Loud booms that residents of central Lawrence heard Friday afternoon were likely part of law enforcement training in the area, Lawrence police said. Lt. David Ernst of the Lawrence Police Department said the Kansas Highway Patrol was conducting training in the area of Ninth Street near the ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
A Lawrence man accused of using social media to solicit nude photos from an underage girl was convicted Friday after agreeing to a plea deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Jared C. Spears, 28, pleaded no contest to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, which is a ...
Citing its negative effect on board participation, the city’s Community Police Review Board has decided to remove a criminal background check as a requirement to join the board. For about a year, the board has been working on a new version of its governing ordinance with the main goal of ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
A motorcycle driver was injured in a two-vehicle wreck Wednesday north of Lawrence. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the wreck on U.S. Highway 24/40 around 7 p.m. and briefly closed the highway between East 1500 and East 1600 roads, the department said in a social media ...