After a federal whistleblower lawsuit pending more than four years was dismissed by a judge this week, Lawrence Memorial Hospital says it’s relieved to be vindicated. Attorneys for the former LMH nurse who filed the suit, however, say they think their evidence was strong and they’re considering an appeal. “We’re disappointed in the ruling,” said attorney Sarah Brown of Brown and Curry Law Firm in ...
If your schedule is open Tuesday morning — and you’re up for being “decontaminated” and covered with blood-like makeup — Douglas County Emergency Management could use your help. The agency needs about 50 volunteer actors for a large-scale training simulation to help local emergency responders practice handling a transportation-related hazardous materials incident with mass casualties. Organizers say ...
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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 178 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 ...
Two children died and two others were injured when the car they were in collided with another car Monday night in Franklin County. Those killed were a 3-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. The crash happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. at Kansas Highway 68 and Tennessee Road, about 6 miles east of Ottawa, according to a preliminary report from the Kansas Highway Patrol. According to the report: The four ...
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. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday 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 ...
Lawrence police stopped nearly 350 vehicles during a sobriety checkpoint Saturday night and arrested four drivers for DUI, according to numbers provided by the department. Police at the checkpoint also made two arrests for drug possession, Officer Drew Fennelly said. The checkpoint took place from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the 2300 block of East 23rd Street, Fennelly said. Officers stopped westbound traffic ...