In June of last year, Douglas County District Judge Stacey Donovan gave probation to a 20-year-old man convicted of a sex crime against a child. As she departed from the state’s sentencing guidelines to do so, she noted that she was taking “a very large leap of faith.”
That faith is now being tested as the man, Trey Gibson, of Lawrence, found himself back in court Tuesday to answer for allegedly violating ...
A Douglas County judge has blocked the public from seeing information related to the arrest of a suspect who is accused of violently murdering a man whose body was found beneath a clump of bushes in downtown Lawrence.
Judge Amy Hanley’s action came after the suspect’s attorney, John Kerns, argued that news organizations sought information about the crime simply to obtain “hits” on their websites and to ...
Updated at 6:15 p.m. Friday, July 14, 2023
A severe thunderstorm that moved through the Topeka-Lawrence corridor Friday afternoon brought 75 mph wind gusts to Douglas County that damaged trees and dumped as much as 2 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service office in Topeka.
Tornado sirens blared periodically in Lawrence over the course of about 30 minutes starting shortly after 2:30 p.m. as ...
“You can use whichever bathroom you choose,” and if someone is threatening you or harassing you for that, you can call the police.
That was the message that Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart delivered to Lawrence’s LGBTQ community at a PFLAG meeting Wednesday evening at the Lawrence Public Library.
That’s because SB 180 — Kansas’ new law that bars transgender people from using restrooms and other ...
So many people wanted to be in “Something Rotten!” — Theatre Lawrence’s season finale — that an extra night of auditions had to be scheduled.
That didn’t surprise Jamie Ulmer too much.
After all, Ulmer, the theater’s new executive director, has been in show business for 25 years; he knows how strong the pull of a catchy musical can be for folks itching to sing and dance.
And “Something ...
Lawrence Mayor Lisa Larsen on Thursday vowed to personally “fight tooth and nail” against laws that dehumanize the LGBTQ community in Lawrence.
Speaking at a PFLAG-sponsored event at the Lawrence Public Library, Larsen shared her thoughts specifically on SB 180, a new law taking effect on July 1 that bans transgender people from using bathrooms and other gender-specific facilities associated with their ...
