The Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City is investigating why no one did anything about a downed power line at a public park for hours over the weekend. A Shawnee man tripped over the wire at Rosedale Park early Sunday...More >
A central Missouri couple is concerned that a former soldier will be granted visitation or custody of the child he conceived with their 14-year-old daughter.More >
A central Missouri couple is concerned that a former soldier will be granted visitation or custody of the child he conceived with their 14-year-old daughter.More >
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016.More >
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016.More >
St. Louis-area police are searching for a 19-year-old man suspected in the killing of a teenager who just graduated from Kirkwood High School. The 18-year-old victim was shot to death yesterday afternoon at a Kirkwood home....More >
Police in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood are searching for a 19--year-old man suspected in the killing of a teenager who just graduated from Kirkwood High School.More >
Police in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood are searching for a 19--year-old man suspected in the killing of a teenager who just graduated from Kirkwood High School.More >
A panel studying the best way to protect students, faculty and staff at St. Charles County schools is expected to make a final report next month.More >
A panel studying the best way to protect students, faculty and staff at St. Charles County schools is expected to make a final report next month.More >
An $8.3 million contribution has earned a former University of Missouri curator naming rights for the school's golf course at a Columbia country club.More >
An $8.3 million contribution has earned a former University of Missouri curator naming rights for the school's golf course at a Columbia country club.More >
Rookie Shelby Miller pitched five shutout innings before leaving with a leg cramp last night in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. Yadier Molina hit a two-run double for the Cardinals, who had to...More >
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says The Boeing Co. plans to open an information technology center in St. Louis County that's expected to create at least 400 jobs.More >
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says The Boeing Co. plans to open an information technology center in St. Louis County that's expected to create at least 400 jobs.More >
A southeast Kansas man could face the death penalty after being convicted of murdering three of his relatives at their home in west-central Missouri.More >
A southeast Kansas man could face the death penalty after being convicted of murdering three of his relatives at their home in west-central Missouri.More >
The multi-billion dollar makeover of the greater downtown Kansas City area over the past decade was intended in part to draw businesses, but census figures show the area has lost nearly 20 percent of its private...More >
The multi-billion dollar makeover of the greater downtown Kansas City area over the past decade was intended in part to draw businesses, but census figures show the area has lost nearly 20 percent of its private employees in...More >
The ash trees on the grounds of the Gateway Arch are expected to die off soon, and they're being removed. But the sapling picked as their replacement has its own problems.More >
The ash trees on the grounds of the Gateway Arch are expected to die off soon, and they're being removed. But the sapling picked as their replacement has its own problems.More >
The driver of a car that plunged into the River des Peres in south St. Louis is expected to survive after being saved by an off-duty firefighter.More >
The driver of a car that plunged into the River des Peres in south St. Louis is expected to survive after being saved by an off-duty firefighter.More >
St. Louis County police are searching for the driver of a white sports utility vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a toddler and injured a teenage girl.More >
St. Louis County police are searching for the driver of a white sports utility vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a toddler and injured a teenage girl.More >
Bicyclists taking part in a cross-country race will be zooming across Missouri this week, and transportation officials hope motorists along the route will be extra cautious.More >
Bicyclists taking part in a cross-country race will be zooming across Missouri this week, and transportation officials hope motorists along the route will be extra cautious.More >
Raytown city officials say Wal-Mart representatives have told them the giant retail company won't be building a grocery store in downtown Raytown.More >
Raytown city officials say Wal-Mart representatives have told them the giant retail company won't be building a grocery store in downtown Raytown.More >
A solar-powered plane bidding to fly across the U.S. has landed at Dulles International Airport near the nation's capital, with one leg to New York left.More >
A solar-powered plane bidding to fly across the U.S. has landed at Dulles International Airport near the nation's capital, with one leg to New York left.More >
