LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A company tested the integrity of a segment of pipeline that has been idle since it ruptured in 2013, spilling 5,000 barrels of crude oil in a Arkansas neighborhood and causing more
Photo: Courtesy arkansasonline.com LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A state commission has approved nearly $9 million in funding to repair levees that were damaged by record flooding last year. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission approved the $8.8
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 34 years in prison for killing a woman who was a witness in a murder case against him. Michael Dumas was sentenced Friday for second-degree murder, assault
NEW FLORENCE, Mo. (AP) – Two people are charged with murder in the death of a mid-Missouri snake breeder. Michael Humphrey, of Jefferson City, and Lynlee Renick, of New Florence are charged with first-degree murder and armed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The attorney for a police officer fired for fatally shooting a black motorist asked an Arkansas judge Friday to hold Little Rock’s mayor and police chief in contempt, saying they haven’t fully
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson says he’ll fight efforts to expand the number of people eligible for government health care in Missouri. Parson told The Associated Press on Thursday that the state cannot
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities say a gunman has opened fire along a St. Louis County highway and wounded a motorist who crashed into a cable barrier. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Wednesday night shooting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two Democratic state senators from Kansas City are leaving to take executive branch jobs. The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointments of Sen. Shalonn “Kiki” Curls to the state Labor and Industrial
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville had 194 faculty and staff members who had not complied with a state vaccination directive in response to a campus mumps outbreak, a university official said.Terry Martin,
KINLOCH, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis man has been charged will fatally shooting another man after getting mad at him about a missing lawn mower and leaf blower. Thirty-six-year-old Antonio Taylor was charged Thursday with first-degree
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) – Two former students have given Oklahoma State University one of its biggest donations ever, $50 million, which the school will spend on agriculture research and the construction of a new building. The contribution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is reaffirming his support for gun rights. Parson in his Wednesday State of the State address called on lawmakers to increase mental health resources, toughen laws against violent
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas hospital company abruptly closed a central Missouri hospital because of regulatory issues. Pinnacle Regional Hospital announced Wednesday its Boonville hospital would close by the end of the day. The hospital said
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An actress charged with fatally stabbing her mother last month in suburban Kansas City told 911 operators and police that her mom was trying to kill her when she took away the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is pitching a new $100 million rainy day fund for financial emergencies. Parson pitched the plan Wednesday as part of his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri in this year’s primary has apologized for incorrectly accusing the incumbent of having a picture of disgraced comedian Bill Cosby under his desk.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for blowing up his ex-wife’s car outside a St. Louis home where she and the couple’s teenage son were sleeping.Dean McBaine, 31,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A 78-year-old Arkansas man has been sentenced to a year of probation after mailing white powder and a threatening letter about slavery reparations to Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s office in Washington two
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Two candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for an Arkansas House seat that had been held by a civil rights attorney who died last year have advanced to a runoff. Joy Springer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican lawmakers have rolled out a plan that would ask Missouri voters to undo key parts of a legislative redistricting model approved by voters two years ago. A proposed constitutional amendment presented
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Fayetteville’s police chief says the two officers who fatally shot a man who killed a fellow officer can return to duty after an investigation exonerated them. A Fayetteville Police Department internal investigation concluded
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas attorney is suing local officials for denying him access to a courthouse while carrying a handgun. Chris Corbitt, a patent attorney from Conway, filed the complaint last Thursday against Pulaski
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – A University of Central Arkansas police report says a student who fatally struck another student with his vehicle did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police say 19-year-old
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a 32-year-old school administrator died days after he was found unresponsive in his holding cell at a Kansas City area police station. Police say Terry “TJ” Farmer had
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas district judge is appealing his removal from the ballot as a candidate for a circuit judge position. KAIT-TV reports that Lawrence County District Judge Adam Weeks filed the appeal Friday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a decision striking down a central portion of a 2016 voter photo identification law. The court’s 5-2 decision on Tuesday permanently blocks a law that required
Two Springfield judges whose 25-year-old son is missing in California are offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps find him. Greene County judges Calvin Holden and Margaret Palmietto announced the reward in a video posted online
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – The federal prosecutor for western Arkansas announced Monday that he’ll step down this week.Duane “Dak” Kees, the United States attorney for the western district of Arkansas, said his resignation will take effect
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ Republican governor on Monday defended his decision to continue accepting new refugees, challenging skeptical GOP lawmakers to avoid creating “fear” about welcoming people from other countries.Gov. Asa Hutchinson told a legislative
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 47-year-old man was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after a police chase near Carthage. Police Chief Greg Dagnan said the man was shot Sunday night after he exchanged
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southwestern Missouri woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a man she met on an online dating site. Thirty-four-year-old Christina Duckett was sentenced Friday. She had been convicted
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri mother who said her infant twins were stillborn has been charged with killing her children. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s office says the 25-year-old mother has been charged
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a lower court’s decision that upheld limits on Arkansas’ regulation of companies that pay pharmacies on behalf of health plans. The court granted
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 24-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting death that remained unsolved for more than two years. Khalil Gaines was sentenced Friday for second-degree murder in
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Two boys, ages 11 and 14, are in juvenile custody for allegedly pulling a woman from a car and robbing her in suburban St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the boys were
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis-area man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a tax return scheme that netted nearly $900,000. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Babatunde Olusegun Taiwo, who agreed to
HOPE, Ark. (AP) – Skeletal remains found south of Hope in December have been identified as that of a Hope man missing for nearly eight years. The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday the state medical examiner
A Missouri man charged in the killing of a prominent St. Louis-area attorney has ties to the Ozarks, according to the Springfield News-Leader. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported the cash-strapped 28-year-old pharmacy student, Timothy Michael Banowetz
