Category Archives: Regional News

     (AP) – A mumps outbreak at the University of Missouri continues to grow with 31 confirmed cases.      The university also said Wednesday that there are another 27 probable cases of people who have been in close contact

    (AP) – A man accused of killing a Missouri State University professor emeritus and stabbing the victim’s wife has been ordered to stand trial after pleading not guilty to an upgraded murder charge.     Forty-three-year-old Edward Gutting waived

     (AP) – The state of Missouri will pay $9 million to the family of an Iowa man who drowned while he was in custody of a state trooper.      The settlement announced Thursday ends a civil lawsuit filed

A man accused of killing a Missouri State University professor emeritus and stabbing the victim’s wife has been ordered to stand trial after pleading not guilty to an upgraded murder charge. Forty-three-year-old Edward Gutting waived his right

     (AP) – The Van Buren County sheriff says an inmate at the county jail has been found dead.      Sheriff Scott Bradley says in a news release that 33-year-old Steven Brainard of Stone County was found hanging in

     (AP) – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says one elk taken so far in the fall hunting season has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.      The commission said Wednesday that 52 elk have been harvested during

     (AP) – The University of Central Arkansas says there are four possible cases of mumps at the school.      Dr. Randy Pastor, UCA's Student Health Center medical director, tells the Log Cabin Democrat that three students went into

     (AP) – A renewed effort to exempt Arkansas military veterans' retirement benefits from the income tax is one of the first bills filed ahead of next year's legislative session.      Republican Rep. Charlene Fite filed the proposed tax

     (AP) – A northwest Arkansas man convicted of killing his 6-year-old son by assaulting the child with a stick has been sentenced to death.      A Benton County jury recommended the sentence for 45-year-old Mauricio Torres on Tuesday

     (AP) – A northwest Arkansas man convicted of killing his 6-year-old son by assaulting the child with a stick has been sentenced to death.      A Benton County jury recommended the sentence for 45-year-old Mauricio Torres on Tuesday

     (AP) – A plan to build a monument to the Ten Commandments at the Arkansas state Capitol has advanced, with a state panel voting the proposal can now face a public hearing.      A subcommittee of the Capitol

     (AP) – A man died after deputies used a stun gun on him during an arrest outside St. Joseph.      Buchanan County Undersheriff Col. Bill Puett told The Kansas City Star that members of the office's Drug Strike

     (AP) – Missouri Supreme Court judges are weighing arguments over the constitutionality of a law passed in the wake of the unrest in Ferguson that would cap traffic fines and court fees.      A lawyer for several St.

     (AP) – Missouri's two U.S. senators have been named to top positions in Republican leadership and legislative committees.      Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday announced he was re-elected vice chairman of the Senate's GOP caucus.      He said

     (AP) – A man convicted of sodomy is challenging his commitment to a Missouri sex offender treatment program following a federal ruling that the program is unconstitutional as applied.      Carl Kirk’s public defender Chelsea Mitchell told Missouri

     (AP) – The El Dorado Fire Department says a 9-year-old boy has died in a house fire.      Firefighters say they responded to the home, which was fully engulfed in flames, on Monday afternoon. The El Dorado News-Times

     (AP) – Little Rock police say one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting outside an auto shop on the city's east side.      Lt. Steve McClanahan says officers were called about 1 p.m. Tuesday

     (AP) – The Arkansas Bar Association says it plans to discuss whether to push for a constitutional amendment to end the practice of electing state Supreme Court justices.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that a draft was released

     (AP) – The federal anti-discrimination agency says a trucking company agreed to offer jobs to four Sikh truckers denied employment after refusing drug tests that violated their religious beliefs.      The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the

     (AP) – A Missouri jury has awarded a $37.5 million judgment to a man left a paraplegic after a 2014 accident involving a vehicle and a tractor-trailer.      The Kansas City Star reports that the Jackson County jury

     (AP) – Police in southwestern Missouri’s Springfield believe two adults found dead in a home died as part of a murder-suicide.      Police say in a news release that the initial investigation suggests that 54-year-old Rick Gene Chambers

     (AP) – The University of Missouri has withdrawn recognition of a fraternity for five years for violations of several of the school’s standards of conduct.      The action announced Tuesday against Kappa Alpha is effective immediately. It means

     (AP) – C.W. Gusewelle, a longtime columnist for The Kansas City Star, has died.      The Star reports that Gusewelle died Tuesday. His age and the cause of death were not given.      Charles W. Gusewelle joined the Star

     (AP) – Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway says most audited local governments didn’t fully comply with open-records requests and about 16 percent didn’t respond at all.      Galloway’s office released findings Tuesday from a sampling of Missouri’s more than

     (AP) – A Jonesboro City Council committee is set to consider a proposal that would exempt pot-bellied pigs from an ordinance that bans live swine within the city limits, which may stop any legal trouble for a

     (AP) – Arkansas' attorney general is joining the executive committee of the Republican Attorneys General Association.      The group said Monday that Leslie Rutledge and Missouri AG-elect Josh Hawley will join the panel. Alabama's attorney general, Luther Strange,

     (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Bossier, Caddo and Concordia parishes have been declared primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by storms and flooding in August.      Monday's announcement in a USDA

     (AP) – A Benton County jury will consider whether a Bella Vista man should be executed for the 2015 death of his son following an assault with a stick.      The panel Monday convicted 45-year-old Mauricio Torres of

     (AP) – A Paragould woman charged with hiding a man’s body in her home has pleaded guilty to abuse of corpse.      Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington told KAIT-TV that 66-year-old Gloria Tensley pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in Greene

     (AP) – Arkansas foster care officials say a proposed $26 million budget increase will allow them to hire hundreds of more staffers over the next two years as they try to cut down caseloads and increase the

     (AP) – University of Missouri officials say that average attendance at home football games this season will be the lowest since 2002, barring an unexpected rebound for the last two games.      Associate athletic director Chad Moller says

     (AP) – The Missouri Department of Corrections says a man serving a life sentence in connection with a killing more than a quarter century ago has died in prison.      The department says 67-year-old Emil Oltmer died Sunday

     (AP) – Three St. Louis-area school districts say they will end out-of-school suspensions for preschool students through third-grade students in the next two years.      School officials say they will instead use social workers, behavioral health specialists and

     (AP) – A transgender soldier serving 35 years at a Kansas military prison for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks is asking President Barack Obama to commute her sentence to the 6 1/2 years she has already served.

