A Leavenworth woman driving eastbound on Interstate 70 rear-ended a semitruck Thursday morning but no one suffered serious injuries, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report. Troopers responded to the accident, which occurred near the McDonald Drive interchange in Lawrence, around 10 ...
A house fire in central Lawrence displaced four people on Wednesday evening, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. Firefighters responded to the house fire at 1832 W. 22nd St., near the intersection of 23rd and Iowa streets, at around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to scanner ...
A Lawrence man has rejected a plea deal that prosecutors offered; instead, he wants to plead guilty to the 17 charges leveled against him. Dandre M. Cordray, 19, of Lawrence, faces 14 felonies: five counts of aggravated burglary, five counts of theft and four counts of burglary of a motor ...
Story updated at 8:50 a.m. Friday: After ordering him to stop talking at risk of incriminating himself, a judge sent a ballroom dance instructor back to the Douglas County Jail following his court appearance on Thursday. Phillip M. Carney, 37, was arrested in the early-morning hours of ...
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 161 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
Story updated at 5:13 p.m. Wednesday: A student brought a firearm to Lawrence High School on Wednesday, according to a news release from the school district. LHS administrators worked with Lawrence police to investigate a student’s report that another student may have brought a weapon to ...
What’s better than free stuff? Free stuff with the power to save lives. Through a partnership with a national nonprofit, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office offers free gun locks to anyone who wants to stop by and pick one up. This partnership has been in place since 2007, Jenn ...
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 152 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
The last of four suspects charged in connection with a series of armed robberies around Lawrence in early 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to probation. Justice L. Dent, 21, had pleaded no contest to two counts of robbery on Dec. 3. A judge sentenced him to 36 months of probation during which he ...
A man who is accused of shooting and injuring another teen at a Lawrence park was bound over for trial in a new case on Tuesday. Michael A. Hormell, now 20, has been in the custody of the Douglas County Jail since he was arrested Jan. 26, 2018, in connection with a shooting that occurred the ...
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Lawrence man to 77 months, or close to 6 1/2 years, for molesting an 11-year-old girl. Robert W. Copas, 37, was charged in July 2017 with aggravated indecent liberties with a child. In March, he pleaded no contest to the same charge but as a less severe felony, ...
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 181 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A Topeka man was sentenced Tuesday to 155 months, or nearly 13 years, in prison for raping a Lawrence teen at a house party. On Nov. 4, a jury found 22-year-old Jordan K. Ross guilty of raping a then-15-year-old girl at a Lawrence house party in August 2017. The girl testified that she ...
A Bonner Springs ballroom dance instructor has been charged in connection with a third reported burglary at the same Lawrence cigar shop. Phillip Michael Carney, 37, was charged formally Monday in Douglas County District Court with burglary, theft of cigars valued between $1,500 and $25,000, ...
Story updated at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday: A man was injured in a reported shooting Monday afternoon, according to Lawrence police. First responders were dispatched around 3:51 p.m. Monday to an apartment in the 2300 block of Wakarusa Drive regarding a possible shooting, according to the Lawrence ...
After a double shooting in broad daylight at a Lawrence park seriously injured two teen brothers, one of two teen co-defendants reportedly said he should have “just killed the two boys and be done with it,” according to court documents. Sahavione K. Caraway, 17, and Benson J. Edwards Jr., ...
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 151 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. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 147 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A Bonner Springs ballroom dance instructor was arrested in the early hours of Saturday on suspicion of burglary — the third such incident reported at the same Lawrence business. He’s also accused of threatening and striking Lawrence police officers. Phillip Michael Carney, 37, was ...
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 147 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...