The Baldwin City Council has approved a $1.35 million contract to construct a new police station that Mayor Casey Simoneau said will serve the community for half a century. At its Dec. 3 meeting, the Baldwin City Council approved a bid from Lloyd Builders, of Ottawa, to tear down the former ...
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 238 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A Lawrence man charged in connection with a January 2018 shooting that left one teen injured now has a new shooting case pending against him, meaning his statutory right to a speedy trial no longer applies. Michael A. Hormell, 20, has been in the custody of the Douglas County Jail nearly two ...
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 200 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Seeing local law enforcement officers help children pick out their favorite gifts this holiday season almost brought tears to the eyes of Amanda Vervynck. “It’s amazing,” said Vervynck, the director of education for the Ballard Community Center. “It makes me want to cry.” Local 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. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 163 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. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday and includes 176 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
An attempted traffic stop early Tuesday led to a pursuit on Interstate 70, water rescue, trip to the ER, foot chase and a Taser deployment outside the Douglas County Jail, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers attempted to stop a car that they had been notified was stolen, around ...
A Lawrence man accused of murder now has a “hard deadline” to find a new attorney before he faces trial in the long-delayed case. Steven A. Drake III, 22, is close to hiring a private attorney to take over the case in which he is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, said Carol ...
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 162 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday: A fourth man charged in connection with a series of armed robberies around Lawrence in early 2018 was convicted Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Justice L. Dent, 21, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to two counts of robbery, midlevel-severity ...
A jury trial for a Lawrence man accused in a shooting case has been continued again, and what comes next is at the discretion of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Michael A. Hormell, 20, is charged in connection with a Jan. 26, 2018, shooting that injured a teen at Lawrence’s Parnell Park, 901 ...
Before Abdul Jalil K. Hussein received his sentence of more than 17 years in prison, his mother told the judge Monday: “Your honor, the system has failed us all.” The mother, Grace Torko, said that in the months preceding the incident for which her son was sentenced the family had sought ...
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 115 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
One organization in Douglas County failed state health code inspections in November, and several others moved back into compliance after failing inspections in October. Each month, I take a look at inspection results and list every place either listed out of compliance or with 10 or more code ...
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 195 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Three years after their infant son’s death at the hands of the woman entrusted with his care, Rob and Kaylen Ortiz have surrounded themselves with people who help them stay “Ollie strong.” The boy is everywhere, too, his parents said. Oliver “Ollie” Lynn Ortiz was 9 months old on ...
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 158 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. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and includes 97 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. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday and includes 181 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...