Two Lawrence High School students have been arrested following a fire in the girls' locker room at the school Monday morning, according to a message Tuesday from the Lawrence school district to the LHS community. The fire originated at a paper towel dispenser that extended to a combustible ...
An attorney representing a convicted sex offender is asking for the man's bond to be modified so that he can visit with relatives prior to his sentencing date and an expected lengthy prison term. The man, Mateo Clavel Wills, 22, pleaded guilty in August to one count of aggravated kidnapping ...
HAYS (AP) — A western Kansas police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call at the home of a suspect who appeared to have later killed himself, authorities said. Hays Police Sgt. Scott Heimann died of his injuries early Sunday after being taken by air ambulance ...
The Lawrence school district is asking a judge to delay a civil lawsuit against it relating to alleged child sexual abuse by one of its former employees. In a motion filed late last week, the school district asked Douglas County Judge Catherine Theisen to stay the civil proceedings until a ...
A man was arrested after reportedly making threats to employees at Lawrence City Hall on Friday, police said on social media. The Lawrence Police Department posted that just after 1 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the report of a man making threats at City Hall. The post said that when ...
A Lawrence Community Shelter resident accused of pulling a gun on a child and another individual outside a Lawrence home was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Sept. 17. A man told Lawrence police that he and ...