After a day and a half of deliberations, a jury found a KU student not guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy on Friday in Douglas County District Court. The trial for Calistus Chukwuma Ezenwa began on Monday, and included testimony from the woman who accused Ezenwa of assaulting her ...
A Texas man who pleaded guilty in February to violently attacking two women and killing a cat as part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office was sentenced to over four years in prison Monday. The defendant, Aaron Michael Davidson of Tolar, Texas, was convicted in ...
A woman arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound, and a man who is believed to have dropped her off was taken in for questioning after a brief chase Saturday night. According to a social media post from the Lawrence Police Department, the woman, who was shot in the arm, was dropped off ...
Lawrence Police and a woman who was attacked Thursday in her home are thanking a good Samaritan for subduing the suspect. Officers responded to a call in the 900 block of Kentucky Street just before midnight and found two men fighting inside a woman's apartment. One of the men had the other ...
A bond-modification hearing for a speech pathologist accused of molesting seven children at Prairie Park Elementary School has been continued another week. A hearing is now set for Aug. 11, when Judge Amy Hanley is expected to decide whether the bond for Mark Gridley, 61, will be lowered from ...
Light northeast to east winds are bringing Canadian wildfire smoke into Kansas, particularly the central and eastern parts of the state, prompting the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to issue an air quality advisory Friday. The conditions are likely to persist through Saturday, ...