While attempting to avoid a traffic stop, a man crashed into five parked cars and took off on foot before Lawrence police officers caught him early Wednesday morning. A patrol officer noticed a car run through a red light at a high rate of speed at 11th and Tennessee streets just after 1:30 ...

Drivers were rerouted and experienced significant delays on Tuesday afternoon while driving on Sixth Street after a car hit a telephone pole. The woman driving the car was "apparently distracted" and hit the telephone pole in front of Econo Lodge near Crestline, according to a social media ...

A woman suffered critical injuries on Tuesday after a two-vehicle crash occurred just north of Lawrence, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The crash was reported to dispatchers after noon on Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. Highways 24-59 and 24-40. A social media post from ...

State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...

Through its Read Across Lawrence campaign, the Lawrence Public Library has chosen one “community read” that aims to encourage residents to read and come together to discuss key topics from the book. Since 2005, the library has chosen books ranging from classics like "Dracula" and "To Kill ...

Douglas County commissioners at their Wednesday meeting will consider hiring an outside expert to dive into the finances and operations of the county's new Treatment and Recovery Center, which provides mental health services for people in need. The outside review would come at a time when ...