A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Sunday evening on suspicion of drunkenly crashing into multiple parked cars and leaving the scene. Eduardo Reyes Ruiz was arrested around 5 p.m. Sunday after police were called to an apartment complex on 26th Street just east of Holcom Park. Police found ...
A shooting Wednesday that left a 23-year-old Lawrence man in critical condition was "for all intents and purposes an accident" about which the suspect in the case "feels terrible," a defense attorney told a Douglas County judge Friday afternoon while attempting, unsuccessfully, to secure an ...
Earlier this month, a Prairie Park Elementary School student told forensic investigators about a “test” that a speech therapist at their school had made them take — one that required them to be blindfolded with Band-Aids and tape and to have their hands bound behind their back. Then, ...
The Douglas County district attorney took the stand on Thursday just a month after he was sworn into office to face allegations that he performed inadequately when negotiating a plea deal in a case involving a Lawrence teen who overdosed on fentanyl. Dakota Loomis was a defense attorney in ...
Story updated at 4:27 p.m. Feb. 20, 2025: Lawrence police are investigating a late-night shooting that left a 23-year-old Lawrence man hospitalized in critical condition. Police said in a social media post Thursday that the shooting happened Wednesday night outside Casey’s General Store, ...
A Tonganoxie police officer lost his certification to be a law enforcement officer in Kansas after an investigation found that he faked traffic stops to give away donated gift cards to his friends. A local radio station donated gift cards to the Tonganoxie Police Department, which the ...