the bar may have committed the assault.
A Douglas County judge made the ruling on Friday in the case of former Illinois basketball player Terrence Edward Shannon. District Court Judge Amy Hanley made the ruling after viewing a video that shows a man who ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday as part of a plea agreement in a fentanyl overdose death case.
The man, Mason Duane Robinson, 28, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with distributing a controlled substance causing death. The charge was in connection with the death of Angelyca LeAnn Cowdin, 23, of Lawrence, who died of acute fentanyl intoxication on ...
