In addition to shooting his latest movie in Lawrence, filmmaker Michael Coffey also enlisted the talents of local musicians to help set the vibe for his suspense thriller "One Eye Open." The major contributor is Kansas City-area composer Nathan Towns, who wrote the score and did the sound design and effects. Towns has picked up multiple awards for his work on the project, including "Best Original Score" from ...
A Lawrence filmmaker's latest project — a supernatural thriller filmed at an iconic local mansion — has been in the making for the better part of a decade, and in just a few weeks it will open in select theaters. The film, "One Eye Open," features RJ Mitte of “Breaking Bad” fame, Chris Bylsma ("El Camino") and Maximiliano Hernandez ("Avengers: Endgame"), along with newcomer Kushi Beauchamp and retired ...
An 18-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday in Independence, Kansas, on suspicion of rape. The man, Kavon Burk Price, was picked up from custody in Montgomery County pursuant to a warrant. The Douglas County District Attorney's Office has charged Price with one count of rape in which the victim was overcome by force or fear in February of this year. Price was being held on a bond of $250,000. Court ...
A Lawrence defense attorney is once again saying the public "will be just fine" not knowing why police deprived a fellow citizen of his liberty in order to face criminal charges. The attorney, Hatem Chahine, who is arguing for his client's arrest affidavit to be completely sealed, said that the public could instead just attend court hearings in the case of Ian McGowan Griggs, who is facing a felony charge of ...
A frequent public commenter who has filed more than a dozen lawsuits claiming his civil rights have been violated lost another federal case recently — his third major defeat in his attempt to prove that he is being wronged by the government. In mid-August, Judge Julie Robinson threw out Justin Spiehs' long-running lawsuit against the Douglas County Commission, Sheriff Jay Armbrister and other county law ...
A Topeka man has been charged with aggravated battery after allegedly bashing another man in the head with a thermos outside a Lawrence grocery store. According to an arrest affidavit in the case, the incident left a large wound on the victim, who was "covered in blood from his head to his feet" when police arrived shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the Massachusetts Street Dillons. Morgan Delp, 52, was ...