Citing the “sacrifices” that the city has had to make in a difficult budget year, the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday broke an impasse between the city and the fire medical union by siding with the city’s pay proposal. The commission voted 3-1, with Commissioner Amber Sellers opposed ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will operate a collection site for unused medications in downtown Lawrence on Saturday as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The office announced in a press release Tuesday it will accept expired or unused prescription and over-the-counter ...
A 33-year-old homeless shelter resident was charged Tuesday with aggravated battery, a felony, after allegedly beating a man in the face with a wooden stick in downtown Lawrence. Lawrence police officers, in a social media post, said they found a man with significant facial injuries near ...
A woman jumped into the backseat of a stranger's car uninvited while the driver was stopped Monday at a stoplight near Watson Park. Police, in a social media post, said the woman was running away from paramedics. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical called for police assistance after getting ...
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Gardner man to two years of probation in connection with a high-speed wrong-way police pursuit on Kansas Highway 10 in 2021. The man, Christopher Dale, 37, emotionally hugged his defense attorney, Jessica Glendening, after Judge Amy Hanley ruled in ...
A 37-year-old Lawrence man has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a baseball bat after an incident early Saturday evening in downtown Lawrence. According to police spokeswoman Laura McCabe, an officer saw an active disturbance around 5:45 p.m. in the 700 block of ...