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A Johnson County man will spend the next five years in prison after a judge sentenced him for child sex crimes committed on Christmas Eve 2020. Jake Ruthrauff, 27, of Prairie Village was sentenced Jan. 4, after reaching a plea...
The mood is somber in Magistrate Judge John McEntee’s on a recent Friday morning. It’s 8:30 a.m. and the courtroom is filling up. Waiting on hard wooden pews are people, many of whom have fallen thousands of dollars behind...
Johnson County prosecutors have filed a motion seeking to dismiss three felony sexual battery charges against Jackson Mahomes stemming from an incident last year at an Overland Park restaurant. In a motion filed Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Meghan Ahsens cited...
By Stephen Koranda and Calen Moore The Kansas Supreme Court has revived a challenge to a state law that caused advocacy groups to cancel voter registration drives. The justices ruled Friday that the Kansas Court of Appeals wrongly threw out a...
By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga  Content warning: This story contains some details of sexual abuse. Until recently, two of Sarah and Brandon Howland’s three daughters were patients of pediatric neurologist Dr. Brian Aalbers. The girls, ages 2 and 3, saw Aalbers at Overland...
The man accused of causing a Friday evening crash that critically injured a 9-year-old boy made his first court appearance on Monday afternoon. Matthew Jacobo, 25, of Kansas City, Kansas, remains in the custody of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office...
A Prairie Village woman is suing Saint Luke’s after the hospital system allegedly failed to diagnose her with multiple sclerosis for the past decade. Sara Allison in early November filed a lawsuit against the hospital system and two Saint Luke’s...
Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross has reached a diversion agreement with prosecutors in a domestic violence case in Johnson County. The agreement, signed and filed last Wednesday, according to online court records, means Ross could have charges dismissed if he...
A criminal affidavit gives new details about the moments that led up to a shot being fired in the food court at Oak Park Mall earlier this month, an incident that sparked panic and led to a lockdown of...
A Prairie Village couple is suing the city of Mission Hills after their two dogs were severely injured by coyote traps at a city park earlier this year. Last week, Elisabeth Kirsch and Douglas Drake filed a lawsuit against Mission...
Johnson County prosecutors this week upgraded a criminal charge against Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross to a felony. Ross now faces one felony charge for criminal damage greater than $1,000 but less than $25,000. He also faces a misdemeanor domestic...
Michael L. Balance, 60, was convicted of second-degree murder last week in connection to the 2021 death of John Hoffman, 70. A Johnson County jury found Balance, of Des Moines, Iowa, guilty on Oct. 19, more than two years after...