A Douglas County woman with two previous domestic battery convictions has been ordered to stand trial for a third violent incident. In the most recent case, Shaleah N. Kauffman is facing felony domestic battery and aggravated battery charges after a man testified on Tuesday that Kauffman ...

A two-vehicle crash briefly closed the South Lawrence Trafficway on Monday morning and sent two people to hospitals with minor injuries, according to law enforcement reports. The crash happened after 9 a.m. on Monday, according to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, ...

A Lawrence man pleaded not guilty Friday in Douglas County District Court to charges that he molested two girls eight years ago during sleepovers at his home. The teens testified at a preliminary hearing in January about separate incidents that they said occurred at the home of Jordey ...

Two Lawrence police officers on Thursday morning saved a man in a convenience store bathroom after he apparently overdosed on fentanyl. One of the officers, who happened to be at the Casey's store for a trespassing call, went to use the restroom at about 5:30 a.m. and happened upon a man who ...

A 30-year-old Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court after he pleaded no contest to aggravated battery in connection with a stabbing incident two years ago outside a Lawrence restaurant. The defendant, Edgar Oropeza Diaz, was originally charged with aggravated ...

A 74-year-old man accused of numerous sex crimes involving children is now facing charges of intimidating the victims in the case, who are now adults, and attempting to interfere with the judicial process. The new charges were filed Monday by the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in an ...