Lawrence Public Safety Headlines for December 22, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Blowing snow, brutal temperatures hit Lawrence area; see the list of closures]( Updated at 11:55 a.m. Dec. 22, 2022 Lawrence woke up to brutal below-zero temperatures and blowing snow Thursday morning as city crews worked to clear streets. Temperatures hovered in negative single digits Thursday morning, with wind chill ... [Blowing snow, brutal temperatures hit Lawrence area; see the list of closures]( By: Staff report Updated at 11:55 a.m. Dec. 22, 2022 Lawrence woke up to brutal below-zero temperatures and blowing snow Thursday morning as city crews worked to clear streets. Temperatures hovered in negative single digits Thursday morning, with wind chill ... December 22, 2022 @ 9:46am [Firefighters respond to early-morning house fire in Lawrence]( By: Mike Frizzell Lawrence firefighters were called to the 2400 block of Brookside Drive just before 1:20 Thursday morning following reports of a house fire. Lawrence Police arrived minutes later to confirm that flames were visible from the home's roof. Officers ... December 22, 2022 @ 1:52am [Man sentenced to more than 7 years in connection with 2019 robbery and double shooting at Holcom Park]( By: Chris Conde Updated at 5:33 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 A man was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison in connection with a 2019 robbery and double shooting at Lawrence’s Holcom Park that left two teens seriously wounded. Judge Sally ... December 21, 2022 @ 4:02pm [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 [Fire at central Lawrence apartment complex caused by vaping device, officials say]( By: Chris Conde Updated at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 Emergency crews responded Wednesday morning to a reported residential fire in central Lawrence. Investigators later concluded that the fire was caused by "a vaping device failure while ... 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 one of ... 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 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