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A former Prairie Park Elementary School speech pathologist was bound over for trial on Thursday on charges of child sex crimes against students.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A Topeka man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 52 years for the murder of a Lawrence musician, and the victim’s family members said they were grateful for a sense of justice.
The families of two transgender teens are asking a Douglas County judge to temporarily block the ban on gender-affirming care. That would allow young Kansans to resume hormone therapies and other treatments.
Douglas County commissioners voted to allow a proposed solar farm to begin environmental testing on land in Grant Township amid pending litigation and opposition from the township board.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Judge Mark Simpson will be the next chief judge for Douglas County District Court, the Kansas Judicial Branch announced Wednesday.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
A judge has ruled that Albert Wilson, whose conviction in a Lawrence rape case was overturned, is not entitled to compensation under the state’s wrongful conviction statute. The judge did not rule on whether Wilson was actually innocent.
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Special education personnel in the Lawrence school district testified Friday that a former Prairie Park Elementary speech pathologist brought students without individualized education plans into private screenings, which is against policy.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
In interviews with a child advocate, Prairie Park Elementary students had used “uncomfortable,” “strange,” “weird” and “suspicious” to describe what they said they’d experienced by a former speech pathologist now charged with sex crimes.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
A judge on Monday ruled that she will reduce by half a $1.5 million bond for a man facing more than a dozen charges involving alleged sex crimes against seven students at Prairie Park Elementary School.
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Court will continue but there is no water at the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center Thursday following a water line break.
