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A Missouri man was convicted of fatally shooting three people, one of whom was a toddler. He was found guilty of eight charges on Wednesday following the killings in Kirksville.

“No humans were injured, but the mountain lion was apparently injured and stunned,” authorities said.

Caleb Campbell was sentenced to life in prison for killing an Illinois police officer. The man had a gun and active warrants in his car when he fled from a traffic stop.

He was last seen walking near a Missouri fire department, officials said.

Four were captured in Ohio following a vehicle pursuit, and the fifth was found in second-hand retail store in Missouri.

One of five Missouri jail inmates who busted of detention this week has reportedly been captured.

The part of NFL history belonged to legendary late Chiefs QB Len Dawson.

The five inmates who escaped from a prison in St, Francois County in Missouri this week remain on the run Friday as a new surveillance video has captured the moment they last were seen.

The Illinois man was charged with murder after shooting the attempted carjacker at a gas station, police told media outlets.

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by conservative states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. That landmark ruling left abortion rights up to each state to decide. Since then, religious abortion rights supporters have increasingly used religious freedom lawsuits in seeking to protect abortion access.

The former Missouri police chief has been indicted in a drug overdose death in his home last year. He is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of his brother's girlfriend.

The court fight took aim at the so-called "tax mandate" in the American Rescue Plan passed in 2021.

Aliyah Boston had 20 points and 10 rebounds for her 71st career double-double and No. 1 South Carolina won its 24th straight with a 81-50 victory over Missouri.

An 11-year-old girl broke free from a man who tried to kidnap her while she was playing outside her Ash Grove, Missouri home, according to the Greene County Sheriff's Office.

Republican Missouri State Representative has taken heat after she proposed a rule in the dress code for female lawmakers.

Democrats denounced the "ridiculous" changes, which require female legislators to keep their arms covered.

Police say DNA from the crime scene finally helped lead them to the suspect.

The Jefferson Co. Sheriff's Office in Missouri needed alcohol drinkers to help update officers' training with field sobriety tests. The department promised a "fun experience."

The school's director said the decision to close "is voluntary and solely due to the lack of financial resources to continue caring for the boys."

Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the car of a man who is insured by the company. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously to overturn a lower court’s ruling that favored paying the woman. Instead, the state Supreme Court judges said Maryland-based Geico should have had a chance to weigh in sooner and sent the case back to the lower court for further deliberation.

The chain is known for slinging coffee drinks, smoothies, sandwiches and flatbreads in a vibrant atmosphere featuring concert posters and neon murals.

Attorneys for a Missouri man scheduled to be executed next month are seeking a new hearing, citing sworn statements they call “clear and convincing evidence” that he didn't kill his girlfriend and her three children. Leonard Taylor, 58, is scheduled to die by injection Feb. 7 for the 2004 killings of Angela Rowe, 28, along with her 10-year-old daughter Alexus Conley, 6-year-old daughter AcQreya Conley, and 5-year-old son Tyrese Conley. A spokesman for Bell said Monday that the request is being reviewed.

A man was sentenced Friday after being found guilty in 2018 of three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of assault. The man killed two former roommates who kicked him out.

The employee was warming up his car as he took the trash out, police said.

The Department of Justice filed an opening brief on Wednesday night defending President Biden's ill-fated attempt to erase billions in student loan debt.

Amber McLaughlin, a Missouri inmate believed to be the first openly transgender person executed in U.S. history, requested a classic last meal before being put to death.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

The execution was the second in five weeks in Missouri. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S.

Missouri plans to execute Amber McLaughlin for killing an ex-girlfriend in 2003. Her gender identity is not central to the case but still marks a first.

Tucked away in a forest overlooking the Missouri River, the humble hideaway provides an ideal spot to savor the simple joys of the season.

The execution is the first this year in the United States. Missouri is one of four states with executions scheduled thus far in 2023, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Amber McLaughlin, 49, is set to die for stalking a former girlfriend and stabbing her to death nearly 20 years ago.

A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was put to death Tuesday night, hours after Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request.

Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first of an openly transgender woman. Amber McLaughlin, 49, is set to die for stalking a former girlfriend and stabbing her to death nearly 20 years ago. With no legal appeals planned, McLaughlin's fate rests with Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who is weighing a clemency request.

Missouri could become the first state to execute a transgender woman in the United States if Gov. Mark Parson does not grant a request for clemency.

Purdue solidified its No. 1 ranking in The AP Top 25, while No. 23 Charleston moved into the rankings for the first time in 20 years.

McLaughlin is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.

Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003. McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said there are no court appeals pending. The clemency request focuses on several issues, including McLaughlin’s traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard in her trial.

A poem for Sunday

Mark and Patricia McCloskey must still pay fines and aren't entitled to get guns surrendered in their plea deal back, despite a governor's pardon.

Charles Valentine Riley was a Missouri scientist credited with saving the French wine industry from an invasive pest called phylloxera by grafting French vines to American roots.

In a powerful essay, one mom is challenging the seemingly clouded views of what it means to be a single mother.

Demesha Coleman approached the vehicle with a male accomplice, who remains unidentified, and started shooting at three men whom she alleged with stealing her car.

Sam Hartman completed 23 of 36 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns in what was expected to be his final game with Wake Forest, a 27-17 win over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl.

