PHOENIX (AP) – A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states with facilitating an illegal international adoption scheme says prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler. Attorney Matt Long said Tuesday Maricopa
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Monticello says its chancellor will resign at the end of the semester as the school faces a budget deficit amid a large drop in student enrollment. The
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri officials are developing a public safety campaign aimed at making young people aware of the risks of vaping. Republican Gov. Mike Parson said at a news conference Tuesday he is directing
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has given 15,000 blue catfish to boost fish populations in the Kentucky River. Acting Fisheries Director Paul Wilkes of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
HIGHFILL, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say no one was injured after a single-engine airplane made an emergency landing at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport on Monday. An airport spokeswoman says the plane’s landing gear collapsed when the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge says he’s running for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court, setting up another potentially expensive and heated race in a state that has drawn heavy involvement from outside
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal lawsuit claims that a Missouri man was held in a rural jail’s restraint chair for five days, including a period of at least 24 hours with a blanket over his head.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Gov. Mike Parson’s campaign manager will be questioned by lawyers representing Planned Parenthood about his involvement in a decision to deny a new license to Missouri’s only abortion provider. An administrative hearing commissioner ruled
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was found in a culvert in southern Wyoming. The Rawlins Times reports 44-year-old Robert Wayne Kelley, of Springfield, Missouri, was reported missing Aug. 16 and
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) State auditors have determined a former city clerk and administrator in Arkansas wrote unauthorized checks to herself and used other tactics to misappropriate nearly $185,000 in municipal money. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that auditors
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) Authorities in Arkansas have fatally shot a suspect following a car chase that began when a sheriff’s deputy spotted a fugitive. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that the fugitive was
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The dome of the Missouri Capitol building will be lit pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. Pink lights will shine on the dome Friday through Sunday morning. A release from Gov. Mike
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas judge says his court will decide individual outcomes in 19 adoption cases involving an Arizona official accused of human smuggling. Paul Petersen, a Republican assessor of an Arizona county, was arrested Tuesday and
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A former workers’ compensation attorney for a Tyson Foods meatpacking division has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Iowa that accuses company officials of making anti-gay slurs, filing false information in workers’
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Authorities in Texarkana say officers who were serving a warrant in a child sex abuse investigation discovered the body of an adult that had been wrapped in a garbage bag. The Texarkana Gazette
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Board of Education has stripped the bargaining power of the Little Rock teachers’ union and has backed off a plan to only return some local control to the district after
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a tractor-trailer hauling cattle has overturned on a Kansas City highway, causing several other crashes as more than 40 animals broke free. The rig flipped around 1 a.m. Thursday on
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Department of Conservation officials say the state’s elk herd is on track to be large enough in 2020 for the first hunt in more than a century. The Springfield News-Leader reports department
Image: Courtesy weather.com CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Across a vast expanse of the South spanning from Texas to Maryland, there are growing concerns for the cattle, cotton and corn amid a worsening drought that has been fueled
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – A former Arkansas state senator who pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud charges has been moved from a federal prison in Oklahoma to a halfway house ahead of his scheduled release
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Officials in a southwest Missouri city are planting small flags in piles of abandoned dog poop as part of a campaign to get residents to clean up after their pets downtown.The Police Department
Photo: Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen PHOENIX (AP) – The Latest on an Arizona county official accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme (all times local): 1:38 p.m. Officials in three states say they will
Photo: Courtesy militarytimes.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and Rep. Vicky Hartzler are among Republicans who oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. The Missouri Republicans typically
. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Officials in an economically struggling Arkansas city are shifting tax money meant for a revitalization plan and will instead use the funds to bolster city budgets. Pine Bluff residents passed a
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield defense attorney has been charged with paying a witness to lie on the stand in a murder case. The Springfield News-Leader reports 38-year-old Adam Woody was charged Friday with perjury and
ST. LOUIS (AP) -Jurors have ruled an 86-year-old former southwest Missouri minister is a sexually violent predator who should remain confined even though he has completed a 15-year prison sentence for sodomizing teenage boys. The St. Louis
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A central Missouri police officer has been charged with arranging to meet a woman and have sex with her 14-year-old daughter, after it turned out the woman was actually an undercover FBI employee.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A doctor from southwest Arkansas has been arrested on charges of overprescribing opiates and other drugs. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday the arrest of Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker and unsealed a grand jury
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state appeals court has sided with Missouri prison guards who alleged they were shorted on their pay in a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers $125 million. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A newspaper’s review of state records shows that Missouri taxpayers have spent $366,000 on private attorneys to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a self-deleting text message app. The Kansas City Star reports
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ attorney general has warned retailers that they can face steep fines for selling or shipping vaping products to minors. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Attorney General Leslie Rutledge delivered the warning in an
