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 ...
When National Guard Soldier Sarah Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving, the day after being shot in Washington, D.C., KU graduate Baset Azizi spent a sleepless night wondering what he could do to ease the pain "even just a little" — of Beckstrom's grieving family, of her military brethren and of thousands of Afghan immigrants in the United States who shared a national identity with the alleged shooter. "My heart ...
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 ...
The state wants him to go to prison, but the defense says he should go to the U.S. Marine Corps instead. The fate of 21-year-old Joshua Mayo — prison or probation — will soon be decided by Judge Stacey Donovan, who recently convicted Mayo of felony criminal threat and misdemeanor criminal damage to property and a second DUI. Donovan was set to sentence him on Wednesday, but delayed doing so until Dec. 23 ...