"You got the wrong person, bro.” That’s what Nicholas Beaver told a detective after his arrest on the night of March 6, 2024. Thirty-nine-year-old Vincent Lee Walker had been shot dead in front of the Lawrence Public Library earlier that day, and Beaver was denying involvement. A year ...

While Monday morning thunderstorms brought nearly two inches of rain to Lawrence, the National Weather Service has issued a heat warning until Wednesday evening as temperatures are expected to climb. Although chances of more rain are small for Kansas the rest of Monday, the morning storms ...

Two people were arrested Saturday in connection with burglaries earlier this month at Clinton Marina. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies took two men into custody Saturday afternoon and recovered eight electronic fish finders valued at about ...

A transient man who was charged with but then acquitted of murdering a blind Lawrence resident in downtown Lawrence was recently found dead in a Colorado lake. Chadwick Potter, 36, was found dead on July 6 in the Barker Meadow Reservoir just outside Nederland, Colorado, according to a report ...

Updated at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 21 Some jurors appeared startled Monday when three gunshots loudly and abruptly rang out on a video that was being played for them. Preceding the gunshots, which presumably killed 39-year-old Vincent Lee Walker on March 6, 2024, in front of the Lawrence ...

Potential jurors who have been trying to contact Douglas County District Court about jury duty next week may have met some roadblocks Friday as communications systems at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center were down for much of the day. A trial is scheduled beginning Monday in Division ...