The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has officially settled into the new Public Safety Building next to the county jail, providing an expansive space for staff. The department is occupying the main level of the new Public Safety Building – right next to the Douglas County Correctional ...
Lawrence police are urging motorists to be more alert after two bicyclists were badly injured in collisions with cars last week. The first incident occurred the night of Aug. 24 near the QuikTrip at 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue. A police officer was outside the store just before 9 p.m. when ...
A suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence was arrested Sunday afternoon. Keisonn Smith Jr., 25, of Topeka, was apprehended in connection with the early-morning stabbing of McMillin Tutu, a 20-year old Kansas City, Missouri, man, near Seventh and Massachusetts streets. Police on Monday ...
A 20-year old Kansas City, Missouri, man is dead after a stabbing near Seventh and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence, according to a statement from Lawrence police. Police are still looking for the suspect in the stabbing, and the public is being asked to avoid the crime scene area. ...
Celebrants gathered for a block party on Ninth Street that served two purposes Saturday. The celebration was both for the pending end of the street closure that has stymied drivers and businesses while the city worked on its Jayhawk Watershed Project and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of ...
Sometimes the flat expanse of corn fields in western Kansas are momentarily interrupted by a dairy farm. Over the last couple decades, Kansas has hopped on the dairy train and those farms are becoming bigger and more common. Major companies like Hilmar have set up shop, and with all the ...
