3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (120+ words) Kansas City, Kansas police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing blind man who was last seen Thursday morning. Melvin Strode was last seen at roughly 5 a.m. Thursday at his home near North 75th Place and…...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1012+ words) Update: On Friday, Sept. 4, Johnson County District Court Judge Stephanie Goodenow ruled that the retrial motion filed by the Kansas Attorney General’s office would be considered timely. A high-stakes court case challenging the constitutionality of Kansas abortion restrictions should be…...

22+ hour, 49+ min ago   (229+ words) A north-central Kansas man is jailed in connection to a home invasion last month, where a woman was assaulted in Republic County. Jardyn J. Bartman, 32, of Scandia, Kansas, was arrested by agents with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Thursday afternoon....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (312+ words) The Republican nominee for a Missouri House seat in Joplin faces federal charges for allegedly planting Adderall and cocaine on his political opponent. On Aug. 4, Thomas Ross prevailed over Louise Secker in the Republican primary for the House seat by…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (468+ words) One of Kansas City’s most prominent large employers has been named in an investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers for violating income rules and regulations in the NBA. The NBA alleges in an investigation that Lockton Companies — the world’s largest…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (216+ words) A Clay County grand jury on Tuesday indicted a 35-year-old Excelsior Springs man in a hit-and-run crash north of Liberty that killed a Wisconsin man, according to a spokeswoman from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. The grand jury charged Matthew…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (427+ words) Kylr Yust is seeking to overturn his 2021 convictions in the killings of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions, two young women who disappeared roughly 10 years apart in Cass County. Cass County Circuit Judge R. Michael Wagner heard evidence and arguments Tuesday on…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1304+ words) Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota’s former chief of staff asked the county to investigate him for discriminatory treatment and protect her from retaliation just days before he offered her a final deal to leave the position. The allegations come from…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (205+ words) One person was shot, and a second person was injured by shattered glass after a suspect opened fire on Missouri 291 Highway in Lee’s Summit on Wednesday, police said. Officers responded just before 11 a.m. to a reported shooting between two vehicles…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (435+ words) Many parents wrongly believe this could never happen to them, assuming only negligent caregivers forget children. When prosecutors charge these unintentional tragedies as serious crimes — including murder — it reinforces that dangerous misconception. But the reality is very different from public…...