Crime in Parsons dropped almost 15 percent in 2004 compared to the previous year, according to the department’s 2024 Annual Report. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/lau…

A Fairland woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to child sex abuse-related charges and was sentenced to 20 years in the state Department of Corrections. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/ex-…

Authorities say a suspect has been identified in a hit-and-run incident early Saturday. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/upd…

TULSA, Okla. – A Vinita man accused of fatally running over a Ketchum High School student while under the influence of drugs and alcohol has pleaded guilty. Kolton McAnally, 20, pleaded guilt… fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/dru…

What’s being called a murder investigation is taking place in southeast Kansas, and a suspect is currently in custody. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/mur…

A teenager charged with breaking into a home and threatening people with a gun reached a plea deal in the case. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/sto…

The man accused of walking into the Aurora-Marionville Police Department wanting to commit “suicide by cop” will go to prison for the incident. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/sou…

An Aurora man is sentenced to two decades in prison for using artificial intelligence to create child porn. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/aur…

A Lawrence County man pleads guilty in two separate child sex crimes cases. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/law…

An Oklahoma man was sentenced for his part in a conspiracy to traffic drugs into southwest Missouri. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/okl…

Andrew James McGann, the man accused of killing two people at Devil’s Den State Park in July, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/dev…

A Neosho couple is charged after police say they left their grandchild unattended in a hot car. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/cou…

A Kansas City woman has been arrested in Leavenworth, Kansas, on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child back in March. fourstateshomepage.com/news/kansas-ci…

A Neosho couple is charged after police say they left their grandchild unattended in a hot car. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/cou…

A Galena man is in the Cherokee County Jail tonight, accused of child sex crimes. fourstateshomepage.com/news/local/kan…

Grove Police Chief Mark Morris is requesting the public’s help in identifying a man accused of inappropriately touching women. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/gro…

Ellis Rayls, 40, of Nixa, Missouri, has been indicted on 18 felony charges of child sex crimes, including multiple counts of child molestation, statutory sodomy, and endangering the welfare of a ch… fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/nix…

Mahamud “Tito” Mahamed SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Mahamud Mahamed, of Noel, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to one count of kidnapping resulting in death. It’s connected to th… fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/man…

A Joplin man is behind bars – accused of sodomizing an underage girl. fourstateshomepage.com/news/crime/jop…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two men were killed and three other people were hurt, including a juvenile, in a shooting where the victims were found at a downtown Kansas City parking lot at 13th and Gra… fourstateshomepage.com/news/two-kille…