As a damaging storm powered through Douglas County early Tuesday morning, residents may have heard the blare of tornado sirens amid the thunderclaps, but county officials said it is crucial to have other ways of being notified of severe weather. The warnings came shortly after midnight when ...
A trial for a Lawrence activist accused of interfering with law enforcement in 2023 now has the narrowest of windows to proceed, or else it could be dismissed due to the state’s speedy trial guarantees. A Douglas County District Court judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss the case against ...
UPDATED 12:20 P.M. JUNE 9 A middle-of-the-night storm caused tornado sirens to blare and sleepy residents to scurry, while damaging both properties and trees in various parts of Lawrence. What the storm — which first responders said did not produce any known injuries — didn’t produce ...
Douglas County’s emergency response operations have relocated to a new Public Safety Building, providing a larger and safer space for staff as the county prepares for the FIFA World Cup and the remainder of the severe weather season. The Douglas County Emergency Communications and Emergency ...
A Tonganoxie man accused of threatening to kill someone and various child pornography crimes has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas said in a news release Friday that Christian Page, 24, was indicted on one count of receipt of child ...
An Indiana man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with a child sex crime that allegedly happened more than 25 years ago. John Matthew Lotz, 62, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was booked into the Douglas County Jail on Tuesday, according to jail records, and is charged with one count ...