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – A 31-year-old Missouri woman who kept her 6-year-old son in an attic during a custody dispute with his father has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation. Aubrey Ferguson was sentenced Wednesday
MANSFIELD, Ark. (AP) – A prosecuting attorney says a public defender pleaded not guilty on behalf of a 32-year-old woman accused of killing her mother in western Arkansas. The 12th Judicial District’s Prosecuting Lawyer Daniel Shue issued
Forecasters say a storm system approaching a handful of southern states is looking more and more menacing. The Storm Prediction Center says nearly 19 million people in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma will be at an enhanced
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he wants to continue funding a program that helped local governments repair roads and bridges. Parson and lawmakers negotiated a deal last year to provide $50 million
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas death row inmate convicted of killing a state legislator’s daughter was diagnosed with schizophrenia and should not be executed, his attorney told the state Supreme Court Thursday.Justices heard arguments from
BISMARCK, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating after a rural police officer shot and killed a man as police responded to a report of a woman being assaulted. Police in Bismarck say the
CLIMAX SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a pickup truck has struck and killed a Missouri motorist as he stood outside his stopped vehicle and seriously injured the man’s son and another good Samaritan as they tried
MARIONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Prosecutors have filed a new child abuse charge against a southwest Missouri teacher accused of hurting a 4-year-old boy on a playground. The Springfield New-Leader reports the charge was filed Tuesday against Marionville
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Humane Society of Missouri says rescuers donned respirators and hazmat suits to remove 25 small breed dogs and one cat from a Missouri home where the owner had been dead for more
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A retired Arkansas accountant pleaded guilty to bank fraud for a federal charge months after being hit with a $9 million civil judgment for embezzling funds from a manufacturing company. Edward M.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City is suing a former firefighter and others, accusing them of conspiring to traffic weapons in the region without following federal gun laws. The lawsuit filed Monday alleges the defendants bought
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A woman has died from injuries suffered last week in a Springfield house fire, authorities say. The city of Springfield identified the victim in a news release Monday as 63-year-old Kathryn Thompson. The
ST. LOUIS (AP) Overdue library books wont be costly for St. Louis borrowers anymore. Directors of the public library systems in St. Louis and St. Louis County announced Tuesday they are joining a growing number of
POTOSI, Mo. (AP) Authorities in eastern Missouri are trying to identify human remains found in a rural area. KTVI-TV reported Tuesday the skeletal remains appeared to have been in a rural area of Washington County for
JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis area man has been charged in the deaths of two men who were shot while riding in different vehicles. Twenty-three-year-old Cortez Caves, of Florissant, was charged Tuesday with two counts
PHOENIX (AP) An elected official in metro Phoenix resigned Tuesday, months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babies in the U.S.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel is calling for increased oversight of the state’s levees after last year’s historic flooding. The Arkansas Levee Task Force presented its final report Tuesday on the state’s system of
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a man was caught this week traveling with more than 22 pounds (10 kilograms) of the synthetic opioid fentanyl in one of the largest seizures of the highly potent drug
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Attorneys for a Little Rock police officer fired for fatally shooting a motorist say an Arkansas judge should reject an effort to halt the officer’s reinstatement.Attorneys for Officer Charles Starks asked Pulaski
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Forecasters say severe storms including tornadoes are possible from eastern Texas across the Deep South later this week. The Storm Prediction Center says more than 9 million people live in parts of Texas,
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The Washington County jail in northwest Arkansas has temporarily suspended its work-release program to free up more bed space in the facility, which has been plagued by overcrowding.Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder said
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a man can’t run for a seat on an Arkansas circuit because of a misdemeanor traffic offense he committed as a teenager. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Changes to redistricting and how to curb violence in Missouri’s biggest cities are expected to be top issues in the state Legislature this year. Lawmakers will kick of the 2020 session on
CABOOL, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri city alleges in a lawsuit that a Dairy Farmers of America plant is regularly releasing untreated wastewater into a river. The Springfield News-Leader reports Cabool is seeking $1.2 million in
SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) – Authorities say a former Arkansas sheriff has died following a single-vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Kelley Cradduck of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the
PECULIAR, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri firefighter died Sunday after falling through a floor while battling a house fire. The fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday in the laundry room of a home in Peculiar,
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A man on parole for killing a man in Louisiana has been arrested on a murder warrant in northwest Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Anthony Ballot, 39, of Rogers was arrested in
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – A 19-year-old man has been arrested on murder warrants in three fatal stabbings in Pine Bluff since New Year’s Eve, including that of his mother. Pine Bluff police say Michael Alan Moore
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for injuring his 18-month-old stepdaughter, who authorities say suffered bite marks and bone fractures. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that court documents
Photo: Julian Boyd A Sherwood double homicide and a missing child reported in an Amber Alert on Friday morning are connected, Sherwood Police Capt. Jeff Hagar says. However, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette is reporting the Sherwood Police
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) – A woman is a little embarrassed, but well rested, after falling asleep testing a mattress at a Missouri store and spending the night there. Richmond Heights Police Officer Allison Brown told the
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s two biggest cities saw a jump in homicides in 2019, and if that wasn’t bad enough, an alarming number of killers are getting away with it. St. Louis and Kansas City both
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man whose conviction was overturned after he spent more than two years in prison is suing the federal public defender’s office. Thirty-year-old Aaron Winters says in his lawsuit that his
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The wet weather that caused flooding problems in much of the Midwest last year had one small benefit: electric generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream dams was up 5.6%. It was the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel has been temporarily blocked from issuing a casino license for Pope County. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen issued a temporary restraining order Friday preventing the state Racing Commission
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas has started 2020 with a $93 million surplus. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said Friday higher than expected sales and corporate income tax collections in December helped keep the
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Police in California are asking for help finding a missing 25-year-old who is the son of two Missouri judges and the nephew of former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden. The Springfield News-Leader reports Alexander
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been charged with killing a 19-year-old woman whose body was found more than a week after she went missing. Thirty-two-year-old Lonnie Leroy Williams, of Springfield, was charged Friday with
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 42-year-old St. Joseph man was sentenced to three years in federal prison without parole for his role in the distribution of nearly $6 million of synthetic marijuana, commonly known as K2.
