TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of the brothers who went on a crime spree in 2000 in Wichita, putting an end to two decades of attempts to alter the brothers’ fates. Reginald and Jonathan Carr were initially convicted of more than 90 counts, including capital ...
A man accused of three sex crimes against two Lawrence children in the early 2000s pleaded not guilty on Monday, waived his upcoming preliminary hearing and told the court that he and the state intended to talk to a local judge about possibly mediating the case. David Zimbrick, who's been ...
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 ...