A man who pointed a fake rifle at two people out of the backseat window of a car was convicted of felony criminal threat on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Tzaddi Fouch Jennings, 33, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which the criminal ...
Two large data center projects near Tonganoxie and De Soto could become Douglas County’s newest neighbors, bringing energy demands scalable to cities far larger than either town. Ever heard of San Franscico? The data center near rural Tonganoxie, Project Bluestem, would be about 15 ...
A man who was convicted of aggravated battery following a drunk-driving incident that injured a person last summer was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 months in prison, suspended to 18 months of probation. Kody Rothfus, 34, pleaded no contest on March 6 to one count of aggravated battery while ...
After a storm caused a tree to fall onto the roof of the Homeless Resource Center near downtown Lawrence, the center's executive director said Tuesday that the building was not damaged. The storm brought heavy rain — up to 3 inches in the span of six hours — and strong winds across Douglas ...
Parts of two Lawrence neighborhoods are scheduled for sidewalk improvements in 2026 as part of the city's ongoing effort to bring its infrastructure into compliance with ADA accessibility standards. The city's Sidewalk Improvement Program will be targeting areas in the Sunset Hill and Pinkney ...
City recreation trails behind Sports Pavilion Lawrence will be closed for a while to repair damage caused by recent storms, Lawrence Parks and Recreation said on its social media pages this week. The department said the trails that extend to East 1000 Road have suffered "erosion, mud-covered ...
