A Baldwin City man will soon stand trial for attempted capital murder after plea negotiations with the state proved unsuccessful.
Junah Sisney, 23, is alleged to have fired a gun at multiple people on Dec. 30, 2022, outside of the Bullpen Bar, 811 Eighth St. in Baldwin City, before driving around the block, firing at more people near the Baldwin City Library, 800 Seventh St., then returning to the bar and ...
Updated at 4:14 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office cut a plea deal Wednesday with a repeat felon who was accused of trying to rob a woman at gunpoint at a liquor store, agreeing that there would be "no finding" that a firearm was used, dropping two other felony charges, not objecting to the man's GPS monitor being removed in the months before he will be sentenced and ...
A Douglas County judge has ruled against a man who was suing the State of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment in a 2016 rape case.
Judge Carl Folsom III in an order filed Monday found that Albert Wilson, who was convicted of raping a 17-year-old, did not meet his burden of showing actual innocence as required by state law.
Wilson, of Wichita, was convicted of rape in 2019 and sentenced to more than ...
A convicted child molester will be allowed to have supervised visits with three family members ahead of his sentencing on Oct. 30, when it's expected that he will receive a lengthy prison term.
Such visits had, up until Tuesday, been forbidden by a court order that said Mateo Clavel Wills could not have contact with any minor children or witnesses in his case, which began more than three years ago, when he was ...
A woman who was arrested last year for beating another woman with a baseball bat at a Lawrence homeless camp was found guilty Monday of aggravated battery.
Jolene Jeanette Harrell, 37, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. In a plea deal with the state she pleaded no contest to one count. In exchange, the state dropped a misdemeanor count of violation of a protection ...
Whether speech pathologist Mark Gridley did something criminal when he pulled seven young girls out of class and allegedly tied their hands and blindfolded them as he subjected them to a speech "test" remains to be seen, but there's no doubt in the minds of two Lawrence school district employees that the actions, if true, were "unethical" and a gross violation of numerous district rules and professional ...
