A man in Jackson County, Missouri, has been charged in connection with an alleged shooting involving a woman in his apartment ...

A man is charged in connection with a shooting that sent an Independence teenager to the hospital over the weekend. Darrel M. Maggard, 18, is charged with: Domestic Assault Armed Criminal Action ...

Melesa Johnson makes history as Jackson County's first Black Prosecuting Attorney, pledging tough action on violent crime while advancing innovative justice reforms.

A kidnapping charge has been filed against an Independence man after he allegedly trapped a 69-year-old grandmother in his home.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - Multiple charges have been filed against an Independence man who has been accused of child sex crimes. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Tuesday, Jan.

Jackson County announces second independent investigation following tragic incident ...

During her campaign, Johnson, the first Black prosecutor in Jackson County history, said she would establish a new property crimes division and re-vamp the conviction integrity unit.

JACKSON COUNTY, Ga. — The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is mourning alongside one of its deputies, whose wife died Thursday morning in a car crash, as her church is remembering her as a ...

(AP Photo/David A. Lieb, File) CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court panel ruled Thursday that the state’s Republican governor — and not St. Louis County’s Democratic county executive — has the ...

A woman who went viral after her airport meltdown has been named as popular Scottish comic Rachel Jackson, who has enjoyed an enviable career in TV and film. Edinburgh-born Rachel, who is now ...

Municipal electric utility Independence Power and Light and US natural gas provider United Energy Trading (UET) Ventures are exploring restarting a shuttered gas-fired power plant in Missouri to ...