A felony arson charge against a young woman was dismissed Monday in Douglas County District Court after witnesses for the state failed to appear for the woman's preliminary hearing.
Felony gun charges against the woman's mother, Natasha Neal — related to the same incident on March 19, 2025 — were similarly dismissed last month when state witnesses declined to testify.
The daughter, Jayda Renae Kelly Neal, ...
Two teenagers on Monday told a Douglas County judge that a Lawrence man sexually abused them several years ago during sleepovers at his home.
The teens testified at a preliminary hearing about separate incidents that they said occurred at the home of Jordey McTaggart, 35, as they spent the night with his children when they were in elementary school.
One girl, now 15, testified that when she was 7 or 8 she was ...
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Topeka man to nearly 10 years in prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
The man, Jason Morrison, 43, pleaded no contest to the charges in October, just days before his trial was set to begin. In exchange for his plea, the Douglas County District Attorney's Office agreed to drop two counts of the more serious felony of aggravated human ...
Attorneys for the State of Kansas who are defending a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors have notified a Douglas County judge that a recent national development affects their case — namely, the Trump administration's proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid from administering puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to children.
Because virtually ...
A Topeka man facing two rape counts in Douglas County District Court was set for a preliminary hearing Friday but instead told the court that the parties were contemplating a resolution short of trial.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Ricardo Leal told Judge Sally Pokorny that the state would be filing an amended complaint against Tyler Patterson, but he did not indicate what the new complaint would say or ...
Nicole Parker didn't win Season 4 of "The Floor," but she made it to the finale, got to spend a week in Ireland, made a slew of new friends and drank some Guinness in Dublin.
"Oh my goodness, it's way better in Ireland," she said of the iconic brown brew.
She liked the food too.
"There was just a lot of potatoes," she said — not a drawback necessarily, but something you definitely notice, like the ...
