A 45-year-old Lenexa man is facing three felony charges after he allegedly burglarized a KU fraternity. Lawrence police arrested Ryan Craig Woods — with the assistance of camera footage — Thursday pursuant to a warrant. The break-in allegedly occurred on Aug. 22. Two charges of aggravated ...
The State of Kansas spent millions of dollars prosecuting an innocent woman and subsequently defending itself against her wrongful conviction lawsuit, and now taxpayers may be on the hook for millions more as a judge decides whether the state also has to pay her attorneys more than $4.5 million ...
"He didn't wake up wanting to kill my dad, but he did," 16-year-old Kate Schupp told a judge Thursday morning. Kate was with her father, Skip Schupp, in his 1965 Ford truck on July 18, 2025, when Zachary Odom, high on methadone, recklessly plowed his Ford Focus straight into them, killing Skip ...
A deputy public defender has been selected as the new pro tem judge for the Douglas County District Court. Gary West will fill the position previously held by Blake Glover, who was recently appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to be a district judge. West will begin his appointment on Oct. 5. Pro ...
Updated at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24 A speech pathologist who was scheduled to stand trial on multiple counts of sexually abusing children at Prairie Park Elementary School was found dead at his Lawrence home Thursday morning. The Lawrence Police Department said it responded to the home of ...
An 18-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday in Independence, Kansas, on suspicion of rape. The man, Kavon Burk Price, was picked up from custody in Montgomery County pursuant to a warrant. The Douglas County District Attorney's Office has charged Price with one count of rape in which the ...