A Lawrence man was arrested Monday for allegedly pointing at people with what appeared to be a rifle but was later determined to be a BB gun.
The 50-year-old man was arrested at his home around 8 p.m. Monday on suspicion of aggravated assault. However, the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges on Tuesday, according to the booking log.
Lt. Rich Qualls of the Douglas County ...
An electrical worker suffered severe burns on Tuesday while working on a power line near 22nd and New Hampshire streets, according to emergency radio traffic.
Emergency responders on the scene said the man suffered third-degree burns on his legs, torso and one of his arms while "working on a hot line" for an electrical company, according to emergency radio traffic recorded by the Journal-World's news partner ...
A 39-year-old man is facing several criminal charges for allegedly stealing items from garages in southern Lawrence on Sunday.
Clayton M. Schartz, of Lawrence, was charged in Douglas County District Court on Monday with two counts of aggravated burglary, which are felonies, and two counts of theft, which are misdemeanors.
Lawrence police arrested Schartz around 10:30 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a ...
A week after the school year ended for the Lawrence school district, stomps, claps and yells echoed through the halls of Free State High School.
The sounds were emanating from the school’s auditorium, where members of the district’s step dance team were rehearsing.
The percussive sounds and vocals punctuate a tightly choreographed dance, but they also connect — and provide an outlet for — nearly 30 ...
The 2017 case of a Lawrence man set to stand trial for murder has again been delayed.
Steven A. Drake III, 24, was scheduled to stand trial for first-degree murder beginning Monday, but that will no longer happen, a court assistant said on Friday. The court assistant did not provide a reason to the Journal-World for the delay.
The delay comes a day after Drake rejected a plea agreement in the case by refusing ...
Just days before he is set to stand trial in a murder case, a Lawrence man appeared ready to accept a plea deal Thursday to lesser charges in Douglas County District Court.
However, Steven A. Drake III, 24, refused at the last minute to appear at his scheduled hearing.
KiAnn Caprice Spradlin, Drake’s attorney, told Judge Kay Huff that Drake had been transported from the Douglas County Jail to the court ...
