A 36-year-old registered sex offender was ordered on Thursday to stand trial after a woman testified that he raped her three years ago at a Lawrence mobile home park. The man, Michael Ken Aller, of Lawrence, entered a plea of not guilty at the conclusion of Thursday's preliminary hearing and ...
Douglas County Emergency Management is accepting registrations for its safety training course, which is meant to teach people what to do during or after a disaster. The department’s Fall 2025 CERT – Community Emergency Response Team – weekend class will run from Friday, Oct. 3, to ...
Story updated at 10:12 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13: A person was injured near 19th Street and Naismith Drive on Wednesday evening in what police are saying was likely an accidental shooting. According to a post on the Lawrence Police Department's social media, one person was shot at an apartment ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved the $6.6 million cost for the second phase of the Public Safety Building project, which will add just two months to the building's original construction timeline. At their weekly meeting, the commissioners voted unanimously to approve the ...
A Kentucky man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with two felonies after allegedly burglarizing a building and stealing multiple dirt bikes. Kahle Henderson, 25, turned himself in Tuesday afternoon, according to Douglas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman George Diepenbrock. ...
Updated at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 The Douglas County District Attorney's Office and the lawyer for a man accused of numerous sex crimes are attempting to reach a "global resolution" for five separate cases the man is facing. The process involves working with the U.S. Attorney's Office, ...