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For the first time in its history, the Country Club Plaza is being patrolled by armed private security guards.
A Blue Springs man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for possessing hundreds of images of child pornography.
A Sedalia man is behind bars after he allegedly threatened to get into a shootout with law enforcement and an airsoft gun as he used an infant as a shield.
Police said they believe someone tried to steal the wiring but ran away before police arrived.
An Independence man has been charged with a trio of felonies related to child sex crimes.
A pair of young men from Chillicothe have been charged in connection with a brutal attack that left a witness fearing the victim dead.
A man convicted of killing a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper in 1978 has been granted parole.
A Missouri man is behind bars after a child admitted to their hairdresser that they had been in a sexual relationship for years.
Five former post office employees have been charged in connection with the theft of packages from those they served in the metro.
Former Overland Park, Kansas, Police Department officers who resigned at the center of an investigation into misused charity funds have been ordered to repay more than $27,500.
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An Independence Police Officer is recovering from a fractured vertebrae after a suspect allegedly caused a fall down a stairwell that took him down as well.
Kansas City police were on the property of a Clay County tow lot Wednesday for what they described as a “property crimes investigation.”
"While spending six figures to improve security was not something we wanted to do, we felt we had no choice."
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Raytown man believed to have shot a firearm at his roommate before it jammed.
A Lee’s Summit couple has been charged after attempting to sell a stolen camera at a pawn shop.
A naked man was arrested in the bathroom of a Lawrence gas station after he refused to stop pleasuring himself and bit his own dog as well as a police officer.
Hundreds of alleged child sex offenders, including 2 from Kansas and 4 from Missouri, were arrested over the course of just over a month.
A Kansas City woman pled guilty to a scheme that included wire fraud, money laundering and counterfeit checks under the CARES Act.
A Grandview woman has been sentenced to more than 2 years in prison after falsified tax documents cost the IRS more than $1.1 million.
Several firearms found to have been shot in the backyard of a Kansas City home have led to multiple charges levied against two people from the area.
Aaron D. Copes of Grandview was found not guilty of smuggling papers laced with K2 into the Jackson County jail.
A Kansas City man faces several charges after he allegedly pulled a gun on adults and children at a metro area daycare.
Charges are being considered for a juvenile who caused panic after they were found across the street from a Lawrence high school with a BB gun.
An Independence man is behind bars after he was allegedly caught pleasuring himself in front of a child under the age of 15.
One brother remains on the run while the other has been furloughed following an alleged conspiracy to deliver marijuana to the Bates County Jail.
Investigators are searching for drivers who had to swerve out of the way of a wrong-way driver on K-10 who is believed to have been intoxicated.
The employee works with district transportation, but the district did not explain the employee's specific role.
Charges have been filed against a man following a shooting outside an Independence restaurant Monday night.
The injured Pettis County deputies were part of a SWAT team serving a drug-related warrant at James Joseph Elsea’s home.
An Independence man is facing felony charges following an arson at a school.
A Kansas City, Kansas, man has been convicted by a jury on charges related to a police pursuit last August.
A Warrensburg man has been charged in Jackson County on crimes that accuse him of financially exploiting an elderly individual.
The enforcement involved Kansas City police, the FBI, ATF, DEA, Missouri State Highway Patrol and probation and parole officers.
Lucas warned taxpayers will be getting less from KCPD without state help to pay legal fees and settlements.
Christopher Wehunt is charged with three counts of sexually exploiting a child.
This homicide comes just hours before the rollout of ProspectUS - a new plan to revitalize the area.
A shooting at an Independence bar left one person injured and another person in custody Monday evening.
Additional charges have been filed against the owner of Metro Towing and his mother.
Tow operators share their concerns after an ordinance was passed that cracks down on illegal towing.
During First Fridays, business owners near 19th and Main Street caught ATV drivers going onto sidewalks and allegedly harassing people out for their evening walks with their dogs.
Kenner police have upgraded Rickey White’s charges to second-degree murder in the death of sports reporter Adan Manzano
The police department stated that its leadership, members of the Mosher family and close colleagues will offer remarks.
Under the new ordinance, tow operators will have a list of requirements when towing a vehicle.
Legislators could vote on a tow licensing ordinance as soon as Monday, May 5.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Kansas City man accused of stealing more than $9,000 in sunglasses from an area sporting goods store.
A Kansas City man has been charged after 99 girls were identified from the thousands of files of child sexual abuse he allegedly kept on his computer.
The man accused of a rape in the metro now also faces charges for the theft of several motorbikes he allegedly committed with a group of juveniles.
A St. Joseph man has been charged with the theft of several checks and forgery after more than $12,000 disappeared from his victim’s bank account.
A Chillicothe man on probation for the illegal use of a weapon has been charged again for the theft of a firearm from his old employer.
Olathe police said they found the victim's body April 30, after someone asked officers to check on her.