Sarah Plake

1 week ago | kshb.com | Sarah Plake

LENEXA, Kan. — The Lenexa Police Department is dealing with a mail theft scheme the department has never seen before. It started with the seemingly mundane task of dropping off mail at the post office and ended up with more than $2 million in fraudulent, forged checks. Police: Thieves steal more than $2 million in mail theft scheme in Johnson County "When you put something in the mailbox, you forget about it," said Ofc.

2 weeks ago | kshb.com | Sarah Plake

ROELAND PARK, Kan. — Coming home has never been sweeter. "When I landed here at home in Kansas, my heart felt at peace knowing I was going to see my family," Evenezer Cortez Martinez told KSHB 41 News on Wednesday, a day after coming back home to Roeland Park. Cortez Martinez, painter and father of three, feared he'd never see his family again, after he was wrongfully deported and spent two weeks in Mexico. "I thought I was dreaming," he said.

1 month ago | kshb.com | Sarah Plake |Lisa McCormick

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Calls continue for the removal of a controversial administrator at a Kansas City-are Catholic high school who is now in his second year. Concerns also come from at least one parent who complained about him to the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas because their daughter said a verbal interaction with him made her uncomfortable.

1 month ago | kshb.com | Isabella Ledonne |Sarah Plake

KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne covers issues surrounding government accountability and solutions. Share your story with Isabella. As cities across the metro continue to slash bus routes in budget cuts, we are now learning Kansas City, Missouri, the largest funding source, is facing some tough decisions. Kansas City, Missouri, budget cuts could eliminate 13 bus routes, impacting 6,500 daily riders According to documents obtained by KSHB 41 News, 13 bus routes would be cut.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Plake

Share KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man suspected of killing a woman and boy and kidnapping a five-year-old girl in a Friday morning crime spree in the Northland served more than a decade in prison for killing a man during a fight on New Year's Day 2008. George Manning, 43, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in May 2009 in Jackson County Court. A judge sentenced Manning to 12 years in prison.