Rape trial details alleged violent encounter in Lawrence
A Douglas County jury heard a woman recount being repeatedly sexually assaulted by Thomas J. Cormier in a Lawrence apartment in October 2021. She testified the encounter began consensually but escalated to coercive acts including tying her to a bed, while the defense claimed the incident was consensual.
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Lawrence School Board Candidate Teske Ends Campaign
Tierra Teske says she will not campaign for a seat on the Lawrence school board in the upcoming primary, though her name remains on the ballot for a special election. She cites personal reasons and plans to move to Kansas City, Kansas.
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Lawrence woman charged with arson in downtown fire
Jill Elizabeth Walkinshaw, 62, was charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of arson in connection with a Sunday early morning fire in a commercial trash container at the Eighth and Massachusetts intersection in downtown Lawrence. Fire crews contained the blaze, no injuries reported, bond set at 1000 dollars. She is due back in court July 19.
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Jill Elizabeth Walkinshaw
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Massachusetts
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