A Kansas City, Kan., man has been indicted in federal court for allegedly robbing a Lawrence bank last month. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced Monday that a federal grand jury indicted Davonte Chaney, 29, with one count of bank robbery and one count of use of a firearm in the furtherance of a crime of violence. According to court documents, in September Chaney allegedly used a ...
The Lawrence school district now has an official contract with a labor union representing the district’s classified staff. The school board on Monday ratified a labor union contract with PAL-CWA, which represents the districts’ paraeducators, custodians, office staff and other employees. The ratification establishes the first contract between the district and the labor union. Along with a slight increase ...
The Lawrence school district may soon have an official contract with a labor union representing the district's classified staff. The proposed contract would provide a slight increase in pay for staff members. The school board on Monday will consider ratifying the district's first contract with PAL-CWA, a union that represents paraeducators, custodians, office staff and other employees. The ratification is ...
A Lawrence woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening a man with a screwdriver while calling him a racial slur. Michelle Mancini, 61, was formally charged with aggravated assault, a level-seven felony, and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, during her first appearance in Douglas County District Court on Thursday. Police arrested Mancini around 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Douglas County ...
The University of Kansas police have identified the two suspects sought in the vandalism of a Native American art exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art. Deputy Chief James Druen said in an email to the Journal-World that the two men were identified by an anonymous tip. He did not provide the names of the suspects to the Journal-World. Druen said the case has been sent to the Douglas County District Attorney’s ...
One of the two Topeka teens accused in a double shooting at a Lawrence park in 2019 was sentenced to almost 13 years in prison on Wednesday. Judge Sally Pokorny sentenced Sahavione K. Caraway, now 19, to 155 months in prison for attempted first-degree murder, a level-one felony. She also sentenced him to 59 months, almost five years, for aggravated robbery, a level-three felony. Caraway and Benson J. Edwards ...