UPDATED 3:30 P.M. JAN. 19 The 18-year-old who was shot to death at a Lawrence bar early Saturday was Aidan Knowles, of Shawnee, according to Lawrence police. Police on Sunday shared a Facebook post by Knowles' father, Bobby Knowles, identifying his son as the victim and saying the family was ...

Updated at 4:35 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026 Two 18-year-olds have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a shooting early Saturday morning at the Jayhawk Cafe killed an 18-year-old and critically injured a 16-year-old. One suspect — Daitron Lamont Daniels Strickland, of Shawnee — was ...

A Douglas County judge on Friday praised a teenager's courage for recounting the nightmare she said she had endured for years at the hands of "a monster, a rapist and a pedophile." "To say those things in a room full of people" took a commendable amount of strength, Judge Stacey Donovan told ...

A judge on Thursday sentenced a man to more than two years in prison following his Dec. 11 plea deal to attempted aggravated battery. Jason Lee Stark, 35, was facing three felony charges — attempted aggravated robbery, interference with law enforcement and criminal use of weapons ...

A defendant accused of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery was set to have a preliminary hearing on Thursday but instead got a new attorney. Garnel Andreus Moore Williams, 31, is facing the two felony charges for a November incident in which Lawrence police said several people were ...

Updated at 3:52 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 Nearly three months after a driver reportedly crossed a highway's center line and killed an area actor in a head-on collision, little is publicly known about the investigation into the fatality, but Douglas County District Attorney Dakota Loomis said he ...