The director of the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency is returning to his position leading the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management after only a few months on the state job.More >
The director of the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency is returning to his position leading the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management after only a few months on the state job.More >
Numerous messages are urging Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to sign legislation that would require doctors be in the room for the initial dose of a drug used in medical abortions.More >
Numerous messages are urging Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to sign legislation that would require doctors be in the room for the initial dose of a drug used in medical abortions.More >
Major insurance companies already have received more than 6,300 claims from people whose property was damaged during recent tornadoes in the St. Louis area.More >
Major insurance companies already have received more than 6,300 claims from people whose property was damaged during recent tornadoes in the St. Louis area.More >
A St. Louis County woman is facing a misdemeanor charge of animal abuse after allegedly dragging her pit bull for a mile down Interstate 70, sometimes at 65 mph.More >
A St. Louis County woman is facing a misdemeanor charge of animal abuse after allegedly dragging her pit bull for a mile down Interstate 70, sometimes at 65 mph.More >
Hutchinson officials have agreed to rename their community Smallville for one day in a nod to its claim as boyhood home of one of the world's most recognizable superheros.More >
Hutchinson officials have agreed to rename their community Smallville for one day in a nod to its claim as boyhood home of one of the world's most recognizable superheros.More >
An eastern Missouri man has received probation for peeping at a teenage girl through a gap around a door frame at a Six Flags St. Louis dressing room.More >
An eastern Missouri man has received probation for peeping at a teenage girl through a gap around a door frame at a Six Flags St. Louis dressing room.More >
Police say a 59-year-old businessman shot and killed three employees before turning the gun on himself after an argument at his small home health care business in St. Louis.More >
Police say a 59-year-old businessman shot and killed three employees before turning the gun on himself after an argument at his small home health care business in St. Louis.More >
University of Missouri curators are preparing to plan their search for a new chancellor for the Columbia campus to succeed the retiring Brady Deaton.More >
University of Missouri curators are preparing to plan their search for a new chancellor for the Columbia campus to succeed the retiring Brady Deaton.More >
Forty-eight years after Elizabeth Ann Gill was abducted while playing in the front yard of her southeast Missouri home, her relatives believe she is still alive.More >
Forty-eight years after Elizabeth Ann Gill was abducted while playing in the front yard of her southeast Missouri home, her relatives believe she is still alive.More >
A Missouri appeals court has rejected a defense request to remove the judge from a case involving a Saudi national accused of having a popular Warrensburg bar owner killed.More >
A Missouri appeals court has rejected a defense request to remove the judge from a case involving a Saudi national accused of having a popular Warrensburg bar owner killed.More >
A Texas woman seeking custody of her slain cousin's baby says she doesn't blame the family of Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher for shootings that left the little girl an orphan.More >
A Texas woman seeking custody of her slain cousin's baby says she doesn't blame the family of Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher for shootings that left the little girl an orphan.More >
The Opera Theatre of St. Louis is performing the world premiere of Jazz composer Terence Blanchard's opera about former world welterweight champion, Emile Griffith, who is gay.More >
The Opera Theatre of St. Louis is performing the world premiere of Jazz composer Terence Blanchard's opera about former world welterweight champion, Emile Griffith, who is gay.More >
Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.More >
Arch Coal is preparing to re-argue key points in a long-running battle over the Environmental Protection Agency's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.More >
Prospects of a strike involving union workers at Patriot Coal Corp. are intensifying after a bankruptcy judge signed off on the company's push to abandon its labor agreement with the miners.More >
Prospects of a strike involving union workers at Patriot Coal Corp. are intensifying after a bankruptcy judge signed off on the company's push to abandon its labor agreement with the miners.More >
Search crews are looking for two Missouri children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, who disappeared from a home in St. Clair near the Meramec River.More >
Search crews are looking for two Missouri children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, who disappeared from a home in St. Clair near the Meramec River.More >
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce is renewing her call for creation of a "gun court" to better respond to firearms-related crimes in the city.More >
