Six area residents were honored Thursday during the Noonday and Sunrise Optimists Clubs of Sedalia’s annual Respect for the Law banquet, held at the Best Western State Fair Inn.

A Knob Noster man has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of his wife.

Three people have been charged with second-degree murder after a double homicide in Versailles.

Two Versailles residents were found dead in their home of apparent gunshot wounds Monday.

While the Second Amendment has been hogging the spotlight of late, the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States deserves consideration in the wake of a local homicide case.

Despite an expletive-laden outburst from the defendant, the murder trial of Jamauhle Brown has once again been continued.

This is a hard column to write, but given the fact that zealots on both sides of the firearms-versus-violence debate have already started what will become an ever-increasing barrage of self-serving half truths and bald-faced lies, somebody’s got to do it.

A Stover man has been arrested in connection with the slayings of two elderly residents who were found dead in their home Tuesday.

New charges have been filed against a Stover woman and her boyfriend who are accused of killing her 3-year-old son.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Department is requesting help identifying a body that was found floating in Truman Lake.

Attorneys for two Stover residents accused of murdering a 3-year-old boy have filed change of venue motions to move the trial to a different jurisdiction.

WARRENSBURG — Chief of Police Bruce Howey stood at the corner of North Holden and East Pine streets on Wednesday night, watching as a throng of people slowly dispersed.

WARRENSBURG — Some 35 law enforcement officials have joined the investigation into the Saturday evening shooting death of Warrensburg nightclub owner William “Blaine” Whitworth. 

WARRENSBURG — The Warrensburg Police Department is investigating a possible homicide after a local bar owner and University of Central Missouri student was found shot in his home, according to a WPD press release.

VERSAILLES — A jury trial has been set in the case of a Stover woman and her boyfriend accused of second degree murder after her 3-year-old son was found dead in February.

An associate circuit court judge found probable cause to proceed to trial in the case against a Stover woman accused of murder.

A Centerview teenager is being charged with his father’s murder following an investigation by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

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Stover residents have scheduled a march and candlelight vigil in memory of 3-year-old Blake Litton, who died last week at Bothwell Regional Health Center from injuries allegedly sustained in a beating at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend.

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office investigators are seeking information from the public about a killing last week.

The Pettis County Crime Stoppers will host a spaghetti dinner fundraiser Thursday evening to support the payments awarded to tipsters who assist local law enforcement agencies.

The number of major crimes in Sedalia dropped 4.76 percent in 2010, although police responded to nearly 4,000 more calls for service compared to the previous year.

Law enforcement officers with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office and Sedalia Police Department assisted other agencies Wednesday in the pursuit of a suspect in a St. Joseph homicide.

A Sedalia man was charged Tuesday in the slaying of a man who was found shot to death in an apartment Monday night.