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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 firearm into an occupied vehicle. The charges are in connection with a reported gunfire exchange aro...
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 scene who heard gunfire, but it did not appear as though anyone at the scene was injured, Compton said....
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 control, said Patrick Compton, spokesperson for the Lawrence Police Department. Compton said he did no...
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, Compton said. The driver of the sedan was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, Compton said, ...