Jackson County News

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. a ' Police have charged a Blue Springs man after a fatal weekend crash.

Kevin Gainey was on top of the world. A good job as a bail bondsman, a lake home, and custody of his young son following his divorce.

Caption: Mike Sanders giving a Nazi salute . . . Or something. I was talking with a very smart TKC reader last night .

KANSAS CITY, Mo - " A couple arrested in their own home for trespassing blames a program paid for by Jackson County's anti-drug tax.

Jackson County authorities today charged a Blue Springs resident with involuntary manslaughter for his role in a traffic crash that killed a 16-year-old girl.Kenneth Scott Blake II, 19, is accused of operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of at least 0.18, or more than twice the legal limit.

A simple majority is all that is needed for the renewal of the Combat anti-drug tax and Jackson County residents will head to the polls tomorrow to decide the future of the quarter cent sales tax.

The current economic climate in Kansas City is harsh. This is a horrible moment to extend yet another local tax.

A DNA test has linked a current Missouri prison inmate with the 2001 sexual assault of a woman in Kansas City, prosecutors said today.Jimmie L. Holman was charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with forcible rape and forcible sodomy.

Jackson County officials have introduced a new system to track people who try to hop from pharmacy to pharmacy to buy large quantities of cold medicines to convert into meth.

The kick-off begins in November. The Coalition, as part of Community Beautiful is hosting a countywide litter collection effort during the month of November in support of America Recycles Day, which falls on November 15 of each year.

Kansas City's Sex Crimes Cold Case Squad says they've made an arrest in an eight year old rape case.

A Jackson County judge today sentenced a Kansas City man to 45 years in prison for participating in a 1992 robbery and gang rape.

In a pothead nightmare scenario, an undercover detective posing as a FedEx guy rang Dan Myers ' doorbell on the Missouri side of State Line Road October 7 and handed him a package that weighed almost 2.5 pounds, according to Jackson County court documents.

A fifth grade student from Maple Elementary School died while in the hospital Sunday.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' The H1N1, commonly known as the swine flu, vaccine has arrived in Johnson County and in Kansas City, Mo.

For the second time this week, a new rail transit plan is being pitched by a high profile figure.

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has released details of a 144-mile Kansas City area regional rail system.

" Vaccine's for the new H1N1 virus are here. But getting one could be difficult.

Jackson County prosecutors have accused a Kansas City man of second-degree murder in the April shooting death of Travis McGaugh, 18.Clifford E. Harris, 26, allegedly shot McGaught and another person sitting in a vehicle in the 5900 block of Walrond Avenue on April 8. The second victim survived and later told police that Harris had shot them, court ...