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Three years after John Paul Scheidecker’s deadly hit-and-run, Clay County investigators are still searching for the driver—and asking about unexplained vehicle damage.
The woman charged in Graham Hoffman’s killing plans to argue mental disease or diminished capacity as her case moves toward trial.
Two years after TJ Jackson was killed in Avondale, investigators still have no suspect. A distinctive Chevrolet Silverado remains their key lead.
A KCK man is free after a judge vacated his murder conviction over undisclosed evidence. The case now faces an uncertain next chapter.
A stolen Chevy Silverado reached 70 mph through Lawrence before the driver bailed out and left it rolling into a police cruiser.
A vacant Independence strip mall went up in flames Friday, triggering a three-alarm response and a firefighter mayday call.
A decades-old allegation against a Kansas City-area priest who died in 1994 is now under investigation by the local archdiocese.
A Lee’s Summit real estate agent says an unsolicited property pitch and lien threats are tied to a wider Kansas City title dispute.
A man was found shot dead inside a vehicle near Truman Road and Cleveland Avenue as Kansas City police opened a homicide investigation.
A motorcycle rider died after colliding with a Toyota Corolla early Thursday in KCK, leaving one vehicle engulfed in flames.
A 93-page motion accuses former KCK detective Roger Golubski of steering a 2008 murder case toward an innocent man.
A multi‑agency sweep in Kansas City resulted in more than a kilogram of fentanyl, dozens of firearms and other drugs seized; several people were arrested.
A Kansas City man nearly lost $20,000 to a caller posing as a jury-duty official. Authorities say at least six people have sought help after similar calls.
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