Independence

A man who opened fire outside an Independence nightclub, killing a woman and injuring at least 15 other people before a guard killed him, had a past weapons charge dropped after lawmakers loosened the state's gun laws.

A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 34 years in prison for killing a woman who was a witness in a murder case against him.

Authorities say a man stole a gun from a suburban Kansas City store and later shot a car salesman before he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy.

Three men have been sentenced in for their roles in a conspiracy to commit a series of armed robberies by luring their victims with online advertisements .

Authorities say a 32-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend, whose body was found in a wooded area in a park.

A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of Leon Hinckley.

A Sedalia man is one of two defendants indicted in connection with a $7 million conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Pettis, Cooper, Boone, Morgan, Pulaski and Jackson counties.

A man is accused of fatally shooting a 23-year-old man in Independence, Missouri.

Sedalia Police arrested a 39-year-old woman after an AMBER Alert was issued Monday night by the Benton County Sheriff's Office for two Warsaw children.

A standoff that started after police found a fatally wounded man has ended with two arrests in suburban Kansas City.