A Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with possessing hundreds of homemade devices designed to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns.
College tuition fees rose 4.5% in Jackson County in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
A Kansas City tax preparer was sentenced in federal court for a wire fraud scheme involving nearly $1 million. Ebens Louis-Loradin, 45, received a 20-month federal prison sentence without parole from U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes and was ordered to pay $722,121 in restitution.
A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Jonathan Good, 33, received the maximum penalty from U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips.
An Independence, Missouri man has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison following the seizure of 22 firearms and a large quantity of illegal drugs from his residence and two campers. Jonathan P. Henik, 45, received his sentence from U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner.
Today, Governor Mike Parson confirmed that the State of Missouri will carry out the sentence of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Governor Mike Parson has ordered U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Platte and Jackson counties, the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City, and firehouses statewide on Wednesday, September 25. This directive honors Kansas City Fire Department Firefighter/Paramedic Kyle Brinker.
On September 20, 2024, Bishop James V. Johnston, Jr., of Kansas City-St. Joseph issued a statement addressing the potential consequences of Missouri's Amendment 3, which will be voted on November 5. The amendment aims to establish an absolute right to abortion in the state constitution.
A Nigerian citizen extradited from the United Kingdom was sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the darknet, affecting tens of thousands of victims globally.