Overnight gunshots in the area of Sixth Street and Stoneridge Drive early Wednesday morning led to a man being arrested on suspicion of DUI and other crimes. Officers responded around 1:30 a.m. to the area and found a van with a flat tire and a suspected stolen gun and drugs inside, according ...

A convicted child molester will be allowed to have supervised visits with three family members ahead of his sentencing on Oct. 30, when it's expected that he will receive a lengthy prison term. Such visits had, up until Tuesday, been forbidden by a court order that said Mateo Clavel Wills ...

A man who crashed a motorcycle while fleeing from police, seriously injuring his female passenger, was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison. Dillon Paul Herken, of Easton, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery in September as part of a deal in which four other charges were ...

For Adrian Mendoza, a regular Thursday of work became a life-altering day — and not just for him. The senior at Free State High School was working as a kitchen server at Pioneer Ridge Assisted Living of Lawrence and was handing out desserts when he heard a woman gasping for air. As he ...

An East Lawrence neighborhood near 13th and New York street is going to be awash in theatrical “smoke” for several days this week as firefighters train in three houses that are scheduled to be demolished, according to Capt. Nicholas Simon with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. The ...

A woman who was arrested last year for beating another woman with a baseball bat at a Lawrence homeless camp was found guilty Monday of aggravated battery. Jolene Jeanette Harrell, 37, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. In a plea deal with the ...