Updated at 6:25 Friday, Dec. 6 A man and woman were found dead inside a rural Douglas County residence south of Eudora on Friday afternoon after a 20-hour stand-off with police. The incident began just before 9 p.m. on Thursday when a woman called 911 to report breathing problems. When a Eudora police officer responded to the 900 block of East 2300 Road, he heard a gunshot inside the residence, Sheriff Jay ...
A Lawrence church has been collecting Christmas Nativities from around the globe for over 30 years and is inviting the public, as it does every year, to view its latest depictions of the night of Jesus' birth in the Bethlehem manger. Centenary United Methodist Church in North Lawrence has now amassed more than 450 Nativity scenes, which will go on display Sunday in what has become a holiday tradition in ...
Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies found a puppy by itself Monday morning southeast of town and took it to the Lawrence Humane Society. The puppy was found at 1:20 a.m. when the temperature was about 26 degrees Fahrenheit at the intersection of North 1300 and East 1700 roads, according to a post from the office on social media. “It is not uncommon for deputies to find loose adult dogs in the county, but ...
The Lawrence Nature Park is home to one of Lawrence’s pristine green spaces and is also one of the closest systems of immersive trails located within the city limits. Don’t let the name fool you, the “park” has no playground equipment and has only a couple of benches to rest your legs but for a hiking experience that is closer than the Wal-Mart, these trails do not disappoint. What You Will ...
Driving to and from North Lawrence has been challenging recently, with road construction projects on both ends of the Kansas River Bridge, and residents have been worried that first responders won't arrive in time for emergencies. The project in North Lawrence from the Kansas River Bridge started in July. Since then, the road has been an obstacle course of orange cones and large trucks, limiting traffic to a ...
A woman testified on Monday that she feared for her and her child’s life during an armed residential robbery that happened in 2022. Two men were charged in the case shortly after it happened at a house on June 30, 2022, in the 3000 block of Bainbridge Circle. One, Chester Wendell Brockman, 52, of Lawrence, has already been tried and convicted in connection with the case while his codefendant, Markcus Trey ...