A former Douglas County district attorney and her deputy are immune from a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a woman whose conviction for killing a baby was overturned, a judge ruled. Carrody Buchhorn, of Lawrence, claimed that the two attorneys — Suzanne Valdez and Joshua Seiden — ...

Two women have been charged in connection with a shooting in downtown Lawrence in April that damaged the windows of a local business. The women, Demetria Myerick Warner Wooden, 30, of Lawrence, and Lakeisha Breeann Warner Bass, 36, of Raymore, Missouri, are each charged with one misdemeanor ...

There were no arrests that led to felony charges to report from 5 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Journal-World publishes Monday through Friday on LJWorld.com and Tuesday through Saturday in the print edition a list of individuals who have both been booked into the Douglas County Jail and ...

A young woman has been charged with arson in connection with an incident that allegedly led to a shooting at a Lawrence residence by the woman's mother. The woman charged with felony arson, Jayda Renae Kelly Neal, 20, of Lee's Summit, Missouri, is the daughter of Natasha Renae Neal, 45, who ...

Below is a list of individuals who have been arrested and charged with a felony crime in Douglas County. Due to lag times in charging and records processing, the reporting period for this report is from 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 p.m. Monday. Defendants listed should be presumed innocent unless ...

TOPEKA — Heather Cessna is resigning as executive director of the state public defender’s office after years of warning apathetic legislators about the constitutional crisis they created by persistently underfunding her agency. Cessna said the Legislature’s refusal to adequately support ...