Andrew Gaug

Four years after loosening its rules to sell and shoot fireworks, the city council voted 7-1 to repeal the ordinance. But one city leader said the ban won't actually change behavior.

A Shawnee man with previous convictions involving children will serve 15 years in federal prison for four charges related to child pornography.

DA Steve Howe's decision comes more than eight months after the Dec. 12, 2025, shooting inside the sprawling EV battery plant in De Soto.

The residents' petition, which gathered enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, aims to institute an ordinance barring data centers in the small Johnson County town.

Gardner's move to shut off its four Flock cameras and not renew its contract comes as the devices have garnered scrutiny nationwide.

The suit alleges Jose Enrique Cartagena Chacon posed no threat and that officers shouted commands in English, which Chacon barely understood, before he was fatally shot.

Students at Briarwood Elementary School and Frontier Trail Middle School got greeted by cheerleaders, football teachers and a friendly pooch as they entered their first day of school.

Court records show the deadly February 2025 confrontation at an apartment complex began after Toni Tyson's vehicle was towed and an argument escalated into gunfire.

On Monday, a Johnson County, Missouri, judge rejected a plea deal that would given Peter Goss a chance at probation with no prison time served.

With a heat dome pushing heat indexes past 100 and few places of refuge, advocates say the gap between what exists and what's needed has never been more dangerous.