A Douglas County District Court judge has dismissed the case of a woman who was accused of killing a baby six years ago at a Eudora day care center where she worked and has ordered the woman released from custody.
In its order Friday, the court cited the failure of the Douglas County District Attorney's Office, in the murder case of Carrody Buchhorn, to find a forensic pathologist in a timely manner who could ...
In response to concerns expressed by people living at the North Lawrence campsite for those experiencing homelessness, the City of Lawrence is admitting that it "erred" in announcing the imminent closure of the camp and is committing to leaving the site open through March 12, 2023.
The city, in a news release, reversed course Wednesday after dozens of people showed up to Tuesday's City Commission meeting to ...
In addition to fighting crime, Lawrence’s police dogs also help raise money for charity. On Sunday, they did so in a particularly colorful and gleeful way, by making art.
The three patrol service dogs for the Lawrence Police Department — Mack, Shadow and Cheeseburger — each created a painting that will be auctioned off to benefit a group that's looking out for their interests: a nonprofit that provides ...
In a rare display of atonement — and an apparent first of its kind in Lawrence — two young men on Saturday publicly apologized at the scene of their crime.
Their offense, which in previous generations might have been callously dismissed as a college-boy prank, deeply affected the University of Kansas’ Indigenous community — not the least because the sign they stole from KU’s Spencer Museum of Art was ...
In May of last year, the Lawrence Police Department warned the community about a potent drug that was killing area residents.
It was not the usual “stay away from drugs” message directed at teens, but something far more urgent and directed at everyone: “About three to five grains of table salt — that’s the potential fatal dose of fentanyl for an adult,” a department news release stated. “We’re ...
Democratic lawmaker Dennis “Boog” Highberger, of Lawrence, does not intend to seek another term in the Kansas Legislature after his current term expires, he told the Journal-World Wednesday.
Highberger, who recently won reelection — unopposed — to the 46th District in the Kansas House of Representatives, was first elected to that body in 2015, taking over the seat vacated by Paul Davis, who chose to ...
