Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity over the weekend. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general address ...
A man accused of raping a young girl took the stand on Monday in Douglas County District Court, denying that he had done anything to the girl and trying to cast doubt on her recollection and the timeline of events. The man, George Joseph Burgess Jr., 45, is back on trial this week after a ...
A Douglas County jury was selected on Monday to serve in a trial for a former University of Illinois basketball player who is accused of raping a woman at a Lawrence bar. The Illinois player, Terrence Edward Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and ...
A former University of Illinois basketball player accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Lawrence bar can present evidence to suggest another patron at the bar may have committed the assault. A Douglas County judge made the ruling on Friday in the case of former Illinois basketball player ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday as part of a plea agreement in a fentanyl overdose death case. The man, Mason Duane Robinson, 28, was originally charged in Douglas County District Court with distributing a controlled substance causing death. The ...