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Police say they have opened a homicide investigation after two people died following an early-morning fire in Kansas City’s Midtown neighborhood. Authorities responded about 5 a.m. Saturday to a …
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10/1/22
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A suburban St. Louis man has been convicted of murder in the 2018 shooting of his girlfriend, her two children and her mother. A St. Charles County jury deliberated about two hours Friday before …
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9/30/22
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A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to killing two brothers from Wisconsin in 2019. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, admitted in court Friday that he killed 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old …
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9/30/22
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The Missouri Supreme Court has set a January execution date for Scott McLaughlin, who was convicted of raping and killing an ex-girlfriend 19 years ago. The execution at the state prison in Bonne …
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By JIM SALTER
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9/29/22
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Republican and Democratic leaders praised former President Harry S. Truman as one of the best U.S. leaders in history during a ceremony on Thursday to unveil a statue of Truman in the U.S. Capitol's …
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9/29/22
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Missouri lawmakers have approved an income tax cut and ditched plans to cut corporate taxes. The Republican-led Missouri House on Thursday voted 98-32 in favor of a bill to cut income taxes from 5.3% …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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9/29/22
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Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time — as crop harvests begin. Some Mississippi River communities between …
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By JIM SALTER
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9/29/22
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Federal prosecutors say two former executives of a Missouri-based health nonprofit pleaded guilty for their roles in a corruption scheme that involved several Arkansas officials. Sixty-three-year-old …
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9/29/22
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Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration to try and halt its plan to forgive student loan debt for millions of Americans. They're accusing it of overstepping its executive powers. …
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By SEUNG MIN KIM
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9/29/22
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States are spending billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and public buildings. The American Rescue Plan law signed by President Joe …
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By DAVID A. LIEB and KAVISH HARJAI
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9/29/22
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A powerful Missouri House committee is trying to phase out corporate income taxes. The House Budget Committee on Wednesday tacked the provision onto another bill to cut individual income taxes. The …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE
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9/28/22
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Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare …
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By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL REZENDES
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9/28/22
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A Missouri judge on Tuesday allowed a Christian boarding school to remain open for now, scheduling two days of hearings in October to determine its fate after multiple current and former students …
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By JIM SALTER
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9/27/22
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A Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of his disabled 9-year-old son, who disappeared nearly 20 years ago. Dawan Ferguson was convicted in July of …
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9/27/22
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Kansas City Star. September 21, 2022.
Editorial: Roy Blunt, the nation needs your help to prevent the next Jan. 6 before it happens
On Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol, …
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By The Associated Press
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9/27/22
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There's a little-known practice in the U.S. known as “gooning.” Brawny men show up under the cover of darkness and force a teenager into a vehicle, taking them against their will to a boarding …
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By JIM SALTER
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9/27/22
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The speaker of the Missouri House is urging the U.S. attorney in Kansas City to shut down Agape Boarding School, accusing the Christian school of “what amounts to organized crime against …
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By JIM SALTER
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9/26/22
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Authorities say law enforcement officers shot and killed two people after a car chase in southwest Missouri. The Greene County Sheriff's office says the shooting occurred Saturday in Christian …
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9/26/22
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Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections. The partisan practice has been legal for over a century but became more fraught after a …
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK
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9/26/22
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Post Malone went to the hospital again Saturday after experiencing what he described on social media as difficulty breathing and stabbing pain, forcing him to postpone a scheduled show in Boston. It …
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9/25/22
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