The City of Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County have reached an agreement for the site of a new municipal jail. ...

Melesa Johnson, a 35-year-old Democrat, won her race against Republican Tracey Chappell, also a Black woman, to become the first-ever Black woman prosecutor in Jackson County, Kansas City, MO.

One Republican’s Missouri Senate victory, fueled in part by a section of Jackson County that has grown more conservative, could hold significant consequences for the prominent district.

This year’s state Attorneys General (AGs) elections were relatively quiet, with races in only 10 of the 43 states with elected AGs and only ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. announced the deal, which follows recommendations from city and county staff.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County legislators overwhelmingly passed a gun ordinance with age restrictions. The new ...

A Brick man has been charged with arson in connection with the Shotgun Wildfire that forced evacuations and burned some 350 acres in Jackson, officials said. Richard Shashaty, 37, of Brick ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Warsaw, Missouri, man is facing life in prison after he was recently convicted of a plot to murder immigrants and Border Patrol agents at the Texas-Mexico border ...

Organizers would have to collect 5,000 signatures for a grand jury to "investigate alleged crimes committed against children and their families by employees of Oklahoma State agencies responsible for ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s next governor said one of his top priorities is addressing crime and he wants to do that by putting the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state ...

JACKSON — Magnesium sparks from a 12-gauge ... according to state and county authorities. Richard Shashaty, 37, of Brick was charged with arson and violation of the regulatory provisions ...