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The retrial of a northwest Arkansas man who had been sentenced to die for the death of his 6-year-old son has been set. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the retrial of 49-year-old Mauricio
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, is proposing returning local control to the city’s schools after a state plan to only grant limited authority drew complaints that the district could revert to
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Police in Little Rock have arrested a suspect in last month’s fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man. Officials say 20-year-old Daquayveon Flanagan was booked on complaints of first-degree murder and terroristic act in the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri will guarantee admission to students from the state’s community colleges if they meet certain requirements. The university and the Missouri Community College Association announced Friday they have signed an agreement intended
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) A bacteria that can cause Legionnaire’s disease has been found in the showers of a Hot Springs spa. The Arkansas Department of Health said Friday that Legionella bacteria was found within Quapaw Baths &
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Two suspects in the fatal shooting of an Arkansas pawn shop owner have been indicted on federal murder and conspiracy charges. An indictment handed down Wednesday charges 22-year-old Daryl Strickland of Pine Bluff and
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri officials say welfare recipients with medical marijuana cards will continue to get financial aid. Social Services Department spokeswoman Rebecca Woelfel says the agency won’t cut off help to those who test positive for
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Department of Human Services has temporarily taken over three more nursing homes after complaints were made about how they were being run. The agency previously put the private operator’s other two nursing
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Former Air Force tailback Joseph Saucier will serve three months behind bars after pleading guilty to cocaine use and marijuana possession. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports Saucier entered his pleas at an academy hearing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal judge has declined to block a Missouri law that bans companies from labeling plant-based meat products or meat substitutes as meat. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. said last week
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas lawmaker who faces potential expulsion from the House after pleading no contest to not paying state income taxes now has a Republican primary rival in his re-election bid next year. The Arkansas
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) A former employee of the Clark County Human Development Center in Arkadelphia has been sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to felony abuse of a disabled patient at the center. Court records
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – After an unusually rainy September in the region, the amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is likely to match the 2011 record. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A paper mill in southwest Arkansas is reducing its capacity and cutting 79 jobs. South Carolina-based Domtar Corp. announced Thursday it was permanently shutting down one of its paper machines at its
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A 26-year-old man has accepted a plea deal in a fatal shooting at a Joplin motel. Kosaksy Phillip, of Joplin, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Diamond Bradley.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s campaign says he has more than $4 million on hand for his re-election bid next year. The Republican senator from Arkansas on Thursday announced his campaign raised more
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Republican Sen. Roy Blunt expects a “partisan exercise” as the U.S. House considers whether to impeach President Donald Trump, but says his pivotal Senate committee is focused on “putting the facts together.” Blunt
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a pet beagle was skinned alive in southwest Missouri. The Joplin Globe reports Neosho police Lt. Jason Baird says about 75 percent of the dog’s skin was removed. He
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Six months after a federal judge struck down a Hot Springs ordinance that would have restricted panhandling, the city is rolling out a new program that will offer work to the homeless
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A compromise has been reached after Kansas City area defense attorneys complained their underwire bras were setting off jail metal detectors, forcing them to remove their lingerie for screening if they wanted
BRUNSWICK, Mo. (AP) – A logjam has washed away a Missouri railroad bridge after heavy rain caused the Grand River to rise. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge at Brunswick washed away Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republicans who carried out President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998 are unanimous in urging caution and restraint as Congress embarks on yet another impeachment struggle, this time against President Donald Trump. Clinton’s impeachment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A fight over a new Missouri voter photo identification law is headed to the state Supreme Court. Supreme Court judges on Thursday will hear arguments over whether a lower court judge was
ATLANTA (AP) – Scientists say more than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of a drought that’s cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires. The weekly
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man who advertised himself as a massage therapist on Facebook has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing clients. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports 68-year-old Karl Swope pleaded guilty Wednesday to two misdemeanor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas teenager who began vaping last year is suing a leading e-cigarette maker, accusing the company of deceptive marketing and fraudulently concealing the addictive nature of its products. The unnamed teenager
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A white Little Rock, Arkansas, police officer who was fired for fatally shooting a black motorist is asking a state judge to reinstate him to the police force. An attorney for former
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An Independence man has admitted to illegally selling firearms, some of which were later found at crime scenes. Federal prosecutors say 25-year-old Frank Hedden pleaded guilty Tuesday to dealing firearms without a
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – Planned Parenthood has quietly been building a new abortion clinic in Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, as Missouri women concerned about the uncertain future of a St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The contractor overseeing stone restoration on the Missouri state Capitol plans to appeal federal fines for workplace safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommended a total of $19,890 in fines
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating 73 complaints of alleged illegal gambling machines across the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Patrol Capt. John Hotz said eight more investigations will begin soon.
