Fines for some traffic offenses in Lawrence will be going up next year, in a move that Municipal Court staff says puts the city in line with other communities in the region. On Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 5-0 in favor of the new fine schedule, which was originally on the ...
A man was arrested Monday at a Lawrence grocery store after allegedly threatening a couple with a firearm a few blocks away, Lawrence police said on social media. The Lawrence Police Department posted that officers were dispatched to 23rd and Louisiana streets just before noon on Monday after ...
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Sunday located the suspected vehicle and driver involved in Thursday’s hit-and-run fatality that killed 20-year-old University of Kansas student Elsa McGrain. William Ray Klingler, 36, of Lawrence, was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of ...
Updated at 1:25 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 The family of a 20-year-old University of Kansas student killed in a hit-and-run Thursday evening in North Lawrence is asking the public to provide any information it can about the case. Elsa McGrain, of Omaha, Nebraska, was killed around 6 p.m. Thursday ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 A registered sex offender being held on a bond of $1 million is again asking the court to give him an own-recognizance bond or "a bond he can financially afford" — this time so that he can get treatment from his primary care physician and "relieve the ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public's help in identifying the driver of a fatal hit-and-run that happened Thursday evening north of Lawrence. According to a news release from the sheriff, a passerby reported to emergency dispatchers at 3:35 a.m. Friday finding a person ...