FAYETTE, Mo. (AP) – A 21-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder in a shooting death in Fayette. Alfredo Demario Hicks, of Fayette was charged Wednesday in the death of 29-year-old John Lamar Turner of Poplar Bluff.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A former Missouri prison guard who alleged he was wrongly fired has received $85,000 in the latest such settlement involving a corrections department worker. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Attorney General Eric Schmitt
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new monthly survey of business supply managers suggests the economy is growing slowly in nine Midwest and Plains states as the U.S. trade war with China continues, according to a report released
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The city of Little Rock has been ordered to reinstate a police office who was fired for fatally shooting a black motorist. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox on Thursday reversed the
SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) – Police in Oklahoma say a man was arrested on New Year’s Day after he allegedly took a truck and drove it more than 100 miles with a sleeping passenger and a goat
An investigation continues after a small plane crashed during takeoff from an airport near Kansas City, killing the pilot and a passenger. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victims as the pilot, 48-year-old Jonathan J. Vannatta of
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police say five people were shot to death on the first day of 2020, including three killed at one location. Police were called shortly after midnight to an intersection in the
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The city of St. Louis has sold just four city properties under a program launched last year that allows people to buy homes for just $1.St. Louis developed the Dollar House Pilot Program
After more than 60 years spent sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will be unveiled this week, and scholars hope they will reveal the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouris levees need to be strengthened and repaired, especially in rural areas hit hard by prolonged flooding in 2019, according to an advisory group appointed by Gov. Mike Parson.St. Louis Public Radio
A religious-based boys ranch in Lampe now faces its fifth suit alleging sexual abuse at the hands of a older, teenage residents.According to a report from KOLR, Lives Under Construction has operated since 1982, serving boys from
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court will not prohibit the Racing Commission from issuing a casino license to applicants in one county after a company whose license was rejected called for an intervention.Arkansas voters
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri will consent to taking in lawfully admitted refugees. Parson announced his decision Tuesday in response to an executive order issued in September by President Donald Trump that
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say police fatally shot a kidnapping suspect during a traffic stop near the Mississippi River bridge that connects Arkansas and Tennessee. Police in Memphis, Tennessee, say officers responded to a report early
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have found the body of a missing 19-year-old woman and areinvestigating her death as a homicide. Officers discovered the body Mackenna Milhon on Monday afternoon outside a home north of Springfield. Police
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A 28-year-old Columbia police officer who struck and killed a 4-year-old girl outside a school has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Andria Heese was charged Monday in the Jan. 4 death of Gabriella
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union and others on Monday asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to continue a ban temporarily blocking three Arkansas abortion restrictions. Federal Judge Kristine Baker has
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Two northwestern Arkansas police officers were cleared Monday in the fatal shooting of a man who authorities say “ambushed and executed” another officer. Washington County Prosecuting Attorney Matt Durrett said Fayetteville police Cpl.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas dispensaries sold about $28 million worth of medical marijuana in the first calendar year of legal sales in the state, according to a state agency. More than 4,200 pounds of marijuana
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Court documents say a Springfield arson suspect set fire to the porch of a home as a family slept inside because he was upset that the residents hadn’t given him food or a place
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri family that saw its application to grow medical marijuana rejected by the state is now suing the state, demanding a license to participate in Missouri’s fledgling medical cannabis industry.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) – In time for the 2020 growing season, Missouri farmers will be able to grow industrial hemp. Producers will first need to obtain a permit from the Missouri Department of Agriculture, according to
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) – Police area searching for suspects who opened fire on a car on a busy St. Louis County interstate highway, leaving three people injured. KMOV-TV reports that the shooting happened just before noon Friday
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The former owner of a St. Louis pizzeria has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography and coercing a minor into sexual activity. Loren Copp was convicted
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) – A man faces a second-degree murder charge in the 1987 killing of a young Missouri woman who was found dead near a highway with her hands tied to a rope around her
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri officials have granted licenses to 60 of the more than 500 companies that applied to grow marijuana for the state’s fledgling medical cannabis industry. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in an attempted Missouri bank robbery. Columbia police said in a news release the suspect went into a Commerce Bank branch around 10:15 a.m. Thursday and requested
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state of Missouri has stopped withholding union dues from the bimonthly paychecks of prison guards in what the union’s grievance officer calls a “pitiful attempt to bankrupt” the labor organization. The
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Authorities have identified the inmate who died while in custody of the Garland County jail last week. The Garland County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday identified the inmate as 28-year-old Jeremy Scott Howell
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced plans for a new outpatient medical clinic in Fort Smith, which is expected to create about 100 jobs. The agency announced plans Thursday for
A southwest Missouri man who is charged with setting fire to his dental office in a scheme to collect insurance money has agreed to give up his dental license. The Springfield News-Leader reports that documents filed Dec.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A plea deal with prosecutors means a Missouri man convicted in a fatal stabbing will spend far less time in prison than he was originally ordered to serve. Anthony Shegog was sentenced to
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a police officer in Springfield has shot and killed a man who is suspected of hurting a woman after he refused to put down his weapon. Springfield police identified the man
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The effort to get a new trial for a man who has spent nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit is headed to the Missouri Supreme Court.
