Lawrence police officers arrested a man overnight who said he killed his grandmother by strangling her, according to a news release from the department. Officers were dispatched to a home just southwest of Clinton Parkway and Crestline Drive a little before 2 a.m. Saturday. Dispatchers told ...

Three people from Lawrence, including two Douglas County District Court judges, have submitted applications to become the next justice on the Kansas Supreme Court. Judge Amy Hanley, Judge Carl Folsom III and attorney Meryl Carver-Allmond, all of Lawrence, are among seven people who have ...

A 44-year-old massage therapist has been charged with four more sex crimes, in addition to the seven he was charged with last week. Aaron Paul Borger, after charges added Wednesday, is now facing 11 counts, including seven felonies and four misdemeanors. The felony counts include two charges ...

Updated at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, April 16 Nine weeks before a 20-year-old KU student was killed in a hit-and-run, the driver accused in her death was arrested by a deputy on suspicion of DUI and other crimes, but the charges in that case weren't filed until March, months after the student's ...

Failing to register as a violent offender in Kansas is a serious offense, and on Wednesday a convicted felon in Douglas County discovered just how serious. Devontae Deshon Rae Torres, who was convicted in 2022 of siccing a pit bull on a man, was ordered to stand trial on two counts of ...

Severe thunderstorms Monday evening led to a confirmed tornado in Ottawa, several reported injuries across Kansas and significant damage, and forecasters warn severe weather could return to region Tuesday night. Three people in Franklin County were left with minor injuries after the storms, ...