Crime

A new bill passed by the Missouri legislature and signed by Governor Mike Parson wipes out mandatory minimum sentences for some nonviolent crimes.

Suspicious activity?

Officers found a man in the street at 11th and Ohio, suffering from several gunshot wounds. He later died from his injuries

Sedalia Police arrested a 33-year-old man on multiple charges of child molestation and rape on Aug. 28 in the 2400 block of South Limit.

The vehicle eventually crashed on East Beech Lane in Cooper County. South of I-70, where both occupants of the vehicle were taken into custody.

A 63-year old man from Grain Valley, MO was recently sentenced in federal court for traveling to North Dakota for illicit sex with a 14-year-old child, who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer, while he was under investigation for distributing child pornography over the internet.

Nine individuals, primarily from West Plains, MO were recently indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties.

The Warrensburg PD has a message for the new students who've recently matriculated to UCM. The message is pretty easy to articulate: #dontbeajackwagon.

Operation Triple Beam, an initiative led by the U.S. Marshals Service to track down some of the Kansas City metropolitan area’s most violent and persistent offenders, resulted in hundreds of arrests and the seizure of dozens of firearms and illegal drugs.

I imagine at one time or another, we've wondered if our "smart" electronics are keeping tabs of what we're saying around the house. With more people connected to the internet, those chances could cause concern.