By Dan Margolies A federal grand jury in St. Louis has indicted an Overland Park anesthesiologist on charges he conspired to defraud Medicare out of $26 million. The 25-count indictment
Highlands Elementary area shooting suspect Dylan Ruffin has pleaded guilty after shooting a gun inside his home near the school and later pointing it at police officers. After a brief
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe announced Monday that the state of Kansas has charged a Des Moines, Iowa, man with premeditated first degree murder in the shooting death of
Update: Johnson County District Judge Robert Wonnell on Friday granted the Blue Valley School District’s motion to dismiss Johnson County Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara’s lawsuit. Wonnell agreed with the district’s contention that
By Peggy Lowe They raised the boy right, taught him the difference between right and wrong and tried to get him the best education. But sometime in his teens, Larry
By Stephen Koranda Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday picked an experienced appeals court judge, who started her career in retail sales, to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme
By Roxie Hammill For anyone who’s not a lawyer, accessing court records in Kansas is a headache. Depending on the type of court, successfully obtaining records can involve an endless
Two Kansas churches temporarily don’t have to abide by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s limit of 10 or fewer attendees, a federal judge ruled Saturday. The judge sided with the First
By Jim McClean TOPEKA, Kansas — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly won a ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court Saturday that said she holds sweeping powers to shut down operations in
Former Shawnee city councilor Justin Adrian will spend 60 days of “shock time” in jail as a result of his plea to charges of aggravated battery and sexual battery this
A Johnson County judge’s decision on Tuesday to toss Overland Park Sen. Jim Denning’s defamation lawsuit against former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Rose has the Republican Senate Majority Leader
A Johnson County District Court judge on Tuesday announced he was tossing out a defamation lawsuit brought by Overland Park Sen. Jim Denning against the Kansas City Star. With the
A Johnson County judge on Friday sentenced Justin Rey, 37, to more than eight years in prison following his arrest after he and his children were discovered inside a Lenexa
Following this morning’s long-awaited Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the K-12 funding formula approved by the legislature earlier this year, local lawmakers and advocacy groups are weighing in.
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe’s office today released the conclusions of its review of the officer-involved shooting across the street from Highlands Elementary March 1. Howe said the use
