More than 20 years ago Becky Saathoff was among the founding athletes of Douglas County Special Olympics, along with just eight or nine others. Now, at age 43, she has around 100 fellow Olympians and on Saturday achieved the dream of many an athlete: induction into the Hall of Fame. “I’m excited!” she said, adding that she had “a great time” at the recent gala in Kansas City, Kansas, where she was ...
It’s one of the most massive structures in Douglas County and likely the tallest, looming over North Lawrence like a mountain, but in the past seven years the hulking grain elevator has been largely dormant, put out of commission by persistent leaks and other age-related ills. That’s about to change. Come next summer, trucks full of corn and soybeans will be rumbling through the neighborhood once ...
When bicycling became a thing in the 1800s, the activity appealed to women who discovered in it an unaccustomed freedom of movement: Hey, we can go places, even if we can’t vote! Predictably, alarms went off. The activity may seem liberating, public scolds warned, but at what cost to your appearance, ladies? The phrase “bicycle face” promptly entered the public consciousness, referring to the stern and ...
Updated at 5:48 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8 A Lawrence woman was sentenced on Friday to 40 months in prison for her role in the fentanyl death of her 21-year-old boyfriend more than three years ago. The sentencing came as a relief to the family of the victim — Kendall Royce Stiffler — who had appeared in court last month, some from out of state, expecting the sentence to be handed down only to be disappointed by a ...
A defendant in a double homicide case clearly waived his Miranda rights, and his incriminating statements to police will be admissible at trial, a Douglas County judge ruled Thursday. Additionally, the trial of Rodney E. Marshall, scheduled to begin in two months, will remain in Lawrence, and jurors will not be allowed to visit the crime scenes. Marshall, 53, is alleged to have fatally shot Shelby McCoy, 52, at ...
A Lawrence man was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial on two counts of rape for crimes that allegedly occurred 17 years ago. The defendant, Lance Yoder, 54, was originally charged with three counts of rape, but one count was dismissed in June because it was barred by the statute of limitations, as the Journal-World reported. At that preliminary hearing in June, a 27-year-old woman testified that Yoder had ...