WRITER: Chris Conde

Sole remaining defendant who hasn’t entered a plea in attack on off-duty Lawrence police officer is ordered to stand trial for attempted murder

The only man left of five who hasn’t entered a plea in connection with an attack on an off-duty Lawrence police officer was ordered on Friday to stand trial for attempted murder. The man, Zachary Taylor Maddux, 19, of Lawrence, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder, according to charging documents. The charge relates to an attack on Lawrence police ...

Former KU player who allegedly called in bomb threat to university football facilities will enter into a 2-year diversion agreement

A former KU football player who allegedly called in a bomb threat that caused the evacuation of several University of Kansas football facilities in July entered into a two-year diversion agreement on Thursday to resolve a felony criminal threat charge. Joseph Michael Krause, 22, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated criminal threat, according to charging documents. The ...

Man wanted in Douglas County in connection with child sex crimes shoots himself as Iola police attempt to serve warrant

A 22-year-old man wanted in Douglas County in connection with child sex crimes killed himself in Iola on Tuesday as police were attempting to arrest him, seven hours after the warrant was announced to the public. Iola police were attempting to serve the warrant around 6:30 p.m. to a residence in the 800 block of East Jackson Avenue in Iola, which is about 80 miles south of Lawrence. Officers made contact with ...

Man ordered to stand trial for 2nd-degree murder in bludgeoning death near downtown Lawrence

Updated at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 A defendant was ordered to stand trial on Thursday for second-degree murder in connection with a man who was found bludgeoned to death near downtown Lawrence. The defendant, Chadwick Elliot Potter, 34, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of first-degree murder in the death of David Blaine Sullivan, 62, of Lawrence, whose body was found ...

Community remembers Lawrence reporter, advocate for the homeless who was killed by a train

A crowd filled the Union Pacific Depot on Thursday to remember a reporter and advocate for the homeless community who was killed by a train last week and to show their support for her family and the causes she worked for. The ceremony drew more than 100 people to the depot in North Lawrence, just across the street from the city-run “New Beginnings” campsite where Chansi Rose Long, 40, of Lawrence, ...

Sheriff's office confirms that Lawrence woman killed by train was local advocate and reporter; suicide and foul play ruled out

Investigators with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Wednesday that the woman killed by an Amtrak train on Thanksgiving Day was a local reporter and advocate for the homeless, and they have ruled out suicide or foul play. The woman, Chansi Rose Long, 40 of Lawrence, was walking on the railroad tracks to get to her car after staying the night at an encampment near Burcham Park as part of a ...