Kasold Drive has reopened after a gas leak in the area forced its closure Friday afternoon south of Sixth Street. A construction crew struck a gas line at about 1:40 p.m. near Kasold and Ninth Court, Officer Derrick Smith of the Lawrence Police Department said. Kasold was shut down south of Eighth Street to Harvard Road, Smith said. The road reopened around 3:10 p.m., Smith said. W 9th Ct & Kasold Dr, ...
A man who falls on “the spectrum,” according to his attorney, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for molesting a 5-year-old girl. Philip J. Foster, 19, of Eudora, appeared before Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin, who sentenced him to 122 months in prison. Once he’s released from prison, Foster will remain supervised the rest of his life, Martin said. Foster also must register as ...
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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 254 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 ...
Tensions flared and accusations flew in the final pretrial hearing scheduled before the Massachusetts Street triple murder trial. The murder defendant’s lawyer claimed that Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson and his office were “bullying” her, committing prosecutorial misconduct, withholding evidence, misleading the public and intentionally trying to prejudice her client. “I am just ...
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 200 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 ...
With the triple murder trial against him scheduled to start in a matter of days, defendant Anthony L. Roberts Jr. is making some last-minute requests. One of those is for the presiding judge to kick Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson off the case, along with Chief Assistant District Attorney David Melton. Roberts’ attorney, Jennifer Chaffee, filed a motion this week accusing the DAs of ...