A Lawrence man who once was given a reprieve amid a 26-year prison sentence spent the next decade committing new crimes and has now been sentenced to three more years in prison. Jason Lee Ellison, 42, pleaded no contest in March to one felony count of criminal threat. The charge had ...
A 35-year-old New York man exchanged thousands of lewd messages, including sexually graphic photos, videos and phone calls, with a Lawrence 14-year-old, and made plans to travel here for the purposes of statutorily raping her, according to allegations in his arrest affidavit, which was released ...
Story updated at 8:18 p.m. Saturday, May 3: Lawrence and Douglas County law enforcement took a suspect who was wanted in Johnson County into custody on Saturday evening during a traffic stop that shut down the westbound lanes of Sixth Street west of Tennessee Street. Sheriff's office ...
Dozens of motorcycles and bicycles paraded through Lawrence on Thursday as part of the 2025 Kansas Law Enforcement Ride for the Fallen. The cyclists were traveling from Leawood to Topeka to honor officers who have died in the past year, said Sgt. Drew Fennelly with the Lawrence Police ...
A Lawrence man who was a key witness in the death of a 14-year-old boy was granted probation on Thursday for interfering with the police investigation into the shooting. The man, Owen Gage Walker, 20, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest in March to one felony count of interference as part of a ...
Updated at 10:32 p.m. Thursday, May 1 A Douglas County defense attorney is asking a judge to keep from public view a document detailing the arrest of an accused sex offender, asserting that “the public will be just fine if the affidavit is sealed.” The attorney, Hatem Chahine, represents ...