After a judge denied the prosecution's request for a continuance, charges were dismissed Tuesday in Douglas County District Court against a man in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of a Lawrence teenager.
The defendant, Benjamin L. Mims, 35, of Lawrence, was charged with one felony count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death, three felony counts of distribution of a controlled ...
A car’s security system alerted police and shut down an allegedly stolen vehicle early Wednesday morning in Eudora.
Daniel Hendrick Cantwell, 31, of Providence Forge, Virginia, faces charges in Douglas County District Court of one felony count of theft, one felony count of fleeing from police and one felony count of possession of methamphetamine, according to charging documents.
Eudora police were alerted ...
Updated at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022
Firefighters extinguished a fire Thursday morning that left the garage of a southwest Lawrence home without a roof and resulted in a police officer being sent to the hospital.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews responded around 1:15 a.m. to 2409 Brookside Drive, which is just southwest of Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive. Scanner traffic indicated that ...
An Ottawa man accused of raping a 13-year-old in Douglas County after providing her with alcohol took a plea agreement on Wednesday, according to court records.
Ernest Fredrick Ingram II, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one felony count of furnishing alcohol to a minor for illicit purposes, according to a news release Thursday from the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. The release said ...
Updated at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022
Emergency crews responded Wednesday morning to a reported residential fire in central Lawrence. Investigators later concluded that the fire was caused by "a vaping device failure while charging."
Around 9 a.m. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews responded to an eight-unit apartment complex at 15th and Kentucky streets that had smoke showing from a ...
Updated at 5:33 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022
A man was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison in connection with a 2019 robbery and double shooting at Lawrence’s Holcom Park that left two teens seriously wounded.
Judge Sally Pokorny sentenced Benson Jerome Edwards, who will turn 21 Thursday, to seven years and five months in prison, as recommended in his plea agreement, and Edwards was also ...
