Lawrence police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting in North Lawrence last week. Alejandro Martinez Diaz, of Lawrence, was arrested around 7 p.m. Friday on suspicion of two counts of second-degree attempted murder, the Douglas County booking log shows. Diaz posted a $75,000 cash or surety bond later that day and is no longer in custody. Lt. David Ernst of the Lawrence Police ...
At first glance, it may appear several leaders of the Lawrence Police Department recently received promotions in one fell swoop. Six of the department’s leaders, who have been serving under the title of “captain,” recently saw their titles change to “major.” But the change isn’t really a promotion for those individuals, and the change is more semantic than anything else, as those who received the ...
An attorney for a Lawrence woman who was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder and other crimes argued on Friday that the state’s highest court should either overturn the woman’s conviction or require a new sentencing in the case based on alleged errors in Douglas County District Court. The Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Tria Evans, 41, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...
The Lawrence school board's current leader has filed for reelection, and a former special education teacher for the district has also entered the school board race. Board President Kelly Jones and Andrew Nussbaum, who recently resigned from his teaching position in the district, both filed this week, bringing the total number of candidates in the race to seven. Jones, 48, was originally elected to the board in ...
Another candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for the Lawrence school board. Nate Morsches, 34, recently filed to run for the board’s election, making him the fifth to do so. Morsches told the Journal-World his experience volunteering for Lawrence’s College and Career Center inspired him to run. He said when he was a student it was not made clear to him that he had more post-graduation options than ...
The Free State High School Firebirds were like phoenixes in 2021, and graduate Yoav Gillath praised them at Wednesday's commencement for rising from the ashes left by the coronavirus pandemic to complete their high school education. At the end of their junior year, the graduates saw their high school careers disrupted by the pandemic, causing most of their final school year to be conducted through computer ...