WRITER: Sara Shepherd

Man arrested in March shooting at Lawrence apartment, linked to other robberies

A man was arrested and charged this week in connection with a shooting that happened in March at an apartment on Graystone Drive. He’s also among four arrestees now linked to earlier armed robberies in town. Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies took Rodney L. McNeal, 22, of Kansas City, Kan., into custody Monday at the Wyandotte County jail, according to local jail records. He made his first appearance in ...

Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 8

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. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 148 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 ...

In effort to reduce no-shows, Lawrence Municipal Court will test phone call reminders

There are people who skip court on purpose. Sometimes repeatedly. Then there are people who miss court because they forgot, or wrote down the wrong day or time. Lawrence Municipal Court is going to try something new in hopes of reducing no-shows, at least in the latter category: phone call reminders of upcoming court dates. The failure-to-appear rate at Lawrence Municipal Court isn’t good, and it’s been ...

Lawrence police blotter for Oct. 7

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 181 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 Oct. 6

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 240 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 ...

Police chase of stolen car ends with crash on Iowa Street

When a woman at a Lawrence bar discovered her purse — and then her vehicle — missing Thursday night, it set off an investigation that ended in a police chase and wreck. The woman was playing pool at Empire Bar and Billiards, 925 Iowa St., when she discovered her purse and vehicle were missing and that her credit card had unauthorized purchases at two different businesses in town, according to Officer ...