Updated at 2:44 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026
A man who was arrested in a Sunday homicide in downtown Lawrence has not been charged in the incident, but police say "he remains the suspect."
Keisonn Smith, 25, of Topeka, was arrested Sunday after the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of Kansas City, Missouri.
Lawrence police had said that evidence pointed to Smith as the suspect, and he was arrested ...
A former murder defendant was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for robbery and aggravated burglary.
Julius Beasley was arrested on suspicion of the two felonies in March, less than three weeks after the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office dropped a murder charge against him. He has pleaded not guilty.
Judge Stacey Donovan heard evidence on the new charges and found probable cause to bind Beasley ...
Updated at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2
Anyone who has visited the new Judicial and Law Enforcement Center more than once has likely heard about — or personally experienced — frustrations with the lone elevator available to the public.
The county's courtrooms are located in what's called the "tower," the brand new addition to the south of the JLEC, which is undergoing a nearly $60 million overhaul. The ...
A Lawrence man will spend three years on probation for a sex crime against an 11-year-old girl, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
The sex offender, Shelton Robertson, was originally charged with rape in the July 2021 incident in which he got into bed with a child and assaulted her, but in June he entered a plea to two counts of aggravated sexual battery — a ...
A man began serving 60 days of "shock time" Tuesday as part of his punishment for a pair of felonies against a 14-year-old girl two years ago.
The man, Mark B. Lee, was originally charged with rape, indecent liberties with a child and aggravated intimidation of a witness connected to incidents in the spring of 2024. Those charges were amended to aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation of a witness as ...
A man who was convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter after trying to kill his step-grandfather last summer by firing multiple bullets into his Lawrence residence was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of probation - an outcome that the victim approved of.
The defendant, Douglas Speight, was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder in the June 3, 2025, incident, but pleaded no contest in ...
