With AAA forecasting Thanksgiving travel to exceed pre-pandemic levels, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging travelers to buckle up, use proper child safety seats and avoid impaired and distracted driving. “We are glad to see people on the roads and hope everyone has an ...
Two Lawrence brothers were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Friday in connection with an alleged stabbing. Officers responded around 10 a.m. to the 1900 block of East 19th Street, where they found a man who had been stabbed. The man was taken by paramedics in serious condition to ...
Updated at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 A district judge on Monday sanctioned the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office for not turning over potentially exculpatory evidence to a criminal defendant — a sanction that prosecutors intend to appeal. The sanction by Judge Amy Hanley in the ...
A Lawrence man pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder in connection with a homicide at a homeless camp, and his trial is scheduled to take place next spring. The defendant, Julius Beasley, 40, is accused of stabbing Crystal White, 51, of Lawrence, who was found dead in a tent near ...
A Lawrence man who is alleged to have stabbed a man during an altercation earlier this month has been arrested and charged with battery. The man, Rashidi Edward McClelland, 47, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one count of felony aggravated battery. The charge is in connection ...
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez is requesting leniency from the Kansas Supreme Court in the disciplinary matter against her, arguing in part that she has already been “severely punished” by the media, which she blames for her election loss. Valdez’s attorney, Stephen ...