A man has been charged with multiple felonies in Douglas County District Court in connection with a disturbance in May. Seth A. Kenney was charged Tuesday with three counts of felony aggravated assault for allegedly threatening an adult and two 13-year-olds with a gun, according to court ...
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 178 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
When Lawrence superintendent Anthony Lewis spoke to a student who brought a gun to Lawrence High School in February, he was shocked by what he heard. The student said they feared for their own safety and brought the gun for self-defense, Lewis told the Journal-World on Tuesday. What's more, he ...
Story updated at 2:27 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7: A Shawnee man was charged Tuesday as the result of a traffic stop near the University of Kansas campus. Deputy Chief James Anguiano of KUPD told the Journal-World via email Tuesday morning that officers stopped a car for a traffic violation at ...
After his court hearing for his charge of stealing used restaurant grease, a Springfield, Mo., man allegedly proceeded to repeat the crime. Byron Parker Aston, 28, was first booked into the Douglas County Jail on Feb. 27, jail records show. He was charged with low-level felony theft for ...
The state of Kansas has lifted health warnings for several Lawrence waterways following sewage releases last week, but one local stream remains under the advisory. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment lifted health advisories for the Kansas River, Wakarusa River, Brush Creek 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. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday and includes 251 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6: An overnight structure fire has displaced five occupants of a southwestern Lawrence home. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said in a news release that firefighters responded to the single-family home at 4121 Teal Drive at 1:32 a.m. Tuesday to ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responders were called to a Lawrence hotel Monday afternoon to investigate mysterious containers of liquid found on the property. Division Chief Justin Temple said staff at Quality Inn & Suites Lawrence, 2309 Iowa St., discovered two clear, ...
A late-night encounter between two University of Kansas students began with consensual kissing but devolved into a sex crime, court documents allege. Hayden Brae Gragg, 19, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of rape, a high-level felony, in October 2018. He was released without ...
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 149 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Lawrence police responded to a report of a shooting Sunday night, but no one was shot. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said police responded around 8:50 p.m. Sunday to the 1700 block of West 24th Street. He said it was a domestic incident and “initial ...
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 201 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The City of Lawrence has fixed an equipment failure at a wastewater treatment plant that had forced the release of sewage into the Kansas River and other streams. The Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1400 E. Eighth St., was brought back into operation and the sewage releases were ...
Practicing safe habits doesn’t have to be stressful — it can be fun. That’s the message of public safety and health agencies in Douglas County as they come together for the second annual Community Safety Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 10 at South Park. “The Community Safety ...
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 207 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Updated story - Aug. 4 — City fixes sewage treatment equipment, stops releases into local waterways An equipment failure at a Lawrence wastewater plant had not been fixed as of Friday afternoon, and sewage releases into nearby streams and rivers were continuing, the city said in a news ...
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 230 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A man who was tried for rape in Lawrence and eventually pleaded to a less severe nonsexual crime will now have to serve a jail sentence of more than a year for violating his probation. Jared L. Wheeler, 24, was originally granted probation with an underlying 13-month jail sentence and one year ...
Updated story - Aug. 4 — City fixes sewage treatment equipment, stops releases into local waterways Heavy rainfall has caused equipment failure at the Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant, causing the plant to shut down and sewage to be deposited into the Kansas River, according to a ...