Douglas County News

The unofficial third-team mascot of Kansas Jayhawk football is locked up in the Douglas County jail.

Two men riding a motorcycle were hurt in a traffic accident at about 5:35 p.m. Friday at the junction of K-10 highway and the Kansas Turnpike, near this community in western Douglas County, authorities said.

A University of Kansas graduate student was hospitalized in critical condition after he ingested a toxic chemical while working in a lab.

" Environmentalist are battling the state of Kansas over a plan to build a highway over wetlands.

It's a creative writing class but the classroom is behind bars. Female inmates at the Douglas County Jail are expressing themselves through writing and some of the work as been published.

Attorneys for a Eudora woman whose doctor removed the wrong ovary said Thursday that a $250,000 cap for damages was unconstitutional.

Madison Diederich knows most people her age don't wear their seatbelts much of the time, "and it drives me crazy." "I literally put it on before I close the door," the South High junior said, as she stood along Magnolia Road earlier this week as school let out, clipboard in hand.

The University of Kansas says a shortage of H1N1 vaccine doses has forced them to cancel all but one of the school's planned H1N1 influenza vaccine clinics.

Voters in several area locations will visit the polls for special elections on Tuesday, Nov.

In Douglas County, a man was arrested on suspicion of DUI, and within two hours after the arrest, he blew .08 during the test -- but he was able to beat the rap on appeal by raising questions about reasonable doubt.

A swine flu immunization clinic slated for later this month at the University of Kansas has been canceled because of a short supply of the vaccine.

Having received an insufficient supply of the H1N1 vaccine, University of Kansas officials have canceled the first campus immunization clinic slated for Oct.

Surviving this tough economy is no easy task for area businesses, just ask a Kansas apple farmer.

Emergency crews working a scene in Lawrence over the weekend, were surprised when they discovered someone had stolen their ambulance.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 A trial for a suspect in the shooting death of Lawrence hip-hop artist Anthony "Clacc" Vital has been delayed until May.

The Kansas Highway Patrol arrests KU junior guard Brady Morningstar on suspicion of DWI.

Nearly 300 fourth-graders will gather at the University of Kansas Field Station on Oct.

Schuyler Bailey, KU Public Safety captain, was the first to arrive on the scene in West Campus where he began to search for suspects.

A unique coalition involving higher education and local and state government will gather Monday, Oct.

On Sept. 19, four victims of sexual assault went to Lawrence Memorial Hospital looking for treatment.