Jackson County News

Jackson County prosecutors today charged a 50-year-old man with eight felonies after he allegedly beat, raped and sodomized his former girlfriend.

" Another holiday weekend is here. Chances are you'll load up the kids, the dog and several coolers of food and drink, then head to your favorite park.

A Jackson County judge sentenced 20-year-old James C. Martin to 28 years in prison for the murder of a 12-year-old boy.

Looks like Mayor Funky is still on the hook for the sexy, inappropriate and sometimes hilarious talk of his wife.

The family of a man convicted of killing two sisters by pushing them off a Missouri bridge nearly two decades ago expressed relief Wednesday over news that a special master - a seldom-used mechanism in capital cases - will investigate claims that he was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death.

Overturned semi-truck is blocking all lanes of south bound US 71 Hwy just south of Hwy 150 in Jackson County.

Jackson County authorities said today that no criminal charges would be filed against a former Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman who was involved in a fatal vehicular accident this weekend.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. a ' A man was killed late Sunday night when he walked in front of traffic on a Northland highway.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' A pregnant 15-year-old has not been seen since leaving an area hospital against doctorsa TM orders earlier this month.

The problemJack Lipscomb of Greenwood was taken aback when he saw a city limit sign at Missouri 150 and Missouri 7, indicating that Pleasant Hill might be a mile north of where Lipscomb thought it was.

Prosecutors charged an Independence man Friday with trying to shoot another man, who grabbed the guns barrel to avoid being hit.Richard L. Fisher, 21, was charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.According to court records, the victim told police that he was working on his car Thursday afternoon in ...

A misdemeanor summons was issued in Jackson County Court in Independence today against Aardvark Air Duct Cleaning Chimney Service , owned by Rycoblake Corp.

A Kansas City man accused of stealing a set of gold teeth in a robbery faces criminal charges.

About 2,000 Kansas City Power and Light customers were without electricity as of 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

Stray animals in eastern Jackson County are about to get a new $5.3 million home.

A man is in custody today after an incident in which he threatened to kill a woman.The incident happened in Sibley in eastern Jackson County about 11:30 a.m. According to the Jackson County sheriff's office, the man was barricaded in a house and would not come out when officers ordered him to.After his arrest, officers found the woman unhurt.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- An 18-year-man died in an all-terrain vehicle accident in suburban Kansas City.

It took about 40 firefighters from several fire departments nearly an hour to bring a fire under control at a house in Grain Valley.

" The city of Independence and Jackson County are partnering to build a new animal shelter.

The Missouri attorney general's office said Tuesday's ruling by the state Supreme Court means that all sex offenders in Missouri must register with the state, including those convicted before the registry was created more than a decade ago.