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Two Joplin police officers have been cleared in the deadly shooting of a man during a struggle. Chief Matt Stewart said Thursday an investigation into Aug. 13 shooting death of 31-year-old David Ingle
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Arkansas man with killing his mother and have charged his father with trying to help him cover it up. Arrest reports show Carson Gregory Glover is charged
Photo: Courtesy kake.com LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) An Arkansas fire chief has donated a kidney to a teenager he didnt know. Maumelle Fire Chief Gerald Ezell tells KATV the surgery took place Dec. 13, two days
BRYANT, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say an Arkansas police officer was shot and wounded by a reportedly suicidal man who was later shot to death by other officers. The shooting happened Monday night in Bryant, about 15
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) – Missouri education officials say they have a plan that would not only increase teachers’ pay but also offer raises and attract them to positions that are challenging to fill. The state currently
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Putting a repeal of voter-approved changes to Missouri’s legislative redistricting process on the ballot in 2020 remains a top priority for Republican legislative leaders. The Kansas City Star reports GOP lawmakers argue
A former southwest Missouri sheriff’s lieutenant has been sentenced to six consecutive life terms for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl. The Springfield News-Leader reports Judge David Jones said Friday in ordering the sentence he hoped it meant
Authorities say two boys have died after plunging through a frozen pond near their home in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 7- and 8-year-old boys were found Sunday in the private pond in
Investigators in Oklahoma are using a unique method to spread the story of Morgan Nick, the 6-year-old abducted from an Alma baseball field in 1995. According to KNWA, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has included Nick’s
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Human remains found in a Columbia landfill in September have been confirmed to be those of a woman missing for more than 13 years. Television station KOMU reports that DNA results taken from
ST. LOUIS (AP)- The federal trial for St. Louis police officers accused of beating an undercover colleague during 2017 protests has been postponed until Sept. 28. The trial of Dustin Boone and Christopher Myers had been scheduled
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP)- An internal investigation has cleared a former 911 dispatcher in Arkansas of any wrongdoing in how she handled a call in which she scolded a frantic newspaper delivery woman for driving into floodwaters
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a St. Louis-area man whos charged in the death of his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son repeatedly abused the child and bit off his nipples. Thirty-one-year-old Sylvester Knighten Jr. was charged Thursday with
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man has been convicted of committing two murders within five days last year. A Greene County jury found 26-year-old Willie Haughton guilty Thursday on two counts of first-degree murder in the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Republican president pro tem of Arkansas’ Senate says he’s won’t seek another term leading that chamber next year. Sen. Jim Hendren said Friday he won’t run for another two-year term as
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas lawmakers have signed a $136 million contract to house as many as 500 prisoners at a privately run jail facility. The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday approved the 20-year contract with
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – The family of two Wisconsin men who disappeared during a trip to Missouri for their livestock business have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. KSHB-TV reports the lawsuit is filed against Garland Nelson, who
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge has struck down part of a law that allows agriculture groups to name representatives to the state Plant Board. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a Pulaski County judge issued the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Racing Commission may soon decide whether to issue a casino license for Pope County. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports commission attorney Byron Freeland told commissioners on Thursday Jan. 6 is the
PHOENIX (AP) – A woman accused of aiding a politician in metro Phoenix in what authorities say was an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges. Lynwood
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri man is accused of beating his father to death with a golf club after the older man tried to stop his son from attacking a woman. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave
PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona county won’t decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international human smuggling scheme. A spokesman said Thursday the Maricopa County
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ top elected officials and lawmakers are on track to receive a 2.5% raise. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Independent Citizens Commission on Wednesday proposed the raises for the Legislature and the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A state panel is recommending the closure of a publicly funded charter school in Pine Bluff. The state’s Charter Authorizing Panel voted Wednesday in support of closing Southeast Preparatory High School. The
Mark Holland, 54, of Heber Springs, a 19-year-veteran Arkansas State Trooper, resigned Wednesday. He had been assigned to the Highway Patrol Division, Troop B, headquartered at Newport. Colonel Bill Bryant, Director of the Arkansas State Police, has
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri and Hillsdale College will split an endowment with an estimated value of $9.2 million. The university announced the agreement Wednesday to settle a lawsuit filed by Hillsdale College in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker wants to put the brakes on transportation officials’ use of playful messages on electronic signs mounted along state highways. Such messages include, “Santa’s Coming Have you Been A Good
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Officials say a garbage truck in Hot Springs was turned away from a county landfill because high levels of radiation were detected. Authorities later determined that medical waste caused the high radiation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas State Police captain has been nominated to serve as a United States Marshal. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate Michael Hagar as the marshal for the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge has sentenced a New Jersey political consultant to prison for taking money from a Arkansas health care provider to pay for illegal lobbying. U.S. District Judge Jan DuBois of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The statue of a Roman goddess that prompted a brief controversy returned to the dome of the Missouri State Capitol Tuesday. The statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and grain
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state of Missouri is teaming up with its main university system to launch a new research center focused on transportation issues. The Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation, announced Tuesday, will be
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas sheriff pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of assaulting three people in his custody. Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen was indicted on three counts of deprivation of rights under color
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Faculty and staff members will be subject to vaccination requirements after a mumps outbreak at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, the state health department said Monday. The Arkansas Department of Health said
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri city is denying accusations that its police department is illegally using traffic ticket quotes to generate revenue. The city of Marshfield said in a news release that claims about a
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Springfield police say a 17-year-old is expected to face murder charges after a fatal shooting over the weekend. Pedro Bolanos was arrested Saturday after 28-year-old Gerardo Aguilar-Hernandez was shot Friday as he drove
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accusing Doe Run Resources Corp. of violating the state’s clean water law after one of its pipelines broke in 2014 and allegedly contaminated two rural
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Holiday Island, a lakeside community in Arkansas, has received enough signatures from voters to try once again to become an incorporated city after a failed effort in 2017. State laws regarding incorporation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Agriculture Department on Monday said it hired a state Game and Fish biologist to coordinate efforts to eradicate feral hogs. The department announced that it had hired J.P. Fairhead as
