Story updated at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17: A Lawrence organization called Sanctuary Alliance alerted the community on Tuesday that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, were detaining individuals in Lawrence, and Douglas County's sheriff was sharply critical of ICE's ...
A felon who was facing 13 years in prison for aggravated burglary instead got probation Friday after a Douglas County judge found that he had made a "180-degree change" and that substantial and compelling reasons existed to depart from state sentencing guidelines. As Judge Stacey Donovan spoke ...
A 34-year-old man who was reportedly the reason for four Lawrence schools going into lockout on Thursday has been charged with two felonies and five misdemeanors. The man, Dylan Michael Siler, of Lawrence, was arrested just before 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St., ...
A 55-year-old man was convicted Thursday of felony criminal threat in a case where he was initially charged with attempting to rob a Lawrence restaurant employee last spring. The threat conviction followed a no contest plea by Maurice Anthony Mahan, who will be sentenced on Feb. 24. As the ...
As ramps along K-10 are scheduled to close next week due to work on the South Lawrence Trafficway expansion project, Kansas Department of Transportation officials say the project is still on track to be completed on time. Kate Craft, a public information officer with KDOT, told the ...
A mother who was accused in 2019 of leaving two toddlers in a freezing car as she drank at a local bar appeared Thursday in Douglas County District Court for a preliminary hearing in a 2024 child abuse case. The hearing was continued, however, at the mutual request of defense attorney Gary ...