Crime & Courts

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...

A Mission Hills attorney has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Johnson County, Missouri, judge rejected a plea bargain that could have ended with him on probation. On Monday in Johnson County, Missouri, District Court, Peter E....

An Independence, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty to two 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 to discharge of a firearm at...

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...

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...

Growing concerns about the use of automated license plate readers, like Flock cameras, have prompted one Johnson County police department to discontinue its use of the controversial devices. On Monday, the Gardner City Council voted to immediately turn off four...

A Mission man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for possession of a machine gun and more than 40 grams of fentanyl. In a news release, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas says Marquis...

An Overland Park man who was convicted of killing his Johnson County social worker in 2004 was found dead in his prison cell on Tuesday. The Kansas Department of Corrections and Kansas Bureau of Investigation will be investigating the death...

Two Johnson County Sheriff's deputies won't face charges in the fatal shooting of a man who stabbed a person at the Panasonic Energy plant in De Soto in December. On Friday, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe announced that his...

A Winfield, Kansas, man who shot and killed his four children and their mother before fatally shooting himself had an extensive prior criminal history in Johnson County. According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Ronald H. Williams Sr., 53, called 911...

A Johnson County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Tennessee woman to life in prison after she was found guilty of felony murder in the 2023 killing of Fairway Police Officer Jonah Oswald. Johnson County Judge Michael P. Joyce of Division...

A Shawnee man with previous convictions involving children will serve 15 years in federal prison for four charges related to child sexual abuse material. On Thursday, David Mark Jones, 35, of Shawnee, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court of...