LOWELL, Ark. (AP) – A 24-year-old man drowned in a northwest Arkansas lake after driving a truck into the water during a police chase, authorities said. Late Saturday, Lowell police pulled over the truck, which initially stopped
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Federal prosecutors have recommended a reduced sentence for a New Jersey political consultant caught in an Arkansas political corruption case. Donald “D.A.” Jones faces 33 to 41 months in prison when sentenced
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Bentonville police released the name of an officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old robbery suspect. Officer Joseph Brown shot Dominick Matt on Dec. 6 and has been placed on administrative leave until
Government chatbots could soon be answering more questions from Missourians about their taxes or welfare if a proposal by an agency in Gov. Mike Parson’s administration gains traction. The Office of Administration asked for about $16 million
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) – General Motors will invest $1.5 billion to make what it calls the “next generation” of mid-sized pickup trucks at its plant near St. Louis, the companys president said Friday. GM will use the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a Missouri midwife and her clinic can continue delivering the babies of its mostly Mennonite and Amish patients.Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem disagreed this month with the
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Lawyers for a Missouri doctor who impregnated a 16-year-old Kentucky girl say the doctors marriage to the girl is valid and a legitimate defense to child pornography charges. Dr. Ashu Joshi’s attorneys contend
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A former St. Louis-area dentist has been charged with threatening three judges involved in his divorce and child custody dispute. Jeffrey Reuter, 51, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three felony counts of interfering
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a property owner discovered a man’s body near Interstate 40 in central Arkansas. The man’s body was discovered Thursday afternoon by a property owner who was walking along a
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas police officer who was fatally shot as he sat in his patrol car has been remembered for his integrity, professionalism as well as for his infectious smile and goofy laugh. During
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – Police in the southeast Missouri town of Cape Girardeau are continuing to investigate after a man was shot to death at an apartment complex. The Southeast Missourian reports that the victim was
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel set a cutoff date for farmers to spray an herbicide next year but abandoned two proposals that critics said would be too expensive. The Arkansas State Plant Board voted
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two attorneys involved in an animal rights group’s open records lawsuit against the University of Missouri are seeking $345,000 in fees for their work fighting to obtain research records involving cats and dogs.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State University has received a $6.5 million donation that will be used to expand agriculture education for students in the Springfield public school district. The Darr Family Foundation said Wednesday the donation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state must count thousands of signatures submitted in favor of holding a referendum on a new law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. In a
NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) – A teenager charged in the 2017 killing of an Arkansas police officer can be tried as an adult, the state Court of Appeals ruled. Derrick Heard was 16 when he was charged as
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate who was spared from execution two years ago is not entitled to new DNA testing of evidence that his attorneys say
HIGHFILL, Ark. (AP) – The airport serving northwest Arkansas and surrounding areas will be renamed the Northwest Arkansas National Airport, airport authority board members decided Wednesday. The airport, previously known as Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, will retain
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday restricted Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans using terms such as “burger” or “sausage” to sell vegetarian and vegan products.U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas Citys new airport will include bathrooms designed to be inclusive for many situations, including two all-gender bathrooms. Justin Meyer, deputy director of the citys aviation department, told a City Council committee
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Divers for the Missouri State Highway Patrol have recovered the body of a man who went missing after a canoe he was in flipped at the Lake of the Ozarks.The patrol said
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A judge has denied two University of Arkansas students’ request to block a public health decree that has barred them from attending classes during a mumps outbreak because they don’t have the proper
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Star says it will stop publishing a print edition on Saturdays in mid-March as more readers get their news online. The paper said Tuesday in a letter to readers
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a Columbia man who was found unresponsive in his still-running car as a homicide. Police identified the man in a news release Tuesday as 36-year-old Marceino Carlous
PATTON, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri school district was flooded with complaints over the latest school-sponsored raccoon hunt, a tradition that dates back 37 years. The Banner Press reports reports more than 2,200 people across the
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) A Garland County justice of the peace won the Republican primary Tuesday for an Arkansas House seat vacated after a lawmaker was ousted for pleading no contest for failing to pay state
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) An eastern Oklahoma man was arrested early Wednesday in western Arkansas for the stabbing of his supervisor at a fast food restaurant and the abduction of his wife and 2-year-old daughter. Police in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Supreme Court judges have denied a death row inmate’s appeal.David Hosier was sentenced to death for killing Angela Gilpin in 2009. The 64-year-old had a relationship with Gilpin while she was
Photo: Courtesy Associated Press via St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker has asked Gov. Mike Parson to prevent the state from reinstalling a statue of a Roman goddess on the dome of
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) – A northwestern Arkansas woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for trying to hire a hit man to kill a judge and another man in exchange for thousands of dollars in electronics
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – A Conway police officer who is on military leave inadvertently shot an 18-year-old man when his gun accidentally discharged, authorities said.The officer was preparing to clean a gun when it discharged Friday, striking
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a mid-Missouri couple is jailed after being charged with repeatedly locking a 9-year-old boy in a closet for hours without food or water. Cole County authorities said 52-year-old Joseph Ciaveralla
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will not defend the state in a lawsuit contending the Missouri House violated the state’s open records law. Schmitt declined to explain his decision concerning a lawsuit over an
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A 35-year-old Missouri man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking his wife with an ax. Alidor Sita Masingo, of Kirksville, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty in late November
Photo courtesy of Associated Press via St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Government funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics is at stake in a lawsuit set to be argued before the state Supreme Court on
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s attorney general on Monday announced he’s suing the city of Marshfield for allegedly using traffic ticket quotas to generate revenue. In the lawsuit, Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office claims that
BENTON, Mo. (AP) – Current and former inmates say a rural Missouri county jail has been denying detainees basic necessities such as soap and shampoo. Allen Towe, of Sikeston, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch female inmates at
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man awaiting trial in the killing of a toddler has been sentenced to two life sentences plus another 10 years for abusing a different child. Judge Thomas Mountjoy said 33-year-old Kenneth
