Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 17
A Dillons employee admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the grocery store to buy a gaming computer and Magic the Gathering trading cards, among other purchases, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit.
An asset protection manager with the store told Lawrence police he estimated that the employee, Ethan Cade Waters, 21, of Lawrence, ...
Updated at 5:24 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The illicit drug K2 was mailed to the Douglas County Jail, and inmates there used lithium batteries from computer tablets to light the substance, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit.
Two inmates, Caiden Clem, 19, and Temujin Jernigan, 24, have been charged with the felony of trafficking contraband in a correctional facility. Both men are ...
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 ...
