Lawrence police to conduct DUI saturation patrol
The Lawrence Police Department will have extra officers patrolling throughout city limits Friday looking for impaired drivers.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Community Shelter board votes to ratify collective bargaining agreement with staff union
The Lawrence Community Shelter board of directors on Thursday evening voted to ratify the first collective bargaining agreement with the unionized staff.
Andrea Albright/Lawrence Times
Jury acquits man charged in beating death of Lawrence man
A jury on Thursday found Chadwick E. Potter not guilty of second-degree murder in the death last summer of 62-year-old David Sullivan.
Lawrence Times
Lawrence man, 37, was person killed in head-on crash
A 37-year-old Lawrence man was the person killed in a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence, and his passenger remained hospitalized as of Thursday afternoon.
Tornadoes, severe storms possible in Lawrence through Saturday
Thunderstorms are expected to continue into Thursday evening across northeastern Kansas, possibly to be followed by severe weather Friday and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Eyewitness to kidnapping of Emmett Till hasn’t closed his eyes to quest for racial justice
“Emmett Till’s story is not a pleasant story. It’s not a pretty story, but it has to be told,” Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. told a Lawrence crowd of his cousin and friend who was brutally murdered in 1955.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
KU faculty union wins election with vast majority of vote
The KU faculty union has won its election with 86% of the vote.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Baker University might sell land near wetlands discovery center for affordable housing development
A private investment company has approached Baker University about buying a parcel of land near the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center for the development of affordable housing.
Andrea Albright/Lawrence Times
Jury deliberating in case of man accused in downtown Lawrence homicide
In the second-degree murder trial of Chadwick E. Potter, the prosecutor emphasized Potter’s focus on survival; the defense attorney said the case lacked any solid evidence. Jury deliberations will resume Thursday morning.
Lawrence Times
One person killed, three injured in head-on crash in southern Lawrence
One person was killed, another was seriously injured and two others were taken to hospitals as the result of a head-on crash Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence.
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