Patrol continues search for driver in turnpike wreck

The Kansas Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a pick-up truck involved in a three-vehicle accident Thursday on the Kansas Turnpike.

Lt. John Eichkorn of the Highway Patrol said that around 2:15 p.m. Thursday a yellow pick-up truck hauling a white recreational vehicle pulled out of the service area east of Lawrence and forced a tractor-trailer into a ditch.

A Jeep driven by a 34-year-old Lawrence man trying to avoid the accident struck the recreational vehicle, hauled by the truck that left the scene.

Troopers would still like to talk to that driver. Anyone with information is asked to call the Kansas Turnpike Authority at 843-5826.

AWOL sailor arrested

A 19-year-old Baldwin woman was arrested over the weekend for deserting from the U.S. military.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jessica E. Schrag on Friday night at her home north of Baldwin. She was picked up on a warrant for military desertion from the U.S. Navy.

Representatives from the Navy Recruiting Station in Lawrence could not comment on the case, saying it was a personnel issue. They did confirm Schrag was wanted for being absent without leave, or AWOL.

League plans forum on school finance

The Lawrence-Douglas County League of Women Voters is offering a forum on the state’s school finance formula and its impact on Lawrence-area schools at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the commons area at Lawrence High School, 1901 La. Doors open at 7 p.m.

A question-and-answer session will follow the presentations.

Police arrest suspect in apartment robbery

Lawrence Police arrested a man suspected of robbing two Kansas University students at gunpoint in late August inside their apartment.

Detectives arrested the 19-year-old Lawrence man Friday night after serving a search warrant in the 900 block of Illinois on an unrelated case. The suspect was booked into jail to face charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and aggravated burglary.

Police say in the early-morning hours of Aug. 29, the suspect knocked on the door of an apartment in the 1300 block of Ohio Street.

The suspect took money and a cordless phone from the two women inside, who were not injured.

Police are investigating whether the suspect may be responsible for similar incidents.