Updated at 3:40 p.m. Thursday:
A man who was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for stroke symptoms suffered debilitating injuries and partial paralysis as the result of a doctor’s negligence, a lawsuit alleges.
Lawrence attorney Jerry Levy wrote in court documents that his client seeks damages of $20 million for himself and his wife.
Richard Peasah was taken to LMH by ambulance and arrived at 6:05 a.m. ...
Updated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday:
Chief Judge James McCabria sent out an email Wednesday to address some frequently asked questions that the Douglas County District Court has received after the Kansas Supreme Court’s order restricting court operations to emergencies only.
Prompted by the global pandemic coronavirus disease, COVID-19, the state Supreme Court issued an order March 18 that halted most court ...
A spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department said Wednesday that officers acted fast to prevent what could have been a tragic incident last month.
As the Journal-World reported Tuesday, Lawrence police officers Joshua Doncouse and Ian McCann stopped a man who they believed was readying an AK-47 to shoot at crowds in one of the city’s most popular bar districts in the early hours of Friday, Feb. 28, ...
Story updated at 4:01 p.m. Tuesday:
An athletic trainer at the University of Kansas was aware of “at least some reports of unwarranted and unwanted touching” by a massage therapist who worked with female student athletes, university leaders said Tuesday.
Shawn P. O’Brien, who has been charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child in an unrelated court case, allegedly conducted himself ...
Lawrence police stopped a man who they believed was readying to shoot at crowds in one of the city’s most popular bar districts, according to court documents.
Dayson Gage Kelley, 18, was charged in Douglas County District Court on March 3 with two counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement officers and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, all felonies. He was released from the ...
Douglas County Youth Services currently has halted in-person visitation but has no plan in place to release youths who have health concerns, a county leader said recently.
Meanwhile, at the state and national levels, youth justice advocacy groups have written letters pushing for youths to be released from juvenile detention centers and halting new admissions to such facilities, as concerns have grown over the ...
