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The number of people booked into the Douglas County jail with serious mental illness dropped from 18% in 2014 to 10% in 2022 — and hit a low of 5.5% in 2018.

If you love a haunted house and learning our region's history, this list of Kansas City ghost tours and paranormal investigations is for you.

Police departments in Kansas are struggling to attract and hire officers — often losing them to other jobs. The shortage is hampering departments across the state.

Police departments across Kansas are struggling to hire. In Dodge City, that means younger officers walking the beat.

A new lawsuit alleges excessive force was used in the death of Cedric Lofton and that Wichita Police officers and county workers were not trained on how to handle teens in crisis.

Operation Liberation held a rally outside the Jackson County Detention Center on Monday, claiming that widespread "precautionary quarantines" are denying inmates their due process rights. Detention center officials deny the accusations.

While many local jails already offered feminine hygiene products for free, at some, cost was a barrier. State funding in the latest budget aimed to eliminate that.

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.

Sharp resigned as Jackson County sheriff in 2018 under a cloud of controversy because of a romantic relationship he had with a female employee.

Mayor Quinton Lucas sets the record straight on how his office first heard about Operation LeGend, longtime Kansas kingmaker state Sen. Dick Bond died last week, former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Sharp is running for his old office, and the tale of a dog who somehow traveled more than 50 miles to her former home.

Sheriff's deputies, corrections officers, inmates and their families have had to adjust to help abate the spread of coronavirus in Johnson County, Kansas.

Dr. Rex Archer forecasts the ongoing pandemic and ensuing reopening, Johnson County Sheriff's Office is adjusting to the novel coronavirus, listener questions for the Smart Money Experts, and one Kansas City theater artist trying to keep the creative juices flowing.