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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The woman who will take over the role of Jackson County Prosecutor once Jean ... approach when it comes to addressing violent crime, particularly in Kansas City.

The woman who will take over the role of Jackson County Prosecutor once Jean Peters ... of the Navy to Kansas City, the states of Missouri and Kansas, and the nation. Navy Week hosts a series ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo ... role of Jackson County Prosecutor once Jean Peters Baker’s term expires in two months has ambitious goals. Prosecutor-Elect Melesa Johnson (D) wants to try a different approach ...

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.

Public anxiety about crime is fueling interest in the campaign to succeed longtime Jackson County Prosecutor Jean ... after filing a complaint with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights and ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson has been elected as North Carolina’s next attorney general. Jackson defeated Republican ...

Kehoe and GOP lawmakers have signaled they plan to focus on crime but have offered ... to intervene in the fight over Jackson County property taxes. The Missouri State Tax Commission in August ...

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.

Democrat state Representative Patty Lewis, left, and Republican businessman Joey LaSalle appear on KCUR's Up To Date on Oct. 25, 2024. Democrat Patty Lewis and Republican Joey LaSalle are running ...

THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, HAS A CRIME PROBLEM ... in Platte County and was sentenced to three years in prison.Burglary guilty pleas followed in Jackson County in 2000 and ...