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – The largest tourism investment project in Arkansas has partially opened. The Saracen Casino Annex in Pine Bluff opened Tuesday morning. The annex is part of the $350 million Saracen Casino Resort project
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ finance office says the state’s revenue in September exceeded the same month last year and remained above expectations. The Department of Finance and Administration on Wednesday said the state’s net available
Photo: Courtesy news-leader.com MARIONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri teacher has been charged with pulling a 4-year-old boy off the ground with so much force that it left bruises. Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Daniels, of Clever, was arrested
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Revenue Department Acting Director Ken Zellers will continue to lead the agency as its new permanent director. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday appointed Zellers to be the department’s official director. Zellers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Tours have resumed at a former Jefferson City prison that housed inmates for nearly 170 years after a spring tornado caused millions of dollars of damage. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports guests
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A new report says a September survey of business supply manager suggests a slump in economic growth is continuing for nine Midwest and Plains states. The report issued Tuesday says the Mid-America Business
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – United States Steel Corporation is buying a minority stake in an Arkansas-based steel company for $700 million. Big River Steel of Osceola announced Tuesday it had entered into an agreement with the
A Missouri man has been executed for killing a man during a violent 1996 crime spree, despite concerns that the inmate’s rare medical condition would cause a gruesome lethal injection. Russell Bucklew was executed Tuesday evening at
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A former Newton County, Missouri, sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing his infant daughter. Fifty-three-year-old Kenneth Rush, of Joplin, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) After several legal delays, the leader of one of southwest Missouri’s largest meth distribution networks has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison. Forty-nine-year-old Kenneth Friend was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors say Friend was tied
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge has ordered that a lawsuit against an Arkansas lawmaker alleging that he violated the First Amendment rights of an atheist group can proceed to trial. The national American Atheists group is
BRICKEYS, Ark. (AP) _ A convicted killer who disappeared from an Arkansas prison has been found hiding on its roof. Arkansas Department of Corrections spokeswoman Dina Tyler says authorities found inmate Calvin Adams on Tuesday hiding underneath
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities have found the body of a 15-year-old in a St. Louis area creek that he jumped into while fleeing from a crash involving a stolen vehicle. KTVI-TV reports that divers recovered the
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ The American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit that a Missouri judge illegally jailed three relatives after a custody hearing, resulting in one of them, a diabetic man, undergoing a partial foot
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Authorities say a bicyclist has died after falling down a 30-foot embankment off a central Arkansas highway. Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says Jim Krause died Saturday morning on Highway 300 near Wye
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas judge who demonstrated against the death penalty is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling denying his request to resume hearing execution cases. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen on
ELAINE, Ark. (AP) A new memorial has been erected honoring the victims of the 1919 Elaine massacre in eastern Arkansas. Monday marks 100 years since more than 200 African American men, women and children were killed by a
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas prison officials say a convicted murderer who escaped from prison in 2009 while wearing a guard uniform has escaped again. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said Monday that 49-year-old Calvin Adams was confirmed
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) Authorities say a hit-and-run driver struck and killed a 12-year-old girl who had run onto a Missouri highway to grab a ball. Lebanon police identified the girl killed in Saturday’s crash as Jailei Luke. KYTV
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas motorists will pay more to put fuel in their vehicles when new sales taxes go into effect to help maintain roads and highways. Legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Missouri woman charged with murder in the road rage death of another motorist now plans to plead not guilty for mental health reasons. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 46-year-old Elizabeth McKeown changed her plea
ST. LOUIS (AP) Missouri tax officials are raising questions about the legality of stores selling largely unregulated CBD-infused products. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained documents in which former Missouri Department of Revenue Director Joel Walters asked Attorney General
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A 26-year-old Joplin man has pleaded guilty to a fatal shooting last year at a Joplin motel. The Joplin Globe reports that that Kosaksy Phillip pleaded guilty Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court to second-degree
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) An autopsy report says a man fatally shot by police in northeast Arkansas suffered at least 20 gunshot wounds. The report obtained by The Jonesboro Sun through a Freedom of Information request says 37-year-old Jay
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) A casino in Pine Bluff held a surprise “soft opening,” four days before its planned grand opening. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Oklahoma-based Quapaw Nation’s Saracen Casino Annex opened at 6 p.m. Friday with
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to text messaging a juror in a murder trial and urging her to vote for the defendant’s innocence. James Banks, 55, was sentenced to 24 months in prison
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) A state panel has approved a 20-year contract to house as many as 500 state inmates at a privately run jail facility in southeast Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the state Board of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A federal judge is blocking a Missouri law banning abortions based on signs of Down syndrome. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs temporarily put the ban on hold Friday as a lawsuit against it plays
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri says he is waiting to hear all the facts before he forms an opinion on the question of impeaching President Donald Trump. Speaking Friday at Missouri Press Association
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says it’s premature be discussing the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump before hearings are conducted, calling it “a lot of political hype.” Parson said Friday during the Missouri Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas authorities say a man convicted of murder was found dead in his prison cell from an apparent suicide. The Arkansas Department of Correction says 22-year-old Colton Harvey was found dead Thursday afternoon at
WIDENER, Ark. (AP) Authorities in Arkansas say the mother and father of a 13-month-old girl have been charged in the child’s death after she ate methamphetamine that she found in her home. Twenty-two-year-old Carrie Darby was being held
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge who demonstrated against the death penalty is asking the state Supreme Court to dismiss the attorney general’s request to prohibit the judge from hearing cases involving her office. Pulaski
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Gaming Commission has received 84 complaints about possibly illegal slot machines and other gaming devices that are spreading across the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the complaints have identified
