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Lawrence police share additional details about man shot and killed inside City Hall
Lawrence police say the Minnesota man who allegedly broke into City Hall Monday morning and was shot and killed by an armed city employee had been traveling through Kansas by bus and was removed from a service station for his “erratic behavior.”
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence police share additional details about man shot and killed inside City Hall
Lawrence police say the Minnesota man who allegedly broke into City Hall Monday morning and was shot and killed by an armed city employee had been traveling through Kansas by bus and was removed from a service station for his “erratic behavior.”
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Portion of Haskell Avenue closed for emergency waterline repair
Haskell Avenue is closed from 25th Terrace to 27th Street for an emergency waterline repair, according to the city of Lawrence.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Man killed in Lawrence stabbing was ‘endlessly generous,’ nephew writes in fundraiser
The family of the man who was fatally stabbed in a grocery store parking lot this week wrote in an online fundraiser for funeral expenses that the man was “endlessly generous,” and his dog, Bear, was “his boy.”
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Dog who was stabbed and whose owner was killed is recovering, ‘supervising’ at Lawrence Humane Society
Bear’s slightly scruffy, mostly-black fur is tinged with gray around his nose and paws. His big brown eyes might not appear quite as sad if we didn’t know what he had been through in the past couple of days. But we know that Wednesday morning, Bear was stabbed and went into shock.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Victim of fatal stabbing was 66-year-old Lawrence man
Updated at 3:46 p.m.: Lawrence police have released the identity of a man who was stabbed fatally in the parking lot of Dillons grocery store Wednesday morning.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Man killed in stabbing at Lawrence Dillons
Updated at 3:36 p.m. Wednesday: A person was killed in an altercation that was reported as a stabbing Wednesday morning.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Wishing Bench in East Lawrence destroyed by fire
Story updated at 3:44 p.m. Sunday: A beloved East Lawrence landmark was destroyed by a fire overnight Sunday.
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Lawrence woman, 2 children injured in crash in Osage County
A Lawrence woman and two children were injured Tuesday evening when the woman fell asleep and the Ford Edge she was driving went off the roadway, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash report.
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People of Color almost twice as likely to be searched when stopped in Douglas County, research shows
People of Color who are stopped by law enforcement in Douglas County are searched or frisked nearly twice as often as white people, an ongoing study shows. That ratio doesn’t change when the search is the officer’s choice.
Multiple house fires in Lawrence this week could have been prevented, fire department says
Preventable fires at three homes in Lawrence within the past week have firefighters sounding alarms. Here are some tips to stay safe.
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Pedestrian struck by vehicle and killed was 50-year-old Lawrence resident, police say
A pedestrian who died after being struck by a vehicle near 15th Street and Haskell Avenue Wednesday morning was a 50-year-old Lawrence resident, police said Thursday.
