WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 11

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 229 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 Nov. 10

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 226 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 ...

Each defendant in downtown triple murder case will now have his own trial; family of shooting victim 'devastated'

Story updated: 5:47 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 What was supposed to have been a single trial that would have been over in two weeks has now turned into three trials that will take until late April to resolve. After abruptly declaring a mistrial in the downtown Lawrence triple murder case Thursday afternoon — four days into the jury selection process — Judge Sally Pokorny on Friday ordered the three ...

Lawrence police blotter for Nov. 9

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 182 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 ...

Wanted man located, arrested by Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has located a man they sought the public’s help in finding. Michael “Mike” D. Oleson was arrested Friday morning in Eudora, the sheriff’s office said on social media. Oleson, 47, of Eudora, was jailed on $10,000 bond, according to jail records. Earlier this week, the sheriff’s office shared Oleson’s photo and description on social media. He was being sought ...

Rape reported at KU dorm

Story updated at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9: A University of Kansas student has reported to police that she was recently raped in a campus residence hall. The woman reported to police on Nov. 2 that she had been raped a week earlier, between midnight and 1 a.m. Oct. 26 in Hashinger Hall, 1632 Engel Road, KU Police Chief Chris Keary said. Keary said the alleged suspect is not a KU student but that the victim ...