Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for December 21, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Fire on {NAME} City's Snowglobe Express train interrupts holiday celebration for hundreds]( A holiday tourist train with about 500 people aboard caught fire Tuesday evening south of {NAME} City. Dispatchers were notified at 8:40 p.m. that the Snowglobe Express train from {NAME} City had a mechanical failure that caused a fire in the ... [Fire on {NAME} City's Snowglobe Express train interrupts holiday celebration for hundreds]( By: Staff report A holiday tourist train with about 500 people aboard caught fire Tuesday evening south of {NAME} City. Dispatchers were notified at 8:40 p.m. that the Snowglobe Express train from {NAME} City had a mechanical failure that caused a fire in the ... December 21, 2022 @ 11:51am [Man gets extra year in jail over illegal autopsies]( By: Associated Press TOPEKA — A Kansas man already serving a federal prison sentence for running an illegal autopsy scheme also has been sentenced to serve an additional year in jail on state criminal charges. The Kansas attorney general's office announced ... December 21, 2022 @ 10:56am [City of Lawrence preparing for hazardous winter weather; organizations announce closures for Thursday, Friday]( By: Staff report City of Lawrence crews were pretreating bridges and elevated surfaces across town Wednesday morning in anticipation of extreme winter weather. According to the National Weather Service, the area could receive 3 inches of snow between Wednesday ... December 21, 2022 @ 10:16am [Crews investigating fire at central Lawrence apartment complex]( By: Chris Conde Emergency crews responded Wednesday morning to a reported residential fire in central Lawrence. Around 9 a.m. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical crews responded to an eight-unit apartment complex at 15th and Kentucky streets that had smoke ... December 21, 2022 @ 9:44am [Police suspect driver who crashed into duplex was impaired]( By: Staff Report A car hit a Lawrence duplex Tuesday night, leaving three families without power, according to the Lawrence Police Department. Police are investigating the crash, which occurred just before 9 p.m. near 16th and Haskell. No serious injuries were ... December 21, 2022 @ 9:34am [Lawrence teen who was charged with attempted murder enters plea to lesser charges]( By: Chris Conde A Lawrence teenager who was originally charged with two counts of attempted murder in what a Douglas County prosecutor called a "mafia style" shooting entered a plea to lesser charges on Monday. The teen, Eduardo Martinez-Diaz, 16, was the ... December 20, 2022 @ 4:55pm [Overnight fire damages downtown Lawrence business]( By: Chris Conde Updated at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 An overnight fire significantly damaged a downtown Lawrence business early Tuesday morning. At 3:04 a.m., Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 11 W. Ninth ... December 20, 2022 @ 12:13pm [Unlike most jails in Kansas, Douglas County has found a way to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates]( By: Celia Hack, Kansas News Service In November 2020, Brandon Scrimsher was sentenced to three months in the Douglas County jail. The prospect of more time in jail was disheartening. Scrimsher, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, said his mindset and mental health ... December 20, 2022 @ 11:47am ['I would never, ever, ever harm a child': Woman whose murder case was dismissed discusses ordeal as possible retrial looms]( By: Kim Callahan Ollie Ortiz would have celebrated his seventh birthday this month, and if Carrody Buchhorn could talk to his parents, she would tell them that she is not the reason their baby is gone. "I really want them to know that I absolutely did nothing ... December 19, 2022 @ 5:14pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044