Updated at 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, July 3
A Lawrence man who was on parole in connection with a 2006 killing was sentenced to more prison time on Wednesday for a 2023 incident in which he was charged with a sex crime that was later pleaded down to a nonsexual crime.
The man, Major Cornelious Edwards, 45, was convicted in 2010 of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of Lawrence hip-hop ...
Charges against two men accused of rape were dismissed on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court after the prosecution said it was unable to find the alleged victim to testify.
The cases against Dionte Lamont Brown, 22, of Topeka; and Malachi Samuel Thomas, 24, of Lawrence, were originally set to go to trial on Monday, July 8. They and two other co-defendants had been accused of engaging in sexual acts with ...
A Lawrence woman who used the dark web to acquire illegal drugs agreed in her plea deal Wednesday to serve prison time in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of her boyfriend.
The woman, Chloe Lyn Colby, 23, was originally charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death. The charge relates to an incident on April 17, 2021, when she is alleged to have provided counterfeit ...
The Olathe fire department's bomb squad briefly responded to a National Guard facility in northern Lawrence on Tuesday after a resident brought military ammunition in to be disposed of, according to the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department of Public Affairs.
A spokesperson with the Adjutant General’s Department of Public Affairs, Jane Welch, said in an email that the bomb squad was called out to the ...
An Oskaloosa man charged with obstruction in connection with the 2023 shooting death of a 14-year-old boy was recently denied bond in connection with another firearm charge.
The man, Camdon Joe Collins, 21, is currently facing three cases; in two of the cases he has a bond, but Judge Sally Pokorny denied bond in his oldest case. She said on June 25 that she would not set a bond because he has repeatedly ...
Updated at 1 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2024
Douglas County, along with other communities in eastern Kansas, was under a flood warning for the first half of Monday after a bout of heavy rainfall.
Lawrence, Baldwin City, Eudora, Lone Star, Pleasant Grove and Vinland, as well as the Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 195 and 205, were all mentioned in the warning.
The National Weather Service warned of potential ...
