A three-week double homicide trial has been continued just five days before it was set to begin, and now won't take place for another six months after the defense failed to secure a medical expert in time. The trial for Rodney Ericson Marshall, 54, of Lawrence, was first delayed in January ...

A Boy Scout troop preparing for a campout recently found Douglas County’s Camp Bromelsick in disarray. To their shock, someone had completely emptied a work shed of thousands of dollars in equipment and had cut down nearby trees. “Walking into the shed after the theft was like a scene ...

A Lawrence woman and her 6-year-old son who had recently moved to South Carolina for a fresh start were shot and killed earlier this month in South Carolina, the Journal-World has learned. According to media reports out of Lancaster County in South Carolina, Christina McVay, 44, and her son ...

Reported crime on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus hit another low in 2024 — fueled, in part, by a dramatic multiyear drop in drug offenses — university leaders announced Wednesday. The KU Police Department took 481 criminal offense reports in 2024, according to the latest ...

A Douglas County judge on Wednesday ordered a competency evaluation and hearing for a defendant accused of child sex crimes at a Lawrence elementary school. The evaluation — to determine whether Mark E. Gridley, 61, is able to understand the proceedings against him and to participate in his ...

One side said a father pushed a mother down the stairs during an argument and threatened to crush her with a dresser. The other side said the mother made up the story to bolster her chances in a custody battle. Jurors in Douglas County District Court on Tuesday had to decide which they ...