You've probably gotten a statewide Blue Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety, but what exactly is a Blue Alert? An alert was sent Wednesday night after the FBI said Benjamin Hanil ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amber Alerts are the most common mass notification that people are used to seeing. On Monday, the Kansas City area received a Blue Alert during a manhunt for a suspect who shot a ...

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A Blue Alert was issued Monday morning by the Missouri State Highway Patrol after a police officer was shot in Lee’s Summit. MSHP put an alert out around 8:45 a.m. after a suspect was named in a ...

Earlier this year Jared Timbrook, a police officer in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, responded to a domestic disturbance and was shot four times while chasing a suspect on foot. Thankfully, Officer Timbrook ...

UPDATE, 12:40 p.m. | The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has issued a Blue Alert in Kansas on behalf of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's alert. Anyone who sees Thomas Eugene Tolbert is asked to call ...

DALLAS — The Blue Alert was launched in Texas in 2008 when then-governor Rick Perry signed Executive Order RP-68. It was created to let residents across the state know when an offender who killed or ...

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. (KCTV) - A Blue Alert for a man believed to have shot a Missouri police officer Sunday night has now been canceled, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports. According to a press ...

Cold weather is expected to continue in the coming days. Here's where you can access warming centers in Monmouth County: ...

Texas has eight standardized public safety advisories coordinated by the Texas DPS. These advisories are placed on local media, road signs, social media, smart devices and computer screens at ...