- Thieves break windows, steal from 3 Lawrence school district vans during student club trip to St. Louis
- March 20, 2018
- A group of Lawrence high school students took three school district vans on a trip to St. Louis over the weekend. They had to find different rides home, after all three vans were broken into while the students were touring a museum.
- Judge gives man convicted of 14th Street stabbing a chance at sobriety on probation
- March 19, 2018
- A man convicted of a stabbing last fall in Lawrence will be allowed to serve probation instead of prison, giving him a last chance to get sober and stay out of trouble.
- Man accidentally shoots self while cleaning gun in Lawrence
- March 19, 2018
- Police responded to an accidental shooting that happened when a man was cleaning his gun over the weekend in Lawrence.
- Pennsylvania man charged with sexual exploitation, solicitation of child in Douglas County
- March 19, 2018
- A Pennsylvania man is being held in the Douglas County jail on $500,000 bond, after being charged with multiple child sex crimes.
- Shooting threats at Lawrence middle, high schools await district attorney’s review
- 12:26 p.m., March 19, 2018 Updated 05:25 p.m.
- The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office is currently considering whether to file charges in two recently reported shooting threats against Lawrence public schools, authorities said.
- Lawrence police officer shot in leg during training exercise; in stable condition at hospital
- 03:30 p.m., March 19, 2018 Updated 05:17 p.m.
- A Lawrence police officer sustained a gunshot wound to the leg Monday afternoon during a training exercise and was taken to the hospital, according to Lawrence police.
- $700K fire training tower to allow firefighters to practice more complicated scenarios
- March 19, 2018
- Local firefighters will soon be able to train for more complicated scenarios, including putting out fires and making rescues in tall apartment buildings.
- DA’s new women-only diversion program aims to close ‘revolving door of incarceration’ fueled by addiction
- March 19, 2018
- It is not unusual for the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office to see women who are in court — over and over — because of behavior driven by addiction.
- Student arrested in connection with reported school shooting threat at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School
- March 17, 2018
- A student at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School has been arrested on suspicion of making a criminal threat following an incident at the school, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department said.
- Lawrence police investigating shooting threat reported by middle school staffer, district says
- March 16, 2018
- Liberty Memorial Central Middle School called police Thursday night after receiving a report from a staff member who overheard a student make a verbal threat about a school shooting, according to a news release Friday afternoon from the Lawrence school district.
- Lawrence driver convicted of manslaughter, DUI in wreck that killed man leaving rec center
- Prosecutor: Driver tested positive for meth, opioids and alcohol at time of crash
- March 16, 2018
- A man who was allegedly drunk, under the influence of multiple drugs and driving 76 mph in a 30 mph zone when he crashed into another car, killing its driver, has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and DUI.
- Lawrence Motel 6 murder defendants will face jury as a group, judge rules
- March 16, 2018
- Three men charged in the Lawrence Motel 6 homicide case will continue proceeding through their murder trial as a group, a judge ruled Friday.
- Victim’s hospital bed statements can be admitted at Eudora murder trial, set to begin in April
- March 16, 2018
- Eudora homicide victim Bo Hopson’s description of the shooting that ultimately led to his death can be recounted at his accused killer’s trial, by a friend Hopson talked to from his hospital bed, a judge ruled Friday.
- Man receives 17 years in prison for Lawrence shotgun robberies and dog’s death; victims describe shattered sense of security
- March 15, 2018
- A Lawrence pastor in his 70s who had a shotgun pointed in his face and was forced to the ground and robbed told his attacker on Thursday that he forgave him. At the same time, the Rev. Verdell Taylor Jr. joined two other victims and the prosecutor in asking for the maximum sentence for Pierre P. Walker, 20.
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