Keeping facilities, like the Johnson County Detention Center, safe and secure is ongoing. One of the way's the jail is doing that is by employing a K-9.
Millions of people misuse prescription drugs not prescribed to them. Many find them in the medicine cabinet of family or friends. Here's how you can get rid of used medications sitting around your home.
An anonymous tip has led to the arrest of a Holden man in a case in which over a dozen dogs were dumped near the Warrensburg Animal Shelter on Independence Day, July 4.
On Feb. 9, 2013 at 1:11a.m., Deputies with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to 17 S.E. 971 Road in Knob Noster, on a report of a female suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The following is an open letter sent to President Barack Obama on the morning of Jan. 17 from Johnson County Sheriff Chuck Heiss in regard to the Obama Administration's recent gun control proposal.