Johnson County News

Water report releasedA Missouri agency has finished a monthlong study of E. coli levels in the Lake of the Ozarks, officials said Monday.Water samples in October taken by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources only exceeded a federally recommended threshold twice, said Judd Slivka, a department spokesman.

Mark Allen, a business specialist at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Small Business & Technology Development Center, leads a FastTrac class.

A Republican candidate for Missouri's Fourth District Congressional seat will visit Sedalia on Friday as part of her two-day district tour.

A Centerview woman was killed in a head-on collision in Johnson County on Friday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' The Internal Revenue Service is looking for more than 100,000 U.S. taxpayers who didna TMt receive their refund checks.

Students in at least two states were given the H1N1 vaccine at their elementary school even though their parents say they didn't sign the consent form.

Two Holden men were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Johnson County on Saturday.

The signposts of history hugging the margins of 63rd Street are easy to miss. The wooden marker that highlights the intersection with the dusty Santa Fe Trail juts awkwardly from the lawn slab in front of a UMB Bank .

Sedalia Police Department Incidents Oct. 12 4:20 p.m.: Shorts were stolen from Hibbetts Sports, 3115 W. Broadway Blvd.

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

Two rural Missouri highways are closed due to flood waters. Johnson County E between Route CC and Missouri 23 at Valley City is closed.

Fire destroys residenceA house fire Friday destroyed a residence west of Spring Hill in Johnson County.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' Police are trying to solve a deadly shooting in the citya TMs historic Northeast District.

WARRENSBURG, Mo. a ' Johnson County, Missouri prosecutors filed charges Thursday against a 30-year-old man accused of killing a woman last month inside her Warrensburg home.

A candlelight vigil is planned for an 18-year-old suburban Kansas City woman whose body was found earlier this week.

A 41-year-old man with swine flu has died in Clay County, health officials said Tuesday.The man, who had underlying health issues, had been hospitalized.

Three people were injured after a three-vehicle accident in Johnson County on Saturday.

Employment increased 46.9 percent on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area - led by job growth in Johnson County - and 12.6 percent on the Missouri side - led by growth in Jackson County - from the first quarter of 1990 to the first quarter of 2007, according to statistics the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday.

Two Warrensburg residents were hospitalized after being thrown from a motorcycle in Johnson County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

Investigators plan to issue a news release sometime after 10 a.m. Wednesday regarding the arrest.