A city bus driver on Thursday told a judge how she had been traumatized by the forceful takeover of her bus by a thief last summer. "Not only my life changed but my whole family's," she said at the sentencing hearing for Sherika Carey. The driver, who was unable to work for a period, is now ...
Two Douglas County District Court judges are on this year's ballot for a retention vote. Judge Amy Hanley and Judge Stacey Donovan, both of Lawrence, handle felony criminal cases, and each presides over a specialty court. Hanley runs the Veterans Treatment Court, and Donovan runs the ...
A former award-winning paraprofessional in the Lawrence school district pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple child sex crimes. Caleb Rahmeier, in a third amended complaint filed in August, has been charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, sexual exploitation of a child, and ...
A repeat felon sighed with relief and raised his shackled hands in prayerful gratitude Tuesday as a Douglas County judge sentenced him to probation, despite his having the worst criminal history score possible under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines. Judge Stacey Donovan told defendant Sean ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 A man who was caught stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a Lawrence grocery store in May will have his felony case dismissed if he pays back $25,000 over three years and does 20 hours of community service, among other conditions of his diversion ...
A judge ordered a year of probation on Wednesday for a man accused of selling wristbands to a group of underage people so that they could drink alcohol at The Jayhawk Cafe just hours before a fatal shooting there. Hunter J. Noravong, 20, was originally charged with four counts of “purchase ...