A Douglas County judge will soon decide whether to order a man to stand trial for child abuse after a store's video camera captured him striking a young boy repeatedly with a belt. The state at Tuesday's preliminary hearing for the man portrayed the incident as a violent felony, while the ...
A Minnesota man who was shot and killed earlier this month by a City of Lawrence employee suffered from schizophrenia and was traveling to see his grandmother in Mexico at the time of his death, according to his family, who are calling his death a heartbreaking tragedy and urging a greater ...
Lawrence Municipal Court Judge Chris Kopecky will soon retire, according to a news release Monday from the city. Kopecky has been the presiding judge in Municipal Court for nearly three and a half years. His last day will be March 2. Kopecky was selected following a competitive national ...
Attorneys with the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office are seeking a new trial for a man who was convicted of rape last fall. In their supporting motion, they are asking a judge to find that some of Kansas’ rape and sodomy statutes are unconstitutional because they allow for conviction ...
Hundreds turned out Sunday in downtown Lawrence for a demonstration against federal violence after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Demonstrators filled each corner of Ninth and Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence on ...
A judge had little to say to a violent sex offender Friday after she sentenced him to nearly a quarter of a century in prison for abusing a Lawrence girl. "I acknowledge that you have taken responsibility via a plea (deal)," Judge Amy Hanley told Kyle Elder, 36, of New York. "That is the only ...