     (AP) – The University of Arkansas will restrict employee tuition waivers beginning in May and allow them only for undergraduate hours, unless chancellors at individual campuses agree to pay graduate tuition.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that trustees

     (AP) – Since a change in eligibility for lottery-funded scholarships, fewer traditional Arkansas college students are applying for and receiving the scholarships.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 11,606 high school graduates were provided scholarships this year, down

     (AP) – Arkansas State Police say two men have been killed in separate auto crashes on state roads.      Police reports say 69-year-old James Mitchell of Bismarck and 32-year-old Chris Cornell of Jonesboro died in the accidents on

     (AP) – The Arkansas Department of Correction says a work release inmate who walked away from a job site in northeast Arkansas has been recaptured.      Department spokesman Solomon Graves says 32-year-old Clenton Forrister was taken into custody

     (AP) – More than $53,000 has been paid to retired judges to hear cases assigned to a Garland County circuit judge who left the bench after his son died in a hot car.      Judge Wade Naramore stopped

     (AP) – A project intended to reduce the number of wrong way crashes on Arkansas interstates has been determined to be too expensive.      The only bid for the project was $3.8 million, $1 million more than estimated.

     (AP) — The brightest moon in almost 69 years will be lighting up the sky this week in a treat for star watchers around the globe. The phenomenon known as the supermoon will reach its most luminescent

     (AP) – A group trying to stop a large hog farm in mid-Missouri wants a judge to void a state permit for the project.      Friends of Responsible Agriculture has been fighting the proposed farm for two years.

     (AP) – Missouri mega-donors say a newly approved constitutional amendment to cap campaign contributions won’t keep money out of politics.      Almost 70 percent of voters on Tuesday approved capping donations to candidates at $2,600 per election. Checks

     (AP) – Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay says the election of Donald Trump as president should have no impact on the settlement agreement between the city of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice.      The St. Louis

     (AP) – Authorities say an inmate has turned himself in after walking away from a minimum-security federal prison camp in Leavenworth.      The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said in a release Sunday that 41-year-old Timothy Taylor turned himself

     (AP) – Joplin City Council members say they rejected a request to house Springfield municipal inmates in the local jail because of strong opposition from residents.      The Joplin Globe reports Springfield’s mayor and police chief assured Joplin

     CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – Freedom was brief for an inmate who escaped the Faulkner County jail in Conway.      Sheriff Matt Rice told reporters that 50-year-old William Chamlee escaped from the jail’s recreation yard Friday morning and was

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Board of Education has accepted a state panel’s approval of a new adult education charter school in Little Rock and a new Haas Hall Academy campus in downtown Rogers.      The

     FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is considering plans to spend $77 million to build two new residence halls on campus to accommodate a rise in enrollment.      Officials say there’s a capacity of

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The number of confirmed or suspected mumps cases in Arkansas has nearly doubled in recent weeks despite efforts to immunize residents against the viral disease. The Arkansas Department of Health reports that as

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – More than 86 percent of Arkansas is in some form of drought, forcing ranchers to use hay earlier than planned to feed cattle and duck guide services to pump water into their

     FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas will restrict employee tuition waivers beginning in May and allow them only for undergraduate hours, unless chancellors at individual campuses agree to pay graduate tuition.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports

     COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A group trying to stop a large hog farm in mid-Missouri wants a judge to void a state permit for the project.     Friends of Responsible Agriculture has been fighting the proposed farm for

     PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A 79-year-old eastern Missouri man was killed when a tractor rolled on top of him.      The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Edward O. Lohmann died Friday afternoon when he was working in a

     BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The Blytheville Police Department says it has made three arrests in connection to two killings at a convenience store.      The Blytheville Courier reports that 62-year-old Cherry Tree store owner Bahadur Dhillon and 56-year-old

     BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas State Police say two people have been killed in a head-on collision near Blytheville.      A police report says 41-year-old Becky Blevin of Brookland and 27-year-old Kyle Bills of Leachville died in the

     NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – North Little Rock police say a suspect has been arrested in the August shooting death of a liquor store worker during a robbery.      Officer Carmen Helton said in a news release

     FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is considering plans to spend $77 million to build two new residence halls on campus to accommodate a rise in enrollment.      Officials say there’s a capacity of

     REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in the southwest Missouri community of Republic say they’ve detained two people in connection with two bomb threats that forced a high school’s evacuation.      Republic Police Chief Mike Lawton says no explosive

     COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens is starting his transition to power.      Greitens’ adviser Austin Chambers said Friday that the goal is to have a team assembled by next week to help him assume office.

     (AP) – An invasive beetle known for destroying ash trees has been discovered in two more Arkansas counties.      The Arkansas State Plant Board said Thursday that the emerald ash borer has been discovered in Hempstead and Lafayette

     (AP) – Voters have picked a new school board for the Helena-West Helena district but rejected a property tax measure to pay for improvements to the high school.      Tuesday’s election was the first for the Helena-West Helena

     (AP) – Alcohol sales will soon be legal in Little River County in southwest Arkansas after voters approved a plan that allows the sale of beer and wine in retail stores.      Nearly 60 percent of voters supported

     (AP) – An Arkansas Supreme Court justice says she won’t recuse from hearing an appeal related to a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nursing home owner who donated thousands of dollars to her campaign two years ago.      Justice

     (AP) – Democrats will have a majority of seats on an Arkansas House panel that will take up any proposals to cut taxes next year, despite the party’s ranks thinning in the majority-Republican Legislature.      Democrats on Thursday

     (AP) – Authorities have captured a man charged with killing two people in Jefferson City.      Police said in a news release that 27-year-old Brandon Rapier was arrested Thursday after he was spotted coming out of a wooded