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce is renewing her call for creation of a "gun court" to better respond to firearms-related crimes in the city.More >
Government and civic leaders in the St. Louis area are launching an ambitious effort to help entrepreneurs start their companies, grow them and keep them in St. Louis.More >
Government and civic leaders in the St. Louis area are launching an ambitious effort to help entrepreneurs start their companies, grow them and keep them in St. Louis.More >
A Kansas City hospital has been awarded a $200,000 federal grant to teach health care students about environmental hazards that can affect children in their homes.More >
A Kansas City hospital has been awarded a $200,000 federal grant to teach health care students about environmental hazards that can affect children in their homes.More >
A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland is surging toward the Mid-Atlantic after largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper...More >
A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland is surging toward the Mid-Atlantic after largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper Midwest.More >
A Smithville driver whose sneezing fit caused a crash that killed a woman and left her young son paralyzed has been sentenced to probation and 100 hours of community service.More >
A Smithville driver whose sneezing fit caused a crash that killed a woman and left her young son paralyzed has been sentenced to probation and 100 hours of community service.More >
Residents of crime-ridden St. Louis neighborhoods and city leaders say they are fed up with the violence, including a particularly brutal Monday night when 17 people were injured in seven different shootings.More >
Residents of crime-ridden St. Louis neighborhoods and city leaders say they are fed up with the violence, including a particularly brutal Monday night when 17 people were injured in seven different shootings.More >
A central Missouri judge says a $2 million cash deposit from the Saudi Arabian government doesn't meet bond conditions in the case of a Saudi national accused of hiring his roommate to kill a Warrensburg bar...More >
A central Missouri judge says a $2 million cash deposit from the Saudi Arabian government doesn't meet bond conditions in the case of a Saudi national accused of hiring his roommate to kill a Warrensburg bar owner.More >
More than 450 people attended the memorial service for Springfield philanthropist John Q. Hammons, who built more than 200 hotels in 40 states and reshaped his hometown.More >
More than 450 people attended the memorial service for Springfield philanthropist John Q. Hammons, who built more than 200 hotels in 40 states and reshaped his hometown.More >
Seven Republicans and three Democrats have been appointed to a Missouri Senate committee that will study potential changes to the Medicaid health care program for the poor.More >
Seven Republicans and three Democrats have been appointed to a Missouri Senate committee that will study potential changes to the Medicaid health care program for the poor.More >
The state Supreme Court has ordered a southeast Missouri judge to step aside from a case involving a death row inmate because of the appearance of impropriety.More >
The state Supreme Court has ordered a southeast Missouri judge to step aside from a case involving a death row inmate because of the appearance of impropriety.More >
A former Chamber of Commerce president in suburban St. Louis has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing more than $177,000 from the group over a four-year period to gamble and...More >
A former Chamber of Commerce president in suburban St. Louis has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing more than $177,000 from the group over a four-year period to gamble and pay...More >
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring unaccredited school districts to pay for students to attend other nearby schools.More >
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring unaccredited school districts to pay for students to attend other nearby schools.More >
A Missouri appeals court has upheld the convictions and 18 life sentences for a Kansas City man blamed for a series of sexual attacks that terrorized the city's Waldo neighborhood in the 1980s.More >
A Missouri appeals court has upheld the convictions and 18 life sentences for a Kansas City man blamed for a series of sexual attacks that terrorized the city's Waldo neighborhood in the 1980s.More >
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is pressing his case on why he vetoed legislation that would cut Missouri's income tax rate for the first time in more than 90 years.More >
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is pressing his case on why he vetoed legislation that would cut Missouri's income tax rate for the first time in more than 90 years.More >
A man who stabbed an administrator at a Kansas City community college on a day when Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.More >
A man who stabbed an administrator at a Kansas City community college on a day when Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.More >
Corn growers across Illinois and the rest of the nation's midsection appear to have finally gotten their crops in the ground after an uncooperative, storm-prone spring left them weeks behind schedule.More >
