A man accused of murdering a 35-year-old woman last summer in Lawrence has been declared incompetent to stand trial. Douglas County District Court records indicate that Aaron Blake Wright, 64, was found unfit for trial earlier this month and was ordered by Judge Amy Hanley to undergo treatment ...
A repeat drug offender who was accused in a Lawrence woman’s fentanyl death in 2022 has pleaded guilty in new cases to possessing methamphetamine and to violating the offender registration act. William Byrd, of Lawrence, recently entered the pleas as part of a deal with the state. In one ...
A manhunt late Thursday brought half the on-duty police force, drones and assistance from the Douglas County Sheriff’s office to the 100 block of Yorkshire, but it was all part of a childhood hoax, according a social media post Saturday from the Lawrence Police Department. According to the ...
New Lawrence fire chief Joe Hardy admits that initially he wasn’t too charged up about the idea of an electric hybrid fire engine being added to the city’s fleet of firefighting equipment. But Friday, Hardy and dozens of other fire department officials and community members were plenty ...
Two interim department leaders have now been appointed to permanent roles by Lawrence's new city manager: Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Chief Joe Hardy and Lawrence Parks, Recreation and Culture Director Lindsay Hart. Both appointments were announced on Friday, and both interim leaders ...
When he saw a YouTube video about teachers behaving inappropriately around students, a teen boy testified Thursday in Douglas County District Court, it made him think about a school district employee he knew. The employee, he testified, had talked with him about porn, masturbation and sex – ...