WICHITA — A community task force is calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of a Black teenager who was restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center. Sedgwick County Commission Chairman David Dennis said last month that he was ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has apprehended a man who has been wanted for two months following a high-speed pursuit through Lawrence on Dec. 29. The man, Tyrone Leroy Alexander, 48, of Baldwin City, was taken into custody on Tuesday morning outside Linwood after a vehicle pursuit in ...
Updated at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Lawrence man to 32 months in prison for a sex crime that occurred in 2018 after a woman's birthday celebration. In October 2021, the man, Nicholas J. Lewis, 26, pleaded no contest to one count of “sexually ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has received a federal grant to start a program to support survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. The Violence Against Women Act grant for $30,863 will be used to support the office’s advocacy staff and to train sheriff’s deputies as well as ...
A child called 911 when a small fire started in a duplex on Sunday night. Around 7:25 p.m., Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to 2904 Crestline Drive after a juvenile called 911 to report a fire in the home. Firefighters located a smoldering fire inside and extinguished it. The ...
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 ...