3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (424+ words) The driver in a July crash in Prairie Village that left a construction worker dead will face a municipal citation but no criminal charges. The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office this week declined to bring charges for the July 6 crash…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (599+ words) A Johnson County woman has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City-based Genesis Health Clubs, alleging she was groomed and sexually abused by one of the company’s personal trainers when she was a teenager. On Sept. 1 in Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) Roeland Park Police confirm they’re investigating after gunfire was reported in the parking lot of the Walmart on Roe Boulevard. According to online call logs, officers were first dispatched to the store at 5150 Roe Boulevard at 3:21 p.m. on Friday for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) Officer Freddie Castro’s mom, Michaela Robles, wants her son to be remembered for his smile and all he accomplished in life. Just 23 when he died, Castro had already reached all of his goals, which is something Robles said made her…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) A Johnson County man has been sentenced to more than 65 years in prison for the February 2025 murders of his mother and aunt. Luke Anthony Howard, 35, entered guilty pleas in May on two counts of intentional second-degree murder for the killings…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (189+ words) An Independence, Missouri, woman avoided an attempted murder charge as she pleaded guilty to two lesser felonies for her involvement in a fatal Olathe shooting that occurred last year. On July 23 in Johnson County District Court, Toni M. Tyson pleaded guilty…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) More than four and a half years after he allegedly burglarized at least 50 vehicles in about two hours, a Missouri man is now in custody and facing dozens of charges. Johnson County Sheriff’s Office booking logs show Samual Brad Thomas…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (630+ words) The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has formally decreed that Phil Baniewicz, the former president of Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, is unfit for employment and other activities involving minors and vulnerable persons within the archdiocese. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1200+ words) The estate of a 25-year-old man killed by Lenexa Police last summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and several officers. On June 26 in the U.S. District Court of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas, the estate of the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (125+ words) Shawnee Police say a man is in stable condition after being hit by a vehicle on Nieman Road just before 9 a.m. It happened near the mid-block pedestrian crossing in the 5600 block of Nieman. Recorded radio traffic states that a man in…...