Public Safety

LPD says a scammer is using its number and officer’s name to fish for money

A scammer is using Lawrence Police Department details to try to trick people out of money, the department said Tuesday. In a Facebook post Tuesday evening, LPD said two separate people walked into police headquarters and said they had been called by an officer saying they had a warrant on them ...

Overnight storm produces local damage; high winds down trees, homes in North Lawrence

UPDATED 12:20 P.M. JUNE 9 A middle-of-the-night storm caused tornado sirens to blare and sleepy residents to scurry, while damaging both properties and trees in various parts of Lawrence. What the storm — which first responders said did not produce any known injuries — didn’t produce ...