3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (310+ words) Sep 11, 2026 - 12:32pm Steven Carl Drake II Additional charges were added Thursday to a criminal complaint against a repeat felon accused of arson and other crimes. The arson case arose just a few weeks after Steven Drake Jr. had been granted extraordinary…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (327+ words) Sep 10, 2026 - 3:24pm A Lawrence Police Department patrol vehicle is pictured June 28, 2022. New arrests have been made in two alleged rapes in Lawrence, including one dating back to 2009, the Lawrence Police Department announced Thursday. In a news release, the department said that…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (312+ words) Sep 10, 2026 - 2:39pm The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center is pictured Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. A man who seriously injured a motorcyclist while driving drunk two years ago was convicted of a felony Thursday in Douglas County District Court and will have…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (164+ words) Sep 10, 2026 - 12:03pm Daitron Daniels Strickland is pictured Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Douglas County District Court. A Douglas County judge on Thursday ordered the defendant in January’s fatal shooting at The Hawk to stand trial, denying his motion for immunity from prosecution based…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (269+ words) Sep 9, 2026 - 4:37pm Judge James McCabria is pictured on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Two individuals who believe they deserve a piece of a medical malpractice settlement were disappointed Wednesday when a Douglas County judge ruled that they did not have standing to intervene in…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (239+ words) Sep 9, 2026 - 11:44am The suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Lawrence has now been charged with murder, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office. Keisonn Smith Jr., 25, was arrested Aug. 30 in connection with the death of 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (262+ words) Sep 8, 2026 - 4:05pm A Lawrence Police Department patrol vehicle is pictured June 28, 2022. A Lawrence homeless man is facing a slew of misdemeanor charges after he allegedly masturbated in front of a restaurant window early Sunday evening and battered multiple police officers. The…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (439+ words) Sep 8, 2026 - 2:17pm A woman who was accused of stealing a City of Lawrence bus last summer and driving it across town has pleaded no contest to lesser charges and is scheduled to be sentenced next month. As the Journal-World reported, the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) Sep 2, 2026 - 11:28am A man who was arrested in a Sunday homicide in downtown Lawrence has not been charged in the incident. Keisonn Smith, 25, of Topeka, was arrested Sunday after the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old McMillin Tutu, of Kansas City, Missouri. Lawrence…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (412+ words) Sep 1, 2026 - 7:13pm A man who was convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter after trying to kill his step-grandfather last summer by firing multiple bullets into his Lawrence residence was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of probation – an outcome that the victim…...