With high-tech holiday gifts like new phones, hoverboards and electric bicycles comes a danger that many people don't think about — fires, explosions and the release of toxic chemicals from those gadgets' lithium-ion batteries.
These rechargeable batteries are generally safe as long as you follow the manufacturer's recommendations on how to store and charge them properly. But it only takes a moment for them ...
More than 100 Douglas County residents have been called to potentially sit on a 16-person jury in a double homicide trial in January.
The trial is for Rodney E. Marshall, 53, who is charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer, one count of attempted murder of a civilian, two counts of aggravated assault on ...
A Lawrence hip-hop artist has been charged in Douglas County District Court with raping an 18-year-old woman.
The man, Miquel L. Brown, 32, is charged with one felony count of rape of someone overcome by fear and one count of aggravated sodomy, according to charging documents. The incident is alleged to have happened on Oct. 27.
Brown was arrested in connection with the charges on Dec. 13 and is being held ...
A Lawrence man alleged to have pulled a knife on a bouncer at the Flamingo Club pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge in connection with the incident.
The man, Diego Bannister, 33, was charged with one felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly charging at a bouncer at the Flamingo Club, 140 N. Ninth St., on Aug. 16, as the Journal-World reported.
On Tuesday, Bannister ...
After a video of a man hammering raw meat on the ground behind a Lawrence restaurant began circulating online, the owner of the business said the meat was not for use in the restaurant but for personal consumption by its cooks.
The video started circulating on Sunday afternoon. It was filmed behind the restaurant Tryyaki, 701 W. 23rd St., a fast food Chinese drive-thru. In the video a man can be seen outside ...
Updated at 1:07 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16
A Topeka man charged with murdering an 18-year-old while playing with a gun pleaded guilty on Monday just before his jury trial was set to begin.
The man, Dawson Edward Paine, 22, was charged with one felony count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Davin Kerr, 18, of Lawrence, on March 5, 2024, in the 2900 block of Crestline Drive. Paine killed Kerr while Kerr ...