A man from Missouri was convicted after paralyzing a motorist while driving under the influence. The motorist suffered several injuries, including a spinal cord injury.

The 16-year-old student was staying with the teacher, officials said.

Here's everything you need on Wake Forest-Missouri, from the point spread, moneyline, total Over/Under and expert pick from RJ Young.

Two Missouri residents were arrested last week after leading police on a chase followed by one suspect escaping handcuffs, stealing a squad car, and attempting to disarm an officer

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years’ college bowl games.

The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man’s murder conviction should be overturned questioned if police and prosecutors “were in a little bit of a rush” to convict Lamar Johnson. (Dec. 16)

A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified that he was with his girlfriend during crime, except for a few minutes when he left to sell drugs several blocks from the murder. (Dec. 15)

A judge sentenced Amber McLaughlin to death for the 2003 killing of Beverly Guenther after a jury was unable to decide on the punishment.

The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri's governor for mercy, citing mental health issues. Lawyers for Amber McLaughlin, now 49, on Monday asked Republican Gov. Mike Parson to spare her. McLaughlin was convicted of killing 45-year-old Beverly Guenther on Nov. 20, 2003.

As of Thursday, it’s lawful for adults to possess and use marijuana in Missouri.

Pot is a popular topic on ballots again this election.

President Joe Biden's decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law could give a boost to Election Day ballot proposals in five states that would legalize the drug.

Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams could face a possible suspension or fine for shoving a photographer to the ground as he ran off the field following a loss at Kansas City.

About two-thirds of U.S. states have adopted some sort of tax relief this year.

Daijun Edwards plunged into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with just over 4 minutes to go to help top-ranked Georgia rally from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Missouri 26-22.

There's a little-known practice in the U_S_ known as “gooning.”.

BNSF Railway says in a federal lawsuit that victims of an Amtrak derailment in Missouri should be required to seek settlements through arbitration, rather than filing lawsuits.

The Southeastern Conference was perhaps one blocked kick away from perfection on opening weekend, with a few impressive nonconference wins and some no-brainers.

Spelunkers in Missouri were startled earlier this month when they went to explore a cave and found a dog.

Buc-ee’s is about to put a little Texas twang in Springfield, Missouri.

In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Primary elections are being held in six states on Tuesday.

Aspiring Republican candidates are jumping at two open Missouri U.S. congressional seats.

The first lawsuits have been filed following an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that killed four people and injured up to 150 others.

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state’s abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the medication, even for sexual assault victims.

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The Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to regulate abortion has set off a travel scramble in some parts of the U.S., as abortion providers redirect patients to states that still allow the procedure.

An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing in a rural area of Missouri, killing three people on the train and one in the truck.

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.

Facebook has removed a campaign video by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens that shows him brandishing a shotgun and declaring that he's hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only.

The fast-food chain announced that the three new locations will employ a workforce of 660 employees.

The U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force captured two out-of-state suspects, including a man accused of murder and a jail escapee, in San Antonio on Tuesday, the agency announced.

Twenty years after a spate of deaths at a rural Missouri hospital, a former worker has been charged with murder.

Authorities say they've arrested a former respiratory therapist who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a patient 20 years ago.

Former President Donald Trump enters the next stretch of the midterm campaign emboldened by primary victories but facing new risks.

A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home nearly 26 years ago has been put to death, even as another state has halted executions that have become increasingly uncommon in the U.S. Carman Deck was executed Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

Applebee’s has confirmed that an employee of a Missouri-based franchisee has been fired after sending an email speculating that high gas prices and the end of pandemic stimulus money would force employees to work longer hours for lower pay.

Fifteen years after Maggie Drew was first sent to Circle of Hope Girls' Ranch in southwestern Missouri, she says she still bears psychological scars and physical pain from abuse.

Missouri is hiring wildly successful Cleveland State basketball coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild a long-floundering program that has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines in Columbia.

The ex-wife of Missouri GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens has accused him of physical abuse.

For all their angst about the possibility of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the state, GOP leaders haven’t coalesced behind an alternative.

A Kansas City woman is in custody after authorities allege she decapitated her 6-year-old son. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said 35-year-old Tasha Haefs is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after her son’s body was found at the family home late Tuesday.

Justin Perez-Gorda, 33, died Jan. 29 while being treated at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said via email.

Former President Donald Trump says Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell “does not speak for the Republican Party.”.

A winter storm is bringing a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the central U.S. Airlines canceled thousands of flights, officials are urging people to stay off roads and schools are closed.

A winter storm is bringing a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the central U.S. Airlines canceled thousands of flights, officials are urging people to stay off roads and schools are closed.

A requirement to get vaccinated against COVID-19 kicks in Thursday for millions of health care workers in about half the states.

An overturned conviction in Missouri is raising new questions about video testimony in criminal court cases nationwide.

South Carolina remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll despite its first loss of the season.

Lauren Hansen made a driving layup with 0.1 seconds left and Missouri stunned No. 1 South Carolina 70-69 in overtime Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve.

As storms roared across five states, one of the dozens of people killed was a 9-year-old southeast Missouri girl who loved swimming, dancing and cheerleading.

Kentucky's governor says tornadoes may have killed 70 people in the state and the death toll may exceed 100.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, with a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of cars and trucks five years later.