The defense attorney for a speech pathologist who's accused of sexually molesting multiple elementary students is asking a Douglas County judge to order a competency evaluation for the defendant.
The attorney, Vanessa Riebli, wrote in a motion filed earlier this month that the competency evaluation would determine whether Mark E. Gridley, 61, is able to understand the proceedings against him and to participate ...
A 22-year-old Lawrence man told police that he consumed six shots of hard liquor at a pool hall just before he got into a small car with six other young men, pulled a gun from his pants pocket and shot a man sitting in the front seat, critically injuring him.
That’s according to a recently released police affidavit in support of the arrest of Coby Allen Gore Holland, who has since been charged with aggravated ...
Updated at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday, March 12
An off-duty Lawrence police officer took a swing at a man at a high school sporting event in Shawnee County and the man fell to the ground, according to allegations in a recently released police affidavit supporting the arrest of Myrone Grady.
Grady, 51, is a lieutenant with the Lawrence Police Department, where he is the executive officer for diversity and community ...
A Douglas County jury on Monday found itself in the unusual position of convicting a man of committing a felony in the middle of a courtroom during his jury trial in a different case.
Monday’s jurors, after about half a day of hearing testimony in Judge Amy Hanley’s courtroom, took less than 45 minutes to find John Price guilty of battery on a law enforcement officer in that earlier trial.
The state, ...
Fans of author Karen Russell have two things to look forward to this week: One, the long-awaited release of her second novel, “The Antidote,” on Tuesday; and, two, the opportunity to hear her read from it on Saturday in Lawrence.
Russell, speaking to the Journal-World recently from her home in Portland, Oregon, likewise expressed enthusiasm for the coming days.
“I am super excited to come to Lawrence,” ...
A Lawrence man accused of murdering his wife swayed from side to side, sometimes appeared to grin and barely spoke as attorneys and a Douglas County judge again discussed his competency to stand trial.
The defendant, Chad Marek, 29, accused of killing 25-year-old Regan (Gibbs) Marek nearly three years ago, appeared via Zoom from the Douglas County Jail. A week ago, Marek had refused to attend a similar ...
