A woman has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated arson in connection with a February fire at a Lawrence residence, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said Monday in a news release. As the Journal-World reported, on Feb. 26, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical units were called to a fire ...
Award-winning author Sam Quinones might be an expert — although, perhaps, a controversial one — on tent cities across America. After all, his latest book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth” has an entire chapter titled “Pimps & ...
Six men were arrested earlier this week in Lawrence on suspicion of buying sexual relations. The Douglas County Jail booking log indicates that all six were arrested Thursday at Lawrence Police Department headquarters. Four of the men are from Lawrence, one is from Carbondale and one is from ...
A lawyer who has served as both a prosecutor and defense attorney has announced his candidacy for Douglas County district attorney. Dakota Loomis on Saturday announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for the post currently held by Democrat Suzanne Valdez. Loomis is the second ...
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch and a flood watch for Douglas County. The tornado watch is in effect until 9 p.m. Friday for numerous counties in northeast Kansas. The Weather Service said that severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of north-central and ...
A man who was originally charged in the overdose death of a young Lawrence woman entered a no contest plea Friday to the lesser crime of distributing a controlled substance. The plea deal that Mason Duane Robinson, 28, cut with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office also guaranteed ...