A Lawrence man accused of drunkenly crashing his vehicle into a central Lawrence restaurant two years ago and injuring several people will face trial early next year.
Douglas County Judge Sally Pokorny on Thursday scheduled Brandon Vess’ trial for Feb. 3, but first she warned him that she would jail him if he continued to miss court dates, as he had on Wednesday and throughout the case.
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The “Big Boy” steam locomotive didn't stop in Lawrence this time, but it slowed down enough Thursday for 3-year-old train enthusiast Leslie Alldritt to get a good look — and, given the volume of the train's whistle, a very, very good listen.
Leslie, a preschooler at Little Red Schoolhouse, was among the crowd patiently waiting to catch a glimpse of Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy, which was built in ...
Hours before the sun rose Wednesday two teams of Lawrence police officers walked through a longtime homeless camp by the Kansas River, alerting remaining campers that they needed to leave before heavy equipment arrived to clear the area.
Police, including Chief Rich Lockhart, notified 15 or so people, many of whom had been sleeping, that they needed to clear out once and for all.
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The rape trial for two men that was set to begin this week was put on hold at the 11th hour over the alleged victim’s continuing noncooperation in the case.
The woman had accused four men of brutally raping her over several days in March of 2023 while she was on drugs and in and out of consciousness and of videotaping the assaults. The woman testified at the men’s preliminary hearing in June of 2023, when ...
A bench warrant was issued Tuesday for a man's arrest after he failed to appear for his sentencing for an aggravated battery conviction that stemmed from a shooting.
The defendant, Evan Gauge Heffner, 19, pleaded no contest to the charge on Sept. 4. He had originally been charged with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man on May 10 at the Motel 6 at 1130 N. Third St. As the Journal-World ...
A mom and her two young-adult children who have been living in a tent behind Lawrence’s Amtrak station packed up their belongings Monday for the second time in two months to move to yet another location, this time a campsite farther east.
The City of Lawrence announced on Aug. 16 — just weeks before Betsy’s family moved to the wooded area between the train station and the river — that the Amtrak camp, ...
