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Group forming to ‘Bring Wanda home’; Lawrence woman, 74, has been missing for a week
Lawrence community members are coming together to bring Wanda Dyer home. She’s late to celebrate her 46th wedding anniversary.
Group forming to ‘Bring Wanda home’; Lawrence woman, 74, has been missing for a week
Lawrence community members are coming together to bring Wanda Dyer home. She’s late to celebrate her 46th wedding anniversary.
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App will help save lives, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical leader says
A free mobile app will allow everyday citizens to help Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical save people’s lives.
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Sole finalist candidate for Lawrence police chief announced
A veteran of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and the current chief of Warrensburg, Missouri police is the finalist to become the next chief in Lawrence.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times file photo
Douglas County sheriff wants to adapt space at the jail to give women more time outside their cells
Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister wants to consider how to reuse space in the local jail — without adding any new beds — to help address inequities.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times file photo
Juvenile hit by car and injured in Lawrence; driver flees scene, scanner indicates
A juvenile person was struck by a car and injured around 6:20 p.m. in the 1600 block of Harper Street on the east side of Lawrence, scanner traffic indicated. The driver reportedly fled the scene.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Multiple young women attacked near KU campus, Lawrence police say
Four women were victims of attacks, and two of them suffered head injuries, in the early morning hours of Halloween near the University of Kansas campus, according to Lawrence police.
Lawrence man, 85, killed in a second fatal crash on K-10 Monday
A Lawrence man was killed in a crash on Kansas Highway 10 between Lawrence and Eudora Monday morning, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Person killed in crash on exit ramp from K-10 into Lawrence
A person was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the exit ramp from westbound Kansas Highway 10 to 23rd Street outside of Lawrence Monday morning.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Person injured in stabbing in Lawrence, scanner traffic indicates
Article updated at 10:07 p.m. Sunday: A person was injured in a stabbing in the 1500 block of Massachusetts Street early Sunday morning, police scanner traffic indicated.
Kansas delegation renews push for Kelsey Smith Act to aid search for missing people
The Kansas congressional delegation renewed the bipartisan campaign to convince Congress to impose at the federal level a law requiring wireless communication companies to promptly share cellphone data with law enforcement officers searching for people at risk of physical harm.
Julie Denesha / KCUR
Lawrence man struck by vehicle on I-70, seriously injured
A Lawrence man was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 and seriously injured late Wednesday, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
