Two people were injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday in northwestern Douglas County, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said via email that a Chevrolet Trailblazer was going west on North 1600 Road, about 2 miles north of Clinton Lake, at 3:40 a.m. when ...

A woman was arrested Thursday by University of Kansas police on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to KU Deputy Chief James Druen, officers responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. to Templin Residence Hall, 1515 Engel Road, in regard to an altercation between roommates. ...

A Lawrence resident is among three nominees chosen to fill the upcoming vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Henry Green on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Gov. Laura Kelly's office and the Court of Appeals Nominating Commission announced Friday that Meryl Carver-Allmond, of Lawrence, was ...

A Topeka man who was set to be tried for rape in two weeks instead entered a plea Thursday in Douglas County District Court to two counts of sexually motivated aggravated battery. The man, Daniel James Garcia-Hernandez, 23, was originally charged with one felony count of rape of a person who ...

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a woman against the City of Lawrence and the police, finding its claims without merit. The woman had been charged in Douglas County with filing a false rape report. Even though the criminal case against her was dropped, she filed the civil lawsuit, ...

A hearing for a Lawrence teen who is alleged to have shot a man during a drug deal was rescheduled on Wednesday in Douglas County District Court after the victim was arrested by law enforcement on a warrant for violating probation. The teen defendant, Cameron Jay Cooper, 18, is charged with ...