Warrensburg Police Department

How and Why Students Get Fake IDs

Written by Emma Fischer, News Editor • March 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article has two anonymously interviewed students because admitting they have fake IDs and explaining the process they went through to get them can be incriminating. The Muleskinner...

Warrensburg Police purchases new life-saving tools

Written by Garrett Fuller • February 8, 2019

The Warrensburg Police Department has been working since last summer to raise funds to replace their aging fleet of automated external defibrillator (AED) kits. The kits, used by first responders to start...

Warrensburg Police Department looks to community for help to fund new K-9

Written by Garrett Fuller • January 30, 2019

After seven years of service to the community, the Warrensburg Police Department is looking to retire their police dog, Gunner. However, the Police Department is asking members of the community to assist...

Police Department closed off due to bomb threat

Written by Garrett Fuller • January 25, 2019

A package left at the Warrensburg Police Department caused the lobby and surrounding area to be blocked off Friday afternoon. According to a Warrensburg Police Department Facebook post, a man walked into...

‘Pizza Plug’ scam tricks UCM students with pizza

Written by Garrett Fuller • November 8, 2018

Free pizza. It is every college student’s dream. Getting $50 worth of pizza for just $10 sounds like something that is too good to be true. That’s because it is. A Facebook post made by the Warrensburg...

Warrensburg Police urge citizens to ‘Lock it or lose it’

Written by Garrett Fuller • November 8, 2018

Lock it or lose it. The slogan has been used by the Warrensburg Police Department for a recent social media campaign urging residents to lock their car doors. The campaign originated after thefts from...

Police investigating early-morning shooting on West Pine Street

Written by Chris Holmberg • November 1, 2018

Two females were treated at Western Missouri Medical Center early Thursday morning with gunshot wounds after a shooting that occurred in the 100 block of West Pine Street at approximately 1:37 a.m. according...

Local law enforcement officers participate in Coffee with a Cop

Written by Erin Wides • October 10, 2018

The first Wednesday in October was national Coffee with a Cop Day. To celebrate the day, members of the Warrensburg Police Department, UCM Public Safety, Missouri Highway Patrol, the Johnson County Sheriff’s...

Son charged in mother's death

Written by Jacque Flanagan • March 27, 2018

A Sedalia man was charged Saturday with second-degree murder in connection to the death of his mother. Warrensburg officers were called to the 200 block of West Sparks Street Tuesday, March 20, after...

Off-campus safety advisory clarification on gunshots

Written by Jacque Flanagan • October 17, 2017

A mass email was sent to all University of Central Missouri students, faculty and staff by the UCM News Bureau Tuesday morning at 11:22 a.m., alerting them to be cautious in the 300 block area of South...

Cops meet community for coffee

Written by Naporsha Williams • October 17, 2017

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Johnson County law enforcement agencies recently hosted their second annual Coffee with a Cop event, offering citizens an opportunity to meet local officers and discuss community...

The incredible journey of litter

Written by Chris Holmberg • October 4, 2017

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The litter that’s visible is obnoxious. But there is a lot going on that isn’t visible. Just because you can’t see it does not mean that it isn’t affecting you. Through...