Updated at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2025 The dogs were noncommittal about the art Saturday, but the aromas from the food trucks and the attention from the humans won their critical acclaim. Multiple blocks of Massachusetts Street were closed to traffic for Art in the Park during the day and the Brass on Mass Block Party in the evening, giving residents and their pets lots of room to roam. Art in the Park ...
Painter Karen Heuton, of Clive, Iowa, has never sold her work at Art in the Park before, but she said Friday evening that she's eager to give it a go this weekend. Heuton, who paints cityscapes and desertscapes and lots of scapes in between, was among dozens of artists setting up tents in Lawrence's South Park as temperatures hit the mid-90s Friday. Saturday and Sunday are expected to be only marginally cooler, ...
A registered sex offender was found guilty Friday of another sex crime against a child and will face at least 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in November. The offender, Calvin Lee Payne, 36, pleaded no contest Friday to one count of criminal sodomy against a child who was 13 at the time of the offense in June 2022. The plea was part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office under ...
A double-murder trial that was scheduled to begin Monday has been canceled, as expected, and new counsel has been appointed for a man who has gone through at least half a dozen court-appointed attorneys. As the Journal-World reported, one of defendant Rodney Marshall's attorneys, Cline Boone, withdrew from the case Wednesday — a move that the court deemed necessary under the rules of professional ...
A man accused of stabbing a 35-year-old Lawrence woman to death in August appeared in court Wednesday to schedule a hearing for his multiple criminal cases, including second-degree murder. Aaron Blake Wright, 63, is facing charges of criminal threat, battery on a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct from a March case, as well as burglary and theft charges from an August case. In addition to those ...
A double-homicide case that has been plagued by numerous delays will almost certainly be delayed again after a defense attorney withdrew just days before trial. "My frustration level is extremely high," Judge Amy Hanley told the defendant, Rodney Marshall, whose trial was set to begin Monday. Details about the reason for attorney Cline Boone's withdrawal were not discussed in court Wednesday, but Hanley said ...