Johnson County, MO

The apartment complex will have 144 units and include a pool, in-unit washer and dryers and a dog walking area.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 25-year-old Savannah T. Stetzenbach of Sedalia at 4:13 p.m. Wednesday in Johnson County. She was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway. Stetzenbach was taken to the Johnson County Jail on a 12-hour hold. The...

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office reported an increase in scam phone calls from people impersonating police officers.

A Columbia man’s murder trial is moved to western Missouri. Curtis Lewis, 38, had been scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Monday. But instead the judge granted his request for a change of venue, moving the trial to Johnson County. Lewis is accused of fatally shooting Tershawn Kitchen in...

A Centerview man facing a sex-related felony charge for soliciting a teenage girl to adhere to sexual requests pleaded guilty to an amended charge and has been sentenced. While he was incarcerated at the Johnson County Jail, Matthew Paul Dempsey made several phone calls to a girl and asked the girl to expose her chest to him. Authorities say the calls were made on August 15, 16 and 25, 2021.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 27-year-old Bryan S. Harvey of La Monte at 9:06 p.m. Sunday in Pettis County. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and felony resisting arrest. Harvey was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a 24-hour hold. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 33-year-old...

A team of public health researchers from the Rutgers University School of Public Health and NDRI-USA, Inc.’s Center for Fire, Rescue & EMS Health Research have partnered with Johnson County Fire Protection District, Johnson County Fire Protection District 2, Holden Fire Department and Knob Noster Fire Department to study health risk factors and firefighting-related exposures among volunteer firefighters.

Two Warrensburg teens were injured in a one-vehicle accident that occurred Tuesday afternoon in Johnson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a westbound 2012 Ford Fiesta, driven by a 17-year-old female from Warrensburg, was on US 50, one-half-mile west of Missouri 58 at 1:28 p.m., when the vehicle slid off the roadway and struck a ditch.

The apartment complex would provide 144 affordable housing units.

A Centerview man facing a sex-related felony charge for allegedly soliciting a teenage girl to adhere to sexual requests is due in court. A probable-cause statement says authorities allege while he was incarcerated at the Johnson County Jail, Matthew Paul Dempsey made several phone calls to a girl and asked the girl to expose her chest to him. They say the calls were made on August 15, 16 and 25, 2021.

Last Thursday the Johnson County (Missouri) Democratic Club held their first in-person monthly meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic started over two years ago. The meeting took place outdoors in a park shelter in Warrensburg. In addition to the usual club business and announcements, local candidates who show up have an...

Marco Cardino, 19, attended school in the Shawnee Mission School District, graduating from high school in May 2021. Four of the teens who have been charged are age 14 and two are 13.

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