Lawrence crime
- Leavenworth man facing federal prosecution for failing to register as a sex offender
- June 19, 2013
- A 72-year-old Leavenworth man is facing federal prosecution for failing to register as a sex offender. He had been previously convicted of interstate travel to have sex with a minor.
- Shooting reported Tuesday night during road-rage incident; police looking for driver
- June 19, 2013
- Police are looking for a man who allegedly fired a handgun while involved in a road-rage incident in south Lawrence Tuesday night, said Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman.
- Illinois man sentenced to 30 months in prison in case where children were bound and blindfolded in parking lot
- June 19, 2013
- A 53-year-old Northlake, Ill., man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for five crimes in an incident last June in which two of his children were found bound by their hands and feet in a Lawrence Walmart parking lot. Without sleep for nine days and suffering from mental illness, he had become delusional and feared his children were possessed by demons, according to the man’s court-appointed attorney. By Ian Cummings
Lawrence fires
- Trailers catch fire in North Lawrence
- April 6, 2013
- Fire crews and police responded to a structure fire in North Lawrence around 6 p.m. Saturday in a lot behind the Slow Ride Roadhouse, 350 N. Third St. Crews arrived to find thick, black smoke and 15-foot flames shooting from an empty trailer home.
- House fire causes traffic detour near 27th and Louisiana
- March 29, 2013
- Fire crews and police responded to a fire about 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Park Hill Terrace, just north of Broken Arrow School.
- No injuries reported in Connecticut Street fire
- 10:21 a.m., March 29, 2013 Updated 02:26 p.m.
- Fire crews and police responded to a fire about 8:30 a.m. Friday at a house in the 1200 block of Connecticut Street, where smoke was seen pouring out of windows on the second and third floors.
Lawrence courts
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals
- May 23, 2013
- After five years of trying, President Barack Obama has placed his first nominee on a key appeals court.
- Lawrence High grad Srinivasan nears confimation to federal appeals court in D.C.
- May 16, 2013
- Lawrence High School graduate Sri Srinivasan won unanimous approval Thursday from the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve on the powerful federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. By Scott Rothschild
- Court won’t shorten sentence of felon in KU tickets case
- April 12, 2013
- A federal judge refused Friday to shorten the sentence of a former Kansas University athletics consultant caught up in a $2 million ticket scalping conspiracy, rejecting defense claims that Thomas Blubaugh’s former attorney did a poor job representing him.
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- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- KU geographers win defense grant to study Central American communities June 19, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center to host "Beach Bash" June 18, 2013
- Students learn the ropes of summer research project June 6, 2013
- New farmers' market finding its footing June 16, 2013
- Regents to consider bonds for new engineering building June 18, 2013
- Local teen recovers from massive stroke June 4, 2013
