As Jeff Lewis worked on his dock at Lone Star Lake on Sunday, something half-submerged in the water caught his eye.
"I kept looking over there, going 'What is that?'" he said. "So I went over closer, and then I saw what it was": a great blue heron.
At first he thought it might still be alive, and his heart pounded with the necessity to save it, but then he realized that it was dead, and he saw the reason why: ...
With lots of rain expected in coming days, Lawrence residents lucked out Saturday morning with near perfect conditions for honoring their loved ones at area cemeteries.
Green grass, blue skies and a perfect 70 degrees greeted them as they laid flowers and other decorations — balloons, photos, crosses, candles and various ornaments — on graves.
The thousands of deceased military veterans at cemeteries in ...
A violent sex offender from New York who is accused of aggressively preying on a Lawrence girl pleaded not guilty Friday in Douglas County District Court to 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of electronic solicitation.
The defendant, Kyle Elder, 35, has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, as well as his right to a speedy trial in the case. Had he not waived the latter, his trial ...
On May 6 five boys went into a bathroom at Free State High School, and a short time later all five came out. That much is certain from cameras in the school’s hallway.
What happened inside the bathroom, however, is less certain. Cameras are obviously not allowed in school bathrooms, but on this day at least one camera, a student’s cellphone, was briefly pulled out to snap a picture — a nude picture — of ...
A 30-year-old Lawrence man accused of brutally murdering his wife three years ago has once again been declared incompetent to stand trial and has been ordered back to Larned State Hospital for further treatment.
The defendant, Chad Joseph Marek, charged with killing 25-year-old Regan (Gibbs) Marek in May 2022, remained silent Wednesday as Judge Stacey Donovan adopted the findings of the most recent ...
A 26-year-old Topeka man with an extensive criminal history was found guilty Wednesday of three felonies in connection with an armed disturbance in downtown Lawrence just days before Christmas last year.
The defendant, Seth Kenney, in a deal with the state, pleaded no contest to aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and fleeing and eluding police. Five misdemeanor counts, including three counts of ...
