UPDATED 2:54 P.M., MARCH 16, 2021
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday granted a new trial to Albert Wilson, who was convicted of rape in 2019.
Wilson sought a new trial on the basis that his trial attorney, Forrest Lowry, provided ineffective assistance of counsel. Judge Sally Pokorny agreed in her ruling Tuesday, noting she found that questions that could have been raised from thousands of text messages that ...
Sam Allison-Natale wants to follow in his parents' footsteps.
As a child of two public defense attorneys, he knew when he went to law school at New York University that he wanted to be one too.
“This is in my blood,” said Allison-Natale, a criminal defense attorney who previously served as a public defender in New York City for the nonprofit organization The Bronx Defenders.
Now in Lawrence, ...
A change of leadership is coming to the Eudora school district, as Superintendent Steve Splichal on Friday announced his plans to resign at the end of the current school year.
Splichal said in a message to the school district community that he chose to resign, effective June 30, to take a job in Wyoming. The Eudora school board approved the resignation during its meeting Thursday evening.
Mark Dodge, a ...
A semitruck crash on Kansas Highway 10 in Lawrence last week resulted in no injuries because the driver and passenger of the truck were both wearing their seat belts, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Donald Hughes told the Journal-World Friday.
The crash occurred on March 5 near the highway's intersection with 27th Street in southwest Lawrence. A Highway Patrol officer who responded to the crash saw that the truck ...
The lights were shining brightly at a Lawrence church this past weekend as it aimed to honor the special needs population in Douglas County.
Lawrence’s River City Church on Friday held its inaugural “Night to Shine,” which is a prom-like event offered by the Tim Tebow Foundation focused on honoring the “kings and queens” of the special needs community, said Tom Sack, missions and mobilization director ...
Douglas County’s school virus guidance will remain at its lowest tier for the fifth straight week as key metrics for the spread of COVID-19 remain low.
On Thursday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that its guidance to schools would stay in the green tier, which recommends that schools use fully in-person classes. The color-coded guidance is meant to help county school districts navigate ...
