George Diepenbrock
George Diepenbrock is a staff writer at the Lawrence Journal-World.
Recent stories
- Bonner Springs man, 34, dies after argument in vehicle traveling from Eudora to Kansas City
- August 23, 2012
- Lenexa police said a Bonner Springs man who died early Wednesday morning after he was involved in a roadside fight on Interstate 435 had been traveling in a minivan from Eudora to the Kansas City area.
- Saturation patrols, DUI checkpoints on tap this weekend in Douglas County
- August 18, 2012
- DougSgt. Steve Lewis, a sheriff’s spokesman, said deputies starting at 7 p.m. Saturday will be targeting speeding, impaired driving, seat-belt use and compliance with all Kansas traffic laws.
- Alcohol use suspected as factor in fatal Baldwin Hill wreck
- June 27, 2012
- Douglas County Sheriff’s investigators suspect a Lawrence man who died in a crash last Friday north of Baldwin City was under the influence of alcohol when he lost control of his vehicle.
- Douglas County district attorney reviewing complaints about home security company’s door-to-door tactics
- May 25, 2012
- Prosecutors have received information that solicitors said to be representing Devcon Security were claiming to be with a resident’s current security company to try to gain access inside people’s homes
- Douglas County sheriff to run for third term
- May 17, 2012
- Douglas County Sheriff Ken McGovern filed paperwork Thursday to seek a third term in office.
- Rural Baldwin City women taken to hospital after car chase, wreck
- March 22, 2012
- DUI and reckless driving were listed as contributing factors
- Woman involved in accident Jan. 3 on U.S. Highway 56 near Worden dies
- January 30, 2012
- A 47-year-old Overbrook woman who was injured in a head-on crash Jan. 3 on U.S. Highway 56 has since died, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
- Investigation continues into cause of head-on crash on U.S. Highway 56
- January 5, 2012
- Kansas Highway Patrol troopers Wednesday were still investigating the cause of a head-on collision Tuesday that injured five people, including two Baldwin City children, on U.S. Highway 56 in southwestern Douglas County.
- Head-on collision reported along U.S. Highway 56; highway re-opens
- 03:13 p.m., January 3, 2012 Updated 05:20 p.m.
- Two Overbrook women, a Missouri woman and two Baldwin City children were injured in a head-on crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 56 in southwestern Douglas County.
- Child molester Scott Bivins sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for crimes against two girls east of Baldwin City
- November 29, 2011
- A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced a 46-year-old Edgerton man to serve 11.5 years in prison for molesting two girls, ages 5 and 6, east of Baldwin City in 2010.


