An attempted traffic stop early Tuesday led to a pursuit on Interstate 70, water rescue, trip to the ER, foot chase and a Taser deployment outside the Douglas County Jail, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Troopers attempted to stop a car that they had been notified was stolen, around milepost 201 on eastbound I-70, KHP Technical Trooper Donald Hughes told the Journal-World. That’s just west of the ...
Before Abdul Jalil K. Hussein received his sentence of more than 17 years in prison, his mother told the judge Monday: “Your honor, the system has failed us all.”
The mother, Grace Torko, said that in the months preceding the incident for which her son was sentenced the family had sought help from the community mental health center, another local mental health nonprofit and the Lawrence police. No one ...
A jury trial for a Lawrence man accused in a shooting case has been continued again, and what comes next is at the discretion of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Michael A. Hormell, 20, is charged in connection with a Jan. 26, 2018, shooting that injured a teen at Lawrence’s Parnell Park, 901 E. 15th St.
Shaye Downing, Hormell’s appointed defense attorney, has filed a writ of habeas corpus with the Kansas ...
Three years after their infant son’s death at the hands of the woman entrusted with his care, Rob and Kaylen Ortiz have surrounded themselves with people who help them stay “Ollie strong.”
The boy is everywhere, too, his parents said.
Oliver “Ollie” Lynn Ortiz was 9 months old on Sept. 29, 2016, when he became unresponsive at day care and could never be revived. A day care employee was convicted in ...
The Lawrence Police Department has begun an in-depth review after a witness to a foot chase Tuesday morning made accusations of brutality on social media.
Just before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, department spokesman Patrick Compton said via email, officers responded to a report of a theft of alcoholic beverages in the 1800 block of Massachusetts Street.
Scanner traffic indicated that the alleged theft occurred at On ...
The last of three teens involved in a burglary at a gun shop in Eudora was sentenced Wednesday to time served.
The boy was 15 at the time that he, another 15-year-old and Stevan Rios, then 18, were arrested on suspicion of breaking into Free State Guns and Tactical Weapons, 218 E. 20th St. in Eudora. Multiple assault-style rifles, pistols and revolvers were stolen, the Journal-World reported.
The ...
