A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a 27-year-old Lawrence woman of felony interference with law enforcement after she refused to obey officers who were attempting to arrest her last winter. The incident occurred on Jan. 7, 2026, outside a Hy-Vee gas station, where the woman, Jaleigha ...
Updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 A teen who got into a barroom altercation and fired his gun multiple times on the night of a fatal shooting at The Hawk pleaded guilty to multiple felonies on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Caiden Clem, 19, of Atchison, was originally charged ...
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 ...