Douglas County District Court is in the middle of what’s thought to be an unprecedented number of murder trials scheduled in close succession. The clerk’s office is extra busy, the jury pool is being stretched, judges’ dockets are crowded and the district attorney’s office has brought ...
A Wichita man was granted probation for encouraging two teen girls to dance at a Lawrence strip club. However, as a special condition of that probation, he’s not allowed to go to any adult entertainment venues or partake in alcohol or drugs. Judge Peggy Kittel sentenced Daelin T. Williams, ...
A Colorado man who terrorized multiple Lawrence residents at gunpoint last year — some on the street and some in their own homes — has been ordered to more than 25 years in prison. At his sentencing hearing on Friday, Elmoses Blackwell, 28, of Denver, told Douglas County District Court ...
Police say a woman on foot near downtown Lawrence early Friday morning was attacked from behind by a man who grabbed her and covered her mouth. The incident happened about 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Vermont Street, the Lawrence Police Department said in a tweet Friday morning. The ...
Story updated at 10:35 a.m. Lawrence police are investigating after a gun was found under the seat of a student’s vehicle Thursday at Free State High School. “The weapon did not leave the parked vehicle,” school district spokeswoman Julie Boyle said in an email Thursday night. “We do ...
A former student-athlete is suing the University of Kansas because, she says, mold in her dorm room made her sick. The woman had a golf scholarship and moved into the on-campus Jayhawker Towers apartments in fall 2015, the beginning of her freshman year. Throughout September and October 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 266 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 4:32 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018: The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into alleged criminal activity by Baldwin City Police Department personnel, a KBI spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. The KBI's investigation began shortly before Police Chief Greg Neis resigned ...
Updated story - KBI investigating alleged criminal activity within Baldwin City Police Department Baldwin City Police Chief Greg Neis has resigned from the post he has held for the past nine years, a Baldwin City councilman said Wednesday. Councilman Tony Brown said the City Council ...
A number of agencies will participate in an emergency exercise Thursday morning at Lawrence Municipal Airport. The exercise, scheduled from 8:45 a.m. to noon, will simulate a transportation-related release of hazardous materials at the airport in North Lawrence, according to a press 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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 227 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A third man charged with aggravated robbery and other crimes from a February home-invasion spree is now in custody at the Douglas County Jail. One of the suspects reportedly robbed people in two apartments while wearing a creepy, smiling mask like one from the horror movie “The Purge,” ...
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 216 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Police say a man reportedly pretended to have a gun in his pocket when he robbed someone Tuesday morning outside a central Lawrence business. After taking the money, the suspect threw a punch. The robbery happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. near Sixth Street and Lawrence Avenue, Officer Derrick ...
A second man from Georgia has been arrested in connection with a series of armed home-invasion robberies where one suspect reportedly wore a scary mask. Corey T. Allen, 30, of McDonough, Ga., made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court on Monday, after being booked into the ...
A Eudora man was convicted on Monday of molesting a 5-year-old child and will likely spend 10 years in prison for it. Philip J. Foster, 19, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and was convicted by Douglas County District Court Judge Paula ...
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 178 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A man who was shot by a Lawrence police officer when a traffic stop devolved into a fight in May got arrested this weekend, after another traffic stop. Akira S. Lewis, 35, of Lawrence, was arrested in connection with a traffic stop made by a Lawrence police officer about 9:40 p.m. Saturday in ...
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 257 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Carrody M. Buchhorn’s murder conviction hinged on testimony of the coroner, who ruled that 9-month-old Oliver Ortiz’s death was a homicide and, at trial, explained the baby's fatal injury to jurors. Buchhorn’s plea for a new trial also hinges on testimony of the coroner. Her lawyers ...