A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a Baldwin City yoga studio and a massage therapist who worked there, claiming that the massage therapist committed sex crimes against her and that the collective was negligent in hiring and supervising him. The civil suit comes on the heels of 11 ...
Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 A Dillons employee admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the grocery store to buy a gaming computer and Magic the Gathering trading cards, among other purchases, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit. An asset ...
Updated at 5:24 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2026 The illicit drug K2 was mailed to the Douglas County Jail, and inmates there used lithium batteries from computer tablets to light the substance, according to allegations in a recently released arrest affidavit. Two inmates, Caiden Clem, 19, and ...
The state sought a four-year prison term for a probation violator who was convicted of severely beating another woman, but a Douglas County judge on Monday gave the defendant another chance at probation instead. Jennifer Elaine Poeverlein was originally charged with aggravated robbery for a ...
Updated at 12:15 p.m. Monday, June 15, 2026 Potential jurors in a medical malpractice lawsuit were dismissed Monday morning after the parties reached a last-minute confidential settlement in a case that involved a surgeon's removal of the wrong organ. The case concerns Jeannine ...
A burglar threw a rock through the window at a smoke and vape shop in Lawrence just before midnight on Saturday, and Lawrence police are seeking additional information about the crime. The incident happened at Smoke Totz, 520 W. 23rd St., where police said a burglar raided the cash register ...