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The cold and flu season is just beginning, but the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday three deaths are blamed on the flu.The health department did not release any
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – A Canadian-based mass timber manufacturer that Walmart has invested in announced Monday it’ spending $90 million to open a plant in Arkansas, the company’s first in the United States.Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation announced
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Employees at Missouri’s veterans home could see wages climb as turnover soars in the state. This comes as Gov. Mike Parson and legislators attempt to boost the pay for all state workers
LITTLE ROCK Ark. (AP) – According to health officials, people in Arkansas are having fewer babies. KATV reports the Arkansas Department of Health says the state last year had its lowest birth rate in at least 19
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas State Police announced Saturday it’s investigating the fatal shooting of a robbery suspect by a Bentonville police officer. Authorities said Bentonville police suspected that 17-year-old Dominick Matt had attempted to rob
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s minimum wage is set to increase again as part of a voter-approved plan to gradually hike pay. The minimum wage rate will hit $9.45 an hour beginning Jan. 1, up from
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Former Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor after originally facing a driving while intoxicated charge.The Columbia Missourian reported Burton didn’t attend a municipal court hearing Friday but his attorney,
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Dozens of sinkholes, some up to 12 feet deep, are dotting the landscape in the small southeastern Missouri city of Caruthersville, forcing road detours, swallowing sections of people’s yards and leaving city leaders
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Two Arkansas air ambulance bases closed because their operator wasn’t earning enough money from medical flights to keep them open. Air Evac Lifeteam closed its bases in Morrilton and Paragould after a
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a teenager died while fleeing from police in Columbia.Seventeen-year-old Hayden Holt, of Hallsville, died in the crash early Friday. The patrol said Holt was fleeing when his
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Trustees of the Arkansas State University System have approved a plan to merge the financially struggling Henderson State University into its system. The trustees approved a resolution on the merger Friday at
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his estranged wife to death after stalking her. Besides the life term for first-degree murder, 70-year-old Larry Ratliff, of Grain Valley,
RICH HILL, Mo. (AP) – Relatives of a missing Missouri mother say they are growing increasingly concerned after deputies found the woman’s phone, backpack and shoes.Nicole Mallatt’s belongings were found Thursday within 100 yards (91 meters) of
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A parolee found with a large quantity of methamphetamine after a bus ride from Texas to Tennessee has been convicted of drug and weapons charges, prosecutors said.Corey Young, 42, was convicted Wednesday of
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – More than two dozen mumps cases have been reported at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, state health officials said Thursday. The Arkansas Department of Health said 26 mumps cases have been reported
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River is being reduced ahead of winter, so flooded areas along the river will get some relief. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – About half a dozen people have applied for an influential new job in Missouri to draw state legislative districts under a nationally unique mandate to achieve “partisan fairness” and “competitiveness” in elections.Missouri’s
Photo: Courtesy Independence Police Department Facebook INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) A Grinch has stolen a large Santa Claus from the porch of a historic mansion in the Kansas City area. Police in Independence say the jolly old
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The federal court in eastern Arkansas is reshuffling its district offices, a cost-cutting effort that will draw criminal jury pools from areas closer to where the crime took place. The realignment
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the state attorney generals request to prohibit a judge who demonstrated against the death penalty from handling any cases involving her office.In a 4-3 decision,
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Crews from several fire departments battled a large fire Wednesday near downtown Bentonville in northwest Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that firefighters from four departments are battling the blaze at the United
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – State health officials say six people have died in Arkansas from influenza so far this flu season. The Arkansas Department of Health says the deaths have all occurred in people 45 years
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A dog that drew international attention because of a tail-like growth on his face will remain with the founder of a group that rescued him. The dog, named Narwhal the Little Magical
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Columbia woman who spent a week in a tree to protest the city’s plans to build a trail through a private nature area has been charged with trespassing. Susan Fourcade, known better
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ finance office says higher than expected sales and income tax collections in November kept the state’s revenue above forecast and above the same month last year. The Department of Finance and
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – Officials in the northeast Arkansas city of Jonesboro voted to rename a street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. following months of spirited debate. The City Council on Monday approved the ordinance
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri couple whose son was stillborn in November said the baby’s body disappeared from the hospital and no one has explained how or why it happened. Kyle and Brianna Dudley, of Springfield
MOSCOW MILLS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a Missouri mobile home fire that killed a 7-year-old boy apparently started in the area where a candle was burning after a power outage. KSDK-TV reports Jaxon Parks was found
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been sentenced to probation for hiding his mother’s corpse in a makeshift coffin and wooden vault in a storage shed after she died of what appear to be natural
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Divers are again searching a river in central Missouri as they look for a Chinese woman who has been missing since October. The latest search of the Lamine River in Cooper County is
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say one person suffered minor injuries after a rock slide closed a mid-Missouri highway. The rock slide occurred Sunday night on Highway 54 near Osage Beach. As of early afternoon Monday,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An expanding television group is buying nine stations in six smaller markets. Standard Media Group of Nashville, Tennessee says it will buy stations in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, New York and Tennessee for $59.2
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new monthly survey of business leaders suggests the economy is slowing down in nine Midwest and Plains states as the U.S. trade war with China continues. The overall index for the region
LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. (AP) – Workers have begun construction on a new solar project in southeast Arkansas that’s expected to produce enough electricity to power more than 18,000 homes once it’s up and running. The Chicot Solar
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas officials say they may consider revoking medical marijuana licenses for dispensaries that aren’t open by June. Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control officials regulate the state’s budding cannabis industry. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri officials are buying a piece of equipment that simulates the experience of being in an earthquake to prepare residents for a big tremblor in a region that saw one of the most powerful
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – State records indicate an Arkansas youth mental health treatment center broke federal rules by using chemical injections to restrain young people held in seclusion. Inspection records obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette say the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Boy Scouts of America is facing another lawsuit in a wave of litigation over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that two men filed a federal suit in Little
