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Donna and Alan Gardner

Baldwin City couple win more than $500,000 from the Kansas Lottery

Story updated 3:23 p.m. Friday: For three days this week, Baldwin City residents Donna and Alan Gardner were half a million dollars richer without knowing it. The Gardners won $528,417 from the Kansas Lottery on Wednesday after purchasing a Super Kansas Cash ticket for the Saturday, Feb. 8, drawing, according to a news release from the lottery. But Donna, who buys a lottery ticket every week, said she forgot ...

Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of aggravated criminal sodomy, rape against a child

A 19-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of rape against a child victim and aggravated criminal sodomy, Douglas County Jail records show. The jail's booking log indicates that the man's arrest was on suspicion of a 2018 rape where the alleged offender is younger than 18 and the victim is younger than 14. The man was arrested at the same address listed as his home on a probable cause ...