A Kansas City, Kansas, woman who led law enforcement on a chase through west Lawrence in March received a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison and will be on probation for 24 months.
Judge Amy Hanley handed down the sentence Wednesday afternoon to Danna Marie Priest based on a plea agreement that Priest had entered on May 5.
As the Journal-World reported, Priest was charged with two felonies in Douglas ...
This story was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 28, 2025.
A Douglas County judge on Monday delayed a decision on whether to lower the $1.5 million bond of a speech pathologist accused of molesting multiple children last winter at a Lawrence elementary school.
After a hearing Monday afternoon, Judge Amy Hanley said she will take the new bond request under advisement and likely issue an order on Aug. 4. ...
Lawrence’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board plans to develop a proposal to create a local policy that would require some Lawrence property owners to collect and report their building's total energy use to the city each year.
The board discussed during its meeting Thursday exploring a policy which could improve energy use transparency and enable “informed decision-making among tenants and ...
Local disability advocates will be holding a Disability Pride celebration Saturday as a way to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The event, which is in its third year, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., by multiple local organizations including Independence Inc., LMH Health, the Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas ...
These rippling blue-and-white designs on the side of the Vermont Street parking garage aren't just a new piece of public art — they're an invitation to see things differently.
That's what their creator, local artist Alicia Kelly, told the Journal-World. She imagines them as being from an “alternate dimension" — a “playful, meditative piece” whose patterns are reminiscent of “sitting under clouds, ...
After winning a grant to help it find a new permanent home, the Lawrence Farmers Market is hoping to gather feedback from the public soon and select a location as quickly as possible — ideally by 2026.
That was what Emily Lysen, the market's director of development, told the Journal-World this week after updating the Douglas County Food Policy Council on the market's plans. As the Journal-World reported, the ...
