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Story updated at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday: Heavy rainfall swept over Lawrence on Tuesday afternoon between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., causing pools of water on streets. Brandon Drake, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said around 3 p.m. that the heaviest rainfall of the day had likely passed, but that rain was expected to continue throughout the evening in scatters until around midnight. The heavy rain caused some traffic issues and sent numerous garbage bins into roadways. There was one car wreck as a result of the weather conditions, according to Patrick Compton, spokesperson fo...

photo by: Journal-World File Photo In this file photo from Aug. 4, 2020, a Lawrence Police Department patrol vehicle is pictured outside the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. Three men are facing felony charges stemming from two incidents in Lawrence last weekend, including a “strong-armed robbery,” a police official said. All three men were formally charged in Douglas County District Court on Tuesday. Jamaz D. Epps, of Lawrence, 18, was charged with aggravated robbery; Kavaun M. Clark, of Lawrence, 19, was charged with aggravated assault; and Michael D. Phillips, of Ka...

Staff report A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. An out-of-town bomb squad determined that a suspicious device found in Lawrence Thursday night was a “very loud” carbon monoxide alarm that had been discarded, a Lawrence police official said Friday. Around 11 p.m., police responded to a call of a suspicious device at the Kwik Shop at 1420 Kasold Drive, where an officer could hear something repeatedly saying “evacuate,” according to Journal-World news partner Operation 100 News. Patrick Compton, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Departm...

photo by: Mackenzie Clark The Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, which houses Douglas County District Court and a number of other criminal justice services at 111 E. 11th St., is pictured April 8, 2020. A Lawrence man who reportedly led police on a chase through town on Wednesday is facing two felony charges in Douglas County District Court. Brandon T. Rothwell, 29, made his first appearance in court Thursday, where he was charged with attempted aggravated arson and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, which are both felonies, according to a charging document p...

A Lawrence Police Department vehicle is seen in this file photo from September 2018. Instances of use of force by the Lawrence Police Department slightly increased in 2020 compared with previous years, according to the department’s recently published annual report. LPD listed 20 instances of use of force in 2020, which is slightly above a recent average of 17 instances per year. The police department received more than 60,000 calls in 2020, meaning the use of force occurred roughly 0.03% of the time. While the instances are a tiny fraction of the department’s responses, the number was st...