Douglas County is using a consultant to conduct a review of Consolidated Fire District 1 to ensure its long-term effectiveness in serving 228 square miles within the unincorporated parts of the county. The county has hired international consulting firm Emergency Services Consulting ...
A Eudora man is facing three misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty after allegedly neglecting three dogs. Russell Carl Smith, 21, is accused of violating a state statute that requires that animals in one's custody be provided with food, potable water, protection from the elements, opportunity ...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen electronic cigarette use. But the justices' unanimous decision throwing out a federal appeals court ruling is not the final word ...
A man is alleged to have kidnapped and raped a woman in his car before fleeing from the scene, pursued by the woman’s friends and later police; speeding across Lawrence; and crashing into a pedestrian underpass. Tristan Aden James, 20, a Haskell Indian Nations University student, is charged ...
A man was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison in connection with a stolen vehicle and an ensuing cemetery rampage, but the state dismissed the grave desecration charges. Jonathan Lee Stewart, 25, of Carbondale, Kansas, was convicted in July 2022 of burglary as part of a plea agreement ...
A 20-year-old Lawrence man suffered injuries after a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday north of Lawrence. The man's iPhone sent an automated alert to emergency dispatchers that a crash had occurred, according to George Diepenbrock, a spokesman with the Douglas County Sheriff's ...