There were five alleged victims in the Motel 6 murder case. Of the four who survived that night, it appears only one will be taking the stand to testify against the three men accused of shooting, threatening and trying to rob them. This wasn’t what prosecutors wanted. One victim was ...
As University of Kansas students arrive on campus for the fall semester this week and start classes on Monday, Lawrence police will have extra officers out looking for impaired drivers. Their campaign — called “You Drink. You Drive. You Lose.” — kicked off Thursday and will run ...
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 298 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Updated story - More witnesses drop out of state’s lineup in Motel 6 murder case; shooting victim takes Fifth at last moment Traffic cameras show the Motel 6 murder suspects’ dark-colored Pontiac Grand Prix coming into Lawrence from Kansas City on the Kansas Turnpike. About 45 minutes ...
University of Kansas police say they now know the identity of a man who was allegedly driving around campus committing lewd acts this week. The suspect — who has no affiliation with KU — has been identified and served in person by law enforcement officers with a notice to appear in ...
In a chilling police interview, a Columbia, Mo., woman described the decision-making process she went through before driving herself and her two children into the Kansas River in an effort to kill them all. Scharron R. Dingledine’s description of the events of that day are in an affidavit ...
The average time it takes fire and medical personnel to arrive at an emergency has been increasing, with responses to medical calls averaging well over 9 minutes. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical response times have generally been getting slower the past decade, with some response ...
Story updated at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15: A woman was taken to an area hospital Wednesday afternoon after an accident near the University of Kansas campus that resulted from a medical emergency, police said Wednesday evening. Sgt. Laurie Powell, of the Lawrence Police Department, said ...
Bleeding inside a third-floor room at a North Lawrence motel, a frantic 23-year-old Cameron Hooks calls 911. “I’m shot! I’m shot! I’m in Lawrence, Kansas,” Hooks yells. “I’m at Motel 6.” The dispatcher says help is on the way and presses for more details including, “Who ...
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 208 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A man reportedly robbed a Lawrence sandwich shop Monday night. The robbery was reported about 9:55 p.m. at Subway, 4000 W. Sixth St., where a man reportedly came into the store and demanded money, Officer Derrick Smith, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman, said in an email 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. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 274 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated: 8:08 p.m., August 14, 2018 After a two-day selection process requiring an overflow courtroom and extra court clerk staff to accommodate a group of about 140 potential jurors, on Tuesday night a full jury was picked to hear the Motel 6 murder case. The jury comprises nine women ...
Some men reportedly went from shooting off a gun by Clinton Lake to stealing yard art from a home in rural Douglas County before one was arrested Sunday night. According to Sgt. Kristen Channel of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report of two men shooting a gun near ...
Emergency crews responded to a death at a Lawrence Walmart over the weekend. Lawrence police responded to a medical emergency involving an elderly female at 1:10 p.m. Sunday at the store at 3300 Iowa St., Officer Drew Fennelly said. Fennelly said the death is not considered suspicious. A ...
University of Kansas police say a woman walking on the KU campus Monday was the victim of lewd and lascivious behavior. The woman reported that just before 11:30 a.m. she was walking east on Memorial Drive when a man in a white truck stopped to ask her a question and she saw that he was ...
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 151 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence police are investigating a home-invasion robbery reported early Saturday morning in the 2100 block of Tennessee Street. The robbery reportedly occurred around 2 a.m., and the victim reported it to police about 45 minutes later, Officer Derrick Smith said in an email to media. The ...
Potential jurors filled two courtrooms — the main courtroom and an overflow room — as Douglas County District Court’s third murder trial in a month got underway Monday morning. With not one but three defendants facing murder plus other violent felony charges, the group of jurors called ...
It had been a rough weekend for first responders in Lawrence. First, they rescued a 1-year-old and his mother, after she allegedly drove a vehicle into the Kansas River. Then, the next day, they recovered the body of a 5-year-old girl who had also been a passenger in the car. At times like ...