The Lawrence Police Department is asking a Douglas County district judge to quash a subpoena for its investigative file on a speech pathologist accused of child molestation at a Lawrence elementary school. LPD says, in a motion filed Wednesday, that releasing its full file on Mark Gridley to ...

There were no arrests that led to felony charges to report from 5 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Journal-World publishes Monday through Friday on LJWorld.com and Tuesday through Saturday in the print edition a list of individuals who have both been booked into the Douglas County Jail and ...

A Lawrence man was taken into custody Tuesday night on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly fired at least a dozen bullets into a residence. Police were called to a residence near 33rd and Iowa streets in southwest Lawrence around 9 p.m. Tuesday after multiple ...

The Douglas County jail's booking log website was unavailable on Tuesday afternoon to provide information about felony arrests and charges that happened on Monday. The Journal-World publishes Monday through Friday on LJWorld.com and Tuesday through Saturday in the print edition of the ...

A storm has dropped between 1.5 inches and 2.25 inches of rain in Lawrence as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Rain is expected to continue through the early evening hours Tuesday, and Douglas County will remain under a flood watch until Wednesday ...

Douglas County’s sheriff said it was both inaccurate and unfair for the county to be labeled a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants by the federal government last week. But Sheriff Jay Armbrister said he also is continuing with his practice that immigration enforcement is the job of the ...