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) – An Oklahoma man was killed when he fell into a ravine on a central Arkansas mountain. Conway County Coroner Dennis Decker says 59-year-old Lonny Fennell of Collinsville, Oklahoma, was found dead Tuesday on
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A plan to only grant Little Rock partial control of its schools is drawing complaints that the district may further segregate 62 years after nine black students were escorted into an all-white
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A man charged with murder in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested in Springfield after a traffic stop. The U.S. Marshals Service sayus Nicholas Gibson was arrested Wednesday without incident in east Springfield after investigators
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) The parents of a Missouri police officer who was fatally shot after being dispatched to the wrong address are suing, along with three other current and former officers. The Kansas City Star reports that
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Attorneys for a Missouri death row inmate with a rare medical condition say the tracheostomy tube he relies on to breathe increases the risk of a “grotesque execution process” if he is put
COLE CAMP, Mo. (AP) – A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after 120 dogs and a cat were found dead in Missouri and about two dozen more dogs died in Texas. More than
BUNKER, Mo. (AP) _ A St. Louis man is dead after a utility task vehicle crash in southeast Missouri. KFVS-TV reports that a 14-year-old was driving a Polaris Ranger Sunday when he lost control on a
PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. (AP) _ Authorities say one person was killed after a single-engine airplane crashed in northwest Arkansas late Monday. A preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna 150 was destroyed when
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas officials have approved the air permit for a Chinese company’s $1.8 billion paper mill that has been delayed by President Donald Trump’s trade dispute. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality on Monday approved
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Court records say a shackled and handcuffed inmate busted out of a sheriff’s office transport van as it traveled 50 mph down a southwest Missouri highway. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 38-year-old Dustin Arnold, of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) A special Missouri legislative session on vehicle tax breaks cost roughly $70,000 to hold. State House and Senate cost estimates put the price tag of the short September session at a little more than
PITTSBURGH (AP) Authorities have released the names of three men who died in an apparent mass drug overdose at a Pittsburgh apartment building that left four other men hospitalized. All were found early Sunday. They apparently used narcotics
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An 18-year-old man is being held in an Arkansas jail without bond on allegations that he shot another man to death. Records indicate that Deundre Watson was being held in the Pulaski
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A state appeals court has ordered a Missouri judge to stop operating a domestic abuse court because proper procedure wasn’t followed when it was set up. Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson had challenged
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The online used vehicles company Carvana plans to open a $40 million complex in eastern Arkansas and create more than 400 jobs. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission on Friday announced Carvana will locate an
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Louis man on charges related to the shooting of a Jasper County deputy in 2017. The Joplin Globe reports the federal indictment against 46-year-old E.F. Fitchpatrick was
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) A descendant of one of the families that helped found the University of Missouri has pledged $1.5 million to the university to support business operations. The university announced Friday that Jim Pace, a 1965 graduate
SPOKANE, Mo. (AP) Spokane School District has adopted a four-day week starting this fall to boost staff recruitment and retention. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the district can’t offer salaries as high as neighboring districts because it is
CLINTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman will serve 20 years in prison for her role in the death of a Clinton police officer. KMBC-TV reports Tammy Widger was sentenced Friday to 20 years for second-degree murder
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says an Arkansas River system that runs from Tulsa to the Mississippi River is facing a $225 million backlog of “critical” upkeep projects after being hindered for months this
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a body was found after a southeast Missouri crash involving a stolen vehicle. KFVS-TV reports the crash happened around 10 a.m. Friday in New Madrid County. Missouri State Highway Patrol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a Benton woman’s 2016 lawsuit that aimed to obtain documents from three federal agencies to reveal information about her son’s 1987 death. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel has voted to return some local control to Little Rock schools nearly five years after the state took over the district.The state Board of Education on Friday approved a
FULTON, Mo. (AP) – Madeleine Albright says during a Missouri speech that democracy worldwide “appears to be in retreat.” The 82-year-old former secretary of state who served during President Bill Clinton’s administration spoke Thursday at Westminster College
DALLAS (AP) – A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Saturday
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A newspaper group publisher in Oklahoma has been named the new publisher of The Joplin Globe. Dale Brendel was appointed to the position Thursday by CNHI, the Globe’s parent company. As group publisher for CNHI,
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) A 46-year-old St. Louis man acquitted in the shooting of a Jasper County deputy was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a related charge of illegally possessing a firearm. E.F. Fitchpatrick was sentenced Thursday.
Joe Biden is flexing his front-runner muscle with new endorsements from three congressmen, including two former chairmen of the Congressional Black Caucus and a former Florida governor. The announcements from Reps. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, Emanuel
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri health officials say the state has recorded its first vaping-related death. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Thursday a man in his mid-40s died this week of an illness
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states expect slow growth in the months ahead, but the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China is weighing on the economy. The
Photo: Courtesy Michael Boyink, Douglas County Herald. (from left) Father Mark Scott Abbott of New Melleray, Iowa; Father Cyprian Harrison of Ava; and Bishop Rice (seated) applaud as Abbott Joseph, originally from Our Lady of Divine Grace
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say an Illinois man has drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 67-year-old Stephen Malec, of the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, fell off a
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Human remains have been found at a landfill in Columbia as part of an investigation into the disappearance of a woman that happened 13 years ago. Columbia police said Wednesday the exploratory dig
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s four Catholic bishops are asking Gov. Mike Parson to spare the life of a convicted killer whose execution is approaching. Russell Bucklew faces execution Oct. 1 for killing Michael Sanders in
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man has been charged with holding a woman against her will for nearly two months and assaulting her repeatedly. The Springfield News-Leader reports 37-year-old Joshua Bedell is jailed on $100,000 bond
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won’t allow a judge who demonstrated against the death penalty the same day he blocked the state from using a lethal injection drug to resume hearing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal judge has denied a request by Missouri to allow a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to go into effect while the state waits for further court action.
