Kim Callahan

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A former Lawrence resident who was arrested Saturday on the Capitol steps in Topeka was trespassing in a permit-only area and refused to obey all police demands that he leave, according to information Friday from the Kansas Highway Patrol. On Monday, the Journal-World reached out to police about why Justin Spiehs was arrested at the “No Kings” rally, which drew thousands of people to Topeka — and millions to cities across the nation — to peacefully protest the Donald Trump administration.

1 week ago | www2.ljworld.com | Kim Callahan

As thousands of people peacefully protested at a “No Kings” rally in Topeka, a former Lawrence resident known for profanity-laced commenting at public meetings was arrested in front of the crowd on the Statehouse steps. Authorities have so far been mum on the circumstances surrounding the arrest, and charges have not appeared in the state’s online court records.

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The “Jane Doe” plaintiffs suing LMH Health claiming that their personal information, including nude medical photos, was improperly accessed by a physical therapist at University of Kansas Health System must use their real names in the lawsuit or it will be dismissed, a federal judge recently ruled.

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Two Lawrence residents will be heard — but not seen — at the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City’s version of Shakespeare in the Park. This year’s festival, which runs now through July 6 at Southmoreland Park, features William Shakespeare’s early comedy “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”Two Lawrence musicians, husband-and-wife team Marvin and Ann Hunt, wrote the music for the production, which, though it retains the Early Modern English of Tudor England, has been updated to a 1950s setting.

1 week ago | www2.ljworld.com | Kim Callahan

A Douglas County judge on Wednesday again considered — and again denied — a defendant’s motion to have his confession to child sex crimes suppressed from ever being heard by a jury of his peers. Hatem Chahine, the attorney for 22-year-old defendant Mateo Clavel Wills, a former Raintree Montessori School employee accused of sexually abusing a 3- and 4-year-old more than three years ago, asked Judge Sally Pokorny to reconsider a motion to suppress that she had already denied last winter.