A registered sex offender who could have faced a sentence of more than 20 years in prison was sentenced Thursday afternoon to three years of probation based on a joint motion from the defense and prosecution.
Michael Ken Aller, 36, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated sexual battery in Douglas County District Court in January. Aller was originally charged with rape in this case. At his ...
As a damaging storm powered through Douglas County early Tuesday morning, residents may have heard the blare of tornado sirens amid the thunderclaps, but county officials said it is crucial to have other ways of being notified of severe weather.
The warnings came shortly after midnight when the National Weather Service in Topeka issued a tornado warning for Lawrence, Eudora and parts of rural Douglas County ...
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A middle-of-the-night storm caused tornado sirens to blare and sleepy residents to scurry, while damaging both properties and trees in various parts of Lawrence.
What the storm — which first responders said did not produce any known injuries — didn’t produce was much time for people to respond. North Lawrence resident Jeff Joseph has one of the few homes with a basement on his ...
During debate over the budget reconciliation law that became known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Douglas County advocates warned that proposed drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would seriously harm people facing hunger.
Those fears seem to have come true, according to a report from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a national nonpartisan research and policy ...
An event where residents get to share their expertise is returning to the Lawrence Public Library, where the organizers say there is always something new to discover.
The library’s ninth annual “How-To Festival” will take place Saturday at the library and will feature over two dozen local residents or organizations who will share their knowledge, skills and talents with visitors.
Melissa Fisher Isaacs, ...
Haskell Indian Nations University announced an agreement with the federal government that supports the construction of a brand new healthcare facility to expand access and provide professional training for its students.
The university and the Indian Health Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced Monday in a press release the two parties came to an agreement to support ...
