The names of nine nominees to replace retired Judge Sally Pokorny as a Douglas County District Court judge were announced Friday afternoon. Pokorny, who presided over Division 2 and primarily heard felony criminal cases, retired on April 10 after 17 years on the bench. The 7th Judicial ...
A felony domestic violence case that was set to go to trial on Monday was derailed at the very last minute Friday, when one of the defendant's appointed attorneys was allowed to withdraw from the case. The case will now begin anew with a different court-appointed attorney. Attorney Michael ...
Lawrence Transit, in partnership with Explore Lawrence, will offer extended transit service on days when there are 2026 FIFA World Cup matches in Kansas City. The service will run a “Score Lawrence route” between the downtown transit hub at Vermont and Seventh Streets to the Central ...
Lawrence's LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations will kick off next week with a downtown parade and a block party in South Park. The Lawrence PRIDE parade will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 6, in downtown Lawrence. It will start near Seventh and Massachusetts streets and travel south through downtown to ...
Updated at 4:33 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2026. Monday is the deadline to file for 2026's County Commission and Kansas House elections, and a handful of candidates in Douglas County either have no opponent yet or will only be opposed in the primary elections. Every seat in the Kansas House is ...
A Douglas County inmate who was seeking to visit his infant daughter at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital, was given court permission to do so on Friday, but by then the child had died. The inmate, Jaystyn Curtiss, 20, of Lawrence, was still going to be allowed to see his child on Friday ...
