Updated at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 27
A federal court has thrown out a lawsuit by a man who claimed that Lawrence police violated his civil rights when they arrested him two years ago at the scene of an armed stand-off.
Judge Daniel Crabtree, in an order filed Wednesday, ruled that four officers acted reasonably in May 2023 when they removed "citizen journalist" Michael Eravi from the scene in the 1900 block of ...
A Douglas County judge on Wednesday ordered a competency evaluation and hearing for a defendant accused of child sex crimes at a Lawrence elementary school.
The evaluation — to determine whether Mark E. Gridley, 61, is able to understand the proceedings against him and to participate in his own defense — was requested by Gridley's attorney, Vanessa Riebli, and the state did not object.
Gridley, a former ...
A Lawrence woman and her 6-year-old son who had recently moved to South Carolina for a fresh start were shot and killed earlier this month in South Carolina, the Journal-World has learned.
According to media reports out of Lancaster County in South Carolina, Christina McVay, 44, and her son Colin were shot on March 9 by a 24-year-old homeless man, Jacob Sobieraj, who had been taken in by McVay's father as an ...
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 ...
