One person is dead after a head-on crash near the intersection of 31st and Louisiana streets on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's office spokesman George Diepenbrock said in an email that the crash occurred just before 1 p.m. Wednesday just east ...
Story updated at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 24: A transient man accused of beating a blind man to death in downtown Lawrence told police that he and the man peacefully smoked marijuana together on a July night last year and that he then left the man alive and well near the Kansas River bridge ...
Jurors saw gruesome photos on Tuesday of a man who was killed in downtown Lawrence last summer — including images of his smashed skull and bleeding in his brain — on the second day of a murder trial in Douglas County District Court. The trial is for 35-year-old Chadwick Elliot Potter, a ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and ...
Updated at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez should be censured for unprofessional conduct toward a Douglas County judge, the state’s top panel for attorney discipline is recommending. A panel for the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys is ...
A murder trial for a man accused of bludgeoning another man near downtown Lawrence began on Monday, and the state said it’s case is based on circumstantial evidence. On trial is Chadwick Elliot Potter, 35, who is a transient who has lived in numerous states throughout the years and told ...