TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A northeast Kansas county is launching a new effort to more quickly evaluate the mental competency of people charged with a crime. It’s believed the be the first such program of ...

Should individuals with persistent and serious mental illness, who commit minor crimes, be treated as criminals in our court system, or can we treat their mental illness in a more humane way and offer ...

The deadline to restore competency has been extended in the case of De'Lawnte Hardy, the man accused of killing his own grandmother and Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter. Court records filed ...