City considers higher court fees to cover jail costs
The Municipal Court may raise fines and diversion fees as Douglas County Jail costs are billed to defendants who can pay. The city, facing a tight budget, seeks about a $100 uplift in diversion fees and about $100 more in fines for offenses like DUI, theft, and possession. Commissioners convene at 6:35 p.m. tonight at City Hall.
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Wheeler
Randy McGrath
Jerry Little
David Corliss
William Perkins
Lawrence
Police Department
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts Streets
Graveyard shift risks and safety measures in Lawrence
A Lawrence Chronicle report highlights dangers faced by late night workers. KU student Flinn discusses fear of robberies, while store owners like Schmidtberger emphasize visibility and lighting to deter crime. Employees at Hallmark Inn Zarco Phillips 66 and Java Break describe feeling vulnerable and relying on emergency buttons, phones, and co workers when possible.
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Kansas University
Alvin
Augusto
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Schmidtberger
Lawrence
Hallmark Inn
Montes
Andrea Wright
Zarco Phillips 66
Ninth and
Iowa Streets
Wright
Arron Atchison
Java Break
Atchison
DNA freed prisoner won't be charged in New Jersey case
Byron Halsey, freed after new DNA testing linked a neighbor to the murder and rape of Tyrone and Tina Urquhart, will not face retrial on charges including aggravated sexual assault and murder. Prosecutors announced they would not pursue charges after reevaluating the case, and a judge dropped all counts as Halsey begins his new freedom.
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N.J
Theodore J. Romankow
Byron Halsey
Halsey
Tyrone
Tina Urquhart
Plainfield
Alabama
Don Siegelman
U.S
Mark Fuller
Siegelman
HealthSouth
Richard Scrushy
Scrushy
Former astronaut Nowak seeks rival in secret parking lot meeting
The 72 page police interview transcript released Monday shows Lisa Nowak telling Detective Chris Becton she came to Orlando to learn where rival Colleen Shipman stood in a love triangle with a fellow astronaut. She denied intent to kill Shipman and pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping battery and burglary with assault.
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Orlando
State Attorney’s Office
Chris Becton
Nowak
Air Force
Colleen Shipman
Orlando International Airport
Shipman
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