Longtime Lawrence artist Louis Copt died Thursday night after disclosing in a newsletter last month that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
Copt, 76, was a well-known painter whose work, primarily oil on canvas, but also murals, focused on prairie themes and landscapes.
In a social media post Friday, the Lawrence Arts Center said it was heartbroken to learn that Copt, a "longtime friend, teaching artist, and ...
Updated at 3 p.m. Friday, May 9
A speech pathologist accused of child sex crimes at a Lawrence elementary school is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday in Douglas County District Court, and a prosecutor indicated that additional charges would be forthcoming.
The defendant, Mark Elliott Gridley, 61, is facing one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of kidnapping — ...
Updated at 4:57 p.m. Tuesday, May 6
A Lawrence man who has been accused, for years now, of harassing and disruptive behavior at public meetings has been permanently banned from Lawrence school district property and has been informed that he will be arrested if he shows up there again.
That's according to a purported letter from Lawrence Superintendent Jeanice Swift on May 1 addressed to the man, Michael Eravi, ...
A 35-year-old New York man exchanged thousands of lewd messages, including sexually graphic photos, videos and phone calls, with a Lawrence 14-year-old, and made plans to travel here for the purposes of statutorily raping her, according to allegations in his arrest affidavit, which was released Monday morning.
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office and defense attorney Hatem Chahine both had asked Judge ...
The Lawrence school district is claiming that it is not vicariously liable for the alleged sexual battery of a 6-year-old student in February by a speech pathologist at her elementary school, and is asking the Douglas County District Court to throw out that portion of a lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed against the school district in March on behalf of a student who alleged that she was sexually abused by Mark ...
Updated at 10:32 p.m. Thursday, May 1
A Douglas County defense attorney is asking a judge to keep from public view a document detailing the arrest of an accused sex offender, asserting that “the public will be just fine if the affidavit is sealed.”
The attorney, Hatem Chahine, represents Kyle Elder, a 35-year-old man from New York who is facing 11 felony counts of soliciting and sexually exploiting a ...
