The Lawrence Police Department is updating the technology it uses to stop drivers who lead officers on car chases — a not uncommon occurrence, as residents who've heard and seen the pursuits can attest.
The department will begin using spike strips that it says are easier and safer to deploy than those it currently uses. Officers have already received training in classrooms and in practical situations on how ...
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies have responded to 27 weather-related noninjury or minor-injury accidents since sleet and snow began falling on Sunday afternoon, the office said Monday.
One notable accident was a semitrailer that rolled over Sunday night. Around 7:50 p.m., two people were taken by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical to the hospital after their semitrailer slid on the ice, then off the ...
A Topeka man has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly threatening four people with a handgun following a dispute during a pick-up basketball game.
The man, Isaaic C. Jameson, 22, of Topeka, was arrested Wednesday night in the 4600 block of Bauer Farm Drive on suspicion of aggravated assault in connection with an incident on Feb. 21. Police made contact with Jameson during a traffic stop around ...
Charges were temporarily dropped Friday against a man accused of the rape of a 19-year-old woman.
The man, Ryan M. Reeves, 22, of Dallas, is one of two men accused of raping the woman in January 2020 in Douglas County. The charges were dropped after Reeves' codefendant, Daoud L. Holmes, 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, was called to testify in the preliminary hearing Friday but Holmes’ attorney objected to the ...
Lawrence police are investigating after a bicycle rider was hit by a vehicle Wednesday.
Around 4:20 p.m., emergency crews responded to the 2200 block of West Sixth Street to a report of a bicycle rider being struck by a vehicle. Emergency personnel were on the scene within two minutes of the accident, said Battalion Chief Rob Fleeup with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
The bicyclist was taken to a local ...
An eastbound lane will be closed Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 east of Lawrence after a semitrailer rollover crash stopped traffic for several hours on Tuesday.
The left lane of eastbound I-70 at mile marker 207.8 will be closed for barrier replacement until 1 p.m., according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
Around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Kelly Edward Noss, 61, of Dougherty, Iowa, was driving a Peterbilt ...
