WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Lawrence woman accused of leaving toddlers in car at bar arrested again after less than 1 day out of jail

A woman accused of leaving her toddlers outside in her car during last week’s polar vortex while she was in a Lawrence bar was arrested on new charges after briefly being freed from jail. Tiara N. Dillon, 26, of Lawrence, was arrested at Lawrence Municipal Court on suspicion of making a criminal threat on Friday, according to jail records. Lawrence police responded to the courthouse that morning regarding ...

Lawrence man sentenced to 19 years in prison for his second robbery in 15 years

A Lawrence man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for a 2017 aggravated robbery he committed with his brother. Norris M. Hunter, 37, of Lawrence, was sentenced Friday in Douglas County District Court. In addition to his prison sentence, Hunter will have three years of post-release supervision, according to Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to the Douglas County district attorney. She said Hunter would be ...

Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 3

Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 236 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. It's important to remember that each incident only ...

Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 2

Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 224 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. It's important to remember that each incident only ...

Lawrence police blotter for Feb. 1

Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 203 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and general address followed by a short description of the call's nature. It's important to remember that each incident only ...

GPS device mapped path of women’s alleged getaway car in Douglas County murder case

Story updated 7:37 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 2019: The women accused of driving to a house south of Lawrence the night of Nov. 3, 2017, to murder Joel Wales had a GPS device in their car — and it was turned on the whole time. That GPS moving from one woman’s house to the other woman’s house to the scene of the crime — at the precise time of the crime — is just one piece in a “mountain of evidence” ...