On May 6 five boys went into a bathroom at Free State High School, and a short time later all five came out. That much is certain from cameras in the school’s hallway.
What happened inside the bathroom, however, is less certain. Cameras are obviously not allowed in school bathrooms, but on this day at least one camera, a student’s cellphone, was briefly pulled out to snap a picture — a nude picture — of ...
A 30-year-old Lawrence man accused of brutally murdering his wife three years ago has once again been declared incompetent to stand trial and has been ordered back to Larned State Hospital for further treatment.
The defendant, Chad Joseph Marek, charged with killing 25-year-old Regan (Gibbs) Marek in May 2022, remained silent Wednesday as Judge Stacey Donovan adopted the findings of the most recent ...
A 26-year-old Topeka man with an extensive criminal history was found guilty Wednesday of three felonies in connection with an armed disturbance in downtown Lawrence just days before Christmas last year.
The defendant, Seth Kenney, in a deal with the state, pleaded no contest to aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and fleeing and eluding police. Five misdemeanor counts, including three counts of ...
A mother of a teenaged homicide victim interrupted a court hearing Tuesday morning to express her dismay with the legal proceedings related to her son's killing.
"I got something to say," said Natasha Neal, as she stood up in the gallery during a status conference in Douglas County District Court for 19-year-old Cir Allen Keith Glover, who has been charged with first-degree murder in the June 13, 2024, shooting ...
It was a great honor for Lawrence author Amy Stuber to be nominated for a prestigious literary prize. She had been honing her craft for decades, and being a finalist for the PEN/Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection in her mid-50s brought a pleasant sense of validation.
But a trip to New York is expensive and she wasn’t feeling too great, so she thought she’d skip the ceremony.
“I almost ...
Updated at 4:38 p.m. Thursday, May 15
A Douglas County jury on Thursday found a man guilty of raping a woman eight years ago when the two were guests at a Lawrence home during KU’s graduation weekend.
The woman testified that Reston Phillips, then 22, raped her on May 14, 2017, as she slept on a couch in the home’s living room in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street.
Phillips, however, claimed that ...
