Story updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019: A teen who took a handgun to Lawrence High School in February has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime in connection with the incident. The teen pleaded no contest to criminal use of weapons on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court, ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 219 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A Lawrence man was one of two Kansas residents killed in a wreck Sunday in Colorado. The fatal wreck happened about 2 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of West Alameda Avenue and South Kipling Street in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver, the Lakewood Police Department said Tuesday in a news release ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 209 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
For shooting a Lawrence man with his own gun in his own apartment last year, a Kansas City, Kan., man has been ordered to nearly three years in prison. Rodney L. McNeal, 22, was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Judge Kay Huff sentenced him to 34 months in prison plus two ...
Ten nominees to replace retiring Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin are scheduled to be interviewed this week. The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission will interview candidates throughout the day Thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m., at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, ...
Updated at 5 p.m. Monday A Lawrence man has been charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old child for the past several years. Johnie L. Saluto, 30, was arrested Friday and held on $500,000 bond, according to jail records. The alleged abuse dates back to 2015, when the child was 4, according ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 193 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Approaching two years since their 15-year-old son was killed in a fiery crash, a Lawrence couple say they’re still grappling with a lack of closure surrounding his death. They’re frustrated in part because they don’t feel anyone was held accountable for the incident — some key details ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 195 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 262 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Two Topeka teens charged with attempted murder and robbery in the shootings of two brothers at Holcom Park remain in law enforcement custody, even as their next court hearings have been delayed until June. The teens had been scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court this week and ...
A teen has been sentenced to probation for stealing a gun from his father, which he then reportedly sold to a fellow student on Lawrence High School grounds. Douglas County District Court juvenile judge Bethany Roberts closed hearings in the teen’s case to the public, but according to the ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 259 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The former University of Kansas football player arrested on assault and battery charges this week threatened a woman on campus with a shotgun, formal charges allege. Kenny E. Bastida, 19, made his first appearance Thursday in Douglas County District Court, where his bond was set at $10,000, ...
Dylan Garnett went to Mass at the Catholic center every day during his first year at the University of Kansas, and he’d planned to enter new leadership positions there this fall. Instead, the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center community is now mourning Garnett, after he was killed in a ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 193 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A man accused of inappropriate sexual behavior at area massage parlors — including allegedly stripping naked and groping a worker at one in Lawrence — has been convicted of federal stalking and gun charges. The conviction of Robert J. Gross, 67, of Kansas City, Mo., is the latest ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with rape in connection with an incident last year. Gregory E. Esquivel, 22, of Lawrence, was arrested on the charges Tuesday and scheduled to make his first appearance in court Wednesday, according to jail and court records. He is charged with one count of ...
A Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly attacking another man on his front porch, then returning to the same area again in a matter of hours and causing more problems. The incidents happened in the 1500 block of West 22nd Terrace. Lawrence police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said in an ...