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KANSAS CITY – A Kansas City-area man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a fraud scheme that utilized the stolen identities of Johnson County, Kansas, government employees to make fraudulent purchases, according to the United State's Attorney. Michael B. Becher, 40, Raytown, Mo. pleaded guilty before...

JACKSON COUNTY —A Kansas City man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Andreone T. Hall at a gas station at 33rd and Linwood in Kansas City, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker. Jerpree Williams, 20, faces Murder 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City officials have approved a new ordinance that clarifies when people may witness or record police officers' actions without being arrested. The Kansas City Council on Thursday approved the ordinance to settle a federal lawsuit filed by three women who were arrested during racial injustice protests in the city in 2020.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor says he wants to try four 14-year-olds as adults in the shooting death of a Missouri man. They are among six teenagers charged in juvenile court with first-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Marco Cardino, of Smithville, Missouri. The two other...

NEVADA, Mo. - A 38-year-old Lindsborg woman with multiple active warrants in Kansas is in custody in connection to a theft case in Deerfield, Missouri located in southwestern Missouri on U.S. Highway 54 between Nevada, Mo., and Fort Scott, Kan. On May 4, Vernon County Sheriff’s Deputies took a report...

KANSAS CITY (AP) —In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 “code blue” incidents — an alarming increase in sudden cardiac arrest events for a hospital that historically averaged one of them a year, according to a police investigator.

CASS COUNTY—A Missouri man died in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Saturday in Cass County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Yamaha ATV driven by Justin B. Savage, 39, Greenwood, was northbound on a private road at 1204 163rd in Pleasant Hill. The ATV began to skid,...

A new scam popping up in Buchanan County has the Buchanan County Sheriff's Department advising everyone to be cautious. Sheriff Bill Puett says the latest scam he has become aware of is people using local officials' names to threaten people saying they haven't shown up for jury duty at the federal court in Kansas City.

BUCHANAN COUNTY—A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just before 9:30p.m. Thursday in Buchanan County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2018 Nissan Rogue driven by Faith E. Thompson, 21, Smithville, was northbound on U.S. 169 at Southeast Delwood Drive three miles south of St. Joseph. The...

CHASE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Chase County Sheriff’s Office announced that a Milford man was arrested connected to a shooting that occurred along Kansas Highway 150 in Chase County. Just after 11a.m. Tuesday, officers from the Emporia Police Department arrested Eric J....

DOUGLAS COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating the fatal gunfight in a store parking lot in Lawrence have identified the men who died as 22-year-old Zachary Michael Sutton and 53-year-old Monty Ray Amick, both of Lawrence, according to police department spokesperson Kim L. Murphree. Investigators believe the initial interaction between the...

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal hit and run have identified the victim as 53-year-old Sam Rice of Topeka. Just before 3:30 a.m., Sunday, police responded to a report of a motorcycle vs passenger vehicle accident at SE 6th Street and SE Chandler Street in Topeka, according to Police Lt. Jerry Monasmith.

CLINTON COUNTY –Two people were injured in an accident just after 10:p.m. Tuesday in Clinton County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2011 Chevy Silverado driven by Dakota T. Davis, 27, St. Joseph, was northbound on Interstate 35 just south of Route 116. The driver began to overtake...

ANDREW COUNTY —Two people were injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Tuesday in Andrew County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Chevy Aveo driven by Logan R. Hughes, 21, Rosendale, was southbound on County Road 179 at County Road 177. The driver failed to yield to...

WICHITA, Kansas — The number of people enrolling at public colleges in Kansas keeps heading downward — a trend that could bring on more than the usual budgetary nips and tucks. The most drastic changes, and cuts, pose a particular threat to regional schools in Hays, Emporia and...