A Lawrence-based Navy captain and federal public defender has been selected to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Capt. Rich Federico was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 11 after a 61-29 vote that included support from Kansas’ two Republican U.S. senators, Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall. Federico was nominated by President Joe Biden in July after the retirement of another ...
A Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with a sex crime against a teenage girl for an incident that allegedly occurred just months after he was granted probation in connection with other child sex crimes.
The man, Quortez Eugene Longfellow-Coleman, 21, faces one felony count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child for intercourse with a girl between the ages of 14 and 16, ...
A man returned to Douglas County in the midst of serving a 10-year sentence for multiple child sex crimes to face charges for additional sex crimes.
The man, Johnie Lomas Saluto, 35, was sentenced in Douglas County District Court in August of 2020 to 122 months in prison, over 10 years, for two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He had pleaded guilty as part of an agreement that dismissed ...
On day two of a disciplinary hearing for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez, she testified through tears that she was sorry and embarrassed over the case that brought her before the hearing panel.
Her deputy, earlier in the day, said he regretted a press release that the office sent out in 2021, but disagreed that the release accused Douglas County's chief judge of being a liar.
The case against ...
Two judges testified Monday during an ethics hearing for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez that when she publicly called Chief Judge James McCabria a liar, she called into question the integrity of the entire court at a critical time during the pandemic.
A disciplinary hearing for Valdez began Monday and is set to last through Wednesday in Topeka, where a special prosecutor argued that Valdez ...
The world’s first licensed pilot without arms is working to build an “impossible airplane” that she can operate more easily with just her feet, and she’s getting help from a Baldwin City aviation parts manufacturer to do it.
Jessica Cox, 40, has been taking to the skies in a 1946 Ercoupe for about 15 years, and she trained and tested to receive her pilot's license using only her feet. And while she was ...
