Two teenagers on Monday told a Douglas County judge that a Lawrence man sexually abused them several years ago during sleepovers at his home. The teens testified at a preliminary hearing about separate incidents that they said occurred at the home of Jordey McTaggart, 35, as they spent the ...
Updated at 10:37 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 A City of Lawrence employee fatally shot an intruder at Lawrence City Hall Monday morning, the Lawrence Police Department has confirmed. City Manager Craig Owens and Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart said at a 10:45 a.m. news conference that an ...
Douglas County law enforcement increased holiday patrols through a state-funded campaign aimed at deterring impaired driving and shared the total DUI arrests reported over the past week. The year-round Special Traffic Enforcement program includes several campaigns timed around holidays such as ...
A registered sex offender who was accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence mobile home park took a plea deal on Friday — but the judge told him there's “no guarantee” that he'll get the probation sentence the attorneys agreed to recommend. Michael Ken Aller, 36, of Lawrence, pleaded no ...
Updated at 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. A late-night apartment fire displaced three people but injured none on Tuesday, according to a representative from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. LDCFM’s McKenzi Ezell said via email that units were dispatched t0 2500 W. Sixth St. after ...
A missing 77-year-old Lawrence man was found safe after the Lawrence Police Department issued a Silver Alert earlier this week. According to a social media post from LPD, the department received information that Roger Harry Bean was in the Kansas City metro area. An officer traveled to Bean's ...