Large plumes of smoke were pouring from an area near Interstate-70 around 12:30 Friday afternoon, creating a widespread smokiness throughout Lawrence. The smoke was the result of a controlled burn by the Evergy electrical utility, according to Fire Battalion Chief Brandon Holloman. This is a ...
Updated at 4:38 p.m. Thursday, May 15 A Douglas County jury on Thursday found a man guilty of raping a woman eight years ago when the two were guests at a Lawrence home during KU’s graduation weekend. The woman testified that Reston Phillips, then 22, raped her on May 14, 2017, as she slept ...
Lawrence police are investigating an armed disturbance in Clinton Park after two homeless people were found with slash wounds. Officers responded to Clinton Park near the intersection of West Sixth and Maine streets just after 6 a.m. Thursday after a witness reported a woman “covered in ...
A Lawrence man was charged on Wednesday with two counts of rape and other sex crimes. Travis Lee Turner, 36, is charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of rape by force or fear and two counts of aggravated sodomy, all felonies, according to charging documents. The charges are ...
Two drivers from Lawrence were injured — one seriously — in a crash on Interstate 70 on Wednesday morning, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. According to a crash report from the patrol, the crash took place around 8:30 a.m. in Leavenworth County, just past the Douglas County line. ...
Updated at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 “Sorry, I’m asleep; I don’t know what happened.” That’s how a man says he responded to a woman who had just accused him of rape — and a defense expert told a Douglas County jury that the man was "likely" experiencing sexsomnia at the ...