Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, fire department and Wyandotte County Sheriff all saw millions of dollars in cuts. The Unified Government had a $12 million budget hole after voting unanimously to freeze property taxes in June.

Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.

Lionel A. Womack, a former Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective, was shot and killed by a current officer Monday afternoon. Womack, 36, was fired last year for "numerous" policy and conduct violations.

Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree promised to hold law enforcement officers accountable in a community with a history of “open wounds” from police brutality.

The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office amended charges Wednesday against the two men suspected in October's fatal shootings at a bar in Kansas…

Two employees of the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Department have been charged in connection with an altercation involving an inmate at the county jail in…

For years, teenagers in Kansas City, Kansas, who have committed a crime served their time in the adult detention center in Wyandotte County, putting the…

Updated at 6 p.m. with additional details.A Kansas City, Kansas, man who’s “well known” to police and already accused of several crimes — including…

This story was updated at 3:40 p.m. to include additional details. Thousands of community members and city leaders joined families and law enforcement…

Family and friends of the two Wyandotte County deputies who were fatally shot had the support of the community Sunday evening, as hundreds gathered in…

Updated 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16.Two Wyandotte County Sheriff's deputies died after being shot Friday behind the county courthouse by an inmate who…