LJWorld.com Headlines for January 20, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence police blotter for Jan. 19, 2024]( 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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous ... [Lawrence police blotter for Jan. 19, 2024]( By: 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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous ... January 19, 2024 @ 7:36pm [Judge ends suspension of Illinois basketball star facing rape charge in Douglas County]( By: JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill.— A federal judge on Friday reinstated Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who had been suspended from the team since he was charged with rape in Kansas. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Lawless found that the ... January 19, 2024 @ 5:41pm [Lawrence school district honors students and staff for embodying spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.]( By: Staff Report At Thursday night's annual Martin Luther King Jr. “One Dream Celebration,” dozens of Lawrence school district staff members and students were honored with the “Keeper of the Dream” awards. The award goes to individuals who embody the ... January 19, 2024 @ 3:31pm [Jury convicts Lawrence man of robbing woman at gunpoint in her home]( By: Chris Conde A Douglas County jury on Friday convicted a man of a 2021 armed robbery at a Lawrence home where a woman and her toddler were living. The defendant, Chester Wendell Brockman, 51, of Lawrence, was charged with one felony count of aggravated ... January 19, 2024 @ 2:49pm [Road improvements along Sixth Street scheduled to begin in early February]( By: Staff report Several projects to improve Sixth Street, which was last repaved more than a decade ago, are scheduled to begin in early February. The City of Lawrence announced the impending construction work in a news release Friday, noting that the projects ... January 19, 2024 @ 1:32pm [Planning Commission could make decisions next week on revised wind regulations, Family Promise homeless shelter]( By: Austin Hornbostel The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission is set to make some key decisions on Douglas County’s revised wind regulations and Family Promise’s planned shelter for homeless families next week. The Planning Commission meets on Monday and ... January 19, 2024 @ 1:25pm [Kansas Supreme Court upholds murder convictions, death penalty in 2013 quadruple homicide in Franklin County]( By: Staff and Wire Report The Supreme Court of Kansas on Friday upheld the murder convictions and death penalty for an Ottawa man who was convicted in 2016 of murdering four people, including a toddler, ruling that he did not clearly invoke his right to remain silent ... January 19, 2024 @ 10:47am 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