A 22-year-old Lawrence man was injured and then cited for DUI after he allegedly drove into another car, which in turn hit another car Saturday in central Lawrence. Police said the man was southbound on Iowa Street just after 11 p.m. in a gray 1998 Honda Odyssey. Just as he approached 23rd ...
A 20-year-old Lawrence man was charged Monday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly threatened a woman at a homeless campsite with a handgun. The charge against Preston Scott Foster stems from a disturbance at a campsite in Sandra J. Shaw Park, but police provided few ...
A support staff member at Free State High School who previously worked at West Middle School has been placed on administrative leave pending a police investigation, according to the Lawrence school district. The district did not share details about the investigation, as the district has ...
A Lawrence man awaiting trial for sexually targeting numerous pre-teen girls at a Lawrence middle school has now been charged with multiple additional sex crimes going back 16 years. The defendant, Kenneth W. Soap, 44, was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated sexual battery related ...
A University of Kansas student who was originally charged with rape was sentenced on Friday to nearly three years in prison — suspended to probation — after accepting a plea deal for aggravated battery and residential burglary. The student, Esteban Levi Plunkett, 19, was charged with rape ...
ERIE — A rural Kansas prosecutor apologized for his shortcomings and committing misdemeanor crimes before being escorted to jail Wednesday after years of investigation into allegations of more serious misconduct. In a hearing at the courthouse where he spent nearly 16 years as top ...