Updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny will step down this spring after 17 years on the bench. Pokorny, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was sworn in on Jan. 15, 2009, to replace retiring Judge Jack Murphy. Her retirement date ...
The trial for a defendant accused of attempted capital murder more than three years ago in Baldwin City is now scheduled to begin on Aug. 3. The defendant, Junah Augustus Sisney, 23, is alleged to have fired a gun at multiple people on Dec. 30, 2022, outside the Bullpen Bar in Baldwin City, ...
Along with a number of other changes to their operations this year, the City of Lawrence's recreation facilities will now be closed for all city-observed holidays, including Presidents Day on Feb. 16. The city announced on Monday that its Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities would be ...
University of Kansas students who get their health insurance through a special program overseen by the Kansas Board of Regents are expected to see their premiums rise slightly next school year. The Board of Regents at its meeting on Wednesday is being asked to approve premium increases of a ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 A 36-year-old man who was arrested Saturday in Lawrence on suspicion of burglary and aggravated arson was charged Monday with four felonies and two misdemeanors. Michael Lenoy Hodges, whose address is listed as “transient” in the Douglas County Jail ...
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly put a signature to a bundled law enforcement bill Friday elevating consequences for conviction of buying sexual relations, misuse of a laser pointer and crimes of vehicle and gift-card theft. The legislation was a holdover from the 2025 legislative session that ...
