Backstage, Theatre Lawrence is a bit like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory; but instead of industrious Oompa Loompas whipping up candies there’s a small army of volunteers building, painting, decorating, sewing — putting in thousands of man hours to create an extraordinarily short-lived confection: the set for a few hours of live theater.
Since the end of October, longtime technical director and designer ...
A common take on this year’s presidential election is that a focus on “boutique” or “exotic” issues such as transgender rights alienated most American voters.
“Americans who identify with a gender other than the one they were born with represent a minuscule part of the population,” syndicated columnist Froma Harrop wrote in her post-mortem of the Democratic election loss, echoing many a ...
Updated at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18
A district judge on Monday sanctioned the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for not turning over potentially exculpatory evidence to a criminal defendant — a sanction that prosecutors intend to appeal.
The sanction by Judge Amy Hanley in the case of Dominic Sanders, whose constitutional rights were violated, consists of prohibiting any evidence and argument ...
A Lawrence man pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder in connection with a homicide at a homeless camp, and his trial is scheduled to take place next spring.
The defendant, Julius Beasley, 40, is accused of stabbing Crystal White, 51, of Lawrence, who was found dead in a tent near 100 Maple St. in North Lawrence in the early-morning hours of Feb. 22. Judge Stacey Donovan found probable cause for ...
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez is requesting leniency from the Kansas Supreme Court in the disciplinary matter against her, arguing in part that she has already been “severely punished” by the media, which she blames for her election loss.
Valdez’s attorney, Stephen Angermayer, states in the brief that Valdez lost her bid for reelection not due to her office’s performance but “due to ...
Updated at 3:27 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14
A homeless camp that has persisted on the eastern edge of Hobbs Park was cleared away this week.
The camp, on private property in East Lawrence, had been there for some time but recently had grown as the City of Lawrence shut down the sprawling homeless camp behind the Amtrak station in mid-October.
When the Journal-World at that time asked the city about its plans for ...
