Officials in Douglas County determined a grass fire that burned around 200 acres near Stull on Saturday was sparked by an ember from an old, unattended campfire. The Douglas County Consolidated Fire District No. 1, with assistance from the Kansas State Fire Marshal, announced in a press ...
Former Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez — who lost her bid for re-election last year — is making an appearance again as a prosecutor in Douglas County District Court. Valdez has made an entry of appearance in a child sex crime case as an associate counsel to the prosecution ...
A man accused of coaching his teenage brother to sexually assault another teenager was ordered to stand trial on multiple felony charges on Thursday. Wyatt Farrow, 22, of Overland Park, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated sodomy, two felony counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man was arrested on Wednesday after police allege he stole one vehicle in Kansas City and another in Lawrence and nearly ran over the owner of one of the vehicles. Brian Joseph Tebbe, 38, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated ...
High winds and dry conditions Friday have led officials across Northeast Kansas to warn of an increased risk for wildland fires. The National Weather Service in Topeka issued a Red Flag warning for Friday across the region, adding “extreme fire weather conditions” are expected Friday ...
A Lenexa man was ordered to stand trial on Wednesday for allegedly threatening to shoot another man outside of a bar in downtown Lawrence. The man, DeCorey Jerron Pittman, 31, faces one felony count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one felony count of criminal threat in ...