On the record

Emergency calls

Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical reported the following responses:

Fire calls

  • Smoke scare, 8:33 p.m. Thursday, 844 W. 22nd Terrace.
  • Good-intent call, 4:46 p.m. Thursday, milepost 205, Interstate 70.
  • Gasoline spill, 3:43 p.m. Thursday, 2200 Iowa.
  • Arcing electrical equipment, 12:58 p.m. Thursday, 1700 Mass.
  • Unintentional alarm, 12:22 p.m. Thursday, 4821 W. Sixth St.

Law enforcement report

Burglaries and thefts reported

  • A 35-year-old woman was hit by a car early Thursday on the city’s south side. Veranda Miller was walking on the sidewalk on 23rd Street near the Half Price Book Store around 12:30 a.m. when she was struck by a 1993 Mazda driven by Austin Thomas Gangel, 20, police reports said. Miller was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released, hospital staff said.