A Lawrence teen convicted of assault and interference with law enforcement officers in a case where he was accused of beating his girlfriend and then threatening to kill her with a knife and a stolen gun was sentenced to 12 months of probation on Friday.
Judge Amy Hanley said she was sentencing Robert Brothers Jr., 19, to two 12-month probation sentences for the separate convictions, which he was found guilty ...
A Baldwin City mother who filed a petition challenging Douglas County’s mask mandate never applied for an exemption for her child, who would have been granted one if she had, a special education director told the Journal-World on Thursday.
Marie Taylor, the mother of a 9-year-old boy, recently filed the petition in Douglas County District Court challenging the county’s current mask order, which requires ...
Updated at 5:02 p.m. Wednesday
A Baldwin City resident recently filed a petition in Douglas County District Court to challenge a mask mandate for children under the age of 12, alleging that the mask requirement causes her child “severe anxiety, stress and a lack of concentration.”
Marie Taylor, the mother of a 9-year-old, filed the petition on behalf of the child, in response to the county’s current ...
A former Lawrence resident accused of sexual assault told law enforcement authorities that he “definitely had regrets" about his interactions with an acquaintance but he did not believe he had committed any crimes.
Axel R. Bordelon, a 28-year-old man who now lives out of state, has been charged with three felony sex crimes stemming from a woman who formerly lived in Lawrence reporting to police in 2020 that ...
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence members from Deerfield Elementary School waltzed away with the first-place trophy Friday at the club’s annual talent show.
The Lights On Talent Show, which used the theme “Strong Across Lawrence,” featured songs about strength, overcoming adversity and getting back up again, focusing on the resiliency the community showed during the pandemic. The show returned this year ...
On the day he was scheduled to stand trial for rape, a former University of Kansas student accepted a plea deal on a lesser charge.
Nicholas J. Lewis, 26, of Lawrence, was convicted after pleading no contest to one count of "sexually motivated" aggravated battery, a level-five felony, a court assistant told the Journal-World on Monday.
The conviction of a level-five felony comes with a minimum sentence of 31 ...
