The Douglas County District Attorney's Office is requesting that the probable cause affidavit of a New York-registered violent sex offender accused of multiple child sex crimes in Douglas County be kept under wraps. Senior Assistant District Attorney Ricardo Leal has asked a judge to seal the ...
Whether it was an impact from tariffs or a tournament, retail sales in Lawrence took a tumble in March, according to the latest report from the state. The state’s April sales tax report — which primarily measures sales that occurred in March — shows taxable sales in Lawrence dropped by ...
Story updated at 4:12 p.m. Tuesday, April 29: Federal cuts to AmeriCorps mean 10 active projects in Kansas have been terminated, affecting more than 200 AmeriCorps volunteers across the state. Nonprofits in Douglas County say it will cause “severe damage,” with 80 positions being cut and a ...
The attorney for a man alleged to have shot at a Baldwin City bar and library with the intent to kill says the man’s confession was coerced and should have been too bizarre for investigators to believe. The defendant, Junah Augustus Sisney, 22, of Baldwin City, is charged in Douglas County ...
The Douglas County Appraiser’s Office will mail 6,600 notices informing residents about their personal property’s appraised and assessed value for the 2025 tax year. Change of Value notices will be mailed on May 1 and will include valuation details for properties such as mobile homes, ...
A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in the ambulance as others were tending to paramedic Graham Hoffman's chest wound, ...