     (AP) – A Missouri tiger sanctuary is raising eight lion cubs that unexpectedly joined the family after a lion, who had undergone two vasectomies, sired them.      The Springfield News-Leader reports that Leo the lion had received his

     (AP) – The Missouri Legislature’s Republican leaders say passing a right-to-work law will be a top priority under the next governor.      House Speaker Todd Richardson and Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard both say barring mandatory union

     (AP) – A St. Louis County judge’s ouster by voters marks just the third time a jurist has been removed since the state created its judicial selection system nearly eight decades ago.      The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports

     (AP) – North Little Rock police say a suspect in a bank robbery was arrested shortly after the robbery.      Sgt. Brian Dedrick says the Bank of England on Highway 165 in North Little Rock was robbed shortly

     (AP) – The chancellor of the University of Arkansas says the school is developing an educational series on social issues for the campus as a result of six women's basketball players who recently kneeled during the nation

     (AP) – Gov. Asa Hutchinson is proposing a $50 million cut in Arkansas' income tax in two years, warning fellow Republicans that he'll oppose a push for further reductions unless they're offset by closing tax exemptions or

     (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he won’t consider serving in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, despite speculation the Republican governor could be tapped as attorney general.      When asked Wednesday whether he’d consider joining Trump’s cabinet, Hutchinson

           (AP) – Republican incumbent Roy Blunt has fought off a strong challenge from Democrat Jason Kander to hold onto his seat in the U.S. Senate.      The Missouri race had been closely watched, with control of the

     (AP) – A University of Missouri student who police say was upset over the results of the U.S. presidential election is accused of posting a threat on a social media app.      Columbia police say 23-year-old senior chemistry

     (AP) – Missouri’s voter turnout is slightly up from the 2012 elections but didn’t meet record-breaking predictions by election officials.      Secretary of State Jason Kander on Wednesday announced the unofficial turnout in Tuesday’s election was a little

     (AP) – A requirement that Missouri voters show photo identification at the polls is set to take effect.      A little under two-thirds of voters during Tuesday’s election approved a constitutional amendment to allow for such a law.

     (AP) – Republicans have completed a 15-year rise to power in Missouri.      Led by President-elect Donald Trump, GOP candidates rolled to victory in all of Missouri’s major offices Tuesday.      When the newly elected officials begin work in

     (AP) – A former civilian investigator with the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division has been accused of fabricating reports in 43 cases in Benton and Washington counties.      The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that a woman

     (AP) – Arkansas State Police say a 1-year-old boy was killed when a pickup truck crashed into the bedroom where he was sleeping in a crib.      A state police report says the driver of the pickup was

     (AP) – Arkansas voters have handed marijuana advocates a significant victory by making the state the first in the Bible Belt to legalize the drug for medical use, and groups on both sides of the issue are

     (AP) – Arkansas has underscored its position as a deeply red state as voters delivered its six electoral votes to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but at the same time handed medical marijuana advocates their first Bible

     (AP) – Another judge has recused himself from handling the case of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who is charged in the drowning of a handcuffed Iowa man.      The Kansas City Star reports that Morgan County

     (AP) – A lawsuit filed by the former director of the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management against the city of Columbia and several city officials has been dismissed.      Zim Schwartze, who was the emergency management director

     (AP) – A 19-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting another man at a home last month in the Kansas City, Missouri, suburb of Independence.      Jackson County prosecutors charges Travon M. Williams with second-degree murder and armed

     (AP) – Republican incumbent Roy Blunt has fought off a strong challenge from Democrat Jason Kander to hold onto his seat in the U.S. Senate.      The Missouri race had been closely watched, with control of the Senate

     (AP) – Two former party-switchers are running to become Missouri’s next governor, but that’s where the similarities end in the race between Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens.      The race to

     (AP) – Republicans pulled off a clean sweep of Missouri’s top elections, giving the party an unprecedented level of dominance in the former bellwether state.      Donald Trump’s victory at the top of the ticket Tuesday was just

     (AP) – Oklahoma regulators say they will shut down some disposal wells and reduce volume in others after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near Cushing on Sunday night.      The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Division said

     (AP) – Cherokee Nation Technologies has entered a partnership to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment.      The Times Record reports that the collaborative effort between Cherokee Nation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA

     (AP) – Little Rock police say two people have been found dead after law enforcement surrounded a home for several hours in a reported hostage situation.      A police report says officers were called to a home around

     (AP) – Windstream is buying rival EarthLink for about $673 million in stock as internet service providers try to bulk up and cut costs with revenue under pressure.      Revenue at EarthLink, which reported earnings as well Monday,

     (AP) – Arkansas is poised to give its six electoral votes to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and perhaps become the first Bible Belt state to legalize medical marijuana.      Polling before Tuesday’s election showed Trump leading Democratic

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas City, Missouri, man who said he accidentally shot himself and his 1-year-old daughter while cleaning a gun is charged with child endangerment and marijuana possession.      Jackson County prosecutors on Monday

     (AP) – A Baton Rouge police officer who claims he was injured during a protest after a deadly police shooting in July is suing prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, who was arrested during the protests.

     (AP) – Donald Trump is seeking to extend a lengthy Republican winning streak in Missouri’s presidential contest, and competitive races for governor and Senate also top the state’s ballot.      Most polls heading into Tuesday’s election show the

     (AP) – A state auditor says the Arkansas Department of Health overpaid the Arkansas Trauma Education and Research Foundation by $655,886 between February 2012 and June 2015.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the department paid the foundation almost

     (AP) – A search is underway in Faulkner County for the people responsible from seriously injuring a juvenile with a car.      Authorities say the unidentified 15-year-old juvenile was struck about 5 p.m. Friday in Greenbrier. The Faulkner

     (AP) – Arkansas State University officials say more than 1,0 students have expressed interest in attending the school's Mexico campus when it opens for the fall 2017 semester.      The Jonesboro Sun reports the campus is part of

           (AP) – Authorities are investigating the apparent shooting deaths of a convenience store owner and another man inside the business.      Blytheville police say officers responded to a shooting at the Cherry Tree Convenience Store around 9:10

