Wyandotte County

After more than a century, the American Royal not only has its own home, but a whole campus near the Legends in Kansas City, Kansas. It boasts multiple barns, more than 1,500 horse stalls and eight arenas.

Wyandotte County voters will be asked in November's election if they want to add a special tax for health that could also support other services for unhoused residents. Currently, the county only offers a temporary shelter that's open on the winter's coldest nights.

Charles Adair was in the midst of a mental health emergency when he turned himself into law enforcement for old traffic warrants. If sheriff’s deputies at the Wyandotte County, Kansas, jail had followed protocol for a mental health crisis, it might have prevented Adair’s death — which was ruled a homicide due to being restrained with a knee on his back.

One government official said 32,000 cubic yards of debris had been removed from curbsides in Wyandotte County, and estimated that three or four weeks of work remain.

A Wyandotte County judge has dismissed the criminal case against Deputy Richard Fatherley, who was charged with second-degree murder of Charles Adair, an inmate who died in the county jail last July after deputies kneeled on his back. Fatherley still faces a wrongful death lawsuit.

Wyandotte County resident Raúl Álvarez is still feeling the aftermath of the Aug. 18 storm that left thousands around Kansas City, Kansas, without power and with significant building damage. County officials continue to call for volunteers.

Terrance Sims was convicted of two felonies and one misdemeanor for not paying an administrative fee. each of three times he filled out the offender registration document in Wyandotte County.

A heavy thunderstorm dumped inches of rain and hail on Kansas City, Kansas, leaving at least 60 homes in need of major repair, but the damage isn't likely to trigger a federal response.

A $3.7 million grant from the EPA, one of the largest awarded nationwide this year, will be used to remediate 54 vacant lots in the Douglass-Sumner neighborhood in northeast Wyandotte County. Work could begin as early as September.

Las escuelas, junto con las empresas y organizaciones locales, se están asegurando de que los estudiantes del área de Kansas City tengan todo lo que necesitan para su regreso a clases el próximo mes.

Days before the primary election, at least 10 completed, mail-in ballots were sent back to Wyandotte County residents because they were printed with a wrong return address. Erik Murray, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Kansas, held a July 31 emergency press conference to address the mistake.

The Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct filed a 17-page formal complaint against Wyandotte County District Judge Tony Martinez, who is up for retention in the upcoming election. It alleged Martinez’s behavior appeared to breach two Kansas judicial canons while he served as a district judge. Martinez denies all allegations.