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 – ...
A former emergency responder from Ottawa has pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Wednesday. Dylan Jamescupp, 34, previously worked for the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department as an emergency medical technician, according to a release from ...
There have now been 100 successful graduates of Douglas County’s Behavioral Health Court, and the latest one, Alex Cowdin, has some advice to keep that number growing. “This program’s really awesome,” Cowdin told the other court participants at his final hearing on Tuesday. “If you ...
A man accused of hitting a woman, pulling her hair and chasing her with a baseball bat earlier this year at and outside the Lawrence Public Library was ordered on Friday to stand trial on a charge of aggravated assault. At a preliminary hearing, Judge Stacey Donovan found that the state had ...