Updated story - March 30 — Lawrence police arrest 2 Topeka boys in shooting of teens at Holcom Park Story updated at 7:09 p.m. Friday Two teenagers were shot and wounded — one critically — Friday afternoon at Holcom Park in southwest Lawrence. The shooting was reported just before 4 ...
Story updated at 4:24 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2019: A University of Kansas star football player who was accused of punching a woman in the stomach and grabbing her throat has agreed to steps that could end the criminal case against him. Pooka Williams and Douglas County District Attorney ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 186 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A teen has been convicted of stealing a handgun, which he then reportedly sold to another student at Lawrence High School. The teen pleaded guilty as charged to felony theft on Thursday in Douglas County District Court, according to online court records. Thursday's hearing was closed to the ...
The victim in a Lawrence kidnapping case told police that three fellow meth users accused him of “snitching” and held him in a basement for hours while they threatened him with a switchblade and a smoking-hot hammer. The man’s allegations are summarized in a police affidavit filed 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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 182 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A former Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of sexual relations with a female inmate was convicted of aggravated battery on Wednesday after he accepted a plea deal. Mario J. Godinez entered a no contest plea to the felony charge as part of a deal with the Douglas County District ...
Story updated: 6:38 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2019. A judge on Wednesday dismissed criminal charges against a former Lawrence police officer who shot a civilian last year as he attacked a fellow officer. The officer made a mistake and may have been negligent, Douglas County District Court ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 209 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence police issued no citations and don’t believe alcohol or drug impairment was a factor in a St. Patrick’s Day parade accident in which a woman tripped and was run over by a float. Police released their accident report, which addressed those issues, this week. The accident happened ...
Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin will retire this summer, and the state is now taking nominations for her successor. Martin’s retirement date is June 15, according to a Tuesday news release from the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration. Martin was appointed to the bench ...
A trial date has now been set for a Baldwin City woman charged with murder in the death of a Lawrence man last year at Perry Lake. Thursday in Jefferson County District Court, Ashlyn N. Hemmerling entered a plea of not guilty to the charges and a weeklong trial was scheduled to begin June 10, ...
A Lawrence resident and convicted felon has been charged with possessing weapons, specifically a collection of swords and knives. Louis G. Galloway Jr., 28, was arrested last week on suspicion of nine counts of being a felon in possession of weapons. Charges filed earlier this month 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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 179 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A longtime Lawrence court reporter has been named the honorary bailiff for the Kansas Supreme Court’s upcoming special session in Lawrence, the state Office of Judicial Administration announced. Mary Kay Howe records and transcribes proceedings in the courtroom of Douglas County District ...
An SUV that overturned off Massachusetts Street over the weekend ran off the road and hit a pole, causing it to roll and come to rest on its top, police said. The Chevrolet Trailblazer had five female occupants ages 17, 18, 19, 20 and 27, Sgt. Amy Rhoads of the Lawrence Police Department said ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 138 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Updated at 7:44 p.m. Monday The Lawrence Police Department has released dashcam video of an officer shooting a motorist who attacked a fellow officer during a traffic stop that turned violent. The officer who fired now faces a felony charge, though she maintains she meant to draw her Taser ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 209 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Three women were injured when the vehicle they were riding in crashed and rolled onto its top late Saturday night in Downtown Lawrence. Lawrence Police and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews were called to the intersection of 13th Street and Massachusetts Street, just before midnight, ...