The Latest Breaking News from Jean Peters Baker

Two adults have been charged in connection to the shooting that killed one and injured 22 at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.

A tragic incident in Kansas City, Missouri, where an infant died after being mistakenly placed in an oven by her mother. A devastating loss.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted of killing a Black man.

A Kansas City, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot a man at a convenience store nearly two years ago will not be charged with a crime, following a decision by a special prosecutor

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for driving while intoxicated and causing a 2021 crash that severely injured a 5-year-old girl.

Britt Reid, the former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach, is expected to plead guilty Monday to felony driving while intoxicated and causing a 2021 multi-vehicle crash that severely injured a 5-year-old child passenger in a separate car.

A suspected serial killer already charged in six killings in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas has been charged with first-degree murder in a seventh death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Abortion may soon be a crime in Missouri, but prosecutions aren’t anticipated in Kansas City.

Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov_ Eric Greitens are urging a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St_ Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.”