Lawrence police emphasized Monday that this weekend’s triple homicide on Massachusetts Street was not the result of a random act.Rather, whoever did the shooting was targeting someone.“We do not believe that this is a random act of violence. In fact, we believe that it stemmed from a ...
Approximately 20 used shell casings were found Monday morning outside Strong Hall on the University of Kansas campus, KU Public Affairs officials said.KU Public Safety officers have since retrieved the shell casings and “have found no indications a weapon was fired anywhere near Strong ...
As Sunday morning came down, Lawrence leaders were grappling with why violent crime seemingly is on the rise in the city. The three shooting deaths that occurred early Sunday morning in downtown Lawrence marked the third, fourth and fifth homicides in Lawrence since Sept. 1. Several city ...
Sunday morning’s shooting in downtown Lawrence — which killed three people and injured two — is the latest and deadliest incident in an unusually high number of fatal shootings in Douglas County since this summer. Nine people have been killed in shootings in Douglas County since June, ...
Lawrence Police are investigating after at least five people were shot — three fatally — just before 1:40 Sunday morning in downtown Lawrence, according to a news release from Officer Derrick Smith.The exact location of the multiple shooting wasn't clear but police had blocked off ...
A Lawrence church is hosting an upcoming active shooter response training workshop for members of the public.The workshop, led by a national company specializing in such training, is aimed at preparing leaders from local businesses and organizations to go back and train their respective staffs ...
Former Lawrence mayor Jeremy Farmer reported to a federal prison this week, part of his punishment for stealing money from a food bank he led, according to federal officials. Farmer is now at the Administrative U.S. Penitentiary Thomson, located in Thomson, Ill., according to the Federal Bureau ...
Current and former University of Kansas Athletics personnel are scheduled to give depositions in the coming weeks in federal Title IX lawsuits brought by two former KU rowers.The two similar lawsuits, filed in 2016, accuse KU of failing to properly handle the women’s reports of being sexually ...
Police have arrested a third man in connection with a fatal shooting in early September at a North Lawrence motel.Ramone Singleton, 22, of Kansas City, Kan., was arrested Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo., according to a news release Thursday from the Lawrence Police Department.Singleton will ...
Until it turned up this month, the stolen gun left loaded and unattended in a men’s bathroom at the University of Kansas had been unaccounted for — officially, at least — for more than a year.Where has it been, who’s been carrying it, and who left it in the bathroom?Police still don’t ...
A judge has sealed the affidavit supporting the arrest of a murder suspect in this month’s fatal shooting at a North Lawrence motel. “The release of the affidavit would interfere with a prospective law enforcement action, criminal investigation or prosecution and could jeopardize the safety ...
One person was stabbed Monday night during a domestic disturbance in northern Lawrence, police say. Lawrence police officers were dispatched to a report of a stabbing about 10:10 p.m. in the 500 block of North John Doy Court, Officer Derrick Smith of the Lawrence Police Department said in an ...
The family of the toddler killed in an accidental shooting last week in Lawrence has planned her funeral for Thursday, which would have been her second birthday.Autumn Grace Smith, 1, was smiling, funny, full of life, happy all the time, loved to dance, loved to sing and “gave so much love” ...
Judge Scott Miller of the Lawrence Municipal Court will serve on a committee that will review the operation of municipal courts throughout the state, including their policies on setting bonds, fines and fees.Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced the committee's membership Monday after ...
A Hiawatha man was being held in the Douglas County jail in connection with a police pursuit early Saturday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office booking log.Cullen Allen Harrell, 24, was arrested just after 1 a.m. Saturday on suspicion of possession of stolen property, attempting ...
A 33-year-old man was admitted to an area hospital with an apparent gunshot wound after a shooting Friday night in Lawrence, police said in a news release.The shooting was reported at 11:37 p.m. Friday at Playerz Sports Bar, 1910 Haskell Ave.By the time officers arrived on scene, there was ...
A man was convicted of child sex crimes this week in Douglas County, in a case that until recent months had been frozen for five years with a warrant out for the suspect’s arrest.Pedro I. Martinez, 44, pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and ...
A man who once ran to represent Lawrence in the state Legislature was sentenced Friday for a felony conviction in Douglas County District Court.Nicolas D. Vanwyhe, 27, was granted two years of probation and must spend a month in jail, Judge Sally Pokorny ordered. The judge also ruled that his ...
A 1-year-old girl was killed in what is believed to be an accidental shooting Friday morning in Lawrence, police say. The shooting was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. at a home in the 600 block of North Michigan Street.First responders attempted life-saving measures, but the child was unable ...
A Florida man appeared in Douglas County District Court this week to face a charge of sexual exploitation of a child.Sean T. Wenger, 32, of Keystone Heights, Fla., made his first court appearance in the case on Tuesday, according to the district attorney's office. Wenger was charged June 27 ...