Paula Kissinger is in her 70s now, but she vividly remembers responding to a call as a Lawrence police officer in the summer of 1981: A young student had been brutally raped at knifepoint by a stranger on the KU campus and had barely escaped with her life. Kissinger took the initial crime ...
A violent offender who was facing a charge of possession of methamphetamine was allowed to plead guilty Wednesday to a lower-level felony of interference with law enforcement, and the state is recommending probation, even though the offense is a presumptive prison term under state sentencing ...
As Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical prepares to add a new station in northwest Lawrence, Station 6, the department's stats show that its two existing stations on the west side are responding to fewer calls than some stations farther east. But that may not be an issue for Station 6, because ...
A large grass fire caused by a tow truck temporarily closed U.S. Highway 59 south of Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon, and traffic will still be affected for a while even though the highway isn't completely closed anymore. Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman George Diepenbrock said in an ...
A Lawrence woman accused of pulling a knife on a convenience store clerk last fall will not be immune from prosecution based on her claim of self-defense, a Douglas County judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Stacey Donovan said that after "painstakingly reviewing" six videos from the store it was ...
After hearing testimony from several witnesses, a judge in Douglas County District Court Tuesday found probable cause to set a jury trial for the man facing second degree murder charges related to the stabbing of a 35-year old woman last summer. Aaron Blake Wright, 63, was charged with ...