A man was arrested early Sunday morning after a police officer allegedly spotted him approaching a group of people in downtown Lawrence with a rifle before leading police on a short chase while driving on the sidewalk. A Lawrence police sergeant saw the man carrying what appeared to be a ...
With high-tech holiday gifts like new phones, hoverboards and electric bicycles comes a danger that many people don't think about — fires, explosions and the release of toxic chemicals from those gadgets' lithium-ion batteries. These rechargeable batteries are generally safe as long as you ...
A former employee of an elder care facility in Lawrence who was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a resident was found guilty Friday of attempted mistreatment of a dependent adult. The defendant, Honesty Trussell, 25, pleaded no contest to that felony in a deal with the Douglas ...
More than 100 Douglas County residents have been called to potentially sit on a 16-person jury in a double homicide trial in January. The trial is for Rodney E. Marshall, 53, who is charged in Douglas County District Court with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted ...
A Lawrence hip-hop artist has been charged in Douglas County District Court with raping an 18-year-old woman. The man, Miquel L. Brown, 32, is charged with one felony count of rape of someone overcome by fear and one count of aggravated sodomy, according to charging documents. The incident is ...
A convicted killer who later threatened corrections officers at the Douglas County Jail will serve an additional half year for the offense, a judge ruled Tuesday. Maliqe Crenshaw, 24, was sentenced by Judge Stacey Donovan to six months in prison for a criminal threat he made in October. That ...