A special bench honoring the long history of women judges and attorneys in Douglas County will now sit outside the juvenile courtroom in the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The colorfully inviting bench, titled "Pioneers of the Bench," by Van Go artist Langley Gottesburen, was unveiled Thursday afternoon by Judge Sally Pokorny. Pokorny said the bench — commissioned by the Douglas County Bar ...
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office is trying a young man this week for aggravated criminal sodomy of two teens, one of them his brother. The case is unusual in that the defendant, Wyatt Farrow, is never alleged to have inappropriately touched either teen, and one of the teens — the brother, 17 at the time — told a jury Wednesday that his older brother had not victimized him in any way. "Do you ...
Updated at 12:02 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 A majority of the Kansas Supreme Court has found that former Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez did not violate a state rule of professional conduct and will not be disciplined. "A righteous decision was issued today by the Kansas Supreme Court," Valdez told the Journal-World via text after the court issued its 43-page opinion Friday in her favor. The court ...
Updated at 6:19 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 Lawrence police on Friday arrested a 63-year-old Lawrence man in connection with a homicide after a 35-year-old woman’s body was found behind a vacant building in the 1800 block of Massachusetts Street. Sgt. Drew Fennelly said the victim, whose name was not provided, appeared to have been stabbed multiple times. Police were called to the scene at 7:22 a.m. Friday. The ...
The deputy district attorney is no longer employed in the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, and indications are that it was not his choice to leave. The Journal-World first learned that Deputy District Attorney David Greenwald no longer works for DA Dakota Loomis from sources close to the office, although the circumstances of his departure remain unclear. A person answering the phone at the office ...
The Lawrence school district denies that it was negligent in hiring, retaining and supervising a speech pathologist who is accused of molesting multiple students at Prairie Park Elementary School. In the civil lawsuit filed in March on behalf of one of the children — a 6-year-old girl — the district had already denied that it was vicariously liable for sexual battery by pathologist Mark Gridley, who has now ...