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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 151 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 256 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
As Mike Perryman watched floodwaters surround his home in rural Douglas County while his wife and daughter were still inside, he wondered what could have caused such a disaster. While he was aware of the 8 to 10 inches of rain in the weather forecast the night of July 31, seeing 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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 213 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A University of Kansas linebacker charged after his arrest with two teen girls at a popular Lawrence bar has been granted a diversion agreement through the Douglas County district attorney’s office, court records show. Thomas P. Barrett, 21, was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, ...
Story updated at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4: After nearly three full days of deliberation, a jury on Friday was unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Rontarus Washington Jr., who was charged in connection with the 2014 death of a young woman who lived in his apartment ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 188 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The appearance of multiple low-flying military jets over Lawrence Friday morning rattled many residents. One caller — of many — to the Journal-World said the planes were so low that he could see details of the cockpit’s underside. He said he saw four jets make two very loud passes over ...
After a second full day of deliberation — bringing their total to about 15 hours since they started Tuesday — jurors considering a verdict in a Lawrence murder trial had not come to a conclusion by 5 p.m. Thursday. On one count with which Rontarus Washington Jr. is charged, it seems the ...
The Douglas County District Court’s chief judge plans to retire Dec. 31 after 19 years of service, according to a news release from the state Office of Judicial Administration. Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel was appointed a district judge in April 2008 and then to her current role in 2016, ...
A Lawrence man allegedly told a woman that “the Devil told him she needed to die” before sexually assaulting her and then hitting her twice in the head with a stainless steel skillet as she tried to flee, according to a police affidavit. Donavan Ryan Hiller, 34, was arrested — after ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 199 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will host a free women’s self-defense class at the fairgrounds on Wednesday. The class will aim to teach physical defensive tactics, tools and suggestions for personal safety and programs designed to help during an emergency. The event will be from ...
A jury on Wednesday did not reach a verdict in a Lawrence murder trial nearly five years in the making. The 12 jurors on the panel, plus three alternates, have spent the past three and a half weeks hearing evidence, testimony and arguments. They must decide whether they are convinced beyond a ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 208 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a man accused in a January 2018 shooting at Lawrence’s Parnell Park. Michael A. Hormell, 20, is charged in connection with an alleged robbery attempt that resulted in a 17-year-old being shot and flown to a hospital in critical condition. ...
In closing arguments in a long-running Lawrence murder case, prosecutor C.J. Rieg portrayed defendant Rontarus Washington Jr. as an untrustworthy person who changed his story every time he spoke to police, both before and after they accused him of killing Justina Altamirano Mosso. Defense ...
A judge will rule by the end of the month on whether two teens charged in a double shooting at Holcom Park will be tried as adults. Judge Peggy Kittel said Tuesday in Douglas County District Court that she would provide a written ruling regarding the juvenile or adult status for Benson J. ...
A longtime resident of Lawrence’s Cedarwood Apartments testified Tuesday that he saw a woman kiss an unknown man outside of apartment 13 about a week before her slain body was found inside its bathroom. David Brown, who lived on the building’s third floor back in November 2014 when ...
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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 196 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...