A Lawrence grocery store employee who was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars from his employer has now been charged with felony theft. Ethan Cade Waters, 21, is accused in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday of stealing $25,000 from the Dillons store at ...

On the best days, downtown patrol officers Eric Dawson and Taylor Zook have a simple job: “Just wander around and say hello to people,” Zook says. How common are those best days? “Maybe once every couple weeks?” Zook estimates. “Does that sound right?” “Maybe,” Dawson ...

Updated at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, May 21 One Lawrence resident's name — out of three considered — will be submitted to Gov. Laura Kelly as a finalist for the open seat on the Kansas Supreme Court. Douglas County District Judge Carl Folsom III made it into the final round of voting Thursday ...

A Douglas County judge on Thursday declined to modify the bond of a man facing charges of aggravated residential burglary and robbery. The defendant, Julius Beasley, 42, is being held in the Douglas County Jail on a cash or surety bond of $75,000. He was jailed following his arrest in March, ...

Senior Judge Nancy Parrish couldn't "ever remember doing it before," but on Thursday she did it: She gave probation to a defendant who has seven prior person felonies and the worst possible criminal history score. Parrish, who called the hearing "a particularly difficult sentencing," said she ...

A Lawrence man charged with shooting two individuals last week is asking for a court order that would allow him to see his infant daughter, who is reportedly dying. Jaystyn James Curtiss, who turns 20 on Thursday, appeared in Douglas County District Court via video from the jail Wednesday with ...