A water main break near the University of Kansas campus on Thursday resulted in a damaged city street and a closed intersection. The intersection of 13th and Ohio streets was affected by the water main break in the early-morning hours, and crews were still assessing the full extent of the damage Thursday afternoon. Krehbiel Scholarship Hall, which sits on the southeast corner of the intersection, was without ...
A Douglas County judge denied a request on Wednesday to continue the preliminary hearing for a man accused of killing two people last summer. The man, Rodney Ericson Marshall, 52, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer and one count of attempted murder of a civilian, according to charging documents. Marshall is accused of killing ...
High temperatures in Douglas County will remain in the 100s through Friday, but cooler weather is expected over the weekend. The National Weather Service in Topeka extended its heat advisory through Friday after it was expected to end Thursday afternoon, meteorologist Sarah Teefey said. “We still have very hot and dry patterns persisting here this week and temperatures for Friday have been nudging up a ...
A Lawrence man suspected in a Wichita homicide surrendered to police on Wednesday afternoon after an hourslong standoff that required an apartment building near the University of Kansas campus to be evacuated, according to a police news release. The man, 63-year-old Kevin L. Harris, has been charged with first-degree murder in Sedgwick County in connection with the death of Jose Lumbreras on Aug. 21, according ...
The disciplinary panel overseeing an ethics hearing for the Douglas County district attorney ruled on Wednesday that the investigation was conducted in a fair and neutral way, and the complaint involving how she behaved to local judges will not be dismissed. District Attorney Suzanne Valdez requested that the complaint by a special prosecutor accusing her of attorney misconduct be dismissed on the grounds ...
A Lawrence man pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday in connection with a DUI crash that left a 70-year-old man dead. Anthony Michael Royal, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, unintentional but reckless, and one felony DUI as part of a plea agreement with the state in which the state is recommending 102 months, or 8.5 years, in prison. The charges are in connection with a crash on April 8, ...