Updated at 4:35 p.m. Monday A Lawrence man who was suspected of being involved in a fatal shooting in central Lawrence last month was formally charged with murder on Monday. Andrel Darnell Spates Jr., 19, was charged with first-degree murder, distribution of a controlled substance and ...
Over the past several years, an inmate in the Douglas County Jail suffered from significant mental health issues that would disrupt his ability to defend himself in court, prolonging his case for years. Once it was all said and done, the man spent six years in the county jail before he was ...
Crews were responding to a fire at First Baptist Church, 1330 Kasold Drive, early Friday evening. Tom Fagan, division chief of administration for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, told the Journal-World in an email that firefighters were working to stop the extension of the fire into the ...
A Lawrence man scheduled to be sentenced for felony convictions next month has again been arrested for allegedly breaking into someone’s home to steal money. Casey L. Williams Jr., 24, was formally charged in Douglas County District Court on Friday with aggravated robbery, a level-three ...
TOPEKA — A task force formed three years ago to investigate clergy sexual abuse in Kansas Catholic dioceses has received 215 tips and opened 122 cases, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Robert Jacobs, executive officer of the KBI, reported on the work of the agency's Catholic ...
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 ...