No one will face charges in connection with a banner that was found in downtown Lawrence in late June along with a note decrying the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Douglas County district attorney’s office referred the case to the Lawrence city prosecutor’s office to consider charges, the Journal-World reported in August.
“The City Prosecutor’s Office has declined to file charges in this case ...
Tuck the kids in for bed, let the dog out one more time and collect the campaign signs from the front yard: It’s become part of a nightly ritual for some local voters who display support for their candidates by daylight.
Leaders of the local Democrats and GOP told the Journal-World that many voters have reported signs going missing, some repeatedly. Both said that some voters bring their yard signs inside ...
Two people are set to be charged with misdemeanors in incidents where vehicles were recorded driving into groups of protesters on Massachusetts Street, court records show.
As the Journal-World has reported, in an incident on May 31, a woman accelerated a green SUV into protesters occupying the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets during a solidarity march against police brutality. On June 29, another ...
An investigation by an outside agency into three Douglas County Sheriff’s Office employees found that the presumed next sheriff violated department policies, but not the law, in a 2017 sex-crime investigation.
Lt. Jay Armbrister — who won 39% of the vote in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for Douglas County sheriff and faces no opponent in next month’s general election — was one of three officers named ...
Scheduling a court hearing in a criminal case long has been a complicated logistical exercise. There’s the judge’s schedule, the prosecutor’s case load, the availability of the defense attorney, witnesses to subpoena and a host of other issues.
Now, in the pandemic age, there’s another question factoring into such discussions: Does anyone have a camera?
At the Douglas County Jail, where inmates now ...
An attorney quizzed local public health experts during a hearing Friday about studies and data they’ve cited to support a Douglas County health order that restricts the hours that bars can be open and serve alcohol.
Meanwhile, the attorney for the county posed the question of whether just because something is illegal — such as bartenders serving intoxicated patrons, or people drinking “to-go” drinks ...
