None of the three candidates for Douglas County sheriff spoke firmly in favor of expanding the Douglas County Jail during an online forum Thursday afternoon, and one said he opposes it.
Rob Hulse, executive vice president of the Lawrence Board of Realtors, and Danielle Davey, governmental affairs director for the board, moderated the forum.
In the order that they filed, Democratic candidates Lt. Jay ...
Story updated at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday:
As the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis continues to ripple across the globe, civilians want to know what is being done to prevent such an incident from happening in their hometowns.
The Lawrence Police Department last week published a new policy manual to its website. The previous published policy on use of force had last been updated in December 2016; ...
Story updated at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday
A man fatally shot by law enforcement Monday afternoon in Lawrence has been identified as Nicholas Ryan Hirsh, 31, a homicide suspect from Nebraska, according to Omaha, Neb., police.
Omaha police officers had responded to a shooting call just after noon Thursday, June 11, and found a male victim dead inside an apartment, according to a news release from OPD. The victim was ...
Law enforcement has come under new scrutiny nationwide after George Floyd died May 25 in Minneapolis, Minn., after ex-officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on Floyd’s neck in the street for nearly nine minutes. Usage of body-worn cameras — and failure to capture some incidents — has been one topic of concern.
Chauvin and three other Minneapolis officers were wearing body cameras; however, that kind of ...
Story updated at 7:20 p.m. Monday:
Law enforcement officers shot and killed a suspect following a car chase that ended in Lawrence around 3:30 p.m. Monday.
The suspect, a white man, was sought by U.S. Marshals, Kansas Highway Patrol Technical Trooper Don Hughes said at the scene. KHP officers located the suspect in Jefferson County and followed him into Lawrence, where KHP officers backed off and slowed down. ...
When one cabinet door closes, another opens.
That may not be exactly how the old adage goes, but it is how Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern embarked on a long career in law enforcement that is now winding to a close.
McGovern had been working for a cabinet company that closed in March of 1982. Then-Sheriff Rex Johnson had an opening in the department, and McGovern took it.
“I told myself early in that ...
