A 6-year-old Lawrence boy who was shot in the head last week has been doing miraculously well, his mother said Friday, though he still has a long way to go.
Tayshawn Mack Harris was flown to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., the night of Aug. 5, after being shot in the right side of his head, the Journal-World has reported.
Tayshawn had gone to stay the night at a friend’s house, his mother, ...
A Lawrence rape case has drawn national attention, and the Douglas County district attorney’s office has asked that the victim not be named during an upcoming court hearing because she has reported receiving threats.
The motion, filed this week, cites social media mentions by celebrities and a hashtag used thousands of times.
A jury in January 2019 convicted Albert Wilson, now 24, of one count of rape; the ...
Even if Douglas County decided today that it wanted to pursue a public defender office, it would take years to implement, the county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council heard at its meeting Tuesday.
The concept of such an office has come up in discussions during other recent CJCC and Douglas County Commission meetings as well as during forums in the recent race for Douglas County district attorney. ...
A now-teenage girl can still remember the smell of a man’s breath when he asked her to go with him into a men’s restroom more than five years ago, according to a statement that her mother read for the court on Monday.
Jonathan S. Nelson, 47, was arrested May 10, 2015, after asking the girl, then 10 years old, to accompany him into the restroom at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. Nelson had been charged with aggravated ...
Days after a Lawrence boy was shot in the head, he’s still in critical condition, and his mother wants to know how it happened.
Tayshawn Mack Harris, 6, was visiting a friend’s home Wednesday night when he was shot in the head, his mother, Tyeisha Bell, said.
Tayshawn was flown to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday night, and he remained there in the intensive care unit as of ...
The latest edition of an annual report shows that, overall, violent and property crime were down for Lawrence and Douglas County in 2019.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s 2019 Crime Index, released Friday, quantifies the number of “index crimes” that occurred statewide and by jurisdiction.
In the category of index crimes, the FBI includes violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated ...
