Jury acquits ex-officer of rape and computer crimes
Jurors in Douglas County District Court found 42 year old Jonathan Mark Gardner not guilty on all counts including one rape charge, 17 counts of unlawful use of computers, and 17 misdemeanor misconduct counts. The acquittal follows a weeklong trial alleging Gardner assaulted a 20 year old woman on January 1 2017 after a New Year’s Eve bar visit in downtown Lawrence.
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Lawrence Busker Festival Opens With Four Stages Downtown
The annual Busker Festival begins Friday in downtown Lawrence and runs through Monday with four stages on Eighth Street and Massachusetts. The Art Tougeau art car parade is set for noon today as part of the weekend long events featuring jugglers, archers, unicyclists, and other street performances.
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Lawrence school board member Emerson to resign
Lawrence based school board member Kay Emerson announced on Facebook that she will resign her seat. Emerson, who moved to Kansas from Topeka to attend the University of Kansas in 2004, said she seeks a new journey and community. Her term began in 2022 and ran through 2025.
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GOP leaders drop plan to sue over Kansas school funds
Kansas GOP leaders backed off a threatened lawsuit against Governor Laura Kelly over vetoed parts of a $6 billion K-12 education bill for 2023 24. They questioned legality but doubted court success. The veto altered state funding distribution benefiting rural districts while sparing most of the state’s 286 districts. The private school scholarship program remained intact at up to $8 000 annually for low income students.
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