A Lawrence man was charged with aggravated battery in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday. Darren O. Cox, 36, made his first appearance in court Wednesday afternoon from the Douglas County Jail after he was arrested Tuesday evening. Judge James T. George said the charge was a ...
A Lawrence woman accused of driving a vehicle into a group of protesters last summer plans to apply for diversion, her attorney said in a court hearing on Wednesday. Lynda C. Kitsmiller, 46, appeared in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday to ask for a continuation in the proceedings. ...
As the Lawrence Police Department nears a potentially pivotal point, the city plans to enlist the help of a professional search firm to find the department’s next chief. The decision to hire an outside firm comes following the resignation of the last police chief after he served only about ...
Because of the high fire risk and recent grass fires, Douglas County officials have issued a burn ban beginning Tuesday for the unincorporated areas of Douglas County. Douglas County Commission Chair Shannon Portillo signed a burn ban for March 9-15 for the unincorporated areas of Douglas ...
As the weather began to warm up in recent weeks, so have the rural fields of Douglas County. Many area farmers have begun controlled burns of their crop fields to prepare for the upcoming farming season. But those burns can often grow out of control, necessitating assistance from local fire ...
Instances of use of force by the Lawrence Police Department slightly increased in 2020 compared with previous years, according to the department’s recently published annual report. LPD listed 20 instances of use of force in 2020, which is slightly above a recent average of 17 instances per ...
A 26-year-old man who is suspected in an hourlong high-speed chase through Douglas and Jefferson counties bonded out of the Douglas County Jail on Monday evening, according to jail records. Riley Wolfe, of Lawrence, was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Monday on suspicion of fleeing from law ...
A high-speed chase beginning in Lawrence Monday afternoon took law enforcement through rural areas of Douglas and Jefferson counties before coming to an end near the intersection of 13th Street and U.S. Highway 24. Kansas Highway Patrol Technical Trooper Donald Hughes told the Journal-World ...
In the near future, if a Lawrence police officer uses a taser, firearm or other form of force a during a certain period of time — such as three times in six months — the Lawrence Police Department will be able to automatically flag those incidents to be further reviewed. That would be an ...
Two people were taken to the hospital after a Friday morning accident on Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol online report, the accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. Friday on 1-70 near mile marker 208, which is about four miles east of the East Lawrence turnpike ...
Updated at 3:52 p.m. Friday A 21-year-old Lawrence man is facing a charge of attempted murder after driving a vehicle with a passenger into Lone Star Lake Thursday evening. Jeremy S. Williams, who made his first appearance in Douglas County District Court from the county jail Friday ...
A 21-year-old Lawrence man was charged with aggravated domestic battery and abuse of a child on Thursday. Seth A. Watkins, who is in the custody of the Douglas County Jail, was formally charged at his first appearance in Douglas County District Court. Both charges are felonies. He was also ...
WICHITA — Four men from Mississippi have been banned from hunting anywhere in the world and fined a total of $48,000 for violating wildlife laws in Kansas. Kenneth R. Britt Jr., 51; Tony Grant Smith, 26; Barney Leon Bairfield III, 28; and Dustin Corey Treadway, 28, were also sentenced to ...
TOPEKA — A Manhattan woman was killed in a seven-vehicle crash that began when large metal pipes fell off a semitrailer on Interstate 70, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. The patrol said pipes on a tractor-trailer driving east on the interstate in Topeka fell off and went over a barrier into ...
Former University of Kansas basketball player Silvio De Sousa has applied to go on diversion for a charge of aggravated battery, his attorney Hatem Chahine said Wednesday. De Sousa appeared in Douglas County District Court on Wednesday with Chahine through an online video conference. Chahine ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Attorneys defending Rontarus Washington Jr. against a murder charge have arranged for another expert to examine footwear evidence related to bloody footprints found at the crime scene. Washington, 24, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated burglary in connection with the November ...
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 up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
Three Douglas County Sheriff’s Office vehicles were vandalized with graffiti late last week. The sheriff’s office said in a social media post that the vehicles were marked with graffiti overnight between Thursday and Friday while parked at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 1199 New ...
After eight months of research and discussion, the city’s police review board is asking residents what they think of the board’s proposed changes to increase oversight of police complaints. The changes are meant to provide greater transparency and accountability in the handling of ...