     (AP) – A suburban St. Louis woman has launched an online petition push she hopes compels Missouri lawmakers to increases the fines for wildlife poachers.      Sarah Cox of Maryland Heights tells the Springfield News-Leader she launched the

     (AP) – Big changes are on the horizon in Missouri government. Most of the statewide offices will see new faces following Tuesday's election.      Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is prohibited by term limits from seeking a third term,

     (AP) – The Defense Department has identified three soldiers killed in a shooting this week outside a military base in Jordan.      The department said Sunday that 27-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Lewellen, of Lawrence, Kansas; 30-year-old Staff

     (AP) – A small college in southwest Missouri is banning its students from drinking alcohol.      The Springfield News-Leader reports that College of the Ozarks, a private Christian institution in Point Lookout, sent a recent email alerting students

     GREENBRIER, Ark. (AP) A search is underway in Faulkner County for the people responsible from seriously injuring a juvenile with a car.      Authorities say the unidentified 15-year-old juvenile was struck about 5 p.m. Friday in Greenbrier. The

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Hillary Clinton was Arkansas’ first lady for 12 years, but the Democratic presidential nominee’s former adopted home state is widely expected to give its six electoral votes to Republican Donald Trump.      Tuesday’s election

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A state auditor says the Arkansas Department of Health overpaid the Arkansas Trauma Education and Research Foundation by $655,886 between February 2012 and June 2015.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the department paid the

     ST. LOUIS (AP) Big changes are on the horizon in Missouri government. Most of the statewide offices will see new faces following Tuesday’s election.      Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is prohibited by term limits from seeking a third

     MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) A suburban St. Louis woman has launched an online petition push she hopes compels Missouri lawmakers to increases the fines for wildlife poachers.      Sarah Cox of Maryland Heights tells the Springfield News-Leader she

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas is asking the nation’s highest court to not review a decision upholding the state’s lethal injection law, saying the nine death row inmates challenging the ruling have not raised a federal claim

     NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A North Little Rock man is among the 72 federal inmates who received clemency from President Barack Obama on Friday.      The White House says Cory Shane Peacock will have his prison sentence

     NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A complaint has been filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered free tickets to any of the team’s five remaining home games to North Little Rock

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The city of Little Rock is dedicating a new bench in honor of a 67-year-old black man who was fatally shot by two off-duty police officers in 2010.      The bench honoring Eugene Edward

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A Missouri judge has tossed out the state’s public defender agency’s lawsuit over Gov. Jay Nixon’s budgeting authority and decision to withhold millions of dollars in funds from the agency that defends the

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri voters who don’t want to cast their ballots for major party candidates can vote for write-ins during Tuesday’s election.      But there are rules to follow in order for those votes to count.

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is traveling to Israel and Germany on an economic development trip.      Nixon on Friday announced he’ll arrive in Israel on Nov. 15. He’s meeting with Israeli companies with Missouri

     (AP) – The St. Francis County Election Commission has voted to approve several steps to correct a mistake in which some residents of State Representative District 49 were given a ballot without the race for House representative

     (AP) – A circuit judge has ordered that election officials not count votes in a ballot measure seeking the recall of the Hughes mayor.      Circuit Judge Kathleen Bell ruled Tuesday that the petition to put the recall

     (AP) – The University of Central Arkansas has named a college administrator in Georgia as the school’s next president.      UCA announced Wednesday the hiring of Houston Davis as president. Davis now serves as interim president at Kennesaw

     (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider its decision to disqualify a medical marijuana proposal from the ballot after thousands of votes had already been cast for next week’s election.      In a 5-2 ruling

     (AP) – Police in Little Rock say four people were treated for gunshot wounds following a shooting in a residential neighborhood.      Investigators say the shooting occurred Tuesday at 10:49 p.m. in southeast Little Rock. Police say the

     (AP) – Arkansas Supreme Court justices are questioning whether it’s up to them or the Legislature to rewrite the state’s birth certificate laws following the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide. The court on Thursday heard arguments in

     The dean of the University of Missouri’s medical school says a recent change in leadership was motivated by a sense of urgency prompted by the school’s accreditation report.      The Columbia Missourian reports that dean Patrice Delafontaine spoke

     (AP) – Audrain County authorities say one of three parolees who escaped from a halfway house in central Missouri was found dead after a long standoff with law enforcement.      Audrain County Sheriff Maj. Matt Oller said Thursday

     (AP) – An eastern Missouri sheriff says skeletal remains he believes to be those of a Missouri lobbyist’s wife missing since 2014 could be identified within days.      Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Gary Stolzer told The Associated Press

     (AP) – Missouri State University quarterback Breck Ruddick has pleaded guilty to permitting a dog to run at large, and a charge of animal cruelty will be deferred. Ruddick was suspended in September after being charged when

     (AP) – Arkansas finance officials say a boost in corporate and individual income tax collections helped the state's revenue rebound in October after three months of losses this fiscal year.      The Department of Finance and Administration said

     (AP) – Three former guards at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola have been indicted for beating a handcuffed and shackled inmate and conspiring to cover it up.      According to Wednesday’s indictment, former Maj. Daniel Davis, of

     (AP) – The Arkansas Senate Education Committee has approved a report recommending how to spend more than $3 billion on public schools.      The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that legislators voted Tuesday. The recommendation calls for raising public school

     (AP) – Authorities say three young children were killed in an Arkansas house fire.      One adult was also seriously injured in the fire early Wednesday at a home in Cash, about 100 miles northeast of Little Rock.

