A person was hit and killed by a train Thursday evening in eastern Lawrence, according to Lawrence police. Police believe that preliminary evidence points to suicide. A spokesperson for the department told the Journal-World it was "a sad situation for everyone involved — the family and ...
Officers with the Lawrence Police Department will conduct a sobriety check lane Friday at an undisclosed time and location within the city. The check lane is a tool to increase awareness about the dangers of impaired driving and get impaired drivers off the street, a news release from LPD ...
Updated at 10:20 a.m. Friday A 27-year-old pedestrian early Friday morning was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured along a portion of Old K-10 Highway between Lawrence and Eudora. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports that an eastbound runner was hit by a westbound 2002 ...
A multimillion-dollar expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center in downtown Lawrence hit a major milestone on Wednesday — the installation of the final beam in the building’s new addition. Construction workers celebrated the beam’s placement at the job site near 11th and New ...
A Lawrence police officer will not be immune from prosecution after a Shawnee County judge on Monday rejected the officer's claim of self-defense and found his testimony "not credible." Lt. Myrone Grady, an award-winning, 23-year-veteran with the Lawrence Police Department, was charged with ...
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies will take part in enhanced DUI patrols starting this weekend and running through Labor Day weekend. The Sheriff’s Office along with several agencies in Kansas is participating in enforcement for the national impaired driving campaign. Historically, an ...