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Two people were injured in a crash Thursday morning on Vermont Street, according to Lawrence police. Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Vermont Stree

A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. Story updated at 4:25 p.m. Friday Two men have been charged in Douglas County District Court in connection with a reported shooting. Lawrence police arrested Camdon J. Collins, 18, and Jaren B. Collins, 19, both of McLouth, Thursday evening on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, according to jail records. However, both were charged Friday with one count of a less severe felony, criminal discharge of a f...

The Douglas County Department of Youth Services is pictured in this Journal-World file photo from February 2016. A teenager has been charged in connection with an alleged exchange of gunfire between people in vehicles in Lawrence. Officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of Louisiana Street just before 1 a.m. Monday for a reported disturbance with weapons, Lawrence Police Department spokesperson Patrick Compton told the Journal-World via email Monday. Officers spoke to witnesses at the sce...

Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive, is pictured in this file photo from September 2018. Updated at 3:34 p.m. Thursday A girl was taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries after a reported “altercation between two parties” Thursday at Free State High School, police say. Officers were dispatched to the school, 4700 Overland Drive, around 12:35 p.m. Thursday, emergency radio traffic monitored by the Journal-World indicated. The call was initially reported as a child out of con...

One person was taken to the hospital Thursday after a three-vehicle crash on 23rd Street, according to the Lawrence Police Department. Around 12:25 p.m. Thursday, a red sedan was traveling eastbound on 23rd Street near Learnard Avenue. For an unknown reason, the sedan crossed the center line and headed into oncoming westbound traffic, said Patrick Compton, a spokesperson for LPD. The sedan struck two other vehicles, then hit a guardrail and came to a stop on the westbound side of the road, Co...

A bicyclist died Wednesday after suffering a medical incident of some kind, according to Lawrence police. Officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Brook