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – After a year that has seen some of the worst flooding ever in parts of the Midwest, concern is already rising that the spring of 2020 may bring more high water to
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The federal government is suing a Little Rock-based insurance company over the firing of a worker who had just had a baby. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Wednesday
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) – Authorities in Kansas and Missouri are investigating an officer-involved fatal shooting after a police pursuit in both states. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says in a news release an officer from the Pittsburg
NEW YORK (AP) – Analyst Rod Sides of Deloitte LLP says Black Friday shopping is off to “a really good start.” Based on reports from his team who were in stores and malls over the past 24
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri prison therapist has been accused of sexually abused inmates in another lawsuit. The Kansas City Star reports 49-year-old Teresa Ketner alleges in the lawsuit filed last week that she
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – State and county authorities are investigating after an Arkansas man died after falling ill in jail. The Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release 56-year-old Roger Robinson of Fort Smith
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The suspect in a pair of deadly shootings hours apart has been arrested after he walked into a Missouri police station covered in blood. Jefferson City police said in a news release
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A former Webster County deputy accused of child molestation has pleaded guilty. Station KYTV reports that Brent Grey entered the pleas Wednesday. The three felony charges: child molestation, possessing more than 20 images
Photo: Courtesy kmov.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is cracking down on drivers who use fake temporary license plates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the new, holographic temporary plates were unveiled by the Revenue Department this
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 14-year-old was killed when the all-terrain vehicle he was on crashed in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred Wednesday afternoon on a Dunklin County road
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri man has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing his wife in 2015 and then stowing her body in a freezer in a storage unit. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Dinwiddie, of
Photo: Courtesy ksnb.com KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Saint Luke’s hospital is caring for 12 sets of twins this week in its neonatal intensive care unit. KMBC-TV reports all of the twins were born between five and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says his top priority for next year’s re-election campaign is winning voter approval for a proposed constitutional amendment that would make the state’s 0.5% sales tax for highways
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Thousands are without power in Missouri as high winds whip across the state. Ameren reported that 17,871 customers were without service Wednesday morning, mostly in the St. Louis area. The National Weather Service
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a lawsuit questioning a Ferguson police officer’s use of force against the man who was with Michael Brown when that officer shot
WEBB CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas man has been charged with sexually assaulting a student at a Missouri school where he taught and coached. Twenty-eight-year-old Nicholas Popejoy, of Arma, Kansas, pleaded not guilty Monday to statutory
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after an inmate was shot and wounded at a Missouri jail. KRCG-TV reports that the Cole County inmate was treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and then returned
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri prosecutor has dropped murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old girl, citing a failure of witnesses to come forward. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker told KFVS-TV
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri health officials are offering an online option for reporting adult abuse and neglect after an investigation found the state was answering fewer than half of the hotline calls. The Missouri Department
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Arizona official charged with running an adoption-fraud scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands has asked an Arkansas court to delay trial for 10 months. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is accused
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a woman brought an illicit substance into a southwest Missouri courthouse that sickened deputies and temporarily shut down the building while a hazardous material team dealt with the situation.
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) – Police in a suburban St. Louis community were called this week to free a small dog from the clutches of an automated vacuum cleaner. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Ballwin officers received
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – One employee of a Springfield nonprofit that helps the homeless find housing has resigned and another was terminated after a state investigation. The Springfield News-Leader reports the Missouri Housing Development Commission investigation of
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A mother is suing another driver and the board that oversee the Missouri Department of Transportation over a crash that killed her 11-year-old daughter. The Springfield News-Leader reports Clorissa Tilden was forced into
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ruled it isn’t unconstitutional for Missouri health officials to encourage families to vaccinate their children in a form they must complete to get a religious exemption. KCUR reports Senior
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a suspect in a Missouri killing has been arrested in Arizona more than 10 months after he was charged. The Boone County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Department said in a news release 60-year-old
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Court documents say an eastern Missouri man placed a hidden camera in store dressing rooms and a woman’s bathroom. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 34-year-old Gabriel Trevino was charged last week in federal
OZARK, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a bicyclist has died in a southwest Missouri crash. Ozark police said in a Facebook post officers responded around 10:15 a.m. Sunday to a report that a vehicle and bicycle had
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and local leaders say they want to make sure minors, domestic abusers and violent offenders don’t have guns. Parson and mayors and police chiefs from St. Louis, Kansas
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing three former Arkansas state lawmakers, including the governor’s nephew, has been sentenced to seven years in prison without parole. Rusty Cranford was sentenced in federal court
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party says there’s no path for replacing the challenger to Republican Sen. Tom Cotton after the party’s previous candidate abruptly dropped out following the state’s filing
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is laying the groundwork for a possible run for governor of Arkansas in 2022. Sanders say she hasn’t made a decision yet regarding a race
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – All University of Arkansas students are being required to have up-to-date vaccinations in order to attend classes following a mumps outbreak on campus. The state Department of Health on Friday issued a notice
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) A 47-year-old Hot Springs woman has avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to killing her 71-year-old mother and her 8-year-old daughter. Court documents show Melissa Galey pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is pushing for federal investigations into uninhabitable conditions at some public housing serving mostly low-income residents in Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports that Hawley announced Friday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas farmer has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for falsifying loan applications that led to the theft of more than $3.3 million. Federal prosecutors say Marcus Sweetin lied to
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) Authorities in Arkansas say a 30-year-old woman and two of her children have died following a house fire earlier this week. Fort Smith police spokesman Aric Mitchell says Whitney Kaub died early Friday from
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An advocacy group for people who were sexually abused by priests is urging the bishop of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic diocese to make significant changes to review boards used across the
