As Lawrence finally moves past some of its deadliest chapters — long-running court cases, involving among them six men, four victims shot and killed and several other victims injured — similar scenarios unfold in other towns, with new mass shootings occurring nearly every day. Arguments ...
Lawrence police were investigating Saturday night after they received a call that a stabbing had taken place. Police were dispatched to the 1100 block of Tennessee Street around 8 p.m. Saturday, Patrick Compton, a department spokesman, said via email. When they arrived, they found two women ...
Lightning struck a Lawrence home overnight, causing a fire that led to an estimated $60,000 in damage, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. LDCFM was called to a residence at 1420 Tennessee St. at 3:16 a.m. Saturday, according to the release. Firefighters ...
A house fire Saturday morning displaced one resident and caused an estimated $35,000 in damages, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. First responders were dispatched to a fire in the attic of a home at 719 Arizona St. at 9:35 a.m. Saturday, according to a department news ...
A woman suffered suspected serious injuries in a single-car accident Friday afternoon near Lawrence Municipal Airport, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The 59-year-old Independence, Mo., woman was reportedly driving erratically and heading westbound on U.S. Highway 40 near North 1802 ...
Story updated at 7:49 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16: A driver was injured and an SUV struck a house as a result of an accident Friday afternoon, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. Reached by phone Friday evening, Lawrence City Commissioner Matthew Herbert confirmed that the home on ...
A teen girl allegedly broke into multiple vehicles within the span of about half an hour, starting around 12:30 a.m. Friday. The haul? About $7 — $2 in change from one vehicle, and $5 from another. From 12:27 a.m. until 1:05 a.m. Friday, Lawrence police received several calls regarding ...
Updated at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16: A cyclist was initially thought to be severely injured after she was hit by a car Friday afternoon, according to Lawrence police. However, by Friday evening she was in stable condition and expected to be released from the hospital tonight. Officer Drew ...
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 241 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Community members will soon have the opportunity to learn more about a planned Douglas County study on the racial breakdown of law enforcement contact for traffic and pedestrian stops. The county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, or CJCC, will host a presentation about the upcoming ...
The Lawrence City Commission has unanimously chosen to adopt the firefighters union's proposal for an employee contract instead of the plan proposed by the city. The union’s proposed contract maintains longevity pay for all firefighters, removes a cap on sick pay, and maintains the level of ...
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 236 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
After a night of excessive drinking and her friends helping to get her to sleep at a Lawrence apartment in May 2018, a University of Kansas student woke up to find a man on top of her, she testified in Douglas County District Court on Thursday. Although she said she did not remember most of ...
A former Lawrence police officer was sentenced to probation Thursday in connection with a Johnson County highway road rage incident. Jeffrey Brian Holtzman, 53, was initially charged with aggravated assault for allegedly threatening another man with a deadly weapon on Oct. 18, 2018. The ...
A structure fire Wednesday afternoon displaced a family of seven, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. Crews were dispatched to 1906 Marvonne Road, a home near the University of Kansas West Campus, at 3:43 p.m. Wednesday, the release said. There they found ...
Story updated at 10:15 a.m. Thursday A Lawrence woman has been charged with a felony and a DUI in Douglas County District Court after a car accident injured one person. Autumn Sky Hale, 43, was reportedly eastbound on East 19th Street in a Toyota Camry around 1:24 a.m. Tuesday, near the ...
Story updated at 4:56 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019: A judge on Wednesday sentenced Shawn K. Smith, 20, of Kansas City, Mo., to 32 months in prison in connection with a 2017 hotel room shootout that left one man dead and two others injured. Smith has already served 698 days of that, or ...
An unknown number of Hy-Vee customers may have had their credit card data compromised, the grocer that operates in Lawrence warned on Wednesday. Hy-Vee is investigating a “security incident” at its credit card readers at Hy-Vee-owned gas pumps, restaurants and drive-thru coffee shops. 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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 156 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence police took a 27-year-old man into custody without incident after a standoff in the 900 block of Arkansas Street Tuesday evening. Officer Drew Fennelly told the Journal-World via email that police were dispatched to an apartment in that block in reference to gunshots being fired just ...