Kansas City Star - Sat Nov 21

A federal judge on Friday sentenced three people who concocted a bizarre scheme to stage a sexual assault in Waldo to boost the payoff on a civil lawsuit.Agreeing that the scheme was harebrained and ridiculous, U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith sentenced Gordon F. Reabe, 52, Julie R. Bernet, 40, and Lindsey D. Crawford, 24, to a year and a day, 10 ...

Kansas City Star - Fri Nov 20

The 25-year-old woman, nearly 9 months pregnant and shot in the head, had no chance.But an ambulance crew rushed her lifeless body to the hospital Friday evening, hoping to save the unborn child.

TheKansasCityChannel.com - Fri Nov 20

Jackson County sheriff's deputies searched a shed in Independence in connection with a sex crimes case.