A registered sex offender who could have faced a sentence of more than 20 years in prison was sentenced Thursday afternoon to three years of probation based on a joint motion from the defense and prosecution. Michael Ken Aller, 36, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated ...
A woman who was involved in a standoff with Lawrence police in April 2025 has been convicted by a Douglas County jury of firing on officers. The jury found Gina Marie Cabanas guilty of seven counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon and one count of ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to over two dozen weather-related calls during Tuesday morning storms, including a structure fire caused by a lightning strike. LDCFM crews were dispatched at approximately 6:18 a.m. Tuesday to a reported fire on the 100 block of Lawrence Avenue ...
Storms that rolled through Douglas County early Tuesday morning produced lightning strikes that caused one house fire in Lawrence, local officials announced Wednesday. The fire in the 100 block of Lawrence Avenue was not large enough that the residents of the house were displaced, nor were ...
A scammer is using Lawrence Police Department details to try to trick people out of money, the department said Tuesday. In a Facebook post Tuesday evening, LPD said two separate people walked into police headquarters and said they had been called by an officer saying they had a warrant on them ...
Recently retired Douglas County District Judge Sally Pokorny on Friday will share some insights with the public regarding her long legal career and important issues facing the state. The Lawrence/Douglas County Chapter of Women for Kansas is hosting the event, which it calls a conversation ...