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Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard Jr. (born May 24, 1950), known as The Kansas City Strangler, is an American serial killer. A former trash-company supervisor, Gilyard is believed to have raped and murdered at least 13 women and girls from 1977 to 1993.
Mastel was arrested for alleged aggravated battery and theft, according to the Kansas City Star. Mastel was found unresponsive in his cell. An investigation is pending. Jail or Agency: Franklin County Jail; State: Kansas; Date arrested or booked: 4/19/2016; Date of death: 6/17/2016; Age at death: 35; Sources: www.kfdi.com
After the Kansas Supreme Court overturned his death sentence, the United States Supreme Court reinstated it on January 20, 2016. James Kraig Kahler: Murders of his wife Karen, his two daughters, Lauren and Emily, and his wife's grandmother, Dorothy Wight. 13 years, 90 days Gary Kleypas 1996 rape and murder of Carrie Williams in Pittsburg, Kansas.
The first building for the Lawrence Police Department was established in 1866, when the agency was founded. Around 1900 the department had a second location at the old city hall building. Between 1910 and 1920, the LPD maintained two vehicles and had four sworn police officers. In 1936, new uniforms were acquired for LPD officers.
Kansas (Lawrence) Sevier, a Native American, was shot and killed by Officers Ted Bordman and James Phillips in his parents' home after Sevier allegedly lunged at Bordman with a knife. The officers were responding to a 911 call from Sevier's mother, who was concerned for her son's welfare after he allegedly locked himself in his bedroom with a ...
Channel 6 - Lawrence, KS was a 24-hour local information channel based in Lawrence, Kansas, which served Douglas County, Leavenworth County and Wyandotte County west of Interstate 435. Owned by Midco Communications, the channel was based at the company's corporate headquarters at New Hampshire and Seventh Streets (near the offices for former ...
Lawrence was the first city in Kansas to enact an ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (enacted in 1995, after a campaign called Simply Equal). On October 4, 2011, Lawrence became the first city in Kansas to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity with the passage of City Ordinance No. 8672. [240]
Thomas Robert Docking (August 10, 1954 – August 24, 2017) was an American politician. He was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1983 to 1987. A lawyer, he was an alumnus of the University of Kansas.