Lawrence police are urging motorists to be more alert after two bicyclists were badly injured in collisions with cars last week. The first incident occurred the night of Aug. 24 near the QuikTrip at 23rd Street and Haskell Avenue. A police officer was outside the store just before 9 p.m. when ...
A suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence was arrested Sunday afternoon. Keisonn Smith Jr., 25, of Topeka, was apprehended in connection with the early-morning stabbing of McMillin Tutu, a 20-year old Kansas City, Missouri, man, near Seventh and Massachusetts streets. Police on Monday ...
A 20-year old Kansas City, Missouri, man is dead after a stabbing near Seventh and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence, according to a statement from Lawrence police. Police are still looking for the suspect in the stabbing, and the public is being asked to avoid the crime scene area. ...
On the day of a celebration of life for a murdered teen, a woman rushed home when she received a worrying text that "the whiteboys" were walking around her eastern Lawrence neighborhood. Shortly after she arrived home, she and her boyfriend were shot by one of those "boys" in her doorway, ...
A U.S. Postal Service worker lost the tip of her finger when she was attacked by a dog Thursday afternoon while delivering mail in Lawrence. The attack happened in the 1100 block of New York Street in East Lawrence a little before 2 p.m., Lawrence police said. When officers arrived, they ...
Updated at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 A Douglas County jury has found a Lawrence YouTuber guilty of felony interference with a law enforcement officer after deliberating for about one hour. Prosecutor Eve Kemple had described the case as a very simple one, and apparently jurors agreed; ...