Updated at 5:38 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1 Three Wichita men and one juvenile were arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of felony shoplifting after they reportedly grabbed at least $2,500 in gaming equipment from the Lawrence Best Buy and dashed out of the store. Lawrence police, calling the men ...
Crews with Union Pacific on Sunday morning are working the scene of a train derailment near Perry, a dispatcher with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed. The derailment happened Saturday night, but many details about it were not immediately available. A 911 dispatcher on ...
The Public Defender's Office is asking a judge to not let the public see the arrest affidavit of a man who has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Douglas County. The arrest affidavit would let the public know why police believe they had probable cause to arrest and jail ...
Recent visitors to downtown Lawrence may have noticed a few things looking different near 11th and Massachusetts streets. The obvious one is the hulking addition taking shape to the south of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The more subtle one is the absence of trees on the lawn between ...
A Lawrence man charged with numerous child sex crimes in Douglas County District Court pleaded guilty to two counts of rape as part of a plea agreement Tuesday afternoon, avoiding a jury trial and a possible life sentence. Adrian Raye Wisdom pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, both level one ...
Knowing that he could be going to prison for years, a convicted rapist fervently hugged his new wife Tuesday before the judge entered the courtroom to hear several motions in his case and to potentially sentence him. About an hour into the hearing, however, it was clear that Reston Phillips, ...