A Lawrence man was charged Friday in connection with the fire that destroyed a tipi on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University.
Ryan Adam Sekayouma Simpson, 32, of Lawrence, was charged with arson, a felony, and two counts of misdemeanor criminal trespassing during a first appearance held via Zoom videoconference Friday in Douglas County District Court.
The covering of the tipi had burned almost ...
A Lawrence man was arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with a fire that destroyed a tipi meant to honor the 2020 graduating class of Haskell Indian Nations University.
The arrest came following an investigation by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, which announced Monday that it was working the case with the university, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
A woman in a stolen vehicle was going too fast down the wrong side of the road when she collided head-on with another vehicle, resulting in both drivers’ deaths, according to a crash report.
The other driver, 30-year-old Bryon Joseph Virtue, was in uniform on his way to work as a Wellsville police officer, his mother told the Journal-World.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office handled the crash, which ...
A woman was injured in a reported domestic violence incident just before 4 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of Mississippi Street, according to police.
A weapon was involved and the woman was cut in the incident, said Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, though he was not immediately able to provide more information.
Lawrence police officers who responded to the incident said they ...
Lawrence police officers were dispatched to three calls about disturbances with weapons — specifically, a hatchet, a sword and a gun — within a 15-minute window Tuesday night.
None of the calls resulted in injuries or arrests, according to Lawrence Police Department spokesman Patrick Compton.
The incidents began just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, when LPD received a call that someone was banging a hatchet on ...
Story updated at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday:
A Lawrence woman who died from injuries she suffered in a February car crash was driving without her headlights on, according to a police report.
The license of the other driver had been revoked after multiple violations, according to the report and court records.
Katherine Bruner, 72, died on Feb. 23 after she had been flown to a Kansas City-area trauma center with ...