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – Northwest Missouri authorities say human remains found in Missouri and Nebraska are those of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Caldwell County Sheriff Jerry Galloway announced in a news release Friday remains found Monday
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis woman whose diary entry detailed dumping a body along a highway has been sentenced to two years in prison. A judge on Friday sentenced 39-year-old Joni Janis. She pleaded guilty
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Records show police and state workers responded repeatedly to concerns about the care of a terminally ill Missouri man before his body was found in a freezer in his wife’s bedroom, where
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – State insurance officials say Jefferson City residents made more than $170 million in insurance claims after a tornado hit the city on May 22. KMIZ reports Missouri Department of Insurance data shows
ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri man is accused of holding his pregnant girlfriend captive, punching her and forcing her to drink toilet water and bleach. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 40-year-old Ronnie William Howard
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge ordered a journalist be released after she served a few hours of her three-day sentence for recording proceedings in a homicide case. Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren sentenced Nkiruka
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Latest on federal executions (all times local): 6 p.m. Attorney General William Barr tells The Associated Press he will take the Trump administration’s bid to restart federal executions after a 16-year hiatus to
OZARK, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri sheriff’s office is investigating after four deputies were sickened by a suspicious substance at a courthouse. Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole says a deputy fainted after searching the purse of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on a lawsuit alleging Missouri violated federal voter laws (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The Missouri Secretary of State’s Office is downplaying changes to the voter registration process called for
ATLANTA (AP) – Black Georgia lawmakers say they will push for a state hate crimes law after a white 16-year-old girl was accused of plotting to attack black churchgoers. The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus said Thursday the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a man has admitted he tried to burn down a Planned Parenthood clinic in Missouri because it provides reproductive services. Forty-two-year-old Wesley Brian Kaster, of Columbia, pleaded guilty Thursday to
SWEDESBORO, N.J. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says thousands of pounds of salad products are being recalled due to a possible E. coli contamination. The department says Missa Bay, LLC from Swedesboro, New Jersey, is
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Henderson State University Board of Trustees Thursday approved a merger agreement and transition plan with the Arkansas State University System.The agreement is subject to approval of the ASU Board of Trustees and the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Fire officials say a fire that damaged a housing unit at the former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City apparently was caused by embers from a nearby prescribed burn. Jefferson City Fire
OKOLONA, Ark. (AP) – Authorities in Arkansas have identified the three people killed in a multi-vehicle crash in a construction zone on Interstate 30. The wreck happened Tuesday near Okolona, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) southwest of
Photo: Courtesy kmov.com HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) – Conservation officers are investigating after a rare albino deer was shot and killed by a hunter in eastern Missouri. KMOV-TV reports the deer was killed Tuesday near a subdivision
PRINCETON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say an inmate who escaped twice from a Missouri jail was captured more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) away in Delaware where he was living in a makeshift hut in a wooded
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis County man is facing federal indictment for what prosecutors are calling a “romance scam” that cost a woman more than $20,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Wednesday
The 17-year-old who went missing from his job late Saturday night in Desha was picked up by officers from the Independence County Sheriffs Department early Tuesday evening in the Lock 2 area of the White River. WhiteRiverNow.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An investigation has found that the Kansas City School District falsified attendance data and will be forced to repay money to the state. The Kansas City Star reports the district released the
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled a former University of Arkansas student can move ahead with a lawsuit alleging school officials acted with “deliberate indifference” after she reported being sexually assaulted by another student
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A judge has upheld the University of Missouri’s ban on carrying concealed guns on campus. Circuit Judge Jeff Harris on Monday rejected the arguments from Missouri’s attorney general that the ban violated the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A sweeping review has found that close to 90% of the backlog of Missouri rape kits have never been tested. Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday only 830 of about 7,0 total kits
Photo: Courtesy katv.com LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Former President Bill Clinton says efforts to increase access to credit and financial assistance in underserved areas can help bridge America’s partisan divide because it addresses a problem that
FENTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 78-year-old woman removed her 51-year-old daughter from a nursing home and then fatally stabbed her in a suburban St. Louis, Missouri, hotel before attempting to kill herself. Marjorie Theleman is
WEST QUINCY, Mo. (AP) – BNSF railway officials expect to have tracks cleared by early Wednesday after a train derailment in West Quincy. Railway spokesman Andy Williams says 12 cars on the 70-car train derailed early Tuesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has named fellow former lawmaker Ron Richard to Missouri Southern State University’s governing board. Parson appointed the Joplin resident to the position Tuesday. The two Republicans served together as lawmakers.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for shooting at a federal probation officer. Thirty-year-old Enrique Castaneda was sentenced Tuesday for assaulting a federal employee with a firearm. When
Photo courtesy of KNWA-TV BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas county judge has sentenced a television reporter to three days in jail for recording a hearing in a homicide case. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Benton County Circuit Judge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Several Arkansas universities have reported a drop in international student enrollment. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Tuesday that the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville indicates its international student population is down about 2% from 1,461
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) Authorities in western Arkansas say a 3-year-old girl has died and four other people were injured after an early morning house fire. Police responded shortly after 3 a.m. Tuesday to the fire in Fort
WEBB CITY, Mo. (AP) Authorities say the deaths of two people at a Webb City dental office was a murder-suicide. Police Chief Don Melton said authorities believe 55-year-old Windell Glass fatally shot his estranged wife, 45-year-old Camille Hostetter,
CASSVILLE, Mo. (AP) Authorities say deer hunters in Missouri have found the skeletal remains of an Oklahoma man who has been missing for nearly a year. The Barry County Sheriff’s Office says the remains of Ritchie Vaughn Ellis,
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Federal authorities have charged 20 people with conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl in the Springfield region. Five criminal complaints were unsealed Friday after the suspects were arrested in a law enforcement sweep that began
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) A former high school student in Arkansas has been sentenced to seven years in prison for devising a plan to shoot up a school. Circuit Judge Charles Clawson sentenced 20-year-old Daniel Croslin on Friday. Croslin
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri officials are stepping up enforcement of laws that ban selling vaping products to minors. The move is part of a state campaign launched Monday to deter young people from vaping. Missouri’s health department