     A new poll shows Arkansas voters were sharply divided over a medical marijuana proposal before the state Supreme Court disqualified a competing measure from the ballot.      The University of Arkansas' annual Arkansas Poll released Wednesday shows that

     (AP) – A lawsuit says some Arkansas voters who backed a medical marijuana proposal disqualified from the ballot should be allowed a second chance to vote on a competing proposal.      Three Arkansas residents asked a federal judge

     Police say a man suspected of robbing a Springfield bank has been arrested after a witness followed the man.      The Springfield News-Leader reports that officers responded Tuesday morning after a man passed a note to a bank

     (AP) – The University of Missouri says four students have confirmed cases of mumps and five other students are being tested.      The university said in a news release Wednesday that none of the students live in university

     (AP) – Four Columbia police officers involved in a fight with a man during an arrest have been cleared of violating the man’s constitutional rights.      A federal judge last week cleared the officers of five accusations of

     (AP) – Authorities in eastern Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve County are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains in a rural area where a woman missing since 2014 had lived.      Sheriff Gary Stolzer tells media outlets the remains were

     (AP) – Two former executives have been found not guilty in Little Rock of federal bank fraud charges related to a 2007 loan.      Arkansas Business reports that former One Bank & Trust executives Michael Heald and Bradley

      (AP) – A monthly survey of business leaders suggests the economy will continue slowing in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of manufacturing weakness.       The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report released Tuesday says the overall

     (AP) – A North Little Rock police officer has been injured while attempting to stop a man from stealing a patrol car.      Police say the officer was trying to apprehend a suspect who was allegedly harassing children

     (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has received a $407,000 grant to create a pedestrian mall on campus.      The university says the funding from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department’s Transportation Alternatives Program

     (AP) – A Faulkner County circuit judge says election officials must count votes but not immediately certify the results in the race for county clerk after one of the candidates pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.      Judge

     (AP) – Prosecutors say six Kansas City-area residents are facing federal charges for allegedly using online dating advertisements to set up armed robberies.      The Kansas City Star reports three of the defendants were charged in June. On

     (AP) – Jackson County prosecutors are dropping charges against a man already in prison for a series of rapes that frightened the Kansas City area in the 1980s.      Bernard Jackson is serving 18 consecutive life sentences for

     (AP) – A Missouri man is asking the state Supreme Court to bar prosecutors from citing past criminal allegations at his upcoming trial on a child sex crime charge because a 2014 constitutional amendment that allows prosecutors

     (AP) – The University of Missouri is set to announce its new president, almost exactly one year after the resignation of the previous leader of the four-campus system amid protests over racial issues at its Columbia campus.

A St. Louis animal shelter says seventeen dogs have died at the facility after an outbreak of a virus called distemper. Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim says most of the dogs are puppies. About 24 dogs at

Arkansas State Police say a 33-year-old man has died after he was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 in west-central Arkansas. State police say the collision happened early Sunday on I-40 near the 116 mile marker

Arkansas officials have set plans for highway construction in Garland County to catch up with the county’s population growth. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that bids for a project to widen U.S. 70 from Interstate 30 in Saline

A man selling bluejeans has been shot in the visitors’ parking lot of the Clinton Presidential Center in what police say was a robbery. Little Rock Police Public Affairs Officer Lt. Steven McClanahan says the unnamed 19-year-old

The group behind a medical marijuana proposal is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling disqualifying the measure from the ballot days after early voting for the November election began. Arkansans for Compassionate Care filed

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says his budget for the next fiscal year will keep higher education funding flat but vowed to back a $10 million increase the following year if lawmakers support a plan to tie money

Authorities in northwest Missouri’s Buchanan County say they have a suspect in custody in connection with the weekend shooting death of a 75-year-old man. The St. Joseph News-Press reports the suspect in the shooting shortly before 11

Authorities are investigating a robbery in which a man was shot in front of his wife and their two young children south of Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports that the 27-year-old victim sustained life-threatening

A provost from the University of Connecticut is about to be named president of the University of Missouri. A person familiar with the search told The Associated Press on Monday that the Missouri Board of Curators is

Two central Arkansas police departments investigating three fatal shootings by officers this month have kept quiet some information, including one officer’s name and the type of weapon carried by the man shot in another case. On Tuesday,

A former member of the Little Rock School Board is challenging GOP U.S. Rep. French Hill in his run for a second term in the House representing central Arkansas, while the three other members of Arkansas’ all-Republican

The southwest Missouri city of Carthage is getting a community safe room to help protect against tornadoes. The Joplin Globe reports the city of 14,000 is located in a county in which 13 tornado reports were recorded

Several wind power companies are suing the Clinton County Commission and the Clinton County Planning and Zoning Commission for barring them from building wind turbines as part of a larger project. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that

Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax will rise if either of two ballot measures passes Nov. 8. Amendment 3 would add 60 cents to Missouri’s 17-cent-per-pack tobacco tax, with the money going to early childhood education. Proposition A would

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas fraternity chapter has been suspended and one of its members expelled after a photo surfaced of the fraternity member wearing apparent blackface.      The Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity suspended its chapter at

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A former member of the Little Rock School Board is challenging GOP U.S. Rep. French Hill in his run for a second term in the House representing central Arkansas, while the three other

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Two central Arkansas police departments investigating three fatal shootings by officers this month have kept quiet some information, including one officer’s name and the type of weapon carried by the man shot in

     MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) Arkansas State Police say a Pine Bluff man has been killed in a shooting at a gas station in Monticello.      State police say 25-year-old Hunter Laney was shot shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday as

     LEACHVILLE, Ark. (AP) Authorities say the fatal shooting of a farmer in northeast Arkansas apparently occurred during an argument over the use of a herbicide that’s used to kill weeds, but is also toxic to some crops.

