A Lawrence man has been charged with the rape of a teenage girl, and two others have been arrested for intimidation of a witness in connection with the same incident.
Mark Brent Lee, 40, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of rape, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one felony count of aggravated intimidation of a witness. The indecent liberties incident is ...
A Lawrence woman who was charged in connection with a man's 2022 fentanyl overdose death pleaded no contest to a lesser charge on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court.
Terriana Audry Atkinson, 26, of Lawrence, was originally charged with one count of distributing a substance causing death, according to charging documents. However, as part of her plea agreement with the state, the charge was reduced to a ...
A Lawrence man pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in Douglas County District Court in connection with a 2023 shooting that killed a Topeka man.
The man, Maliqe Crenshaw, 23, was originally charged with one felony count of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 20-year-old Cameron Renner on June 3 around 1 a.m. in the 2400 block of Cedarwood Drive, as the Journal-World ...
A Lawrence man who was granted five years of probation in lieu of a 10.5-year prison sentence for a child sex crime has avoided prison for a third time despite chronic drug use and having been kicked out of a second treatment facility.
The man, Trey Gibson, 22, was convicted of one count of felony indecent liberties with a child and one count of felony criminal threat, after pleading no contest to the crimes ...
A Lawrence man was charged on Monday with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly attacking a woman.
The man, Dustin Ian Lane, 38, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of attempted second-degree murder and one felony count of intimidation of a witness, according to charging documents. The incident is alleged to have happened on Sunday. He was arrested at his home in ...
Interstate 70 ramps in Lawrence are undergoing a significant makeover as the Kansas Turnpike Authority converts to cashless tolling and removes toll booths.
The KTA dismantled North Lawrence’s toll plaza on Tuesday. Crews used a large crane to lift the familiar blue roof off the plaza and set it aside before loading the toll booth onto a truck. KTA spokesperson Rachel Bell told the Journal-World in an email ...
