A 60-year-old Arkansas man and his attorney told a judge Friday that he’d been sober almost eight years, was working in his community to help others stay clean, had previously served his country in the military and was remorseful for his crime. “He really is a valued community member,” ...
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. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 256 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Updated at 2:44 p.m. A reported gun sale between two students this week on the Lawrence High School campus led to the arrest of two teens. The gun in question was apparently taken from a parent's home. Police and school leaders looked into the situation after a parent reported hearing about a ...
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 277 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story last updated at 7 p.m. Sept. 13. A significant gas leak Thursday morning in the area of 19th and Kentucky streets caused emergency crews to temporarily close roads and evacuate residents. The leak was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to emergency radio traffic, and ...
Story updated at 5:53 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13: Police have arrested a man in connection with a July shooting of a 17-year-old at a south Lawrence apartment complex. Rashan A. Gill, 20, of Lawrence, was taken into custody Wednesday by a Lawrence police detective at the department’s ...
Douglas County law enforcement agents arrested 22 people on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the recent “You Drink. You Drive. You Lose.” campaign. The Lawrence Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and University of Kansas Office of Public ...
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 216 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence city commissioners will be reviewing the Lawrence Police Department's policy for body cameras, but city officials advised that some aspects would be outside commissioners' authority. At the City Commission's meeting Tuesday, Commissioner Leslie Soden again asked about the review of ...
A Lawrence teenager was convicted Wednesday for bringing a loaded handgun to Free State High School in his backpack last spring. The 18-year-old was 17 when the incident occurred, and he was charged as a juvenile in Douglas County District Court. He entered a plea of no contest Wednesday to ...
A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy wasn’t demoted because he was gay; he was demoted because he didn’t cut it at the police academy, according to a judge’s order closing the man’s federal lawsuit against the county. Judge Daniel Crabtree has dismissed the one-time deputy’s ...
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 ...
A Lawrence noodle shop was cleaning up Tuesday morning after being broken into overnight. The owner of Little Saigon Cafe, 1524 West 23rd St., said in a Facebook video that he arrived at the business around 7:30 a.m. to find the glass door shattered and the cash register broken into. Steve ...
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 accused of repeatedly and forcibly grabbing his Uber driver’s genitals during a frightening ride through Lawrence has been sentenced in connection with the incident. Landon J. Roberson, 23, of Lawrence, was granted two years on probation but must register as a sex offender for 25 ...
When Lawrence police arrived on the scene of a quintuple shooting on Massachusetts Street and encountered a hostile crowd, one officer used force in response. In that case, the force was pepper spray. An officer trying to secure the crime scene deployed it when a fight broke out in the crowd ...
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 243 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The Lawrence Police Department is searching for a man who reportedly fired at another person early Sunday morning. According to a statement from Sgt. Amy Rhoads, of the Lawrence Police Department, the victim said the incident occurred at 4:34 a.m. in the vicinity of 10th and Arkansas streets. ...
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. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 244 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
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. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 202 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...