Photos: Katie Beck and J.R. Davis. Images courtesy arkansasbusiness.com. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s chief spokesman for the past five years is leaving to take a job with a consulting firm. Hutchinson on
HERMANN, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released the names of a 4-year-old boy and a 37-year-old man whose bodies were found this week in rural eastern Missouri. The patrol said Wednesday the child
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to reassign cases involving her office from a judge who has been prohibited from handling execution cases, accusing him of regularly being biased
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A company in northwest Arkansas that makes aluminum wheels says it will eliminate at least 250 jobs before next summer. Superior Industries International said Wednesday it will eliminate between 250 and 281 jobs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Little Rock City Board is extending a program that pays minimum wage to homeless people who pick up litter. KATV reports the board’s unanimous vote Tuesday approved an ordinance for $160,000
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The mother of a bystander killed in the crash of a car being chased by officers in downtown Nashville is suing the police department. The Tennessean reports Arkansas State University senior Corey Joseph
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – An autopsy has determined an Arkansas man found dead after an exchange of gunfire with a southwest Missouri sheriff’s deputy died of a self-inflicted wound. The Joplin Globe reports Jasper County Sheriff Randee
HENRIETTA, Mo. (AP) – The mayor of a small western Missouri town has acknowledged reaching for his gun while arguing with a maintenance supervisor but says that’s no reason to step down. KMBC-TV reports Henrietta Mayor Jim
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A new Missouri law that shields large farms from local health regulations is now in effect, but opponents say the fight is far from over. Cole County Judge Daniel Green earlier this month
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas man who was jailed for fighting with his 16-year-old stepson is accused of threatening to kill all the students at the Arkansas high school where the teen is enrolled. The Austin
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel has approved new rules for the use of an herbicide that has drawn complaints from farmers who say it has drifted onto their crops and caused damage. The Plant
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas House will meet next month to consider whether to remove a lawmaker who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes. House officials announced Tuesday the chamber will meet Oct. 11
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Missouri man has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for running a heroin distribution ring that has been tied to at least two overdose deaths. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 41-year-old Jovan
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A longtime advocate for civil and children’s rights has been hired to head the nonprofit established by the family of Walmart’s founder. The Walton Family Foundation on Monday announced Caryl M. Stern will
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ Senate president is proposing a new tax and regulations on vaping products, and hopes the governor will call lawmakers back to the Capitol to take up the issue. Republican Sen. Jim Hendren on
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (AP) A 43-year-old St. Joseph man could face up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in a Lake of the Ozarks boating accident that killed a man. Cletus Barsch pleaded guilty
Photo courtesy of KLRT-TV LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The former commander of the Arkansas National Guard says he’s running for a seat in the state Legislature. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Berry on Monday announced he’s seeking the Republican
The Arkansas State Police has issued a missing/endangered child advisory for a teenager reported missing in Faulkner County. Sixteen-year-old Aaliyah Crace was last seen around 10 p.m. Saturday on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Police in Little Rock say one person is dead and a second person is wounded following an early-morning shooting. Authorities say gunfire was reported in a commercial area of the city about 2:30 a.m.
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – A Jonesboro man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 death of a woman described by prosecutors as his girlfriend. Court documents show 40-year-old Terrance Bernard Taylor pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) A rule prohibiting nursing homes from requiring a signed arbitration agreement as a condition for being admitted as a resident is being delayed pending a federal lawsuit in Fayetteville. Court documents filed Friday by the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Legal Aid of Western Missouri says there has been a drastic drop in the percentage of cases it wins to secure Medicaid disability benefits for the aged, blind or disabled in the state. The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Months after the state of Arkansas fired a company for failing to provide required rides to Medicaid patients, the company hired in its place is being fined more than $300,000 for the same violation.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An adult high school is scheduled to open next month in a building being vacated by the Columbia Daily Tribune. MERS Goodwill is enrolling students now in its new Goodwill Excel Center. It
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The amount of water to be released into the lower Missouri River will change in the coming days to accommodate recent heavy rains in the Upper Plains. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A 28-year-old man from Arkansas was found dead after exchanging gunfire with sheriff’s deputies in southwest Missouri. Jasper County authorities say Kenneth Ashburn, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Thursday afternoon about a mile
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ House speaker has taken the first step toward removing a lawmaker who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes and who has refused to step down. Speaker Matthew Shepherd
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A woman who was barred from working as a midwife in Arkansas has been charged with practicing medicine and performing surgery without a license while delivering a baby in Oklahoma. Court documents show
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is referring 12 former clergy for potential criminal prosecution after his office completed a 13-month investigation of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Schmitt on Friday released
DALLAS (AP) – Jury selection is set to resume in the murder trial of a white former Texas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man inside his own apartment last year. Potential jurors in Amber
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A state investigation did not determine why a part of a miniature roller coaster at the Benton County Fair derailed last month and injured three people. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a cart
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri tax break for trading-in multiple vehicles appears to have been preserved by lawmakers, although revenue officials say they never stopped offering it. Missouri senators voted 29-0 Friday to pass a
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ attorney general is seeking to move lawsuits challenging a measure giving the prison director authority to determine an inmate’s competency to be executed to federal court. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri health officials have confirmed two state residents are suffering from lung illnesses related to vaping, and seven other possible cases are being investigated. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – A judge has found enough evidence existed to believe a 10-year-old boy was involved in the death of a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in a burned out house. The St.
