A Lawrence man will spend three years on probation for a sex crime against an 11-year-old girl, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. The sex offender, Shelton Robertson, was originally charged with rape in the July 2021 incident in which he got into ...
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. ...
On the day of a celebration of life for a murdered teen, a woman rushed home when she received a worrying text that "the whiteboys" were walking around her eastern Lawrence neighborhood. Shortly after she arrived home, she and her boyfriend were shot by one of those "boys" in her doorway, ...