Corn growers across Illinois and the rest of the nation's midsection appear to have finally gotten their crops in the ground after an uncooperative, storm-prone spring left them weeks behind schedule.More >
The city of St. Joseph will pay the federal government $28,000 for sewer overflows that released untreated wastewater into tributaries of the Missouri River.More >
The city of St. Joseph will pay the federal government $28,000 for sewer overflows that released untreated wastewater into tributaries of the Missouri River.More >
A Columbia high school student accused of changing another student's name in a yearbook to a sexually suggestive term has been charged with a misdemeanor.More >
A Columbia high school student accused of changing another student's name in a yearbook to a sexually suggestive term has been charged with a misdemeanor.More >
Relatives of a Kansas City Chiefs player and his girlfriend are due in court to argue for custody of the baby girl orphaned by the couple's murder-suicide.More >
Relatives of a Kansas City Chiefs player and his girlfriend are due in court to argue for custody of the baby girl orphaned by the couple's murder-suicide.More >
Several dozen students from China will be coming to Missouri this month to participate in an annual youth leadership program for high school students.More >
Several dozen students from China will be coming to Missouri this month to participate in an annual youth leadership program for high school students.More >
People attending a public memorial service for the late hotel developer and philanthropist John Q. Hammons won't learn some details of the event until it starts.More >
People attending a public memorial service for the late hotel developer and philanthropist John Q. Hammons won't learn some details of the event until it starts.More >
A 65-year-old Kansas City, Mo., woman who embezzled nearly $2 million from her Kansas employer has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for failing to pay taxes on the money she stole.More >
A 65-year-old Kansas City, Mo., woman who embezzled nearly $2 million from her Kansas employer has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for failing to pay taxes on the money she stole.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:33 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:33:17 GMT
Car break-ins happen all the time, but the reckless damage left behind at a Country Club Plaza condo has the victims in the gated lot even more angry.More >
Car break-ins happen all the time, but the reckless damage left behind at a Country Club Plaza condo has the victims in the gated lot even more angry.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:13 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:13:56 GMT
A convicted Kansas City terrorist was part of a foiled plot to bomb Wall Street, a deputy FBI director told members of Congress Tuesday.Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce testified Tuesday that the KansasMore >
A convicted Kansas City terrorist was part of a foiled plot to bomb Wall Street, a deputy FBI director told members of Congress Tuesday.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:02 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:02:57 GMT
Police are investigating a protest at Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's home as he said Monday he is prepared to use lethal force if necessary.The KCK Police Department issued a statement MondayMore >
Police are investigating a protest at Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's home as he said Monday he is prepared to use lethal force if necessary.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 2:30 PM EDT2013-06-18 18:30:12 GMT
The Kansas City Zoo's rock star is sick, so he's getting some TLC behind the scenes."Nikita is a bit under the weather so he's resting in his behind-the-scenes bedroom," said Julie Neemeyer, spokeswomanMore >
The Kansas City Zoo's rock star is sick, so Nikita is getting some TLC behind the scenes. The polar bear apparently has a tummy bug. More >
Friday, May 27 2011 11:51 AM EDT2011-05-27 15:51:43 GMT
Powerful storms roared through southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky with tornados touching down and high winds leaving a path of destruction.More >
Monday, June 17 2013 8:43 PM EDT2013-06-18 00:43:44 GMT
Thieves stole the National Trails Museum's iconic statute over the weekend, and replacing it would cost an estimated $75,000.Museum officials believe copper thieves sought the 6-foot tall bronze statute,More >
Thieves stole the National Trails Museum's iconic statute over the weekend, and replacing it would cost an estimated $75,000.More >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:47 AM EDT2013-06-18 11:47:53 GMT
Firefighters faced an unexpected danger after flames caused ammunition to go off inside a home that caught fire. Crews were called just before 2 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 8800 block of WestbrookeMore >
Firefighters faced an unexpected danger after flames caused ammunition to go off inside a home that caught fire.More >
From Joe Sutton, CNN updated 7:27 PM EDT, Mon Jun 17, 2013 (CNN) -- A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, localMore >
A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, local police said.More >
