A Lawrence man previously charged with distribution of heroin causing a death pleaded no contest on Thursday to three lower-level felony drug charges as part of a plea agreement.
Timothy Edward Thompson, 44, had originally been charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of distribution of heroin causing a death and seven lower-level drug charges in separate incidents. On Thursday, he pleaded ...
Baldwin City officials said during a public meeting on Tuesday night they anticipate increases to utility rates as the city aims to increase its reserve funds.
That news came during a community forum about electric rates, where a couple dozen residents gathered to learn about and give feedback on the potential for rate increases. As the Journal-World reported, Gerry Cullumber, the recently elected mayor of ...
A group of Haskell Indian Nations University students is hosting a clothing drive for business attire that they hope will help the Lawrence community.
The Haskell American Indian Business Leaders student club is asking the community to donate “gently used” professional clothing. That includes business casual attire like long sleeve button up shirts, professional skirts, slacks, dress shoes, ties formal ...
A 30-year law enforcement career brought Gerry Cullumber to places all over Kansas, but Baldwin City had a pull on him.
Cullumber, who grew up in Leavenworth County, worked for police departments across several communities in Johnson County — his longest stint in Lenexa for 24 years — but since he and his family moved to Baldwin City in 2000, there was not another place he called home. Even when he served ...
The year that Lamonte McIntyre was freed after 23 years behind bars, reporter and lawyer Rick Tulsky heard about the case and knew he had to learn more.
McIntyre, as the Associated Press has reported, was convicted in a 1994 double homicide in Kansas City, Kansas, even though no physical evidence or motive tied him to the crimes. He was freed in 2017 after a prosecutor asked the court to vacate his convictions ...
Currently, the Panasonic plant on Kansas Highway 10 in De Soto has less than half of its previously promised target of 4,000 employees, but company officials will be holding a hiring fair this week and hope to hire “several hundred” more skilled machine technicians over the next three months.
As the Journal-World reported, the nearly 5 million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory opened in De Soto, ...
