The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected three finalists as candidates to replace retired Judge Sally Pokorny on the Douglas County District Court bench. Two of the finalists are currently pro tem judges on the court: Blake Gover, of Baldwin City, and Paul Klepper, of ...

Updated at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, June 23 A repeat felon whose case has been shrouded in secrecy and who received what some might consider an unusually generous plea deal has allegedly committed another felony less than eight months after his most recent conviction. In the new case, which came to ...

A Lawrence woman was charged with aggravated battery Monday after she allegedly beat and kicked another woman, causing severe facial injuries. Natina Parker, 31, was arrested Saturday evening in the 1000 block of New Jersey Street in East Lawrence. Police said in a release Monday that they ...

A 33-year-old musician pleaded guilty Monday in a revenge porn case and is voluntarily leaving the United States as part of a plea agreement with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. The defendant, Di Wang, was convicted of one count of breach of privacy, a felony, involving a ...

Whenever trees fall or break along Lawrence’s roadways, it’s a job for the city’s forestry staff – and sometimes it’s much, much more than a full-time job. That’s certainly been true this month, when Lawrence has seen storms with heavy rain, high winds and even a weak tornado in ...

Updated at 1 p.m. Friday, June 19 A young man was seriously injured late Thursday night after he crashed his Jeep into an unoccupied police vehicle on the Kansas Turnpike near a Lawrence exit. The accident came close to injuring three Lawrence police officers and shut down portions of the ...