Although the man who fatally shot Jennifer Mosby has repeatedly expressed remorse for his actions, Mosby’s children said Wednesday at his sentencing that they don’t know if they will ever be able to forgive him.
Johnathon L. West, 43, of Lawrence, said he took responsibility for his actions in Mosby's death, but her oldest daughter said in Douglas County District Court that the pain of losing her mother ...
After recently rejecting a plea agreement in a 2017 first-degree murder case, a Lawrence man now has a new attorney and a new trial date.
The Douglas County District Court on Tuesday appointed attorney Hatem Chahine to represent Steven A. Drake III, 24, in a trial now scheduled to begin on Feb. 14, 2022, according to court records. Chahine was appointed to take over the case after Judge Kay Huff allowed ...
An Overland Park man is facing a charge of rape in Douglas County District Court in connection with a July 2020 incident.
Griffin Oxley, 20, was formally charged with the felony during his first appearance in court last week. According to the charging document provided to the Journal-World, Oxley is accused of engaging in nonconsensual sex with an unnamed person through fear or force on July 28, 2020.
Oxley ...
A labor union representing the Lawrence school district’s paraeducators grew to include all classified staff on Monday.
The Lawrence school board unanimously approved recognizing PAL-CWA as the union representing the staff category that includes custodians, office and cafeteria staff and other employees who aren’t licensed teachers. As a recognized union, the members will bargain with the district ...
When Gwen Wedd served as a long-term substitute early in her teaching career in Lawrence, she was originally set to work alongside her father-in-law, the late Ralph Wedd.
However, before she began teaching as a physical education teacher at what was then known as South Junior High, Ralph Wedd chose to retire instead.
“I don’t think he wanted to teach with me,” Wedd joked when she recently spoke to the ...
As the Lawrence school district prepares to close an elementary school and turn it into an early-childhood facility, departing students have been able to check out the new schools they will be attending.
The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear an update about those visits and other facets of the district’s project to turn Kennedy Elementary School into an early-childhood education community center.
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