Jan 12, 2026 @ 4:46pm
Lawrence Municipal Court Judge Chris Kopecky will soon retire, according to a news release Monday from the city. Kopecky has been the presiding judge in Municipal Court for nearly three and a half years. His last day will be March 2. Kopecky was selected following a competitive national …
Jan 12, 2026 @ 4:02pm
Attorneys with the Douglas County Public Defender’s Office are seeking a new trial for a man who was convicted of rape last fall. In their supporting motion, they are asking a judge to find that some of Kansas’ rape and sodomy statutes are unconstitutional because they allow for conviction …
Jan 11, 2026 @ 5:05pm
Hundreds turned out Sunday in downtown Lawrence for a demonstration against federal violence after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Demonstrators filled each corner of Ninth and Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence on …
Jan 9, 2026 @ 5:33pm
A judge had little to say to a violent sex offender Friday after she sentenced him to nearly a quarter of a century in prison for abusing a Lawrence girl. “I acknowledge that you have taken responsibility via a plea (deal),” Judge Amy Hanley told Kyle Elder, 36, of New York. “That is the only …
Jan 9, 2026 @ 4:21pm
A drug dealer’s attorney told a judge Friday that his client was “very happy” with the plea deal she had made with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office — a deal that reduced one count of distribution of heroin causing death to two much lower-level offenses of unlawful distribution …
Jan 9, 2026 @ 12:17pm
A day after the year’s first rainfall on Thursday, Lawrence could receive a dusting of snow and wintry mix on Friday night. The National Weather Service in Topeka is forecasting a band of precipitation will move across central and northeast Kansas later in the afternoon, and portions of …
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