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is hoping to ascend to the state’s top executive office as a Democrat, even though he has spent most of his nearly 22 years in elected office as

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens has a fairly unusual characteristic for a political candidate. He’s credited as a lifesaver by many veterans who have been helped through the charity he founded, The

     FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) The U.S. Secretary of Defense is expected to visit Fort Leonard Wood next week.      KYTV reports Defense Secretary Ash Carter is scheduled to stop Wednesday at the Missouri post, where he’ll tour

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A 114-year-old footbridge referred to as the Eiffel Tower of Springfield may face demolition after being fenced off due to safety concerns.      The Springfield News-Leader reports the Jefferson Avenue Footbridge, which is on the

     JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) The Joplin School District has reached a settlement agreeing to pay $2.5 million to a contractor hired to help build a school after the 2011 tornado.      The Joplin Globe reports that school officials announced

     BENTON, Ark. (AP) Police have released the name of a central Arkansas police officer who fatally shot a 17-year-old boy after a family disturbance earlier this month.      Police told reporters Friday that officer Kyle Ellison shot and

     BATESVILLE, Ark. (AP) Many viewers of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” took the shocking deaths of two fan favorites in the latest season premiere as personally as a death in the family. One Arkansas newspaper took it a

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the Legislature should look at moving up the deadline for submitting ballot measure petitions after the state Supreme Court disqualified a medical marijuana initiative less than two weeks

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department says another round of explosives will be detonated on part of what’s left of the Broadway Bridge that connected Little Rock and North Little Rock.      The department

     MALVERN, Ark. (AP) Corrections officials say an inmate has died after jumping from the third tier of his housing area at a state prison in Malvern.      Arkansas Department of Correction spokesman Solomon Graves says inmate Danta Sullivan

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri voters will be the first in the nation to decide whether to amend their state constitution to prohibit sales taxes from being expanded to services.      The proposal on the Nov. 8 ballot

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Missouri State quarterback Breck Ruddick faces municipal charges of cruelty to animals and having a dog at large after an incident that left a friend’s dog injured.      Springfield’s chief municipal prosecutor Carl Yendes announced

Someone out there is holding a Powerball ticket worth $1 million purchased in suburban St. Louis. The Missouri Lottery says a ticket bought at a Quick Mart store in the Overland area matched all five white-ball numbers:

Work continues at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion to rectify several issues, including the lingering smell of rats in Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s private office. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Commission met Wednesday to discuss

   The owner of two Arkansas mental health companies has been sentenced to seven years in prison for bribing a top official at the state’s Human Services Department. Prosecutors say Ted Suhl of Warm Springs was sentenced Thursday

   A former doctor convicted of severely injuring the Arkansas medical board’s chairman in a 2009 bombing is asking the state Supreme Court to reverse a $122.5 million civil judgment against him, saying a judge should have allowed

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the Legislature should look at moving up the deadline for submitting ballot measure petitions after the state Supreme Court disqualified a medical marijuana initiative less than two weeks before Election Day. The

Arkansas is appealing a judge’s order preventing the state from blocking Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office on Thursday filed a notice of appeal over

Prosecutors have filed a weapons charge against a Kansas City man who was questioned in a suspected road rage killing. Thirty-year-old Tajudeen Belo Osagie was charged Wednesday with unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the

Missouri State University has recently adopted a policy banning the recreational and unauthorized use of the unmanned aircraft systems known as drones. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the policy was approved Oct. 3 by university president Clif

An analysis for The Associated Press shows Missouri consumers next year will have dramatically fewer choices in health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama’s overhaul launched in 2014. The analysis by Avalere Health finds Missouri among

Authorities are searching for a suspect in a southern Missouri shooting that left one man dead and another critically wounded. The shooting happened Tuesday night southwest of the small town of Licking. The Texas County Sheriff's Office

A 61-year-old scientist has pleaded guilty to a federal charge nearly three years after he was accused of stealing proprietary rice seeds developed in the U.S. and giving them to a visiting delegation from China. The Justice

Petit Jean Electric Cooperative Corp. in Arkansas will receive a nearly $21.7 million federal loan for construction and improvement projects. The loan is part of $3.6 billion in loans to 82 projects in 31 states announced Wednesday

A judge has ordered the release of a 59-year-old man convicted of a killing that occurred in Arkansas more than 40 years ago. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Dennis Lewis of Wichita, Kansas, was 17 years

Little Rock police have identified the officer who fatally shot an armed man while investigating a reported disturbance. Police said in a news release Wednesday that Officer Dennis Hutchins shot 46-year-old Roy Lee Richards while Richards chased

The Missouri Supreme Court has disbarred a Columbia attorney accused of misusing client trust accounts. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Michael Blum was disbarred Tuesday and fined $2,000. Blum was found to have violated rules for

Three Missouri rural electric projects are getting $108 million in federal loans to expand and modernize their infrastructure. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the investment Wednesday during a news conference in Savannah in northwest Missouri’s Andrew

An $80 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over removal of asbestos during renovation of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reports $25 million will go toward attorney’s fees

The Little Rock Zoo has announced the death of 22-year-old lioness Sidney. Zoo veterinarian Sarah Kline says the animal was euthanized Sunday after a corneal graft on her eye deteriorated. Kline says the lion had surgery on

More than 70,000 voters have cast a ballot early for the general election in Arkansas. Secretary of State Mark Martin’s office said 22,806 people cast a ballot by late Tuesday afternoon, the second day of early voting

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he’s open to looking at an effort to legalize a limited form of marijuana for patients if two medical pot proposals fail in next month’s election. But the Republican governor says he

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says a processing plant in southwest Missouri faces penalties of up to $10,000 per day if it continues to violate air quality regulations. The Joplin Globe reports the Missouri Department of

Little Rock police say an officer fatally shot an armed man while investigating a reported disturbance. A police report says officers responding to multiple reports of a disturbance early Tuesday found 46-year-old Roy Lee Richards pointing a

The Greene County Prosecutor’s Office says a Springfield man will not face charges in a fatal shooting death. Assistant Prosecutor Todd Myers says 39-year-old Dan Rich was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed 31-year-old Corey

A special prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a Missouri House candidate who was accused of sexual assault by an incoming lawmaker. St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar said Tuesday that not enough credible evidence

Authorities say a St. Louis County police officer has fatally shot a masked carjacking suspect who pointed a gun at the officer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting happened Monday night after a chase that

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield man has been charged with fatally shooting another man in 2014.      The Springfield News-Leader reports 43-year-old Jason Kumnick was charged Monday in Greene County with second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old

Arkansas prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate. Arkansas Department of Correction spokesman Solomon Graves says Rodney Weston was found unconscious in his cell about 8 a.m. Monday by staff at the Varner Unit in

