Jackson County

Mayor Quinton Lucas said Wednesday that starting Aug. 2, people ages 5 and older need to wear masks indoors in public accommodations even if they've been vaccinated

Tuesday's announcement from Mayor Quinton Lucas follows new CDC guidance urging that vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with significant COVID-19 spread.

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is awarding the 2021 Impact of the Year award to lawyers known as the 'Pro Bonos.'

Strickland has been behind bars since 1979. A judge in DeKalb County could choose to release him at the end of a two-day hearing set for August.

This is the first step in replacing the current Jackson County Detention Center which has been overcrowded since it opened in downtown Kansas City in 1984.

Advocates say for many local households, the emergency rental aid could “potentially be the biggest financial assist that they ever get in their life.”

Jackson County legislator notes that the carefully-crafted language "speaks to where we were and where we are."

Property owners and residents worry what condition they'll be in once the CDC lifts an eviction moratorium implemented during the pandemic.

What is in store for landlords and tenants come August 1, a 13.5-mile path following the old rail line is now complete, and a new plaque is attached to Jackson County's Andrew Jackson statue.

Bike enthusiasts have talked about a bike trail along the old Rock Island rail line for decades. Even after the 13.5-mile path was completed this week, it still needs a connector to Missouri’s cross-state Katy Trail.

A joint lawsuit from the City and County of St. Louis seeks to overturn the state's new Second Amendment sanctuary law. Jackson County lawmakers want to lend their support to the legal action.

St. Louis and St. Louis County jointly filed suit Monday asking a judge to find a new law that seeks to ban federal gun laws in Missouri unconstitutional.