A defendant accused of interfering with law enforcement will be allowed to argue at trial that police bias played a role in his arrest, but he will not be allowed to subpoena a file that he claims was compiled by Lawrence police to vilify him and to interfere with his rights under the First ...
A portion of Iowa Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction and have turning restrictions as part of a road maintenance project starting next week. The City of Lawrence, in partnership with the Kansas Department of Transportation, will begin street maintenance work on Iowa Street ...
For years, Douglas County health officials have fought to save people from opioid overdoses and addiction. But all that time, they say, a legal opioid-like substance has been “ubiquitous” in smoke shops all over town. It’s kratom, and now its days on the shelf in Kansas are numbered. ...
Two Lawrence middle school boys are facing felony charges after allegedly "catfishing" a nude selfie out of a fellow eighth-grader and then sharing the ill-gotten image with other youths at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. Catfishing is the act of creating a fake identity to deceive ...
The Douglas County Public Defender's Office has asked to withdraw from representing a defendant in a Lawrence murder case, but a judge on Wednesday denied that request after ascertaining that the defendant wanted to keep working with his attorneys. Public defender Gary West filed a motion ...
A man who was accused of robbing a Lawrence woman at her home at gunpoint four years ago pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser offense and will potentially face several years in prison when he is sentenced later this summer. The defendant, Markcus Trey Sanders, 32, pleaded guilty in Douglas ...