Democratic Party candidate for Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson gets a hug from a supporter at an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in downtown Overland Park. Chris Ochsner ...

NEW CENTURY, Kan. — Nov. 5, 2024, is a day Byron Roberson will never forget. It’s the day he was elected as the first Black sheriff of Johnson County, and the first Democrat to serve in nearly ...

Byron Roberson discusses his goals as Johnson County Sheriff on Up To Date Byron Roberson is the first Democrat in 96 years, and the first African American, to hold the office of Johnson County ...

Prairie Village Police Chief Byron Roberson makes history as the affluent county’s first African American sheriff. It’s overdue. Facebook/Byron Roberson for Sheriff No one can deny Prairie ...

With the election for Johnson County Sheriff now between Democrat Byron Roberson and Republican Doug Bedford, polarizing issues that Calvin Hayden had campaigned on — election skepticism and imm ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters in Johnson County, Kansas have officially selected Democrat Byron Roberson as the new county sheriff in a tight race against Republican Doug Bedford. After the votes ...

There’s a new Johnson County sheriff in town as he makes history swearing-in. Sheriff Byron Roberson is the first African American man to lead the county and the first Democrat to wear the badge ...

Hayden lost in the Republican primary in 2024. Current Johnson County Sheriff Bryon Roberson prevailed in the general election. "What stood out to me was that, there appeared to be, not a lot of ...

Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson has formally ended the years-long election fraud investigation initiated by his predecessor, Calvin Hayden — drawing to a close an inquiry that produced no ...

Johnson County voters chose Byron Roberson as their next sheriff in a close race Tuesday, electing a Democrat to lead the department for the first time in nearly a century and after heavy scrutiny ...