LJWorld.com Headlines for January 31, 2019

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence woman’s murder trial will continue after witness suffered stroke while testifying]( Testimony in a Lawrence murder trial was cut short late Wednesday after a man suffered a stroke on the witness stand. The situation posed a potential legal problem because the man was taken to the hospital before Tria L. Evans’ defense team ... [Lawrence woman’s murder trial will continue after witness suffered stroke while testifying]( By: Sara Shepherd Testimony in a Lawrence murder trial was cut short late Wednesday after a man suffered a stroke on the witness stand. The situation posed a potential legal problem because the man was taken to the hospital before Tria L. Evans’ defense team ... January 31, 2019 @ 10:05am [New Kansas prisons chief paints grim picture for lawmakers, who say they've been misled previously]( By: John Hanna, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' new prisons chief is suggesting to legislators that the state corrections system is in crisis, and his briefings are leading lawmakers in both parties to conclude that they haven't previously had a full picture of inmate riots ... January 31, 2019 @ 9:21am [Water main leak to cause temporary lane closure on 19th Street]( By: Staff Report One lane on a portion of 19th Street will be closed Thursday while crews work to repair a water main leak, according to a news release from the city of Lawrence. The westbound lane of 19th Street will be closed for one block between Kentucky ... January 30, 2019 @ 9:06pm [Douglas County Commission to hold public hearings on construction managers for jail expansion, behavioral health housing]( By: Mackenzie Clark Douglas County commissioners voted Wednesday to hold public hearings for comment on the option to use a construction manager at risk method for two projects — the jail expansion and housing on the behavioral health campus. Interim County ... January 30, 2019 @ 8:27pm [Ambulance called after witness on stand at murder trial suffers medical condition]( By: Sara Shepherd Story updated at 5:54 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019: Paramedics were called to the Douglas County District Courthouse Wednesday afternoon after a man suffered a medical condition on the witness stand during a murder trial. The man, who said he ... January 30, 2019 @ 4:58pm [Douglas County murder defendant shopped around for someone to kill her ex, witnesses testify]( By: Sara Shepherd Story updated 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2018: A jilted and obsessive Tria L. Evans asked multiple people to kill her ex in the months before he turned up dead, witnesses testified Wednesday at Evans’ murder trial. “She had actually asked ... January 30, 2019 @ 4:03pm [Lawrence man pleads guilty to distributing child pornography]( By: Staff Report KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A 49-year-old Lawrence man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Wednesday in a news release. The man, Brian Fuchs, pleaded guilty to one count of ... January 30, 2019 @ 2:19pm [Amid dangerous cold, homeless shelter leaders work to get people off Lawrence streets]( By: Rochelle Valverde As temperatures dropped Tuesday night, Lawrence Community Shelter Interim Executive Director Charles Frager says he was driving around Lawrence, looking for homeless people still out on the streets. Frager said that even though the homeless ... January 30, 2019 @ 1:52pm [Lawrence police blotter for Jan. 30]( By: Sara Shepherd Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes ... January 30, 2019 @ 1:16pm [Arctic blast heading east with springlike weekend to follow; temperatures expected to hit 60s]( By: Kathy Hanks Compared with Wednesday's bitter cold, it should feel like spring by Saturday as the so-called polar vortex engulfing the area moves to the east. As early as Thursday, temperatures should climb into the upper 30s, according to John Woynick, a ... January 30, 2019 @ 12:35pm [Lawrence housing prices jump by more than 13 percent in 2018; buyers show signs of pulling back]( By: Chad Lawhorn The new number in the Lawrence housing market is $200,000. While Lawrence housing prices have been causing people to wring their hands for years, statistically speaking, the odds were in your favor of finding a home in town for well below ... January 30, 2019 @ 12:15pm [In response to lawsuit, city denies claims that Queens Road taxing districts are unlawful]( By: Rochelle Valverde The city of Lawrence is denying claims that the taxing districts it created to pay for the multimillion-dollar reconstruction of Queens Road were set up improperly. Earlier this month, a homeowner in the special taxing districts filed a ... January 30, 2019 @ 12:04pm [Author Walter Mosley to speak at KU about politics in the age of Trump]( By: Staff Report A prolific author of crime and science fiction books as well as political essays will soon speak at the University of Kansas about political optimism in the age of President Donald Trump. The author, Walter Mosley, will present a lecture at ... January 30, 2019 @ 11:55am [Proposed amendment would effectively ban abortion in Kansas]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — The Kansas House will consider a state constitutional amendment that would grant human rights from the moment of fertilization, even as lawmakers await a state Supreme Court ruling on whether the constitution guarantees a right to ... January 30, 2019 @ 11:36am [Kansas AG: Sanctions against Kobach settled in voting suit]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' attorney general says his office has negotiated an agreement for the secretary of state's office to pay $20,000 over former Secretary Kris Kobach's conduct in a federal voting-rights lawsuit. Attorney General Derek Schmidt ... January 30, 2019 @ 11:09am 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 manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044