A Douglas County inmate who was seeking to visit his infant daughter at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital, was given court permission to do so on Friday, but by then the child had died. The inmate, Jaystyn Curtiss, 20, of Lawrence, was still going to be allowed to see his child on Friday ...
A 31-year-old man facing a lengthy prison term choked back tears Thursday as he apologized to a long list of people, expressed regret for endangering them and promised to change his ways. "I can do better and will do better," Garnel Moore Williams told Douglas County Judge Amy Hanley, who ...
A 20-year-old Lawrence man was charged Thursday with three felonies and a misdemeanor after an alleged attempted stabbing Wednesday night at a Lawrence apartment. The man, Magdiel Villa Martinez, was arrested with the help of a police dog, at an apartment on 26th Street just west of Iowa ...
A Lawrence grocery store employee who was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars from his employer has now been charged with felony theft. Ethan Cade Waters, 21, is accused in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday of stealing $25,000 from the Dillons store at ...
On the best days, downtown patrol officers Eric Dawson and Taylor Zook have a simple job: “Just wander around and say hello to people,” Zook says. How common are those best days? “Maybe once every couple weeks?” Zook estimates. “Does that sound right?” “Maybe,” Dawson ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, May 21 One Lawrence resident's name — out of three considered — will be submitted to Gov. Laura Kelly as a finalist for the open seat on the Kansas Supreme Court. Douglas County District Judge Carl Folsom III made it into the final round of voting Thursday ...