- Residents, pets safe after house fire in Sunset Hills neighborhood
- 07:50 p.m., April 2, 2018 Updated 09:11 p.m.
- Three residents and their two pets are safe after a fire Monday evening in the 1100 block of Wellington Road.
- Lawrence man charged with sexually abusing 7-year-old
- April 2, 2018
- A 68-year-old Lawrence man has been charged with sex crimes against a child who was 7 when the alleged crimes began, according to court documents.
- Lawrence man charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child
- April 2, 2018
- A Lawrence man has been charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, for crimes that allegedly occurred from late 2014 to early 2015.
- Murder trial delayed in Eudora bar shooting case, tentatively until June
- April 2, 2018
- What was poised to be the county’s first murder trial of the year was called off in the final hour Monday morning and will be rescheduled, likely for June.
- South Middle School principal provides new details on former teacher’s alleged outburst, arrest; says no individuals were threatened
- April 2, 2018
- Last Thursday, students and staff at South Middle School were put on lockdown after a former teacher allegedly turned up at the school unannounced and reportedly drunk, making a scene that culminated in his arrest.
- Police investigating death of man thought to have overdosed as suspicious
- 11:34 a.m., April 2, 2018 Updated 05:57 p.m.
- The death of a man thought to have overdosed is now being investigated by the Lawrence Police Department as suspicious, according to police.
- Former South teacher released from jail after reported outburst at school, given court date
- March 30, 2018
- A former South Middle School teacher who was arrested after a reported drunken outburst at the school Thursday has been released from jail.
- Jail death lawsuit: Judge allows negligence and wrongful death arguments to proceed, dismisses some others
- March 30, 2018
- A federal judge has whittled down a broad lawsuit against Douglas County officials brought by survivors of a woman who died in the county jail. However, key arguments in the multipart, multidefendant suit still stand and should be weighed by a jury because supporting facts are in dispute, U.S. District Court of Kansas Judge Carlos Murguia ruled in an order filed this week.
- Teacher who resigned over alleged racist remarks arrested at school on suspicion of trespassing, disorderly conduct
- 02:18 p.m., March 29, 2018 Updated 06:26 p.m.
- Chris Cobb, the former South Middle School teacher once accused of making racist comments in class, was arrested Thursday afternoon after a reportedly drunken outburst at the school.
- Topeka man killed in accident on Turnpike
- March 29, 2018
- A single-vehicle accident on the Kansas Turnpike outside Lawrence killed a Topeka man.
- Judge rejects self-defense argument in Lawrence doorway shooting death, orders man to stand trial for first-degree murder
- March 28, 2018
- Within the half hour leading up to Bryce Holladay’s death, evidence presented to a court showed that Steven A. Drake III messaged two people saying he was about to get a gun and shoot Holladay.
- School district: Investigation determines no gun, no threat at Free State High this morning
- 11:46 a.m., March 28, 2018 Updated 01:37 p.m.
- After interviewing everyone involved, Lawrence police determined no student had a gun or made threats at Free State High School this morning, the school district said.
- Lawrence boy pleads not guilty to felony charge after reported threat about school shooting in February
- 11:39 a.m., March 28, 2018 Updated 04:52 p.m.
- A boy has been criminally charged in connection with a February report of a social media post threatening a school shooting in Lawrence and has pleaded not guilty.
- Defendants in downtown Lawrence murder case will face jury together; trial delayed until later this year
- March 27, 2018
- The three defendants in the Massachusetts Street murder case will go on trial as a group, a judge ruled Tuesday. But it’s not going to be in May as previously planned.
- Massachusetts Street to close all day Saturday before KU’s national semifinal game
- 04:13 p.m., March 27, 2018 Updated 04:52 p.m.
- The city of Lawrence will be clearing Massachusetts Street and closing it to traffic in advance of Saturday night’s big basketball game between the University of Kansas and Villanova.
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