Close to five days after a woman was found bound and unconscious in Douglas County, the law enforcement agency investigating the incident had no further information to share Thursday. The Journal-World reported Sunday morning that the woman had been found around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in a white Silverado at the building that previously housed the Lawrence school district’s Wakarusa Valley School. ...
A man was stabbed in an altercation Monday night near West Fourth Street and McDonald Drive, according to Lawrence police. Police were dispatched to the hospital around 10:20 p.m. Monday. A man said he'd been involved in a physical altercation with two male suspects and one of the male suspects stabbed him with a knife, Sgt. Amy Rhoads, LPD public affairs officer, said via email Monday morning. The man was ...
Two former employees of Baldwin City have filed lawsuits against the municipal body, both alleging that they faced discrimination on the basis of sex and age and that they were wrongfully terminated. Tamara Hagerman, 57, a former administrative assistant for the city, and Amanda Croucher, 45, a former meter reader, have both filed lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Hagerman ...
A Lawrence man who reportedly told police he viewed child pornography not for arousal but “as a form of art” pleaded no contest to a lesser charge Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Charles R. Tingler Jr., 46, was initially charged Sept. 17 with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. He also faced a charge in a separate case for alleged interference with law enforcement at the time his arrest ...
Story updated at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4: A Douglas County jury on Monday found a 22-year-old Topeka man guilty of rape after a day of deliberations. Jordan K. Ross was accused of raping a 15-year-old Lawrence girl at a house party in August 2017. He was 19 at the time. He was charged in January 2018 with rape by force or fear, a level-1 felony. Prosecutors later added the charge of aggravated indecent ...
A fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage at 809 Massachusetts St., which housed the business Blade and Timber. “The initial damage estimates were $75,000 on the structure with an additional $25,000 in contents,” Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Division Chief of Administration Tom Fagan told the Journal-World via email Monday. The fire is still under investigation, Fagan said. Blade and Timber ...