Detectives have arrested a 23-year-old man in Sunday's downtown Lawrence homicide. Police announced early Tuesday morning that they had taken Daileon Maurice Thomas, of Olathe, safely into custody on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of Victor Gabriel Moreno, 23. Police have ...
In the state's telling, Shaleah Kauffman is a violent domestic abuser who should be held accountable for the six crimes she has been charged with; in the defense telling, though, she's the hapless victim of a controlling and abusive man. Douglas County jurors will hear evidence over the next ...
Updated at 11:55 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 Lawrence police are investigating a homicide after a man was pronounced dead Sunday in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street. Police said in a social media post that they were called to a parking lot on the west side of New Hampshire Street around 3 a.m. ...
A Douglas County jury on Thursday convicted a 27-year-old Lawrence woman of felony interference with law enforcement after she refused to obey officers who were attempting to arrest her last winter. The incident occurred on Jan. 7 outside a Hy-Vee gas station, where the woman, Jaleigha ...
A half-cent sales tax in Eudora could support three full-time firefighters and give the city around-the-clock-fire protection for the first time in its history if voters approve the measure on election day. The 0.5% sales tax would be spent on public safety expenses and cover the roughly ...
Updated at 5:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 A teen who got into a barroom altercation and fired his gun multiple times on the night of a fatal shooting at The Hawk pleaded guilty to multiple felonies on Thursday in Douglas County District Court. Caiden Clem, 19, of Atchison, was originally charged ...