Cass County

With the Omicron variant in Wyandotte County and COVID-19 numbers rising, health directors in Clay County, Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas see problems ahead.

Banned Book Week is an annual celebration meant to highlight intellectual freedom and freedom of expression, but some say the content crosses a line.

Yust received the maximum sentences for the convictions, following jurors' recommendations.

Jurors have recommended the maximum sentences for his convictions in the deaths of Jessica Runions and Kara Kopetsky.

Yust took the witness stand in his own defense, blaming his deceased half-brother for the killings.

After almost two weeks of testimony, Kylr Yust took the stand and accused his half-brother of killing the two women.

Residents from Platte, Jackson, Clay and Cass counties elected public school board members and Kansas City voters overwhelmingly renewed that city's 1% earnings tax.

The prosecution and defense presented opening arguments Monday in the trial of Kylr Yust who is accused of murdering two young women whose disappearances occurred 10 years apart.

According to an AP report, 1 in 8 Americans live in a county whose health department leader has left the job during the pandemic.

Kansas and Missouri are losing public health workers to pandemic burnout, and the Lansing correctional facility is the future site of a career campus providing returning citizens with opportunities before and upon their release.

As Missouri and Kansas move through the phases of their vaccine distribution plans, local counties are allowing residents to sign up to be notified when they're eligible.

Area theater owners are innovating and adapting to stay open during the pandemic, Raymore-Peculiar School District's new superintendent on the return to school as COVID-19 spreads, and a forecast on the possibility of college football games happening this fall.