Cass County News

For the first time, Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is offering instruction in Cass County that could result in an associate’s degree.Classes begin Tuesday night at the Belton High School Freshman Center.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. - A jury in Cass County found a teenager guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday afternoon in the January 2010 stabbing death of his cousin.

'It's just very warm to walk into here,' said Buckner, CNO at Cass Medical Center.

Blue Springs police on Tuesday identified the woman whose body was found in rural Cass County on Sunday as Peggie Perez, 48, a Blue Springs resident.Jackson County authorities have charged two brothers in connection with Perez’s death.

Jackson County authorities have charged a second person with abandoning a woman’s corpse after the body was found Sunday in rural Cass County.Marlin S. “Scott” Gross, 49, of Lee’s Summit is charged with the felony of abandonment of a corpse.

Cass County Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Hensley plans to seek the Democratic nomination to run against Republican U.S. Rep.

Police from two jurisdictions are working a murder investigation. Investigators with the Cass County Sheriff's Office and Blue Springs Police Department recovered a body in rural Cass County Sunday Morning.

Cass County Sheriff's Office deputies said Blue Springs Police detectives notified them the body was found about two miles west of Garden City in rural Cass County.

Cass County prosecutor Teresa Hensley from Harrisonville plans to seek the Democrat nomination for the seat.

Freshman Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler could face a challenger from her Missouri hometown as she seeks a second term from the redrawn 4th U.S. House district.

An 18-year-old Pleasant Hill woman was seriously injured in a rollover wreck today.