Story updated at 6:28 p.m. Friday:
Lawrence police are seeking the public's help in locating a man who they say has led them on two car chases in the last few days — while he was out on bond in a previous car-chase case.
Lawrence police said in a news release Thursday afternoon that Steven Carl Drake II, 47, of Lawrence, was last seen driving a red Chevrolet truck with Missouri plate number 5HFU30. He is ...
Updated at 4:15 p.m. Thursday
A man accused of asking two 16-year-old Lawrence girls for nude images has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and is entering criminal mediation in the case.
The man, Jalil Lynn Brown, 29, a former paraeducator in the Lawrence school district, is charged with five counts of exploitation of a child by promoting an explicit performance, one count of aggravated indecent ...
Lawrence received another 2.25 inches of rain on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The latest storm brought Lawrence’s May rainfall total up to 8.12 inches, which exceeds the May average by 3.38 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist Chelsea Picha in Topeka. The year-to-date rainfall total is 14.33 inches as of Wednesday afternoon, she said.
More rain is expected Saturday ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office has hired a new prosecutor who will not prosecute.
Jim Carpenter, of Lawrence, joined the DA's office in March as a senior assistant district attorney. Carpenter has spent most of his career working with families and people with mental health issues, but he had grown restless with the work he was doing in private practice in Wyandotte County.
In Douglas County, ...
Updated at 5:22 p.m. Tuesday
A Lawrence man was arrested Tuesday after what police described as a domestic disturbance with weapons.
The man, Shane Jamarr White, 44, was arrested in the 2400 block of Redbud Lane by Lawrence police and was later booked into the Douglas County Jail. The jail log indicated he was arrested on suspicion of intentional murder in the second degree and aggravated domestic battery, but ...
One resident was displaced after an apartment fire on Friday morning in central Lawrence, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
Battalion Chief Rob Fleeup said that crews responded to the fire at Prairie Ridge Place Apartments, 2424 Melrose Lane, at around 10:50 a.m. Friday. When they arrived on scene, they found smoke coming from an upper-level apartment, Fleeup said.
Fleeup said the fire was in ...
