A registered sex offender who was found guilty of another sex crime against a child was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. The offender, Calvin Lee Payne, 36, was convicted in September after pleading no contest to one count of criminal sodomy against ...
A woman called dispatch on Thursday morning after seeing an apparently intoxicated man climbing a metal archway sculpture in Watson Park. The call came in just before 10 a.m. after the woman saw a shirtless man climbing the sculpture, according to a social media post from the Lawrence Police ...
When the list of names is read out each year on Transgender Day of Remembrance, there’s a question that Ruby Mae Johnson struggles with. “Who will I know next year?” This year, at Thursday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance observance at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries building, ...
Community members packed an open house to give feedback on a long-term vision for the Wakarusa River Corridor, voicing concerns about development and suggesting ideas for access, conservation and honoring Indigenous history. On Thursday, Douglas County staff hosted an open house for community ...
A woman who has "detransitioned" — and who regrets her transition from female to male as a young teen — told a Douglas County judge on Thursday that she supports Kansas' law that bans gender-affirming medical interventions for minors. "If California had a law like this when I was 13, none ...
Friday, Nov. 21 Lawrence Antique & Vintage Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Building 21, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St. Continues Saturday. Movie screening: Mel Brooks’ “High Anxiety” (1977), 5 p.m., Liberty Hall, Little Theater, 644 Massachusetts St. See liberty-hall.com for ...
