A shooting that left two people injured in rural Douglas County was the result of a late-night family dispute involving multiple individuals, illegal drugs, alcohol intoxication and gunplay, according to a recently released police affidavit in the case.
The alleged shooter is Dalton Vale Turner, 21, of Lawrence, who is charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery and one felony count of aggravated ...
A Lawrence man was charged Monday in Douglas County District Court with rape and sodomy on the heels of a similar case against him in Wyandotte County.
Alex James Skidmore, 20, is charged with one felony count of rape and one felony count of aggravated sodomy of a 22-year-old, according to charging documents. The charges relate to an incident on or about June 16, 2022.
During Skidmore’s first appearance on ...
A South Dakota man accused of robbing another man at gunpoint on the University of Kansas campus last April has been brought to Douglas County to face an armed robbery charge, according to court documents.
The man, Broderick Andrew Roberts, 25, of Waubay, South Dakota, made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court on Tuesday and is charged with one felony count of aggravated robbery with a handgun, ...
Updated at 5:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2023
Two people have been charged with battering a resident who was donating food and a law enforcement officer at the city-run camp for people experiencing homelessness in North Lawrence.
The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Saturday when a Lawrence animal control officer, who was delivering pet food to the camp, requested emergency assistance after a 35-year-old man ...
A woman has been charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly threatened another woman with a BB gun outside of a Lawrence homeless outreach center on Sunday.
Police responded around 12:45 p.m. Sunday to a church in the 1000 block of Kentucky Street to a disturbance with weapons call, said Sgt. Drew Fennelly with the Lawrence Police Department. When police arrived a 39-year-old woman reported that a ...
A high school teacher and coach who died suddenly at age 41 is being mourned in the Lawrence school district, along with his unique ability to inspire students.
“He was somebody that everybody felt like they could talk to,” said Free State High School track and field head coach Jordan Rose about assistant coach Adam Leitel, who died on Feb. 4.
Leitel was a social studies and history teacher at Free State ...
