Crime, Fire, Courts

Lawrence crime

Defendant in indecent liberties case sentenced
November 21, 2009
A 67-year-old Basehor man was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with elementary-age students.
Lawrence man arrested on assault, kidnapping charges
November 21, 2009
A 22-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping.
Robbery occurred outside city limits, not in KU parking lot, police say
November 20, 2009
A Nov. 12 robbery that reportedly happened in a Kansas University parking lot actually happened in Douglas County, outside the city limits, KU police said Friday.

Lawrence fires

Aberdeen residents get word they’ll be let back into their apartments
November 12, 2009
Victims of an Oct. 8 fire at Aberdeen South Apartments got the news they were hoping for on Thursday.
A month later, Aberdeen residents still waiting to enter their burned apartments
November 11, 2009
As Jennifer Goode stares at the large hole that flames left in the roof of her Aberdeen South apartment building last month, she figures the chances that her childhood blanket is still intact are between slim and none, but she’d like to know for sure.
KU’s Learned Hall closed for several hours after early-morning mechanical problem
Parts of building filled with smoke; Reopened at approximately 3:45 a.m.
November 11, 2009
A building on the Kansas University campus was closed for about three hours early Wednesday after a mechanical problem caused a section of the building to fill with smoke.

Lawrence courts

Defendant in indecent liberties case sentenced
November 21, 2009
A 67-year-old Basehor man was sentenced Friday to more than 10 years in prison for engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with elementary-age students.
No-contest plea in marijuana case
November 20, 2009
One of two Baker University students accused of running a marijuana-growing operation out of a Baldwin City home has entered a plea in the case.
Roof repairs needed at county courthouse
November 19, 2009
Douglas County officials are working to make roof repairs an engineer says were originally left out of the construction process more than 100 years ago when the Douglas County Courthouse was built.