Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will be inviting the public to its stations over the next few months to share suggestions and learn more about how the department works. The department announced that it will be holding a series of open houses at each of its five stations. The first one is ...
A Lawrence defense attorney is once again saying the public "will be just fine" not knowing why police deprived a fellow citizen of his liberty in order to face criminal charges. The attorney, Hatem Chahine, who is arguing for his client's arrest affidavit to be completely sealed, said that ...
A 27-year-old Lawrence man was charged Monday with two felonies and a misdemeanor after he allegedly was caught on camera stealing items from a vehicle. Police believe that the man, Christian Michael Snell, is responsible for a string of crimes in Lawrence. Snell faces charges of identity ...
A Lawrence man is among 19 people arrested on suspicion of child sex crimes. Forty-year-old Scott Bradley Hamill, of Lawrence, was arrested in Riley County during a joint operation late last week. On Monday he was charged with three felonies: electronic solicitation, attempted aggravated human ...
He’s getting older and a little slower; he’s walking a bit stiffer, but Lawrence Police Department dog Shadow still has what it takes to be a champ. Shadow, age 7, proved that over the weekend at the third annual K-9 Games in Topeka, where he took first place in the “Keyless Entry” ...
A frequent public commenter who has filed more than a dozen lawsuits claiming his civil rights have been violated lost another federal case recently — his third major defeat in his attempt to prove that he is being wronged by the government. In mid-August, Judge Julie Robinson threw out ...