A man was sentenced to 45 months in prison Friday in a burglary case that was “unorthodox” from the beginning, as the judge described it.
Dandre M. Cordray, 20, was charged in December 2019 with 14 felonies — five counts of aggravated burglary, five counts of theft and four counts of burglary of a motor vehicle. He was also charged with three counts of misdemeanor theft. Just a couple of weeks later, he ...
Jury trials that were set to begin this month in Douglas County District Court are going to be postponed, the chief judge said Thursday.
The court has a plan approved by the state Office of Judicial Administration and by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health to resume holding jury trials safely amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Trials were set to begin Monday, Jan. 11, using the Flory Meeting Hall at the ...
Story updated at 4:25 p.m. Friday
Two men have been charged in Douglas County District Court in connection with a reported shooting.
Lawrence police arrested Camdon J. Collins, 18, and Jaren B. Collins, 19, both of McLouth, Thursday evening on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, according to jail records. However, both were charged Friday with one count of a less severe felony, criminal discharge of a ...
Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash at Ninth and Alabama streets in Lawrence on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
The vehicle struck a tree at the northeast corner of the intersection, said Patrick Compton, spokesperson for the Lawrence Police Department.
The driver was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, Compton said. He said the passenger in the vehicle was ...
The League of Women Voters of Kansas has drafted a rewrite of its nearly 50-year-old position statement on criminal justice to emphasize alternatives to incarceration, offender wellness and the elimination of systemic bias.
Marlene Merrill, co-chair of the league’s Position Update Committee, said during a virtual meeting Tuesday that the new draft compared with the current position was “really almost like ...
A teenager has been charged in connection with an alleged exchange of gunfire between people in vehicles in Lawrence.
Officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of Louisiana Street just before 1 a.m. Monday for a reported disturbance with weapons, Lawrence Police Department spokesperson Patrick Compton told the Journal-World via email Monday.
Officers spoke to witnesses at the scene who heard gunfire, but it ...
