An overnight fire left an eastern Lawrence home severely damaged on Wednesday. Fire crews responded to a call for a house fire at 1425 Maple Lane around 12:45 a.m., Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said in a news release. When firefighters arrived, flames were coming from the single-story duplex home. The fire crews were able to contain the fire to the garage and one side of the duplex building, the ...
A Lawrence man accused of leading police on a vehicle pursuit throughout town that resulted in a manhunt on Sunday has been arrested. Lawrence police arrested Nicholas S. Atwell, 32, around 4:45 p.m. Monday at his home in the 1700 block of Louisiana Street on suspicion of many charges related to the incident, including aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, reckless driving and aggravated burglary, ...
The Douglas County Commission at its meeting Wednesday will consider allowing two rural landowners to convert their 25 acres of land into residential lots. According to planning documents provided to the County Commission, property owners Patrick Halpin and Erin Callahan-Halpin are asking for permission to divide the land into up to five residential lots. The land is located at 981 East 1549 Road, roughly 3 ...
A group of current and former Lawrence High School students on Monday demanded action from the school district to address sexual assault and harassment in schools. About 15 students appeared at the Lawrence school board meeting holding signs that said “Playing football does not excuse your actions,” “Justice delayed is justice denied” and “Students over sports." While the protest appeared to stem ...
The Lawrence school district has set aside funding to cover a $500,000 bill it received for its energy use in February, but hopes the dollars will never be spent. District finance director Kathy Johnson told the Lawrence school board during its meeting on Monday that the unexpected energy bill, which was associated with a deep freeze throughout a significant part of the country in February, is being challenged ...
Free State junior Caroline Börk began making films when she was very young. She first started making “silly videos” based on the "Pokemon" cartoon and video game series. “It’s very embarrassing,” Caroline said with a laugh. “But I made (films) when I was younger and keep making them now. It’s a continuation of what I love through theater.” Caroline’s talent behind the camera has now been ...