A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Topeka man to nearly 10 years in prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The man, Jason Morrison, 43, pleaded no contest to the charges in October, just days before his trial was set to begin. In exchange for his plea, the Douglas ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will be hosting an event next week to hear from the public about the department's expansion with a new fire station in northwest Lawrence. The department will be hosting a listening session in the Tom Wilkerson Room at the Lawrence Aquatic Center, 4706 ...
The Lawrence Police Department is asking for help in locating a man suspected in a string of recent vehicle thefts and burglary reports. The man is Colin "CJ" Fowler, 40, according to a social media post by the LPD. He is 5 feet 9 inches and 200 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. The ...
Story updated at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30: The cigarette butt was still warm when Lawrence Police Department Detective Mike McAtee picked it off the ground of the crime scene in Naismith Valley Park. But more importantly, it was still covered with DNA. The detective was on the scene Aug. ...
The Lawrence Police Department issued a Silver Alert for a missing 77-year-old Lawrence man. The police shared the alert for Roger Harry Bean Monday afternoon. Lawrence police said that Bean had not been seen since Tuesday, Dec. 23. According to police, Bean has cognitive issues, and is known ...
Updated 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025: Lawrence police arrested University of Kansas men's assistant basketball coach Joe Dooley in west Lawrence on Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence and failure to stop at an accident, according to the Douglas County Jail logs. The ...