A Douglas County jury has been selected to hear the case of a Lawrence man accused of sexually abusing two young girls during sleepovers at his home several years ago. On Monday, a jury of seven men and seven women, including two alternates, heard an opening argument from prosecutor David ...

A former Kansas basketball player was arrested on Saturday afternoon in Memphis, Tennessee, and has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. Lagerald Montrell Vick, 29, a native of Memphis who currently resides there, was also charged with employing a firearm during the commission of a ...

A young man was summoned to appear on Friday in Douglas County District Court to face charges that he sold wristbands to underage people so that they could drink alcohol in January, when two people were shot at The Hawk bar, one fatally. The young man, Hunter J. Noravong, is listed in court ...

A local actor's death in a head-on collision last year was caused by a driver who was texting, speeding and under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to a lawsuit filed in Douglas County District Court by the actor's husband. Zachary Grant, the husband of actor Louise ImMasche, is ...

Updated at 6:05 p.m. Thursday, July 9, 2026 They thought Kenneth Soap was a close friend, a good guy. But "he had everyone fooled," a 36-year-old woman told Judge Amy Hanley on Thursday. He wasn't a good guy at all. He was a serial rapist who took pleasure in violating women while they were ...

Every time someone is arrested on a municipal offense and stays in the Douglas County Jail for more than four hours, the Lawrence Police Department is billed $287 a day. In 2027 that bill will be $301 a day. "The impact on our budget has been significant," Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart ...