Drivers were rerouted and experienced significant delays on Tuesday afternoon while driving on Sixth Street after a car hit a telephone pole. The woman driving the car was "apparently distracted" and hit the telephone pole in front of Econo Lodge near Crestline, according to a social media ...

A woman suffered critical injuries on Tuesday after a two-vehicle crash occurred just north of Lawrence, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The crash was reported to dispatchers after noon on Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. Highways 24-59 and 24-40. A social media post from ...

A 21-year-old Texas man is being held on a $500,000 bond in the Douglas County Jail after being charged with two sex crimes involving children. The man, Dominik Jamal Smith, of Irving, Texas, made his first court appearance Wednesday before Judge Amy Hanley, who appointed defense attorney ...

A 44-year-old Lawrence man was sentenced to just over 17 years in prison Wednesday for child abuse; aggravated indecent solicitation of a child; and violation of his probation in an earlier crime against a child. Joshua William Spence was originally charged with aggravated indecent liberties ...

One of the defendants in Saturday's deadly shooting at the Jayhawk Cafe has requested an immunity hearing in the case. Razmi Tahirkheli, the attorney for Daitron Lamont Daniels Strickland, 18, of Shawnee, requested the hearing Wednesday in Douglas County District Court. In an immunity hearing, ...

Updated at 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 Murder charges against the two suspects in the Saturday shootings at the Jayhawk Cafe were filed Tuesday, and the defendants made their first appearance in Douglas County District Court via video from the county jail. Prosecutor Ricardo Leal asked Judge ...