As former University of Kansas football coach David Beaty’s legal pursuit of his $3 million buyout continues, his attorneys are now seeking raw footage from a TV series starring his replacement. Beaty, through counsel Brent Coverdale of Kansas City, Mo., on Monday filed a notice of intent to issue subpoenas, accompanied by the lists of what he’s asking video production companies to provide. The subpoenas ...
A student was arrested Tuesday morning at Lawrence High School on suspicion of battery on a law enforcement officer, police say. Just before 9 a.m., school resource officers responded to a disturbance reported by school staff, Lawrence Police Department spokesman Patrick Compton said via email Tuesday. “A male student had gotten into an argument with another student, and removed an oversized thumbtack from ...
An Overland Park-based defense attorney argued on his client’s behalf that statements the teen had made to police should not be used against him in court. The contents of those statements were not revealed at a hearing Tuesday, but they may be at trial, based on the judge’s ruling. Benson J. Edwards Jr. is one of two defendants in a Lawrence double shooting case stemming from a March 29, 2019, incident. ...
A Lawrence man was convicted Monday in a string of home burglaries, auto burglaries and auto thefts reported between Nov. 20 and Nov. 25. Dandre M. Cordray, 19, pleaded no contest and was convicted in Douglas County District Court of 14 felonies: five counts of aggravated burglary, five counts of theft and four counts of burglary of a motor vehicle, plus three counts of misdemeanor theft. Prosecutors had ...
A judge on Monday sentenced a Johnson County man to 24 months of probation for reportedly pointing a gun at a fellow driver on Kansas Highway 10 and asking him if he wanted to die. Seth A. Kenney, 20, of Gardner, was initially charged with four felonies: three counts of aggravated assault and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer. He entered a guilty plea Nov. 22 to one count of ...
A Lawrence woman reportedly told police she regretted agreeing to babysit because she knew she was too intoxicated, and she didn’t remember what had happened to injure the infant in her care. Medical records for the boy, 4 months old at the time, indicate that asphyxia could have caused his injuries, according to court documents. Shannon M. Crank, 33, was charged Nov. 20 with two low-level felonies, ...