In an effort to get a new trial, a Eudora woman convicted last summer of murdering a baby is arguing that her trial lawyer bungled the case.
That lawyer happens to have one of the most robust resumes in the state. Paul Morrison is a former Kansas attorney general and an 18-year Johnson County district attorney who’s dealt with hundreds of murder cases in his nearly 40-year law career, including some of the ...
Updated 2:25 p.m. Thursday
For over a year while he was the University of Kansas women’s volleyball volunteer assistant coach, Skyler N. Yee also was breaking into homes and stealing underwear and swimsuits, criminal charges allege.
Yee, 23, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged this week with 15 counts of burglary, property damage and theft from mid-December 2017 through last month, according to the ...
Crimes reported on the University of Kansas campus hit a 10-year low in 2018, according to annual crime statistics that KU police released on Wednesday.
The 619 total crimes reported in 2018 represent an 8 percent decrease from the previous year, when 670 crimes were reported, according to the KU Office of Public Safety.
Despite the downturn, KU Police Chief Chris Keary urged the campus community to stay ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours.
Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 196 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature.
It's important to remember that each incident ...
Prosecutors have dropped a felony case against a sixth-grade boy who allegedly made a school shooting threat last spring.
The case against the boy was dismissed last month after he successfully completed an intervention program with Douglas County Youth Services, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.
While she did not provide specifics for the boy’s case, DA’s office trial ...
Story updated 5:37 p.m. Wednesday
Authorities warned drivers to stay off the roads Wednesday, if possible, or if not, to use caution navigating icy conditions.
Freezing drizzle falling over northeast Kansas Wednesday morning was expected to continue into early Thursday morning, causing “treacherous” driving — and even walking — conditions, said meteorologist Shawn Byrne of the National Weather Service ...
