Douglas County announces new criminal justice coordinator
Katy Fitzgerald has been selected as Douglas County’s new criminal justice coordinator, the county announced Thursday.
Katy Fitzgerald has been selected as Douglas County’s new criminal justice coordinator, the county announced Thursday.
A couple who used to live in Lawrence and their 6-year-old daughter were killed by a gunman while on a family vacation at an Iowa state park Friday. They’re survived by a 9-year-old son.
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab violated state open records law when he ordered a software vendor to disable the ability to produce a public record, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled on Friday.
One incarcerated person is hospitalized and three staff members are injured after a riot at Lansing Correctional Facility in Leavenworth County, according to the Kansas Organization of State Employees.
Two employees of a Lawrence business were convicted of conspiring to “encourage or induce” undocumented immigrants to reside in the U.S. But the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the federal statute “criminalizes a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech.”
At the end of the day, both the driver getting pulled over and the officer making the stop want to make it home safely. A Lawrence police lieutenant and a prosecutor on Saturday shared some advice on how to do that, plus other rights you should know.
The public will have a chance to hear from those who want to be Douglas County District Court judges during interviews set for Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.
An open forum Friday afternoon invites the public to hear from two KU Law professors about the legal ramifications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision ending the federal right to abortion services.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit agreed that a family could pursue a lawsuit against a Wichita police officer for a fatal shooting of an innocent, unarmed man who was targeted in a hoax emergency call to law enforcement.
A nominating commission will meet by phone Thursday morning to discuss the process to fill two openings on the Douglas County District Court bench.
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