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Sarah Plake

Reporter · US

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Sep 17, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Sarah Plake

    Ray County prosecutor quo warranto case set for trial in December (opens the original)

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    RICHMOND, Mo. — KSHB 41 News anchor/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City. Send Sarah an email. On Thursday, a judge set the ouster case against former Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston for trial on Dec. 8. The Missouri Attorney General's Office asked Judge Daren Adkins to grant its motion for judgment, which would officially and permanently remove Johnston from office. Adkins took the judgment motion under advisement. Thursday's motion hearing was the first

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Sarah Plake

    Motion hearing scheduled in ousted Ray County prosecutor case (opens the original)

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    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KSHB 41 News anchor/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City. Send Sarah an email. The first hearing has been scheduled in the Missouri attorney general's case against former Ray County Prosecutor Camille Johnston. On Sept. 17, Judge Daren Adkins will hear the state's judgment motion asking the court to grant its quo warranto petition removing Johnston from office. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway's office filed the quo warranto petition on July

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Sarah Plake

    Future of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library children's book program uncertain in Missouri (opens the original)

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    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KSHB 41 News anchor/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City. Send Sarah an email. The future of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library free book program for children is uncertain in Missouri due to funding cuts. As part of the state fiscal year 2027 budget, funding for the program was slashed down to $2 million. Previously, the program operated with $6 million in funding. Whether the program will continue beyond 2026 is still up in the air, according

  4. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Sarah Plake

    Evidence, eyewitnesses helping narrow down possible location in Randy Leach cold case (opens the original)

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    LINWOOD, Kan. — KSHB 41 News anchor/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City. Send Sarah an email. A Linwood family is cautiously optimistic they may finally have the answers that will solve the 38-year mystery of what happened to Randy Leach. That is because a friend investigating the case believes he is narrowing in on the right people and the right location. Blake McMahan is a law enforcement officer in the Kansas City area, but he is investigating the Randy Leach

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Sarah Plake

    Archdiocese deems former Bishop Miege president 'not suitable for ecclesiastical employment' (opens the original)

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    KANSAS CITY, Kan. — KSHB 41 News anchor/I-Team reporter Sarah Plake is looking for story ideas in Kansas City. Send Sarah an email. After a year-long investigation into multiple misconduct allegations, the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas determined former Bishop Miege President Phil Baniewicz is unsuitable for "ecclesiastical employment" within the Archdiocese. Baniewicz will no longer be able to work, volunteer, or take on any ministerial role within the Archdiocese following an independen

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