FULTON, Mo. (AP) – Five students were arrested after a fight at Fulton High School left four staff members injured. The fight broke out Thursday morning outside the school but spilled into the school commons. Superintendent Jacque
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The acting chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been given the full appointment. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees on Thursday unanimously approved Christina Drale as the UALR
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri police officer has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly posted anti-Muslim comments on Facebook. The officer, whose name was not released, works for the police department in Sikeston, a town
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The speaker of the Missouri House says a group of Republican lawmakers are working on legislation to address gun violence in the state’s largest cities. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Republican Rep.
Photo: Courtesy medicine.missouri.edu COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Four more people who received knee-replacement surgery at the Mizzou BioJoint Center say in lawsuits filed this week that their surgeries failed. Including the lawsuits filed Monday, 17 people have
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Five people from Illinois are facing federal charges for allegedly stealing copper from more than 80 cellular towers in Illinois and Missouri. The indictments were announced Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s office in
LOUISBURG, Mo. (AP) – A 31-year-old southwestern Missouri man has been found guilty in the death of his boss, who was stabbed more than 30 times. Adam Redding was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and armed criminal
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A southern California man has been charged with a dozen felonies more than a year after he was stopped on a Missouri highway with about 3,000 vaping cartridges filled with THC oil. The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The legislator who sponsored a measure requiring a Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas’ Capitol is asking distribution of video from his deposition in a lawsuit challenging the monument be limited, citing concerns
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers are backing a bill to ensure people can continue trading in multiple vehicles to get tax breaks on new cars. The House on Wednesday voted 126-21 to pass the measure
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri audit report shows taxpayers spent more than $200,000 to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a self-deleting text message app. A 2017 lawsuit alleged Greitens’ office used the app
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A suspected prowler who was shot in the leg after allegedly attempting to ram an officer with a stolen truck has been indicted on a federal weapons charge. The U.S. attorney’s office says
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A wayward turkey vulture caused a power outage for about an hour on the University of Missouri campus. University spokeswoman Liz McCune said 27 buildings and four parking structures were without power Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – President Donald Trump has endorsed Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s campaign to keep his seat. Trump on Tuesday tweeted support for the Republican Missouri governor’s 2020 bid. Trump says Parson is “very Popular,
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 59-year-old Missouri man is dead after being struck by a car driven by his 89-year-old mother. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Paul Martin of Brookline Station died in the accident Tuesday.
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – A proposed 1 percent sales tax increase has been narrowly defeated by voters in Jonesboro. Complete but unofficial returns on Tuesday show 5,016 voted against the plan with 4,805 voting for it. The
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A grand jury has indicted more than two dozen people over their alleged involvement in a northwestern Missouri prison riot. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced the charges Tuesday. They stem from
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is asking the federal government to expand a disaster declaration for this year’s flooding and storms to include 14 more counties and the city of St. Louis. A request letter sent
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend’s dog, then strangling the animal to death after getting into a vehicle to take it to a veterinarian. Mark Michael Jones Jr., of
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis prosecutors have dismissed a charge filed against a newlywed whose wife was found dead at the bottom of a parking garage near Busch Stadium after a game, but the charge is
CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) – Lockheed Martin has broken ground on the first part of a $142 million expansion at its southern Arkansas facility that is expected to create more than 300 new jobs. Executives with the Maryland-based
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) The sons of a woman killed more than 30 years ago in southwest Missouri say they are happy that someone has finally been charged in the crime that separated them for most of their lives.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) A former Arkansas orthodontist has pleaded not guilty to bribery charges involving a former state senator who acknowledged accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for efforts to change a dental practices law. The Northwest Arkansas
PINEVILLE, Mo. (AP) Authorities say dental records and a tattoo support an earlier tentative identification of a body found on a hillside in southwest Missouri. McDonald County Sheriff Michael Hall said Monday the new evidence suggests the body
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers are returning to the Capitol to bring back a tax break for multiple vehicle trade-ins. A special session on the issue began Monday. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called lawmakers back to work
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) A 65-year-old man has been charged in the killing of a southwest Missouri woman more than 30 years ago. Lawrence Gene Timmons, of Pierce City, was indicted Friday and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) Authorities in southeastern Arkansas say a 33-year-old man has been arrested on a murder complaint following a car crash in which a woman was killed. Officials say Jeremy Scott Sr. surrendered on Saturday a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering changing state regulations to help landowners combat damage from wildlife and feral hogs. The department said in a news release this week the proposals would allow a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Parson, is expected to announce that he’s running for a full term in office. Parson has a campaign announcement planned for Sunday near his cattle ranch in Bolivar.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal grand jury in Little Rock has indicted two Arkansas men in the death of a woman who was to testify against one of the men on federal drug charges. The indictment handed
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a 2018 home invasion killing. The News-Leader reports that 28-year-old Shane Stamm was sentenced Friday. A jury in March found
