In the wake of a Lawrence city commissioner expressing ongoing concerns about abusive behavior at public meetings, a city department head has spoken out about similar issues, alleging that city staff members have been subjected to not just highly uncivil, but also criminal behavior, as they perform their jobs.
“Where else can you go to work and be verbally assaulted, bullied, screamed at while spit is flying ...
A Lawrence city commissioner has returned to the commission meeting room during general public comment after having absented herself for about two months, but whether she will remain in the room is an open question.
Commissioner Amber Sellers posted a statement to social media in early September, saying that because some members of the public repeatedly engaged in abusive personal attacks and a level of ...
Kelsi Billings never imagined seeing what she saw Saturday: her son, who had been mercilessly bullied in elementary school, being crowned king of Winter Court at Free State High School.
“It was literally the best night of my life,” she said of Draivun Collins’ night of honor, which she captured on video and rewatches with happy tears.
Hearing the students chant Draivun’s name with affection and ...
A federal lawsuit filed Monday claims that officials in Douglas County "schemed" and conspired to frame a woman for murdering a baby at a Eudora day care by fabricating a fictional cause of death, withholding evidence and propagating false narratives of guilt for years.
The lawsuit, filed by Carrody Buchhorn and her family, specifically targets Douglas County’s former coroner, Dr. Erik Mitchell; Douglas ...
People are attracted to Christmas lights like moths to a flame, so it’s not hugely surprising to Forestry Supervisor Levi Parkin that the new light tunnel in Lawrence’s South Park has proved such a hit. It is hugely gratifying, though.
“It seems to be popular,” he said Tuesday afternoon — an accurate assessment, given that shortly after sundown Tuesday, an assortment of families, cyclists, runners ...
A convicted killer who later threatened corrections officers at the Douglas County Jail will serve an additional half year for the offense, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Maliqe Crenshaw, 24, was sentenced by Judge Stacey Donovan to six months in prison for a criminal threat he made in October. That term will run consecutively to the 31 months he is serving for fatally shooting Cameron Renner, 20, of Topeka, on June ...