The Arkansas Board of Corrections has adopted a new policy restricting publicity access to only members of the news media who have credentials. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the board approved the new policy Monday. The policy

An Arkansas lawmaker opposed to ballot measures legalizing medical marijuana says he’ll introduce legislation next year to make a more limited form of the drug available to some patients if voters reject the proposals. Republican Rep. Dan

Thousands of Arkansas voters have cast a ballot early for a November election highlighted by the bitter presidential race and a medical marijuana legalization plan that still remains in limbo before the state’s highest court. The secretary

A nonprofit says drought and population growth may put a strain on water sources in southwest Missouri. The Joplin Globe reports that Tri-State Water Resource Coalition has initialed a number of studies over the years to examine

Federal prosecutors oppose the release of a former Arkansas judge until his trial on charges of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual acts. The motion filed Friday says former Cross County

Authorities say a North Little Rock man who was found severely beaten has died and a suspect is in custody. Pulaski County Sheriff’s Capt. Carl Minden says 42-year-old Alexander Wyles died Saturday at a hospital where he

A Hot Springs man has been arrested after an overnight standoff with Arkansas State Police in Cleburne County. State police say in a news release that 39-year-old Donavan Adams was arrested about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after a

An 18-year-old charged in a double homicide wants to marry her boyfriend, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the case and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Anastasia Roberts of Conway wrote to the Faulkner

Two fraternities at the University of Missouri-Columbia have gotten another extension to continue housing students without installing fire sprinkler systems. The Columbia Missourian reports that Kappa Alpha Order and Delta Tau Delta have fire extinguishers and smoke

A southwestern Missouri juvenile justice center has teamed up with a university in offering weekly music therapy sessions to troubled teenagers in hopes it improves their behavior. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Greene County Juvenile Justice

Authorities say a single-engine plane crashed near a central Missouri airport, killing both people on board. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a release that the single-engine Beechcraft crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area near

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Federal prosecutors oppose the release of a former Arkansas judge until his trial on charges of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual acts.      The motion filed Friday

     DERMOTT, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas Department of Correction report says a former prison guard tested positive for marijuana hours after taking over a tower at the Delta Regional Unit in Dermott for about 12 hours.      The report

     CONWAY, Ark. (AP) The University of Central Arkansas has named four finalists for president.      UCA on Friday said Arkansas State University vice Chancellor Len Frey; Kennesaw State University interim President Houston Davis; University of Toledo, Ohio, dean

     TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) Police in Texarkana, Arkansas, say a man was killed when he stepped into the path of a tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 30.      Police say the unidentified man died Friday when he was struck on

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The clamor for change that’s fueling Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful Republican senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day.      And with just a few competitive Senate

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Authorities have arrested a teenager after an 80-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in a southwest Missouri field.      The Springfield News-Leader reports Mary Shisler was found stabbed to death late Friday in a

     VERONA, Mo. (AP) – A 14-year-old boy has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in southwest Missouri.      The Monett Times reports 14-year-old Dalton Heseman of Monett was riding an ATV northbound when the vehicle overturned. The accident

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A southwest Missouri woman accused of letting her 19-year-old developmentally disabled son die has been released on bond.      Kimberly Lightwine has been charged with second-degree murder in the August death of her son, Austin

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Republican U.S. Sen. John Boozman has launched his first negative ad against Democratic challenger Conner Eldridge, portraying the former federal prosecutor as a gift from President Barack Obama to predominantly conservative Arkansas.      Boozman’s

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Supporters of a medical marijuana proposal in Arkansas have launched a television ad touting the November ballot measure as a way to help children with seizures.      Informing Arkansas on Friday began airing the

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas city says its ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity doesn’t violate a state law that was intended to prevent such local protections, and argues the state’s highest

     FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors say they’ll seek the death penalty for a man charged in the fatal shooting of an Arkansas deputy.      Thirty-five-year-old Billy Jones is charged with one count of capital murder in the

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Officials say Arkansas’ unemployment rate crept up to 4 percent last month, but it still remains well below the jobless rate a year ago.      The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services said Friday

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Republican candidate for Missouri governor Eric Greitens will accept the outcome of the election despite GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s refusal to say he’ll do the same.      Greitens’ campaign manager, Austin Chambers, told

     ST. LOUIS (AP) Missouri voters face the confusing prospect of two separate proposals on the same ballot that would increase the state’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax by different amounts.      But what if they both pass? Even officials in

A labor union is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to reverse a judge's order barring it from trespassing on the retail giant's property in the state, arguing that the issue needs to be settled by a federal

Arkansas' high court has sent two cases back to lower courts to consider whether flawed testimony from FBI forensics experts is enough to overturn the convictions of two men. The court issued its opinions in the companion

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says a Chinese manufacturer that makes apparel under the Adidas, Reebok and Armani brands will open a factory in Arkansas, creating 400 jobs. Hutchinson said Thursday that the state has signed a memorandum

The Arkansas Supreme Court has overturned a man’s driving while intoxicated conviction, agreeing with the state Court of Appeals that it resulted from an unconstitutional sobriety checkpoint. Justices on Thursday reversed Jeremy Whalen’s 2014 conviction that followed

Arkansas finance officials say competing proposals to legalize medical marijuana would cost the state more to enforce than they would generate in new tax revenue. The state Department of Finance and Administration on Thursday detailed the projected

Authorities say a woman has died in a Springfield house fire. KOLR-TV reports that the fire started Wednesday night. Springfield Fire Chief David Hall says a passer-by and neighbor reported the blaze. Crews searched the home after

A man charged in a fatal shooting in Missouri that authorities believe was prompted by road rage has waived extradition in South Dakota. Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Taylor, of Independence, Missouri, was arrested Tuesday in Box Elder, South Dakota.

