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 ...
Updated at 12:40 p.m. Monday TOPEKA — The newest member of the Kansas Supreme Court has been sworn in. Keynen "K.J." Wall Jr., of Lawrence, took the oath at the Kansas Judicial Center Monday. Chief Justice Marla Luckert presided at the ceremony. The ceremony was smaller than usual because ...
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 ...
City leaders are pursuing an outside study to help inform potentially fundamental changes to the role of the Lawrence Police Department, including proposals to move some funding and duties from police to social services. All of the specific issues the study will tackle aren't determined right ...
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 Tonganoxie woman was killed and a Bonner Springs man was injured Friday morning in Leavenworth County when a car rear-ended a motorcycle. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol's online report, the accident occurred at 5:04 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 24/40 just west of 150th Street in ...
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 pedestrian suffered injuries that were possibly life-threatening after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday, police say. Lawrence police were dispatched to the intersection of Clinton Parkway and Lawrence Avenue at 10:12 a.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Amy Rhoads, public affairs officer, told the ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that would allow judges to decide whether a child between the ages of 12 and 18 should be tried as an adult in court for unlawful use of weapons and armed criminal action. This comes two years after ...
An early-morning fire damaged a Moroccan restaurant that had just opened this month in Lawrence. Firefighters were dispatched to Argana Cafe, 1606 W. 23rd St., at 4:09 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. When first responders arrived on the ...
Just a few days remain until the Democratic primary that will likely decide the next Douglas County sheriff. The candidates — in the order that they filed, Lt. Jay Armbrister, Deputy Dale Flory and Capt. Doug Woods — are all longtime employees of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. ...
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 ...
The Douglas County Jail has reached its functional inmate capacity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic faster than originally expected, a sheriff's office official said. Capt. Stacy Simmons, of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, reported to the County Commission on Wednesday that the ...
With the Democratic primary election just days away, the Journal-World is taking a look at some remaining questions in the race for Douglas County district attorney. Defense attorney Cooper Overstreet, University of Kansas law professor and special prosecutor Suzanne Valdez and incumbent DA ...
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 ...
Five families were displaced as the result of a structure fire at 2006 W. 27th Terrace Tuesday morning, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. First responders were dispatched to the fire at 10:54 a.m., according to the release. When crews arrived four minutes ...
Campaign finance reports reveal that the incumbent leads fundraising in the race for district attorney, and Capt. Doug Woods leads in fundraising in the race for sheriff. Newcomers Cooper Overstreet and Suzanne Valdez are vying for the district attorney nomination against incumbent Charles ...
The Douglas County district attorney’s office plans to host a “virtual community gathering” this week about a planned restorative justice program. According to a news release from the DA’s office, the interactive event will be “a dialogue on justice reform for youthful offenders.” ...
The Douglas County Commission will again hear how local criminal justice leaders are working to decrease the number of people they are booking into the county jail. Criminal Justice Coordinator Mike Brouwer said in a memo to the commissioners that he is meeting with local criminal justice ...
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 ...