Updated at 12:15 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2026
Potential jurors in a medical malpractice lawsuit were dismissed Monday morning after the parties reached a last-minute confidential settlement in a case that involved a surgeon's removal of the wrong organ.
The case concerns Jeannine Williams-Davidson, who went to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka to have an adrenal gland removed, but Dr. Nason Lui removed part of ...
The state sought a four-year prison term for a probation violator who was convicted of severely beating another woman, but a Douglas County judge on Monday gave the defendant another chance at probation instead.
Jennifer Elaine Poeverlein was originally charged with aggravated robbery for a Sept. 26, 2025, incident, but pleaded guilty in February to the lower-level felony of reckless aggravated battery. In a ...
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for distribution of fentanyl, pursuant to a plea agreement, and she commended him for being an exemplary defendant while awaiting disposition of his case.
Judge Amy Hanley made a point to read aloud a complimentary letter from an employee who supervised Harlan Epps for the past two years during his house arrest.
"In my line of work ...
The state and defense are at odds regarding whether an arrest affidavit of a man accused of molesting a child should be kept from the public — a disagreement that should soon be resolved by a court order.
The case involves 75-year-old defendant Steven Braswell, who was arrested last month and charged with one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a boy under ...
A Douglas County inmate who was seeking to visit his infant daughter at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital, was given court permission to do so on Friday, but by then the child had died.
The inmate, Jaystyn Curtiss, 20, of Lawrence, was still going to be allowed to see his child on Friday afternoon for one hour, accompanied by Douglas County deputies and hospital security.
Curtiss' appointed attorney, Michael ...
A felony domestic violence case that was set to go to trial on Monday was derailed at the very last minute Friday, when one of the defendant's appointed attorneys was allowed to withdraw from the case.
The case will now begin anew with a different court-appointed attorney.
Attorney Michael Clarke had been representing Shaleah Kauffman in a criminal matter in which she's accused of felony domestic battery and ...
