Storms that stretched across eastern Kansas on Monday night produced rain, high winds and some tornado warnings. While damage reports in Lawrence have not been widespread there were some obvious signs of problems left in the storm's wake. A home in the Pinckney neighborhood just north of ...
An 18-year-old Basehor man has been charged with raping a child Saturday in Lawrence. The man, Trevion Mikel Wilson, was arrested shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday and was charged Monday morning with one count of raping a child under the age of 14, an off-grid felony punishable by life in prison ...
A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars from the Lawrence grocery store that employed him. The man, Ethan Cade Waters, was taken into custody after the store asset manager at the Dillons at 3000 W. Sixth St. informed the police about an ...
Updated at 6:04 p.m. Monday, May 18 Douglas County jurors on Monday found a 55-year-old Lawrence man guilty of nine felonies, including two counts of first-degree murder, related to a crime spree in the summer of 2022. The defendant, Rodney Marshall, was also found guilty of four counts of ...
Updated at 5:53 p.m. Friday, May 15 Jurors are now deciding whether the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Rodney Marshall murdered two Lawrence men and attempted to murder several law enforcement officers during an alleged crime spree four years ago. The Douglas County jury of ...
Two people were injured in a shooting in eastern Lawrence on Thursday night, police say, and a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The Lawrence Police Department posted on social media that the shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of 16th Street ...