The suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence has now been charged with murder, according to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. Keisonn Smith Jr., 25, was arrested Aug. 30 in connection with the death of 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of Kansas City, Missouri, and - after some ...
Years after a study said it might have to move, Lawrence’s new city manager says Fire Station 3 on Sixth Street is already in “the perfect place,” and that renovating it instead of relocating it could save millions of dollars. On Tuesday, city commissioners unanimously approved a ...
A Lawrence homeless man is facing a slew of misdemeanor charges after he allegedly masturbated in front of a restaurant window early Sunday evening and battered multiple police officers. The man, Michael Edward Evans, 44, whose address is listed on the jail booking log as the Lawrence ...
A woman who was accused of stealing a City of Lawrence bus last summer and driving it across town has pleaded no contest to lesser charges and is scheduled to be sentenced next month. The woman, Sherika Carey, was originally charged with robbery, fleeing or attempting to elude police and ...
A case against a criminal defendant was dismissed on Wednesday after a Douglas County judge found that Lawrence police officers had acted unlawfully. Judge Stacey Donovan on Aug. 28 granted a motion to suppress evidence in the case of Elijah Joseph Garcia, who was facing felony charges of ...
A Lawrence teen who was seriously injured in a fatal car accident last year in Leavenworth County was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. Kaiden Jordan Jimenez was taken into custody in Overland Park on a felony warrant out of Leavenworth County, though it wasn't ...