Lawrence police made an arrest Saturday after a caller reported a masked man walking around with a long gun, according to court documents. Larry D. Robinson, 40, of Lawrence, is facing charges of criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm under the ...
A Lawrence man who still has a shooting case pending in Douglas County District Court has been sentenced in a lesser case to time he’s already served. A jury found in August that Michael Alexander Hormell, 20, fired gunshots into a home in the 400 block of North Street on Jan. 24, 2018. Five ...
Story updated at 3:49 p.m. Friday TOPEKA — Republican Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins paid a homeowners association in Alaska that was seeking to foreclose on his condominium, an email sent by the property manager shows. The email shows that Watkins called the property manager to resolve the ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 180 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The University of Kansas has announced that, come January, it will have a varsity esports team that will compete in League of Legends through the National Association of Collegiate Esports. League of Legends is a multiplayer online video game developed and published by Riot Games. In a news ...
It is embarrassing to think you are in a mega liquor store only to discover at checkout that you are in an ethanol plant. Soon, Lawrence residents will be able to take that worry off their lists. A longtime liquor store plans to open a giant 29,000-square-foot store along 23rd Street. The ...
A commission that screens applicants for the Kansas Supreme Court didn’t violate the state’s open meetings law in naming three finalists for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to consider in filling a vacancy, a prosecutor said Thursday. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett rejected a ...
Topeka — Kansas officials on Thursday boosted the state’s projections for tax collections by $510 million over two budget years, something certain to renew an already intense dispute between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Legislature over cutting income ...
University of Kansas provost candidate Barbara Bichelmeyer said Thursday that if she got the job, she would first listen to KU community members and then create and implement a shared vision for the university. “I know that I don’t know very much about KU,” she said, noting that she’s ...
Close to five days after a woman was found bound and unconscious in Douglas County, the law enforcement agency investigating the incident had no further information to share Thursday. The Journal-World reported Sunday morning that the woman had been found around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, ...
Story updated at 10:23 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8: A Leavenworth man was formally charged Thursday afternoon with two alleged crimes in connection with an Oct. 25 shooting that injured a man at a Lawrence McDonald’s. Howard Collins Levite Jr., 27, was charged with aggravated battery and attempted ...
The second of two co-defendants in a Lawrence kidnapping and sex crime case pleaded guilty to two felony charges Thursday in Douglas County District Court. John Brown, 51, of Lawrence, was initially charged with kidnapping, a felony, as well as unlawful administration of a substance and ...
A nationally acclaimed dance company from San Francisco will be visiting the Lawrence Arts Center next week to give two presentations on making dance more accessible. AXIS Dance Company, an ensemble of disabled and nondisabled performers, will lead two public events on Monday. AXIS builds ...
Updated at 11:38 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8: A man who allegedly led law enforcement on an on- and off-road chase with stolen guns and a 9-month-old baby in his truck agreed to a plea Thursday. Kenneth Jeremy Leedom, 32, of Woodbury, Tenn., was charged Aug. 12 with four felonies: aggravated ...
City leaders will now also be considering an outright ban of plastic disposable bags in addition to a previously proposed disposable bag fee. The Lawrence Sustainability Advisory Board previously recommended that the city charge a 16-cent fee for disposable plastic and paper bags, but it has ...
Convenience stores sometimes make me anxious too. When I enter and see the doughnut case only has one creme-filled pastry left, I break into an anxious sprint. It appears some of you are anxiously wondering whether two major convenience store chains are going to follow through on their ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 208 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A major Lawrence intersection near the University of Kansas has reopened to cross-traffic for the first time in more than half a year. The intersection of 19th and Iowa streets reopened Thursday, the city announced in a press release. Access to the intersection from 19th Street had been ...
Lawrence residents woke up Thursday to wintry temperatures that are likely to stick around, possibly bringing record lows to the area. Sarah Teefey, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said Lawrence was part of the area in Kansas that experienced an Arctic cold ...
One person was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with minor injuries after a two-car accident Wednesday evening, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded at approximately 7:45 p.m. Wednesday to the accident at the intersection of U.S. 59 Highway and North 1200 ...
