Douglas County law enforcement increased holiday patrols through a state-funded campaign aimed at deterring impaired driving and shared the total DUI arrests reported over the past week. The year-round Special Traffic Enforcement program includes several campaigns timed around holidays such as ...
A registered sex offender who was accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence mobile home park took a plea deal on Friday — but the judge told him there's “no guarantee” that he'll get the probation sentence the attorneys agreed to recommend. Michael Ken Aller, 36, of Lawrence, pleaded no ...
Updated at 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. A late-night apartment fire displaced three people but injured none on Tuesday, according to a representative from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. LDCFM’s McKenzi Ezell said via email that units were dispatched t0 2500 W. Sixth St. after ...
A missing 77-year-old Lawrence man was found safe after the Lawrence Police Department issued a Silver Alert earlier this week. According to a social media post from LPD, the department received information that Roger Harry Bean was in the Kansas City metro area. An officer traveled to Bean's ...
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Topeka man to nearly 10 years in prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The man, Jason Morrison, 43, pleaded no contest to the charges in October, just days before his trial was set to begin. In exchange for his plea, the Douglas ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will be hosting an event next week to hear from the public about the department's expansion with a new fire station in northwest Lawrence. The department will be hosting a listening session in the Tom Wilkerson Room at the Lawrence Aquatic Center, 4706 ...