Jury finds man not guilty in downtown murder case

Updated at 4:11 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2024 A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted a transient man of murdering a blind Lawrence resident last summer in downtown Lawrence. The defendant, Chadwick Potter, 35, had faced a second-degree murder charge in the bludgeoning death of David ...

Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors approves contract for unionized shelter staff

Video of murder suspect’s interrogation shown; defense tries to cast doubt on police investigation; jury deliberating

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 ...

Lawrence school board unanimously authorizes applying for grant that would put more social workers in schools

Baldwin City school district’s $17 million bond proposal would allow classroom updates and address safety concerns

Looking back at an era of KU football draftees

Dickinson announces return to KU

Updated 1:42 p.m. Friday: Kansas will get its second-team All-American back for a second season. Center Hunter Dickinson announced in a social ...

Griffen becomes KU’s fourth transfer commitment, third signing

KU will play at Creighton in Big 12-Big East Battle

Trial over Lawrence’s housing nondiscrimination ordinance canceled; landlords had sued over source of income, immigration status protections

City of Lawrence ‘assessing options’ in the wake of racist and antisemitic hate speech shared at recent commission meeting

Updated at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 The City of Lawrence is assessing its options after Tuesday’s City Commission meeting was interrupted ...

City of Lawrence campsite reporting form has received 230 reports since October; only 57 campsites confirmed

City Commission meeting interrupted by racist, antisemitic hate speech

Lawrence man identified as fatality in 31st and Louisiana crash; KCMO man remains hospitalized

Man originally charged in young woman’s fentanyl death pleads no contest to lesser crime, gets 4 other felony cases dismissed as part of deal

Jury finds man not guilty in downtown murder case

KU faculty members overwhelmingly approve formation of union; they will seek improvements in pay, job security

Last living witness to the abduction of Emmett Till tells KU crowd it is important that the story lives on

About 150 bills in statehouses across the country, including Kansas, focus on diversity, equity changes

Upcoming events include Final Friday Art Walk, birding, books, block party and more

FRIDAY Final Friday Art Walk includes: Corinna Delgado and other artists, “Mental Health Month,” 6-9 p.m., Art Love Collective, 646 Vermont St. “The Eye of ...