LJWorld.com Headlines for April 16, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence police blotter for April 13-15, 2024]( Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity over the weekend. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each ... [Lawrence police blotter for April 13-15, 2024]( By: Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity over the weekend. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each ... April 15, 2024 @ 5:13pm [Lawrence City Commission set for light agenda this week]( By: Austin Hornbostel As of Monday afternoon, the Lawrence City Commission has very little to take care of at its next weekly meeting. The agenda for Tuesday’s City Commission meeting doesn’t list any regular agenda items — which typically account for most ... April 15, 2024 @ 3:52pm [KHP ordered to pay plaintiffs $2.3 million for unconstitutional ‘Kansas two-step’ traffic policy]( By: Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Kansas Highway Patrol to pay $2.34 million in attorney fees and other costs following a successful challenge to the constitutionality of the state law enforcement agency’s practice of ... April 15, 2024 @ 2:43pm [Woman gets probation for felony battery conviction after foster child records her abusing other foster child]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence woman was granted probation on Monday and ordered to follow a family reunification plan after one of her foster children recorded her abusing another foster child. The woman, Patricia Anne Fisher, 54, was charged in Douglas County ... April 15, 2024 @ 2:06pm [Originally charged with raping a 13-year-old girl, Lawrence man gets probation after pleading to lesser crime]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence man originally charged with raping a 13 year-old girl was granted probation on Monday after pleading to a lesser crime. The man, Kyle Treddell Brass, 37, was charged with one felony count of rape of a child, a charge that could have ... April 15, 2024 @ 1:53pm [Lawrence woman who was critically injured in crash hopes to see justice served after drunk-driving suspect arrested over a year later]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence woman is hoping to see justice served after the reportedly drunk driver who grievously injured her was finally arrested — over a year after the crash. Sarah Morrison, then 32, had spent the evening playing board games with friends ... April 15, 2024 @ 12:17pm [Justice Matters' annual action assembly set for April 28]( By: Staff report Faith-based advocacy group Justice Matters’ annual action assembly is about two weeks away. The group will host Lawrence and Douglas County leaders at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive, on Sunday, April 28, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. According to ... April 15, 2024 @ 11:57am [New Kansas law doubles crime victim funding, requires release of information in child deaths]( By: Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Kris Kobach celebrated doubling the maximum weekly compensation to Kansas crime victims and granting to members of the state board responsible for reviewing aid applications greater latitude to ... April 15, 2024 @ 10:02am ['God's Misfits' held in killings of Kansas women over custody battle]( By: SEAN MURPHY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press Updated at 4 p.m. Monday, April 15 OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Kansas women who went missing on a trip to pick up children for a birthday party two weeks ago were killed over a custody dispute involving a small group of anti-government Oklahomans who ... April 15, 2024 @ 9:46am You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044