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 ...
A 21-year-old Texas man is being held on a $500,000 bond in the Douglas County Jail after being charged with two sex crimes involving children. The man, Dominik Jamal Smith, of Irving, Texas, made his first court appearance Wednesday before Judge Amy Hanley, who appointed defense attorney ...
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was scrapping his planned tariffs on eight European nations in an effort to force U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a dramatic reversal shortly after insisting he wanted to get the island "including right, title and ...
Lawrence residents will join much of the rest of the country in bracing for a winter storm this weekend, as meteorologists expect a higher chance of snow accumulation along with bitterly cold wind chills. Forecasts of the storm, which is expected to hit Friday, anticipate about 230 million ...
A 44-year-old Lawrence man was sentenced to just over 17 years in prison Wednesday for child abuse; aggravated indecent solicitation of a child; and violation of his probation in an earlier crime against a child. Joshua William Spence was originally charged with aggravated indecent liberties ...
