For NATO’s most senior military officer, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is about far more than just the future of Europe — it's a warning for the alliance’s members to invest more in their own defense and do more to prevent future conflicts. Admiral Robert Bauer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, the chair of the military committee of NATO, visited the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on ...
The rape trial of former star Illinois University basketball player Terrence Shannon might be delayed after a defendant in an unrelated rape trial became ill on Monday. Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, was set to go to trial on June 10 in connection with a rape charge for an incident at a Lawrence bar in September 2023, as the Journal-World reported. His trial had been expedited in an effort to resolve the ...
A young teen told a Douglas County jury that a defendant in a rape case had sexually assaulted her numerous times beginning around age 5 and that she “didn’t feel safe” to report the abuse until years after. The accused, George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, is standing trial this week on two counts of rape and 11 counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The charges are in connection with a series ...
A University of Illinois basketball player accused of rape at a Lawrence bar told the court on Friday that he was ready for trial and has rejected a plea offer from the state for a lesser crime. 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 ...
Members of Lawrence and Douglas County law enforcement ran throughout the county on Tuesday as part of the Annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. Runners from multiple agencies, including the Lawrence Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the University of Kansas and Baldwin City police departments, carried the Flame of Hope in several places around Douglas County in ...
Construction is underway on Eudora’s new 140-student Early Learning Center that will give Eudora — and potentially Lawrence and other Douglas County communities — a place for preschool-age children to learn, grow and create memories all under one roof. The facility is being constructed in the Eudora school district’s West Resource Center, 1310 Winchester Road, which houses the school district offices ...