The Walmart in west Lawrence was evacuated Thursday afternoon following a reported bomb threat, Lawrence police said. The building, 550 Congressional Drive, was being evacuated shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, according to emergency radio traffic. Officers helped search the building and, as of ...
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 239 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Following an emotional trial and 16 hours of deliberation, a jury on Thursday convicted a Eudora woman of murdering a baby she cared for at a home day care. Jurors found Carrody M. Buchhorn, 44, guilty of second-degree murder for unintentionally but recklessly killing 9-month-old Oliver ...
Two temporarily unattended toddlers apparently found and were playing with a gun when the gun fired and one of them was killed, according to a newly released affidavit in the case. Autumn Grace Smith, 1, was fatally shot about 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22, 2017, at the her family’s home in the 600 ...
A string of witnesses provided testimony Wednesday about the events that led to a deadly shooting outside a Eudora bar last year, with all of them identifying Danny Queen as the one who instigated the disturbance. The jury also saw body camera video shot by Eudora police officer Brandon Sharp, ...
The alleged trigger-woman has been convicted in a December home-invasion robbery and shooting. Kayshunna C. Poindexter, 26, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest and was convicted of aggravated battery, a felony, on July 18 in Douglas County District Court, according to Jill Spurling, trial ...
Police hope surveillance footage of a gunman who robbed a Lawrence liquor store — and took a spill as he ran off — will help identify the suspect. The robbery was reported about 10:15 p.m. Friday at the Wine Cellar, 2100 W. 25th St., suite A, Officer Drew Fennelly of the Lawrence Police ...
A 20-year-old Lawrence man has been charged with multiple sex crimes against a teenager. Kaspar A. Engelberg was charged with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of indecent liberties with a child, according to a complaint filed July 19 in Douglas County ...
Updated story - July 26 — Woman guilty of 2nd degree murder in baby’s death at Eudora home day care Story updated: 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Ten hours into deliberations, jurors still had not reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon in the case of a woman charged with murdering ...
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 166 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A Lawrence man has been charged with multiple counts of raping a teen. Steven L. Capps, 39, was arrested Saturday, according to jail records. He was charged Monday with two counts of rape and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, all felonies, according to a complaint filed in Douglas ...
Story updated 7:07 p.m. July 24, 2018: Prosecutors and defense attorneys offered vastly different explanations Tuesday of what happened in the early-morning hours of June 24, 2017, when an argument at a Eudora bar turned into a melee and, eventually, a fatal shooting. During opening ...
On Tuesday in Douglas County District Court, prosecutor Mark Simpson wove a week of testimony into a dark summary of the state’s murder case against former day care worker Carrody M. Buchhorn, 44, of Eudora. “On Sept. 29, 2016, Oliver Ortiz went to day care, and he was a happy, healthy ...
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 198 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Jury selection will continue for a second day Tuesday in the trial of a man charged in a June 2017 shooting death outside D-Dubs Bar and Grill in Eudora. Danny W. Queen, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 32-year-old Bo Hopson. Queen also faces two counts of ...
Story updated: 7:33 p.m., July 23, 2018 The fracture at the base of 9-month-old Oliver “Ollie” Ortiz’s skull displayed signs of healing, indicating the injury was days or even a week old when he died, an out-of-state forensic pathologist testified Monday. That analysis contradicts a ...
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 ...
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 210 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A 39-year-old man was arrested after reportedly fleeing on foot from the scene of a Sunday morning accident at Lake View Lake. Sgt. Kristen Channel, spokeswoman for the Douglas Sheriff’s Office, said Leland White, 39, was southbound in the 1800 block of East 1125 Road when he allegedly ...
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. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 245 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...