Iranians in the Lawrence area expressed a mixture of joy, relief, anxiety and fear after learning that the longtime brutal dictator of their homeland had been assassinated over the weekend.
"We are happy, but it is bittersweet," one University of Kansas student said of her and her family back in Tehran. The student requested to use a pseudonym, Saba, out of fear for her and her family's safety. The government ...
A speech pathologist who was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on multiple counts of abusing children last year at Prairie Park Elementary School in Lawrence instead received a continuance to mid-April due to the "magnitude" of the case.
Mark Gridley appeared briefly late Friday morning in front of Judge Amy Hanley in Douglas County District Court. Hanley said the continuance, unopposed by the state, was not ...
The defense attorney for a man charged with murder in a crash that killed a local actor is asking the court to keep his client's arrest affidavit under wraps, saying that it includes alleged admissions by his client as well as toxicology results and how fast he may have been driving.
Michael Clarke, who represents Eliseo Munoz, says in a motion to the court that the public does not need to see such "granular" ...
A Douglas County judge on Thursday said she was completely "flummoxed" by yet another continuance being sought — less than two weeks from trial — in a low-level felony case that originated in 2023.
"We are three years into this case, and I am absolutely confused about the manner in which this case is being pursued," Judge Amy Hanley told the two attorneys arguing the case of Phillip Michael Eravi, who is ...
A sex-crime victim sobbed in apparent disappointment Thursday as the sentencing for her abuser was delayed another six weeks after the man’s attorney neglected to comply with a court rule.
Carl Cornwell, the defense attorney for sex offender Michael Ken Aller, was poised to argue for a departure to probation from the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines but had not filed a copy of the joint motion with Judge Amy ...
A man accused of aggravated kidnapping and robbery was ordered to stand trial Tuesday after he waived his preliminary hearing, but his attorney told the court that a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office was imminent.
Details of the deal for defendant Garnel Moore Williams were not provided, but the court set a plea hearing for March 3.
Moore Williams, 31, is facing the two felony ...
