Public Safety

A section of the South Lawrence Trafficway is closed due to a two-vehicle crash

The South Lawrence Trafficway is closed between Clinton Parkway and West 27th Street after a crash occurred on Monday morning. The injury crash happened after 9 a.m. on Monday, according to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. There were two vehicles involved in the ...

Officers save man who overdosed at convenience store, Lawrence police say

Two Lawrence police officers on Thursday morning saved a man in a convenience store bathroom after he apparently overdosed on fentanyl. One of the officers, who happened to be at the Casey's store for a trespassing call, went to use the restroom at about 5:30 a.m. and happened upon a man who ...

Man pleads no contest in connection with stabbing outside Lawrence restaurant

A 30-year-old Lawrence man was found guilty Wednesday in Douglas County District Court after he pleaded no contest to aggravated battery in connection with a stabbing incident two years ago outside a Lawrence restaurant. The defendant, Edgar Oropeza Diaz, was originally charged with aggravated ...