The three Arkansans killed in Independence County during Friday night’s tornado outbreak have been identified by authorities ...

On a day when the National Weather Service detailed all the tornadoes that ripped across the state last week, the Independence County coroner on Monday identified the three victims who died as a ...

A man with active warrants was taken into custody early Monday after leading police on a high-speed chase through Jackson ...

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson released a statement saying that under Missouri law, the officer who shot and killed ...

The facts support that (the officer’s) actions were responsive and defensive in nature,” the Jackson County prosecutor said, ...

The Independence police chief says his officers acted accordingly in the deadly police shooting of a mother and her baby.

Witnesses said that they heard the suspect allegedly offer to pay another to kidnap his wife and murder someone else, court ...

After being pulled from rezoning consideration, and with conservationists and area leaders speaking out for its preservation, ...

Independence took over operations at the Jackson County Regional Animal Shelter in mid-July 2019, but the county still owns ...