An 18-year-old Lawrence man accused of attempted murder for a North Lawrence shooting earlier this year was arrested again on Friday. Alejandro Martinez-Diaz was arrested around 3:30 p.m. Friday on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm, according to the Douglas County Jail booking log. The arrest was made at the Douglas County Pretrial Services Office, where he was ordered to be monitored while out on ...
Updated at 11:30 a.m. Friday Fire crews were working the scene of a house fire Friday morning in eastern Lawrence after what one resident described as an explosion overnight Thursday. Tim Kelly, a resident in the area, said a home at the southwest corner of East 15th Street and Cadet Avenue had exploded and erupted into flames. The garage of the home, which seemed to be the center of the fire, was being torn ...
A panel that was reported stolen from the Native American art exhibit outside the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus has been recovered. KU Police Deputy Chief James Druen said in an email to the Journal-World that the agency on Thursday recovered a panel that was reported missing on Wednesday from the installation. He said the agency was speaking to a “person of interest” in the ...
While the six candidates running for the Lawrence school board all believe equity is a priority for the district, many of them have different ideas on how to make sure students are receiving the resources and opportunities they need. The candidates shared some of those ideas — including pursuing new resources and creating new education programs — during a forum Thursday evening that was hosted by the ...
Fire crews responded to reports of smoke in a University of Kansas building Wednesday morning, briefly closing access to Jayhawk Boulevard. Tom Fagan, division chief of administration for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, said in an email that firefighters responded to Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., on KU’s campus for multiple fire alarms. When they arrived, they found smoke on several levels of the ...
A Gardner man is facing several felony charges in Douglas County after allegedly leading police on a vehicle pursuit last week that began in Eudora and ended in Lawrence and involved the passengers throwing guns out the window. Christopher M. Dale, 33, was formally charged this week with fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, and two ...