The Lawrence Police Department is continuing its investigation in the case of a City of Lawrence bus driver who was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to use a Taser on the bus.
As the Journal-World reported, the bus driver was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after a caller and other bus riders indicated that the bus driver had threatened them with a Taser. The incident allegedly ...
Updated at 5:20 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27
A Lawrence bus driver was arrested Saturday after bus riders said she threatened them with a Taser, according to Lawrence police.
Police were called to the Lawrence Community Shelter, 3655 E. 25th St., just before 1 p.m. Saturday. The person who called, and others who rode the bus to the stop nearby, indicated that the bus driver had threatened them with a Taser, said LPD ...
The Lawrence School Board meeting on Monday was disrupted by three adults who insisted on reading obscenities and sexually explicit material to board members and the listening public, in apparent protest of the board’s new policy that asks commenters to refrain from using foul and obscene language, in part because students may be watching the meetings.
During a chaotic few minutes, commenters read from books ...
Lawrence residents attended a little afternoon party Saturday at Liberty Hall to celebrate the life of Shakti, the therapy dog who's often seen around town sporting a tutu and eliciting smiles.
Her orange, pink and red tutu was especially festive Saturday, and the smiles came as usual — but on this day with a special poignancy.
As the Journal-World reported earlier this month, the nearly 14-year-old ...
No plea deal is in sight for the Lawrence man accused of drunkenly crashing his car into a Lawrence restaurant more than two years ago and injuring multiple diners.
The defendant, Brandon Lee Vess, 31, appeared Friday in Douglas County District Court for a conference ahead of his scheduled Feb. 3 trial. Judge Sally Pokorny in October had warned Vess, who is out on bond and has a history of missing court dates, ...
A Lawrence man has been ordered to stand trial on charges of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy after an 18-year-old woman testified that the man assaulted her on a couch at his apartment after an evening out.
Douglas County Judge Sally Pokorny on Friday found probable cause to believe that Miquel L. Brown committed the crimes and set a trial date for May 12. Brown, represented by attorney Gary West, entered a ...
