A former Lawrence tow truck driver told a jury on Monday that a woman who was killed during a towing incident wasn’t in the “kill zone” because the tow job hadn’t started yet. Killed in the incident categorized by police as an accident was 29-year-old Lindsay Raine on Nov. 9, 2020, ...

Three trials are underway in Douglas County District Court Monday morning as more than 100 potential jurors were called to service to hear cases involving allegations of a DUI crash that damaged a Lawrence restaurant, an attack on a corrections officer, and a fatal tow-truck incident. The ...

Two people were injured in a one-vehicle crash Saturday in northwestern Douglas County, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said via email that a Chevrolet Trailblazer was going west on North 1600 Road, about 2 miles north of Clinton Lake, at 3:40 a.m. when ...

A woman was arrested Thursday by University of Kansas police on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to KU Deputy Chief James Druen, officers responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. to Templin Residence Hall, 1515 Engel Road, in regard to an altercation between roommates. ...

A Lawrence resident is among three nominees chosen to fill the upcoming vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Henry Green on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Gov. Laura Kelly's office and the Court of Appeals Nominating Commission announced Friday that Meryl Carver-Allmond, of Lawrence, was ...

A Topeka man who was set to be tried for rape in two weeks instead entered a plea Thursday in Douglas County District Court to two counts of sexually motivated aggravated battery. The man, Daniel James Garcia-Hernandez, 23, was originally charged with one felony count of rape of a person who ...