A Lawrence man pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in Douglas County District Court in connection with a 2023 shooting that killed a Topeka man.
The man, Maliqe Crenshaw, 23, was originally charged with one felony count of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 20-year-old Cameron Renner on June 3 around 1 a.m. in the 2400 block of Cedarwood Drive, as the Journal-World ...
A Lawrence man was charged on Monday with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly attacking a woman.
The man, Dustin Ian Lane, 38, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of attempted second-degree murder and one felony count of intimidation of a witness, according to charging documents. The incident is alleged to have happened on Sunday. He was arrested at his home in ...
A Lawrence man who was granted five years of probation in lieu of a 10.5-year prison sentence for a child sex crime has avoided prison for a third time despite chronic drug use and having been kicked out of a second treatment facility.
The man, Trey Gibson, 22, was convicted of one count of felony indecent liberties with a child and one count of felony criminal threat, after pleading no contest to the crimes ...
Interstate 70 ramps in Lawrence are undergoing a significant makeover as the Kansas Turnpike Authority converts to cashless tolling and removes toll booths.
The KTA dismantled North Lawrence’s toll plaza on Tuesday. Crews used a large crane to lift the familiar blue roof off the plaza and set it aside before loading the toll booth onto a truck. KTA spokesperson Rachel Bell told the Journal-World in an email ...
An Ozawkie woman says she is lucky to be alive after a sudden explosion under her car seat quickly engulfed her new car in flames and left her with blistering burns.
Jane Lanham, 70, was driving her 2023 Kia Sorento on June 30 to a gas station in Perry after dropping off her grandson with family when out of the blue she heard an explosion. The sound wasn’t coming from fireworks nearby, she realized, but from ...
When two teachers from Kansas were traveling to see a friend in Nebraska for Memorial Day, they didn’t remotely imagine that the road trip would end in a strip search, an impounded vehicle and thousands of dollars in legal fees, but that's what happened after they were pulled over for speeding in Brown County and a deputy found a small amount of a marijuana product in the vehicle.
A Lawrence woman, Amanda ...