A Springfield man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison without parole for conducting an investment fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Christopher Hanson was sentenced Thursday to two years and nine months for wire

A street in downtown Pine Bluff has been reopened after being closed since early 2015 when two buildings collapsed. The Pine Bluff Commercial reports that the block has been closed to traffic since February 2015, when a

A former Arkansas judge accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual acts will remain in jail for now. A federal magistrate judge sided with prosecutors during a detention hearing Wednesday,

Opponents of medical marijuana efforts in Arkansas have begun airing their first television ads against the ballot measures, as state law enforcement officials warn they’ll need more funding if medical pot is legalized. Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana

Nine Arkansas death row inmates are asking the nation’s highest court to review a decision upholding the state’s lethal injection law, saying not taking up the case would lead to a wave of “intolerably painful” executions. The

Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. Attorneys for the landowners

A man who shot a Springfield police officer was sentenced to life in prison plus 115 years. Joshua Hagood was sentenced Wednesday for shooting officer Aaron Pearson in the head last year. He was found guilty earlier

The Little Rock Police Department has joined a federal program that uses data to increase transparency and build trust within their communities. Police said Tuesday the agency has joined the White House-led Police Data Initiative, along with

The group behind a proposal disqualified from the November ballot that would have legalized casinos in three Arkansas counties is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling against the measure. Arkansas Wins in 2016 on

A prosecutor says two Arkansas police officers who killed a 26-year-old man earlier this month won’t face charges related to the shooting. Washington County prosecutor Matt Durrett says Springdale Police Sgt. Josh Kirmer and Officer Roger Eubanks

Campaign finance reports show the Cherokee Nation gave $6 million to the group behind a casino legalization proposal that was disqualified from the November ballot, while a dog track and horse track gave more than $1.4 million

Jackson County authorities say a 39-year-old man is charged in the fatal shooting of an Independence woman that was apparently prompted by road rage. County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Tuesday that Christopher Taylor of Independence was

McDonald’s will pay a $56,500 settlement after a southeast Missouri restaurant manager refused to interview a deaf job applicant. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Tuesday with McDonald’s Corp. and McDonald’s Restaurants. The EEOC

Attorneys for landowners along a crude oil pipeline that ruptured in Arkansas in 2013 say Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. breached its contract because the pipeline interferes with their ability to enjoy their property. The landowners are asking

Federal prosecutors say a former Arkansas judge accused of giving lighter sentences to defendants in exchange for nude photos and sexual acts tried to bribe witnesses and had an accomplice threaten to make one of them “disappear.”

An officer has fatally shot an armed 17-year-old boy after police say the teenager pointed a handgun at the officer after a family disturbance. The Benton Police Department says the boy was reported to be in possession

Police in the Kansas City, Missouri, suburb of Independence suspect road rage contributed to the weekend shooting death of a 22-year-old woman. The Kansas City Star reports that police say Whitney Gray was driving a minivan with

Kansas City-area brewers are raising a toast, believing the nation’s shortage of hops used to add bitterness and aroma to beer may be nearing an end. The demand for hops is high partly because of America’s obsession

The executive director of the Helena Housing Authority has been charged with three felony counts of theft. The U.S. attorney says 58-year-old Lionell Moss was arrested Friday on two counts of theft from a program receiving federal

One of the two people found dead in a burned home in Texarkana, Arkansas, has been identified. Fire Marshal Stephen Johnson told the Texarkana Gazette that family members identified the man as Winston Whitfield II. His age

Police in McGehee say an escape from the city jail has been recaptured in Texas. Police Chief Jim White told reporters that authorities acting on a tip found and arrested 40-year-old Jeremy Lynn Barnett on Friday in

The family of a 67-year-old man fatally shot by an off-duty Little Rock police officer in 2010 wants a new investigation into the shooting. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that attorney Michael Laux for the family of Eugene

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is launching her re-election bid, joining a growing list of Arkansas statewide elected officials preparing for the 2018 campaign. Rutledge told The Associated Press last week that she has already begun raising money

Students who left college just shy of meeting the graduation requirements are completing their degrees through a Missouri State University program. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the program only admits current or former students in good academic

     TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) Firefighters on the Arkansas side of Texarkana say two people were found dead inside a home that burned.      Battalion Fire Chief Ginger Lee told the Texarkana Gazette that the fire was reported about 8:15

     NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The remaining arches of the Broadway Bridge over the Arkansas River from North Little Rock to Little Rock have been brought down.      Explosives downed two of three arches Saturday morning, but one

     LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas State Fair General Manager Ralph Shoptaw says attendance on the first day of the fair was up 16 percent over last year.      Shoptaw says 24,742 people came to the fair Friday after

     JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Newly released records show that former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens had committed to a four-year stint of regular drills in the Navy Reserve but quit just a few months later as he

     SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri firefighter has died in a single-vehicle crash.      The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Andrew C. Iorg was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday evening in Christian County. He was

     FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Family members say former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor's condition is improving after he suffered a stroke earlier this week.      Pryor's son, former U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, says his father is "conscious

     HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) The collection of a sales tax to construct the over $40 million Garland County Detention Center is set to end, retiring capital improvement bonds the tax secures five months ahead of schedule.      The

     HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) A hotel in Hot Springs and a cabin at Mount Nebo State Park are the newest listings on the National Register of Historic Places.      The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program announced Thursday that the

     ST. LOUIS (AP) Four years after a strange campaign kept one Missouri Senate seat in Democratic hands, the party is hoping to capitalize on anti-incumbent sentiment and claim the other.      Attention focused on Missouri in 2012 after

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Workers are postponing Friday's planned implosion of the remaining arches of the Broadway Bridge because of lightning in the area.    The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department had planned to implode

   STRONG, Ark. (AP) _ A school district in Union County has become the first school district in Arkansas to receive a waiver from a state law requiring a minimum 350-student enrollment.    The Arkansas Board of Education voted

Opponents of a casino legalization proposal disqualified by the Arkansas Supreme Court say the ruling sends a message to companies who want to write special rights for themselves into the state constitution. Casino supporters say the decision

   Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will lead a state delegation to China later this month to promote Arkansas rice and poultry and to meet with companies that have invested in the state. Hutchinson announced Thursday that he’ll travel

The Arkansas River in Little Rock has reopened after crews removed debris from the Broadway Bridge from the waterway. Crews used explosives to implode one of the bridge’s arches on Tuesday as part of the project to