A longtime Lawrence court reporter has been named the honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court’s upcoming special session in Lawrence, the state Office of Judicial Administration announced.
Mary Kay Howe records and transcribes proceedings in the courtroom of Douglas County District Court Judge Sally Pokorny, home to multiple recent high-profile local proceedings including the Massachusetts Street triple ...
A trial date has now been set for a Baldwin City woman charged with murder in the death of a Lawrence man last year at Perry Lake.
Thursday in Jefferson County District Court, Ashlyn N. Hemmerling entered a plea of not guilty to the charges and a weeklong trial was scheduled to begin June 10, according to County Attorney Joshua Ney.
Taylor D. Sawyer, 22, was fatally shot in a remote area of Perry Lake on ...
Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin will retire this summer, and the state is now taking nominations for her successor.
Martin’s retirement date is June 15, according to a Tuesday news release from the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration.
Martin was appointed to the bench by Gov. Joan Finney in 1994. She has presided over some of Lawrence’s most notorious trials, including those of ...
A Lawrence resident and convicted felon has been charged with possessing weapons, specifically a collection of swords and knives.
Louis G. Galloway Jr., 28, was arrested last week on suspicion of nine counts of being a felon in possession of weapons. Charges filed earlier this month in Douglas County District Court allege that in late December Galloway had three swords, four machetes and two other knives, ...
Updated at 7:44 p.m. Monday
The Lawrence Police Department has released dashcam video of an officer shooting a motorist who attacked a fellow officer during a traffic stop that turned violent. The officer who fired now faces a felony charge, though she maintains she meant to draw her Taser instead of her gun.
The police department provided the video to the Journal-World Monday morning, in response to an open ...
An SUV that overturned off Massachusetts Street over the weekend ran off the road and hit a pole, causing it to roll and come to rest on its top, police said.
The Chevrolet Trailblazer had five female occupants ages 17, 18, 19, 20 and 27, Sgt. Amy Rhoads of the Lawrence Police Department said Monday, in an email. Rhoads said she did not have updated information about the conditions of the occupants who were ...
