A Eudora man convicted of felony charges for kidnapping his senior relatives in a robbery scheme was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday. Raymond P. Stilley, 32, was sentenced for his conviction of two counts of aggravated robbery. Judge Sally Pokorny issued a 216 month sentence for the first count and a 59 month sentence for the second count. She also ordered for the two sentences to be served ...
UPDATED: 2:20 P.M. Aug. 16, 2021 The Douglas County Commission on Monday certified the recent primary election results for the Lawrence City Commission and the Lawrence school board. The top six vote getters in both races are now officially eligible for election in the general election in November. Both boards have three open seats up for election. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said in an email that an ...
A man convicted of murdering a Lawrence boy in 1988 was recently denied parole and will remain in prison for at least another seven years. John William, 60, was convicted in the 1988 killing of a 9-year-old Lawrence boy, Richard Settlemyre, who was found along the Kansas River two days after he was last seen fishing with William. His head, hands and feet were severed from the body, and other wounds were ...
A $46 million multiyear project to renovate Lawrence High School is nearing completion as construction crews wrap up work this month. After having previously added classrooms and study spaces, the project over the last year has focused on renovations that provide more space and natural light in the building. The improvements also provide a better teaching and learning environment for the high school, ...
Updated at 5:03 p.m. Friday Douglas County is expected to get a public defender office to provide counsel for indigent felony cases in the near future. Heather Cessna, executive director for the Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services, also known as BIDS, told the Journal-World Friday afternoon that the agency’s board voted to move forward with a plan to install the public defender office in ...
A Eudora woman's 2018 murder conviction in the death of a 9-month-old boy was overturned on Friday by the Kansas Court of Appeals and sent back to the Douglas County District Court for a new trial. The court ruled Carrody Buchhorn, now 47, received ineffective counsel during her 2018 trial, which denied her the right to a fair trial. The court said her attorneys failed to properly question a coroner’s ruling ...