A Jackson County judge Friday sentenced Thu Hong Nguyen to 74 years in prison for setting a disastrous fire in 2015 that resulted in two firefighters' deaths and the injuring of two others, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Read more...

A Jackson County judge on Wednesday sentenced Antonio Miles, 43, to 25 years in a Missouri prison for the 2016 fatal shooting of James L. Hines, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Read more...

An Oak Grove man, 18, has been charged in the fatal shooting on Tuesday of Mary Schmitz and the wounding of another victim in Independence, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Read more...