A Eudora man died several days after his motorcycle collided with an SUV in eastern Lawrence, according to a crash report. Terry L. Ellison, 56, died Nov. 11 following the crash, which occurred just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. Lawrence Police Department spokesperson Patrick Compton provided the Journal-World details from the crash report Monday. The driver of a Ford Explorer, a minor, was eastbound ...
Suzanne Valdez said she loves being around people. And months before she even takes office as Douglas County's next district attorney, she has surrounded herself with community stakeholders and her future team members. In addition, the longtime law professor at the University of Kansas said that teaching is near and dear to her, which is why she wants to emphasize mentorship and training once she is sworn in ...
A judge on Thursday denied a request from the owner of a downtown Lawrence bar to prevent enforcement of a health order that restricts the hours that bars can be open amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Peach Madl, longtime owner of the Sandbar, 17 E. Eighth St., filed a lawsuit in federal court last month against Lawrence-Douglas County Health Officer Dr. Thomas Marcellino for an order he issued. The order ...
A judge sentenced a Lawrence man on Thursday to just more than three years in prison for aggravated sexual battery after determining that his juvenile record shouldn’t count against him. Dominic C. Bartholomew, 25, was charged in January with rape, a level-1 felony. On Aug. 6, however, he pleaded guilty to the less severe level-5 felony. A woman who was a friend of Bartholomew’s at the time of the ...
Douglas County District Court has gotten approval for a plan to resume holding jury trials, though it’s still not clear when that might actually happen. The plan involves using buildings at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, including health questionnaires with juror summonses, and lots of masks and hand sanitizer. The Kansas Supreme Court suspended time limits and deadlines in court cases because of COVID-19 ...
A Lawrence attorney testified Friday that he told a prosecutor almost six years ago, “Rontarus didn’t do it — you’ve got the wrong guy.” However, he said that statement was based on what two distraught family members of the victim had told him, and he didn’t know of any evidence to support their belief that the victim’s husband — not Rontarus Washington Jr. — was responsible for her ...