A former Haskell Indian Nations University instructor was arrested Thursday on campus, where he was allegedly trespassing. The spring meeting of the Haskell National Board of Regents was going on at that time, and people from across the country are on campus for Haskell’s commencement ...
With two key witnesses nowhere to be found — at least not by the district attorney's office — the Motel 6 murder trial is being pushed back. A two-week jury trial for three men charged with murder and other crimes in connection with the 2017 shootout that killed one man and wounded ...
Those Chili’s gift cards stolen in an armed robbery of a server walking home near the University of Kansas campus? Stacey N. Ballard told police she traded them for meth. That was according to an affidavit in support of Ballard’s arrest, and a jury later convicted the 25-year-old ...
A former University of Kansas student who used a keystroke logger to steal professors’ passwords, hack into KU’s computer system and change his grades is now a convicted felon for those crimes. At the court hearing, he promised he had removed keystroke logger software from all of his ...
Hours after the first wave of Lawrence police officers were trained to administer nasal Narcan, some of those officers helped save a man’s life with it. Police were called to a home where a 48-year-old man was unresponsive, and officers were able to quickly determine that he had suffered a ...
Two 16-year-old boys suffered stab wounds during a fight Tuesday night in Lawrence, police say. Officers were dispatched just before 8:30 p.m. to a report of a fight — possibly involving weapons — going on at 100 Arkansas St., Officer Drew Fennelly said in an email to media on Wednesday. ...
A judge on Tuesday added two new murder trials to the Douglas County District Court calendar: one for Tria L. Evans, 38, of Lawrence, and the other for her alleged accomplice Christina L. Towell, 38, of Leavenworth. Both women are charged with the same crimes in connection with the Nov. 3, ...
A man fleeing police crashed into a tree and was arrested early Sunday morning in southern Lawrence. An officer tried to stop a vehicle for traffic violations about 2:50 a.m. in the 900 block of West 24th Street, but the driver fled, Lawrence Police Officer Derrick Smith said Monday in an ...
Lawrence police arrested a man over the weekend who allegedly cut someone with a knife because he thought the person stole his money and phone. Police were called to the incident just after 7:15 a.m. Saturday at an apartment in the 2100 block of West 26th Street, following a report of a ...
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson says he has no plans to start sifting through old domestic violence convictions in order to file new charges against anyone who is now illegally possessing a firearm. Instead, he says, those people are themselves responsible for complying with a ...
When asked the first thing that went through her mind when she was told her son was dead, Debbie Wales’ response was terse. “Tria did it.” Wales was the first witness to testify Friday at a preliminary hearing for two women charged with murder in the death of Joel Wales, 34, of Eudora. ...
Firefighters returned to Heritage Tractor Thursday morning to put out a flare-up that surfaced five days after the initial fire that burned through the building. The “rekindle” happened in the old records storage above the business’s office, said Division Chief and Fire Marshal James ...
A staffing study indicates that the Lawrence Police Department needs five additional patrol officers, potentially costing the city close to half a million dollars annually. The police department used a staff model based on the level of public service calls, which determined that the department ...
Saturday’s fire at a Lawrence tractor business was accidental, started by a power pole that broke off at its base and fell on top of the building, fire investigators said Wednesday.The fire caused an estimated $4 million in damage to the building and its contents, said Division Chief and Fire ...
While an 18-year-old and two 15-year-olds all were arrested and charged in a Eudora gun shop break-in, one of the younger boys told police the older teen was the instigator. That, plus matching blood and fingerprints, led authorities to arrest and charge Stevan Rios of Eudora in the case, ...
Some eastern Lawrence residents reportedly awoke to the sound of gunshots, then found bullet holes in their door over the weekend. Police were dispatched to sounds of gunshots in the 1400 block of East 24th Street shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, Officer Derrick Smith of the Lawrence Police ...
This weekend’s fire forced Lawrence’s Heritage Tractor out of its home at its busiest time of year. “We are going to rebuild,” store manager Tim Deneke said Monday morning, tromping through puddles of water, charred piles of insulation and broken glass in and around the burned-out ...
Suspects aren’t the only people police formally interview as part of their criminal investigations. Victims who have been through traumatic experiences — sexual assault, in particular — also undergo lengthy and detailed interviews with investigating law enforcement officers.The University ...
Facing a tornado in your car on the open road with no buildings — much less basements — for miles is a terrifying thought. For travelers on the Kansas Turnpike, at least, there are underground storm shelters at most toll plazas statewide. Kansas ushered in tornado season with its first ...
City leaders will consider allowing the Community Police Review Board to review police investigation files related to racial or other bias complaints under some circumstances.A revamp of the board meant to give it more oversight has been underway since 2016, and the Lawrence City Commission ...