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 recent Lawrence fire that displaced 10 residents was caused by improperly discarded “smoking materials,” a Lawrence fire official said on Thursday. Tom Fagan, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical administrative division chief, told the Journal-World in an email that the May 5 fire at 507 ...
A Lawrence man was convicted Thursday in Douglas County District Court of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his girlfriend. Johnathon L. West, 43, pleaded guilty to the felony charge, which was downgraded from second-degree murder through the agreement. The original murder ...
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 Douglas County jury on Thursday found a Lawrence man guilty of raping a guest in his home in early 2017. Jurors took less than an hour to conclude that Erick Ogwangi sexually assaulted his wife's friend. He was taken into custody immediately after the verdict was read. Ogwangi, 36, stood ...
As Douglas County emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, its jail inmate population looks to be much smaller than it was more than a year ago, pre-pandemic. This month, the jail’s population has topped out around 120 inmates, with a handful being housed out of county or granted temporary ...
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 ...
Data from Douglas County’s district and municipal courts shows some racial disparities in the setting of bond amounts, but what causes them is not yet clear, a county official said Tuesday. During a Criminal Justice Coordinating Council meeting, Data Analyst Matt Cravens showed several data ...
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 ...
One of two McLouth men facing charges in a Lawrence shooting case was convicted in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday after agreeing to a plea deal. Jaren B. Collins, 19, pleaded no contest to an amended charge of aggravated assault, based upon the plea agreement, the Douglas County ...
Ten occupants of an apartment building on Colorado Street were displaced after a fire early Wednesday morning, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. Firefighters responded to the fire at 507 Colorado St., where flames were showing from the exterior and roof of ...
GARDEN CITY — A 14-month-old boy who was inside a sport utility vehicle when it was stolen from a western Kansas driveway early Wednesday morning has been found safe, law enforcement officials said. An Amber Alert was issued for the toddler after his mother reported that she had strapped ...
Story updated at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday: A Douglas County District Court judge on Tuesday ordered former University of Kansas basketball player Silvio De Sousa to stand trial in an aggravated battery case that stems from a 2020 incident outside a bar in downtown Lawrence in which he is accused of ...
With new attorneys serving as defense counsel in Rontarus Washington Jr.’s long-running murder case, Judge James McCabria said Tuesday that he was not sure the current trial date for September would hold. During a hearing in Douglas County District Court, McCabria approved Washington’s new ...
With hundreds of honking cars urging them on, several local elected officials Monday night made promises about ending homelessness, new disciplinary strategies in public schools and more leniency for people who miss court dates, among other issues. Members of the faith-based activist group ...
A Lawrence man is facing an allegation of attempted murder for a reported stabbing Sunday in a city park. Lawrence police arrested Katroy D. Jenkins, 27, around 3 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after responding to a call at Burcham Park, which is located northwest of ...
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida judge rejected a proposed plea deal Tuesday for two men accused of running onto the field during the final quarter of Super Bowl LV in February. Luis Cartaya, an attorney for Yuri Andrade and Douglas Schaffer, told a Hillsborough County circuit judge during a video ...
The Lawrence Police Department on Monday identified a pedestrian who was killed Friday evening as Lawrence resident Emily Lepley, 60. Around 8:40 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the 1400 block of West 19th St. in response to reports that a pedestrian had been struck while crossing the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A young public radio journalist has died after being struck by a stray bullet inside her Kansas City apartment. Aviva Okeson-Haberman, 24, was struck by a bullet Friday afternoon while she was in her first-floor apartment, according to KCUR, where she ...
UPDATED: 10:50 A.M MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021 A man was taken by helicopter to the University of Kansas Hospital after a single-car accident early Sunday morning. The Lawrence Police Department confirmed that a vehicle traveling northbound on Kasold Drive veered off the road and struck a light ...