Jefferson County News

Roadwork on Wednesday will restrict traffic to one lane of traffic along areas of K-4 highway near Clark Road in Shawnee County and US-24 highway near the K-237 highway interchange in Jefferson County, the Kansas Department of Transportation said.

A toddler suffered severe burns Friday after falling into a barbecue smoker at Lake Perry in Jefferson County, emergency dispatchers said.

Three people were injured Monday when their white Ford Mustang convertible collided with a large truck and rolled Monday near Perry.

A man drowned Monday evening while trying to help a young girl who was struggling in the water at this popular northeast Kansas state park, authorities said.

Maybe some prisons SHOULD have a revolving door ... Floyd Bledsoe, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering his 14-year-old sister-in-law back in 1999, was freed from prison last fall after a federal judge determined that Bledsoe didn't have the benefit of an effective lawyer during his original trial.

An appeals court Friday overturned a ruling that an Oskaloosa man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife's 14-year-old sister in 1999 didn't receive a fair trial.

Swine flu has been confirmed for the first time in Jefferson County in northeast Kansas.

A case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus was confirmed today in a Jefferson County adult.

Authorities said a naked intruder startled a woman in her home west of Denver, then fled in a sheet to another home where he was discovered wearing women's clothing.

Oskaloosa - Jefferson County was experiencing an outage in its 911 land lines Monday night.

Authorities in Jefferson County arrested the fourth suspect in a case where a man's leg was nearly severed and he was left for dead on a rural road in Saline County.

Ita s nearly a 570-mile drive from Topeka to Duluth, Minn. But thata s where a Meriden man reported missing Friday was found that evening.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office needs the public's help in finding an elderly man who's been missing since early Friday morning.

Every Olathe residential household could have a blue bin for recycling next year.

Jefferson County officials are on the lookout for someone that got into Jefferson West Middle School Monday morning.

Jefferson County authorities are looking a man they've dubbed the "Nicotine Ninja" believed to be responsible for stealing $120,000 worth of cigarettes.

A Topeka standing outside her vehicle on a Jefferson County highway was struck by a passing motorist Sunday night, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.

Gunshots reverberating enough to rattle windows in the middle of the night are a rude way to be awakened.

Pepole living on the southwest shore of Lake Perry will want to be careful with their water.

A Jefferson County man has pleaded guilty to leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars off his tax return.