Johnson County News

HOLDEN, Mo. a ' Police believe the suspects who shot at officers during a bank robbery Wednesday morning in Holden, Mo., stole a flatbed truck from a home near the bank.

"He raised an assault rifle and started firing," said deputy Jeff Parsons of the Johnson County, Missouri Sheriff's Department.

Johnson County sheriff's deputies arrested three people after a shooting north of Holden on Sunday left one victim in grave condition, Sheriff Charles Heiss said in a press conference Tuesday.

Karen McCarthy spots me in the hotel lobby. A big smile crosses her face.Ohhh, wow, she says.

" 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.

Severe thunderstorms swept over the metropolitan area this evening, bringing sheets of rain that flooded intersections and wind gusts that damaged power lines.

A 45-year-old man has been charged in the shooting deaths of three of his relatives at their home in rural west-central Missouri earlier this month, authorities said Saturday.

A Sedalia man was hurt after his rear vehicle tire blew out on U.S. 50, according to Missouri Highway Patrol reports.

Its going to be very hot and humid again this afternoon as temperatures are expected to rise into the middle to upper 90s.Heat indices are expected to peak between 100 and 110 degrees today, according to the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill.Isolated thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and any storms that develop may produce ...

Recent rain has caused some low-lying areas to become flooded, closing some Missouri highways.

The 22 pines stood dry and brown alongside a ball field in Kansas Citys Pleasant Valley Park.Until Thursday, when park employees started cutting them all down.Its not a good year for pine trees, said Forest Decker, manager of forestry and conservation with the city of Kansas City.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is urging school superintendents around the country to spend the summer preparing for that possibility, if the government goes ahead with mass vaccinations.

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a private jail in western Missouri must pay taxes on food, clothes and other products for inmates.

By NWV News writer Jim Kouri Posted 1:00 AM Eastern June 14, 2009 © 2009 NewsWithViews.com The recent Environmental Protection Agency's plan to initiate a so-called greenhouse gas tax on privately owned dairy farms and livestock has farmers up in arms.

Former U.S. Rep. Karen McCarthy, who represented the Kansas City area in Congress for a decade, is suffering from an advanced form of Alzheimers disease, her family said Wednesday.McCarthy, 62, has lived in a Johnson County nursing facility for about a month.

A total of 915 acres compose the 23-year-old Powell Gardens--a onetime dairy farm then Boy Scout camp.

A Green Ridge man was injured Tuesday morning when he struck a pickup truck near Whiteman Air Force Base and was thrown from his motorcycle, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

Fairway police are searching for a man after a possible domestic violence shooting Monday morning left a woman critically wounded.Police are asking for the publics help in finding Franklin L. Grammer Jr., 53, who was last known to be driving a blue 2000 Dodge Dakota pickup with Oklahoma license 522-MTH and ladder racks.

Who: Shelley Bryan, 56, of Blue Springs.When and how she died: May 22, of cancer, at her home.Positive from the start: Shelley Bryan maintained a positive attitude and strong personality throughout her life, said her husband of 30 years, Bob Bryan.“Growing up, she drove her sister nuts because she was always singing,” he said.

Jefferson City -- Lawmakers have approved new oversight for Missouri's two private jails, a response to an escape last year at the Integrity Correctional Center in Johnson County.