Story updated at 9:29 p.m. Saturday Multiple fire crews responded to an early-morning fire at a bar in downtown Lawrence Saturday. Firefighters were called to Harbour Lights, 1031 Massachusetts St., at 6:12 a.m. after a caller reported seeing black smoke coming from the alley behind the bar, ...
A Lawrence man was charged in Douglas County District Court on Thursday after police alleged that he caused a three-car crash that injured a child while he was driving under the influence. Emiliano Deaquino Salgado, 26, was formally charged at a Zoom videoconference hearing on Thursday with ...
No Douglas County organizations failed health code inspections in April. That is partly because only four organizations in the area were subjected to state inspections, as most of the operation is still suspended for the coronavirus pandemic. Heather Lansdowne, a spokeswoman for the Kansas ...
Three men were arrested recently in connection with a reported armed robbery, and each has been charged this week in Douglas County District Court. Police arrested 21-year-olds Lawson Ray Marshall, of De Soto, and Patrick Quinn Noonan, of Linwood, Saturday night in the 3900 block of Clinton ...
An activist group opposed to the expansion of the Douglas County Jail now has a study that supports the idea that the county should invest in long-term alternatives to incarceration programs rather than building more jail cells. “All you’re doing is putting a Band-Aid on a problem that ...
OSKALOOSA — A northeast Kansas high school science teacher is facing allegations that he had sexual relationship with a student. Anthony Kuckelman, of Lawrence, was charged Tuesday with three felony counts of unlawful sexual relations, WIBW-TV reported. The charges allege Kuckelman had the ...
Updated at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday: A Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday evening after police say he caused an injury car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol. Police were dispatched to the area of Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lawrence Police ...
A Douglas County prosecutor on Friday had requested a hearing to revoke a defendant’s bond, and there was a warrant out for his arrest. By Sunday, it was too late. Phillip Michael Carney, 38, was going to be charged in a fifth case in Douglas County after he’d repeatedly bonded out of ...
As the coronavirus pandemic and some related government orders to shelter in place continue, testing of evidence in a long-pending Lawrence murder case has been delayed. At a videoconference hearing Monday in the case of Rontarus Washington Jr., defense attorneys Adam Hall and Angela Keck ...
A Lincoln, Neb., man was taken to an Overland Park hospital following a single-vehicle crash Sunday in Douglas County. Ernest J. Diaz, 50, was northbound on East 1700 Road in a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country when his vehicle ran off the roadway to the left for an unknown reason, according to a ...
Story updated at 5:47 p.m. Monday: OVERLAND PARK — A shootout in Kansas left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead, authorities said. The suspect had also been charged in January in connection with multiple burglaries in Lawrence, and Douglas County prosecutors on Friday had ...
The longtime incumbent Douglas County district attorney said he believes his experience and leadership are needed to “work within the system” to create change. Charles Branson, 50, has not faced a challenger since he was first elected in 2004, even in a primary. In the upcoming Aug. 4 ...
Story updated at 4:41 p.m. Friday Douglas County health officials have ordered restaurants to continue with carryout-only services and local libraries to remain closed through May 17 to continue preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But most retailers that previously have been ...
A Lawrence man was found dead Thursday afternoon in Constant Park, and investigators said there were no signs of apparent foul play. First responders were called to Constant Park, northeast of Sixth and Tennessee streets, around 3:15 p.m. Thursday after someone found a person who was ...
Story updated at 3:23 p.m. Thursday: A gas leak shut down two blocks of downtown Lawrence Thursday morning. Firefighters responded to the reported broken gas line in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street Thursday morning, Tom Fagan, division chief of administration for Lawrence-Douglas County ...
Story updated at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday: A Lawrence man’s body was pulled from Lake View Lake Wednesday morning after he had not returned to shore Tuesday afternoon. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded around 4 p.m. Tuesday to a report that Stanley Leroy Shepard Jr., 66, had ...
Lawrence police officers arrested a man following a five-minute pursuit that covered about 4 miles and reached speeds in the 70 mph range, according to a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department. Jefferson County authorities notified LPD around 4 p.m. Monday that a vehicle stolen out of ...
The Douglas County district attorney will seek to retain his seat in the 2020 election. Charles Branson, who has served as district attorney since January 2005, announced in a Tuesday news release that he filed to run for reelection. He is running as a Democrat, according to the Kansas ...
A new University of Kansas School of Law clinic is offering to help essential workers in health care settings complete important documents with a goal of bringing peace of mind to frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The Advance Care Planning Clinic will help workers complete ...
A Lawrence man charged in a 2018 shooting was rearrested Friday on suspicion of aggravated robbery, according to police. Michael A. Hormell, 20, had spent more than two years in the Douglas County Jail before he was released on $100,000 surety bond in February. He is charged in a shooting at ...