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Critics say a loophole in a new law meant to ensure the safety of children in unlicensed child care homes has caused some children to be pushed out of licensed facilities. Before the law took
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri has received $5 million in federal funds to address a shortage or primary care physicians. The university said it is the largest award for rural medicine in the school’s history. The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ House speaker says he’s seeking the removal of a lawmaker who pleaded no contest to not paying state income taxes. Speaker Matthew Shepherd said Friday he’s filing a resolution to remove
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a woman who was shot while in a car in an apparently random act has died. Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell said officers responded Friday to the
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) – A 37-year-old Sikeston man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the 2015 shooting death of another man. Antoine Harris was convicted in July of second-degree murder and other charges after
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has released the names of 19 priests and deacons who Bishop James Johnson Jr. says have substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of children against
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) – An eastern Arkansas newspaper expected to shut down Friday has a new owner. GateHouse Media said it has entered an agreement to sell the Helena-West Helena World to a pair of local
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) – The Russellville City Council is forming a committee to evaluate applications for a new casino, even though Pope County has already made its pick on an applicant. Arkansas voters in 2018 authorized four
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas death row inmate who was spared from execution two years ago is asking the state Supreme Court to allow new DNA testing of evidence that his attorneys say could exonerate
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is pledging more resources and help from the Missouri State Highway Patrol to counteract a rash of gun violence and child murders that have shaken St. Louis, but he
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 41-year-old Columbia man is charged with manslaughter after a passenger from Tennessee apparently jumped from his truck and died while the truck was going the wrong way on a southeast Missouri
NEW YORK (AP) – Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a book deal. St. Martin’s Press announced Thursday her memoir will come out in Fall 2020. Sanders will write about her time in the
Photo: Westside Consolidated School District JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – A parent-led booster club supporting an Arkansas school district that was the site of a 1998 shooting is drawing criticism for its plans to auction off an AR-15
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A city commission has decided a white Little Rock police officer who was previously fired for fatally shooting a black motorist should not be reinstated to the police force. The Little Rock
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A federal judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using packaging that implies MillerCoors’ light beers contain corn syrup. U.S. District Judge William Conley granted a preliminary injunction sought by MillerCoors. Bud Light’s packaging says
NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – A 45-year-old New Madrid woman is charged with stealing more than $5,000 from a fundraiser for a fire chief battling cancer. Jennifer Newton was charged Thursday with felony theft. Her bond was
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Groups hoping to bring Medicaid expansion to Missouri have officially started a campaign to get the issue on the 2020 ballot. Healthcare for Missouri, a campaign committee, announced Wednesday it would commit
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A 35-year-old Cape Girardeau man is charged with making a terrorist threat after he allegedly dropped a “stink bomb” at a cable service office. The Southeast Missourian reports a court statement filed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas finance officials say the state’s revenue in August remained above both the forecast and the same month last year. The Department of Finance and Administration on Wednesday said the state’s net
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) – The former deputy collector for a rural eastern Missouri county is facing five counts of felony stealing. Charges against 31-year-old Kelcey Gresham of Fredericktown were announced Tuesday by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has received more than 2,100 applications from businesses that want to run medical marijuana facilities. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Tuesday more than half of the applicants
NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly requests customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas police department has received more than 100 threats after a 911 dispatcher for the department scolded a frantic newspaper delivery woman for driving into floodwaters before she drowned. Fort Smith
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says her work on the high court “saved” her during cancer treatments over the years, including radiation she announced last month that she had undergone
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A community activist from Little Rock has won a seat in the Arkansas Legislature after a special runoff election Tuesday. Denise Ennett defeated Darrell Stephens in Tuesday’s contest for the District 36
Photo courtesy of Talk Business & Politics LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A retired attorney and professor says he’s running for the Democratic nomination for a Republican-held U.S. House seat in south Arkansas. William Hanson on Tuesday said he’s
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) University of Arkansas police say they’re investigating after a 19-year-old student said she was raped by a man she did not know who entered her campus dormitory in Fayetteville. Capt. Gary Crain said the woman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri is investing $6.5 million in its statewide network of agriculture research centers. The university announced Friday that the investment is in the Missouri Agriculture Experiment Stations operated by the College of
HAYNES, Ark. (AP) Authorities in eastern Arkansas say a 41-year-old man is dead and another man is in custody following a weekend shooting outside a crowded nightclub. Arkansas State Police say Tony O. Brown of Pine Bluff was
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left two men dead on the Arkansas side of Texarkana. Texarkansa police say Justin Dalton Wilson was taken into custody Thursday night in
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Police in Little Rock say a suspect has been arrested in the death of a 20-year-old man who was shot on the front porch of a residence. Authorities say 26-year-old Derrick Green was arrested
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) The price of an annual trout permit and daily trout tag is slated to increase next year in Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the cost of an annual trout permit will go from $7
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Corrections is partnering with a university to launch college-level classes designed to train murderers, rapists and other long-term inmates to be ministers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Corrections Director
