Emphasizing that his client pleaded no contest — as opposed to guilty — a defense attorney now says a Lawrence man should get the lightest possible prison sentence because his child victim’s story wasn’t credible. Robert W. Copas, 36, of Lawrence, was scheduled to be sentenced Monday ...
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 173 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Over a recent five-day span, Quentin R. Sowers allegedly went on a burglary spree. But he wasn’t breaking into homes or businesses. Authorities allege that he was prying open Midco cable boxes all over Lawrence and stealing the batteries from inside. Sowers, 50, of Topeka, now stands ...
The Eudora City Commission and school district have agreed to address the top safety concern of parents of Eudora students. Eudora Mayor Tim Reazin said that district parents identified the need for a greater police presence in Eudora schools as their top safety concern in meetings 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. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 249 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. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday and includes 268 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A woman who’s been volunteering to help children through the court system for the past eight years got a statewide honor for her efforts this week. Karen Warner, a Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA, was presented with the Outstanding Community-Based Victim Advocate ...
Cindy Riling said the hardest part of her job guiding crime victims through the court process is seeing firsthand the suffering they go through, which for many will be a lifelong process. The most rewarding part is when people stay in touch down the road to let her know they’re doing ...
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 231 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2019: Crews battled a fire in the basement of a southeastern Lawrence home on Thursday afternoon. The fire at the house at 2726 Maverick Lane started at about 4:40 p.m., Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Shift Commander Doug Green said, 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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 247 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Update at 12:18 p.m. Thursday A judge has dismissed a DUI charge against a University of Kansas law instructor who’s now one of two finalists in the race to become mayor of Kansas City, Mo. Quinton D. Lucas, 34, of Kansas City, announced the dismissal Thursday in a news release. Citing ...
Story updated at 5:44 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2019: A Lawrence middle schooler has been criminally charged in connection with last week’s report that he threatened on social media to bring guns to school and shoot people. The boy has been charged as a juvenile with one count of criminal ...
The owner of a Lawrence towing company was killed while changing a tire on a college baseball team’s bus over the weekend. Lawrence resident Kevin Raasch, 53, owned and operated TransMasters Towing and Roadside Recovery for over 30 years, according to his obituary. The fatal accident ...
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 199 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
TOPEKA — A record 1 in 4 Kansas public defenders quit last fiscal year, with many blaming high caseloads and low salaries. Among them was Ruslan Ivanov, who told KCUR-FM that he typically juggled between 60 and 90 cases and sometimes worked seven days a week. On one trip to Colorado, he ...
Two Lawrence men charged in a human trafficking, rape and kidnapping case are trying to work out plea deals with prosecutors, their attorneys said in court Tuesday. BJ Lauri, 44, and John W. Brown, 51, had been scheduled to have preliminary hearings in Douglas County District Court, where ...
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 228 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The FBI has released surveillance photos and is offering a reward for information in a robbery at a Lawrence payday loan store, thought to be related to a more recent robbery in Topeka. On Tuesday, the agency announced in a news release that a reward up to $5,000 is being offered for ...
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 188 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...