A long-running shooting case is scheduled to go to trial early next month, which could make it the first trial in the county’s district court in more than a year.
Michael Hormell, 21, has a trial scheduled for April 5. He is charged with attempted second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated battery and criminal discharge of a firearm in a 2018 shooting incident.
During a hearing on Wednesday, ...
While Albert Wilson is entitled to a new trial for a rape charge he was originally convicted of in 2019, Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez said during a hearing on Tuesday that her office planned to work toward resolving the case without a second trial.
“We have promised Mr. Wilson’s counsel that we will work with them,” Valdez said. “We (will) attempt to resolve this short of trial ... so ...
A Lawrence man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after Lawrence police responded to a call regarding a shooting early Monday morning.
Albert D. Taylor, 36, was arrested around 2 a.m. Monday in the 300 block of Maine Street. Along with the attempted first-degree murder charge, he has been charged with criminal damage to property.
Patrick Compton, a spokesman for LPD, told the ...
For the second day in a row, Douglas County’s district attorney took exception to a plan to resume in-person jury trials, and this time the new DA said some of the communication on the topic bothered her as a woman.
Suzanne Valdez issued a statement Tuesday saying she wanted the public to understand that Douglas County District Court Chief Judge James McCabria did not “consult” with her about a plan to ...
Updated at 6:27 p.m. Monday
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez on Monday criticized the district court’s decision to resume jury trials next month, saying she was not consulted on the change before the court made the announcement.
However, Chief District Court Judge James McCabria disputed that claim in an email to the Journal-World Monday afternoon. He said he met with Valdez personally earlier ...
Lawrence’s Kennedy Elementary School could soon become an early-childhood community center, meaning the K-5 students currently attending school there would begin learning elsewhere.
During the Lawrence school board meeting on Monday, Superintendent Anthony Lewis announced that the district is considering a proposal that would change the east Lawrence school into a learning center focused on pre-kindergarten ...
