The Eudora school district has found its next leader. The school district announced Tuesday that it has selected Stu Moeckel as the district’s new superintendent. Moeckel will take over the position on July 1 and will replace outgoing Superintendent Steve Splichal. Splichal previously announced that he planned to resign at the end of the school year. Moeckel, who is currently serving as the superintendent ...
With new attorneys serving as defense counsel in Rontarus Washington Jr.’s long-running murder case, Judge James McCabria said Tuesday that he was not sure the current trial date for September would hold. During a hearing in Douglas County District Court, McCabria approved Washington’s new counsel, which includes Kansas-based attorney Melanie Morgan and Josh Dubin and Tricia Bushnell of the Innocence ...
With hundreds of honking cars urging them on, several local elected officials Monday night made promises about ending homelessness, new disciplinary strategies in public schools and more leniency for people who miss court dates, among other issues. Members of the faith-based activist group Justice Matters challenged local elected officials to commit to a variety of social justice proposals at a drive-in ...
Free State High School’s speech and forensics team successfully defended its reign as the best in the state, despite having to wait two years to do so. The Firebirds clinched a second straight 6A state championship in speech on Saturday. The team won the competition by scoring 415 points, coach Kelly Thompson said in an email to the Journal-World. The second place team, Garden City, finished more than 100 ...
A Lawrence man is facing an allegation of attempted murder for a reported stabbing Sunday in a city park. Lawrence police arrested Katroy D. Jenkins, 27, around 3 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after responding to a call at Burcham Park, which is located northwest of downtown Lawrence along the Kansas River. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said ...
A Lawrence man facing several felony charges is accused of beating a woman he was in a romantic relationship with and then threatening to kill her with a knife and a stolen gun, an affidavit supporting the arrest alleges. The account from a responding police officer outlines how Robert Brothers Jr., now 19, allegedly beat the woman repeatedly during two separate incidents in February until she could get away ...