Lawrence police investigations into incidents of people driving vehicles into protesters are ongoing, department spokespeople said via email Tuesday. As the Journal-World reported, at a May 31 march demanding an end to police brutality, witnesses documented multiple incidents of vehicles driving into crowds of people in the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets. A nurse at the scene assisted one ...
Updated at 5:44 p.m. Monday The public had no access to a court hearing for a defendant in a long-pending Lawrence murder case on Monday, but a transcript was posted on the court's website by the end of the day. Rontarus Washington Jr., 24, attended court for a bond hearing Monday morning with his defense attorneys, Adam Hall and Angela Keck. Washington has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated ...
Candidates for Douglas County district attorney shared what state statutes they would alter if they could during an online forum hosted by the Lawrence branch of the NAACP on Saturday. Ursula Minor, president of the local NAACP branch, moderated the forum. The three Democratic candidates — newcomers Cooper Overstreet and Suzanne Valdez, and incumbent Charles Branson — also answered questions about their ...
Candidates for Douglas County sheriff and undersheriff participated in an online forum Friday evening that specifically focused on issues of concern to Black people, Indigenous people and people of color as well as the LGBTQIA community. During the forum, two of the Democratic candidates for sheriff, Lt. Jay Armbrister and Capt. Doug Woods, as well as Deputy Dale Flory’s pick for undersheriff, Lt. Clark ...
A Lawrence man arrested late Wednesday after a reported shooting was charged Friday afternoon in Douglas County District Court. Charles Darnell Thomas II, 35, has been charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated endangerment of a child. All of the charges are felonies. Lawrence police were ...
Candidates for Douglas County district attorney participated in an online forum Thursday evening that specifically focused on issues of concern to Black people, Indigenous people and people of color as well as the LGBTQIA community. During the 90-minute forum, the three Democratic candidates — defense attorney Cooper Overstreet, University of Kansas law professor and special prosecutor Suzanne Valdez and ...