Data collection for a study on traffic stops in Douglas County may be over, but local law enforcement leaders say they won't let that be the end of the conversation about racial bias and policing. On Wednesday night at the Lawrence Public Library, several leaders from area law enforcement ...
The Office of Judicial Administration announced nine nominees on Wednesday who will be interviewed by the 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission to fill two district judge positions in Douglas County. Two of the nominees already work in pro tem judge positions in the 7th District, ...
A man who is suspected of killing four people in Ohio and was arrested in Lawrence last weekend indicated on Wednesday that he will waive his extradition rights. Stephen Marlow, 39, of Dayton, Ohio, is currently being held at the Douglas County Jail without bond. On Wednesday he appeared via ...
A Lawrence man charged with murder in an automobile crash on New Year's Day waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday and plans to enter criminal mediation. Adrian Joel Martinez, 38, is charged with one felony count of second-degree murder, or, in the alternative, felony involuntary ...
A judge sealed an arrest affidavit on Monday for a man who's accused of killing two people, leading police on a car chase through Lawrence and onto Kansas Highway 10 and shooting at law enforcement officers last month. Rodney Ericson Marshall, 51, of Lawrence is charged with two counts of ...
Researchers who've been studying traffic stops in Douglas County say some of the racial disparities in their data might be evidence of racial profiling, but they can't say for sure without more investigation. As the Journal-World previously reported, the study commissioned by the Criminal ...