This April, Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center is planning a trivia night, an art auction and more to help fund its education and support programs – and it’s bringing back a downtown vigil and march where survivors can speak out. STACC’s slate of programming for Sexual ...
Three local law enforcement leaders will respond to questions that have been on the minds of area residents during an event Saturday hosted by the NAACP. The event, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., will feature Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister, ...
A Douglas County judge has ordered that more documents pertaining to arrests be entirely kept from public view. Judge Stacey Donovan in recent days has completely sealed the arrest affidavits in two criminal cases after having also recently completely sealed the affidavit for a man accused of ...
What happened to Oliver Ortiz's heart after he died at a Eudora day care nearly a decade ago? The answer to that question — especially as informed by a document that recently came to light — could play a significant role in the pending wrongful conviction action brought by the woman who ...
A 44-year-old drug dealer was sentenced on Friday to nearly eight years in prison for multiple drug crimes, one of which was connected to the 2018 death of a young Lawrence woman. The defendant, Timothy Edward Thompson, had originally been charged in Douglas County District Court with one ...
A woman who was accused of felony child abuse last winter took a plea deal Friday to misdemeanor battery and was given probation. The woman, Tiara Nicole Dillon, was charged in February 2025 with torturing or beating a child under the age of 18. The child in question is now 10 years old, and ...