Local law enforcement and emergency response agencies plan to conduct a joint motorcade and traffic escort training day on Thursday, according to a news release from the Lawrence Police Department. Between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., drivers throughout Lawrence will see a large training procession ...
A 43-year-old man is being held on a $1 million bond after being charged with sexually abusing two young girls in Douglas County, and his partner has signed a diversion agreement admitting that she knew about the abuse but told the girls to not tell anyone. According to allegations in a ...
A massage therapist accused of multiple sex crimes against nearly a dozen women doesn't want jurors to hear potentially incriminating statements he made to police, but jurors likely will hear those statements after a Douglas County judge on Tuesday declined to suppress them. Attorneys for ...
For the staff going to work at Bowersock Mills and Power Company, encountering people living outside with serious mental health or substance use problems is not new. “I and my staff can’t get to work any day of the week without encountering someone that is really suffering from addiction ...
If you get a ticket for illegal parking in areas outside of downtown Lawrence, be prepared to pay nearly double the fine you would have earlier this year. That's according to a recent social media post from the Lawrence Police Department. LPD announced that as of Oct. 23, fines for parking ...
Douglas County Emergency Management is inviting the public to attend a winter readiness workshop next month. The workshop will be held at the auditorium in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Dec. 11. The free event will help people recognize cold ...