The 35-year prison sentence is one of the longest the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office has secured in an adult sexual abuse case, officials said.

Recent murders in Kansas City and St. Louis — one at a nightclub, the other at a coffeeshop — have people asking why the assailants, both with histories of violent crime, were out on the streets in ...

A man who initially faced a murder charge for opening fire after the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2024 Super Bowl win was sentenced ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has named an interim leader for its detention center after the director resigned last ...

'He knew he was dying': Family claims Washington County officials lied to them over inmate's death ...

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said corrections officers found two unresponsive inmates inside a housing unit at the detention center.

"At about 2 a.m. Saturday, corrections officers within the Jackson County Detention Center were performing scheduled ...