Wyandotte County News

A case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus was confirmed today in a Leavenworth County child.

Prosecutors have upgraded the charges against a Kansas City, Kan., man in connection with the death of a 10-month-old. The Wyandotte County, Kan., District Attorney charged Anderson Cheffen, 31, with first-degree murder on Tuesday.

A new Kansas law allows prosecutors to carry concealed guns into court buildings and courtrooms if officials allow it.

OLATHE, Kan.- Despite a new Kansas law allowing prosecutors to take guns into the courtroom, some counties won't be allowing their prosecutors to do so.

Its as hard to get rid of a bad reputation as it is belly fat or cockroaches.KCK knows.

Kansas' governors and legislators over the past 15 months have done a credible job of balancing the state's expenditures against declining revenues.

In Kansas City, Kansas, fire crews usually deal with a bit of a different July 4th animal than the rest of the metro.

A Wyandotte County jury this week convicted a Kansas City, Kan., man of murder and other crimes related to a killing at a barbershop.Donnell Dobbs will be sentenced later for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and for being a felon in possession of a gun.He shot Myurel Josenberger to death in October of last year and tried to kill ...

Businesses throughout the metropolitan area are looking for a slice of the federal stimulus pie, but with little idea how to track down opportunities.

More information on K-C-K's quadruple murder is expected at a news conference this morning with the Wyandotte County District Attorney.

A district attorney weighed the pursuit of the death penalty on Friday for a 37-year-old man charged with killing a toddler and three others at a Kansas City, Kansas, home.

The commission and the applicants mutually agreed to extend the deadline to allow more time to finish negotiating contracts, said Ed Van Petten, executive director of the Lottery.

The gunman behind a deadly barbershop shooting was convicted Friday. A Wyandotte County jury found Donnell Dobbs guilty of first degree murder and attempted murder.

A 37-year-old man was charged yesterday with murdering four people, including a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in the front yard of a Kansas City home.

The Kansas Lottery will ask the governor for an extension in the casino process.

A Kansas City, Kan., man is charged with abusing a 10-month-old baby. Wyandotte County prosecutors charged Anderson Cheffen, 31, with one count of abuse of a child, according to a press release from the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office.

Tuesday evening. "I'm glad they caught him," said Freda Stewart, who witnessed the end of the car chase.

A man police said they believed was connected to Monday's quadruple homicide in Kansas City, Kan., was taken into custody Tuesday after a two-state chase and crash.Police in Missouri began pursuing a minivan near Interstate 70 and Prospect Avenue about 5:40 p.m. Officers began the chase because the driver was believed to be a suspect in the ...

The potential glitz of buzzing slot machines was drowned out by the recession Wednesday as state officials heard proposals from companies that want to operate state-owned casinos in Kansas.

One dead in burning garageFirefighters found one person dead Friday at the scene of a house fire.They responded about 4 p.m. to the 9500 block of West 115th Street and found a garage in flames.