11:02 p.m. - A deputy checked on a suspicious vehicle in rural Clay County. The occupants were found to be shooting fireworks. They were instructed to clean up their mess when done. 6:35 p.m. - Four ...

A Clay County facilities worker holds up a bundle of cloth found in a pipe at the Clay County Detention Center. A recent ...

9:37 a.m. - A deputy conducted a welfare check on a rural Clay County resident who hadn’t shown up for work. They were found safe and had forgotten to set their alarm. 1:42 p.m. - A deputy transported ...

A series of sewage leaks caused by Clay County Jail inmates forced the sheriff's department to move several of its units to ...

A federal inmate faces a first-degree murder charge after officials say he shot a Cherokee County officer June 30 while escaping a medical facility.

An inmate's escape from a medical facility in Cherokee County resulted in a death of a law enforcement officer, according to the hospital and then a car chase ensured ending with the suspect's arrest.

Claiborne Hancock Grainger Union Inmates start fire at Union County jail Officials say it's the fifth time this year inmates have started a fire in the same cell block.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The Buchanan County Jail has started rolling out tablets to inmates as part of a new initiative to improve communication.

An Oklahoma County jail inmate confessed to beating his cellmate to death in April and said afterward he was proud of himself, a jail trust investigator reported in a court affidavit.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An inmate at the Clay County Detention Center died Thursday, the sheriff’s office announced Friday. According to the sheriff’s office, Daniel B. Borkowski, 39, suffer… ...