Sentencing for a convicted rapist that was scheduled for Dec. 22 has now been moved to a month after the holidays as his attorneys prepare a motion for a judgment of acquittal or a new trial. Miquel Brown, 33, of Lawrence, was found guilty by a Douglas County jury on Nov. 5 of rape and ...
A Baldwin City man who angrily confronted a group of Hispanic construction workers while armed was convicted Tuesday of two counts of aggravated assault. The man, Craig Endecott, 55, pleaded no contest to the two felonies as part of a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's ...
Update: Lydell Thunder was found and is safe with his family, police said early Tuesday. Original story: The Lawrence Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing Lawrence man. The man, Lydell Thunder, is 70 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. He left ...
Updated at 5:38 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 Three Wichita men and one juvenile were arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of felony shoplifting after they reportedly grabbed at least $2,500 in gaming equipment from the Lawrence Best Buy and dashed out of the store. Lawrence police, calling the men ...
Crews with Union Pacific on Sunday morning are working the scene of a train derailment near Perry, a dispatcher with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed. The derailment happened Saturday night, but many details about it were not immediately available. A 911 dispatcher on ...
The Public Defender's Office is asking a judge to not let the public see the arrest affidavit of a man who has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Douglas County. The arrest affidavit would let the public know why police believe they had probable cause to arrest and jail ...