A car chase ended in two crashes and one arrest Saturday morning after police received a call from passengers in one vehicle who believed a friend was in danger in another vehicle. A vehicle being pursued by the police crashed near 27th and Louisiana streets around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, ...
Douglas County residents have been reporting a variety of scams to law enforcement in which the scammers have been posing as those same law enforcement agencies to try to swindle money from people. On Thursday, the Lawrence Police Department warned the public on social media that residents ...
A woman fought through tears and frustration during a hearing on Thursday in Douglas County District Court as she described finding her fiancé dead of an apparent fentanyl overdose in the summer of 2023. The woman was testifying at a preliminary hearing for Harlan Epps, 37, of Lawrence. Epps ...
A Lawrence man was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for first-degree murder in connection with a stabbing in February at an unsanctioned homeless camp in North Lawrence. Judge Stacey Donovan said that “while some of the evidence is confusing,” there was sufficient evidence after a ...
A lawsuit seeking at least $400,000 in damages from the state of Kansas for wrongful imprisonment related to an overturned conviction in a case involving the 2016 death of an infant is still proceeding — for now. A Douglas County District Court judge on Wednesday heard the first round of ...
A Douglas County jury took less than 40 minutes Tuesday to acquit a man of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — in a case where the state said the defendant pulled a menacing knife but the defendant said it was simply a flashlight. The defendant, Anthony D. Davis, was accused of ...