A former award-winning paraprofessional in the Lawrence school district has been charged with two more sex crimes against children, bringing the number of criminal charges to four. The Douglas County District Attorney's Office recently charged Caleb Zachary Rahmeier with attempted sexual ...

A 45-year-old massage therapist has been charged with three more sex crimes, in addition to the 11 he was already facing. The Douglas County District Attorney's Office on Monday filed a second amended complaint charging Aaron P. Borger, who worked at Baldwin City's Om Grown Yoga & Wellness ...

A man was found deceased last week in a home following a lengthy incident to which dozens of Lawrence police officers responded. Police spokeswoman Laura McCabe told the Journal-World on Monday that officers were called on Wednesday to the 3500 block of Prairie Clover Court about a person ...

For the second time since he was charged last summer with murder, a defendant has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation to see if he is fit to stand trial. Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley has ordered the defendant, Aaron Blake Wright, who is accused in the stabbing death of ...

A Douglas County judge has completely sealed, rather than redact, the arrest affidavit of a man accused of raping a client at a Lawrence massage business, meaning that the public can have no information about why police believed they had probable cause to arrest the man. Joshua Salazar, a ...

Updated at 6:29 p.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2026. A Lawrence father of four accused of sexually abusing two girls during sleepovers at his home years ago was convicted Wednesday on two of three counts. Jordey M. McTaggart was found guilty on one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a ...