Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity through 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back through 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and ...
Three Lawrence residents have been selected to serve on a state commission focused on issues of racial equity in justice. Gov. Laura Kelly announced in a news release on Wednesday that she signed an executive order to create the commission, which will first work on community relations of ...
To help address a looming inmate population crisis at the Douglas County Jail, criminal justice leaders are working to make the local court system more efficient, said Criminal Justice Coordinator Mike Brouwer. During the County Commission meeting on Wednesday, Brouwer reported to the ...
Over the past several days, most local law enforcement incidents have been dispatched over the emergency radio without addresses. Lawrence police say it’s because of some civilians interfering with calls; however, a few members of the public told the Journal-World they take issue with the ...
Updated at 4:20 p.m. A local activist group and others do not have legal standing to challenge Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail, a judge has ruled. In a Tuesday court filing, Judge James Fleetwood dismissed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court filed by faith-based activist ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Lawrence's Community Police Review Board is calling for a review of its structure and powers given that the board has yet to review any complaints against police since it was created nearly two years ago. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to establish a work group to ...
Two challengers for the seat of Douglas County district attorney spoke of their ideas for change and prodded the incumbent about cases his office has handled as he touted his experience and filled in other sides of the stories Tuesday evening. The Douglas County Democrats hosted an online ...
Story updated at 10:51 a.m. Wednesday: A woman was seriously injured following a police pursuit Tuesday night, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, the sheriff’s office was notified by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office of an attempt to locate a ...
Lawrence police on Tuesday released the identity of a man found dead 13 days ago at Naismith Valley Park. The man was 40-year-old Kelly Crawford, of Independence, Mo., Sgt. Amy Rhoads, public affairs officer for the Lawrence Police Department, said via email Tuesday. She said that at this ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Five family members and a longtime family friend had driven close to 20 hours and were within an hour of their destination before they were killed in a head-on crash on Kansas Highway 10. Anico Kirk, 29; her three daughters, Yamel Kirk, 11, Umariel Lee, 9, and Nah’Liyah Cay, 4; Anico’s ...
Updated story - Five family members, friend were close to destination after cross-country drive before fatal crash in Lawrence The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was unable, as of 1 p.m. Monday, to provide any new information about a crash last week that left six people dead and one ...
The three candidates for district attorney will participate in an online forum beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Newcomers Cooper Overstreet and Suzanne Valdez and incumbent DA Charles Branson have all filed as Democrats. No Republicans have filed, so the next DA will likely be chosen in the ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Three Democratic candidates for Douglas County district attorney spoke with the Journal-World recently to share their views on law enforcement misconduct and how they would handle such issues if elected. Two newcomers, Cooper Overstreet, a Lawrence defense attorney, and Suzanne Valdez, a law ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
UPDATE, 10:50 a.m. Sunday: A missing 22-year-old man was located safe within an hour of a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office seeking to locate him. Original story: The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 22-year-old man last seen at 4 a.m. Sunday at the ...
UPDATE, 9:44 p.m. Saturday: Within half an hour of Lawrence police issuing a silver alert for a missing woman Saturday night, she was located safe, according to a tweet from the department. The woman was found nearly 2 miles from her home by a citizen who received the initial alert on social ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...