As days get shorter and deer get more active, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is urging motorists to be careful, and it's also overhauling its "deer list" of people who can respond and remove dead deer from roadways after a crash. Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman George ...
A Douglas County judge has ruled against a man who was suing the State of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment in a 2016 rape case. Judge Carl Folsom III in an order filed Monday found that Albert Wilson, who was convicted of raping a 17-year-old, did not meet his burden of showing ...
An Olathe man was arrested Friday night and accused of fleeing officers on Kansas Highway 10, according to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. About 10:40 p.m., a deputy spotted a motorcycle speeding west on K-10, according to the post. The deputy had previously ...
Defense attorneys requested — and a judge denied on Friday — a new trial for a man who earlier this year was found guilty of murder in a downtown Lawrence shooting. A jury in July found Nicholas Beaver guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Vincent Lee Walker on March 6, ...
Billy Mills Middle School students were evacuated to a nearby football field Thursday after a social media post mentioned a weapon being on campus, according to Lawrence police. Nothing concerning was found in the building, police said. Police officers and school staff shortly before 1 p.m. ...
A Lawrence man on Wednesday reported to police that he found a grenade behind some drywall as he was remodeling his home. Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Iowa Street, where the man had the grenade in his truck, according to a police post on social media. Officers ...