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – A University of Mississippi student has been indicted for capital murder in the killing of a fellow student whose slaying shocked many in and around the Ole Miss community. The indictment accuses Brandon
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – Authorities in Arkansas are investigating after a now-former 911 dispatcher scolded a frantic newspaper delivery woman for driving into floodwaters before she drowned. Fort Smith interim Police Chief Danny Baker said Thursday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Two Arkansas newspapers are scheduled to shut down next week. The Stuttgart Daily Leader and the Helena-West Helena World each report they will publish their final editions on Sept. 6, then be
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) – Police on the Texas side of Texarkana say an Ohio man died after his arrest following a foot chase. Texarkana College spokeswoman Suzy Irwin told the Texarkana Gazette 23-year-old Darren Cornelius Boyken died
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Police in Little Rock have arrested a 26-year-old employee of a pizza restaurant after the fatal shooting of a man inside the restaurant. Police Lt. Michael Ford says 26-year-old Domeque Jones was
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri attorney general’s office says Gov. Mike Parson should stop using the First Amendment to justify withholding some public information. Parson’s office has cited the First Amendment when refusing to release information such
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced that Chancellor Andrew Rogerson will resign his post after three years at the helm. The university said in a statement Friday Rogerson’s resignation
RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have found a 4-year-old boy with Autism who was reported missing from his suburban Kansas City home. The Raytown Police Department said in a Facebook post that he is safe. Police say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches and advisories across parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma after a night of heavy rain. In Kansas, wind gusts of more than 70
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (AP) – Authorities say a road construction worker holding a traffic control sign was struck and killed by a vehicle in northeastern Arkansas. Arkansas State Police say 37-year-old Brendon Walters of Paragould was
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are looking for a man who they believe caused several accidents and who might be connected to a body found near an interstate in southeast Missouri. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -The U.S. Forest Service is conducting an environmental analysis to help determine the future use of an Arkansas recreational area where 20 campers were killed in a flash flood in 2010. The Forest
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Police on the Arkansas side of Texarkana are searching for an 18-year-old man in connection with a shooting that left two other men dead and a third man wounded. A police news release
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is getting a more than $20 million federal grant to replace deteriorating bridges. Gov. Mike Parson’s office in a Thursday announcement said the $20.7 million grant will pay to replace 40
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities believe they’ve found the man responsible for burglaries across Missouri, and a bottle of Coca-Cola helped break the case. KTVI-TV reports that 25-year-old Dakota Blackburn faces multiple charges for burglaries in St.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas insurance commissioner will take supervisory control of a company that provides malpractice insurance to nearly 500 medical professionals in Missouri and Kansas. A Shawnee County judge last week placed Physicians Standard
BALD KNOB, Ark. (AP)- An Arkansas prosecutor has been arrested for a third time for driving while intoxicated. Jail records show John H. Bell faces charges of DWI on a suspended license and a DWI-3rd offense following
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A northwest Arkansas man who was being held in the shooting death of a woman is now facing a second count of capital murder after authorities say he killed his cellmate. The Washington
STAR CITY, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an Arkansas couple if they’re found guilty of capital murder in the death of their 11-year-old child. Kyle Hunter, the prosecuting attorney for Jefferson and
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis-based organization is suing the state of Missouri and its Office of Administration over what it says is an unequal application of the state’s Sunshine Law. The lawsuit filed
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Mayor Lyda Krewson is asking Missouri lawmakers to change state law to let St. Louis and other cities require concealed weapon permits. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Krewson’s comments came a day after
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri judge is extending an order blocking a new Missouri law that sought to shield large farms from stringent local health rules. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green banned enforcement of
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A second passenger has sued the Greyhound bus company and a driver who authorities say fell asleep before the bus careened off a road in the Utah desert two years ago, killing
STAR CITY, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas state prison inmate has been sentenced to 20 additional years for manslaughter in the killing of a fellow prisoner during an outbreak of violence in 2017. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state lawmaker from Cameron says he plans to run for the GOP nomination for governor in 2020. Rep. Jim Neely, a 68-year-old physician, said Wednesday he will challenge Gov. Mike Parson
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – New laws going into effect in Missouri include those affecting vehicle inspections and prison sentences for nonviolent offenders. Hundreds of Missouri prisoners serving mandatory sentences for largely nonviolent offenses will become eligible
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal lawsuit contends an electronic cigarette company developed a marketing strategy that targeted teenagers. The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, seeks class action status. It
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) – Officials say three people are dead after an hourslong standoff in the eastern Arkansas city of Helena-West Helena.Police say the standoff began Tuesday afternoon after two people were found dead in the
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities say the body of a missing 3-year-old girl has been found in a pond in rural southern Missouri. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder says more than 200 first
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A 38-year-old Independence man has been charged in the fatal beating of his mother. Jackson County authorities say Lucas Mauritzen was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Court records indicate
JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Several Midwestern states are joining together to try to identify bottlenecks along the Missouri River that can cause waters to back up and worsen flooding in certain areas. Dru Buntin, the deputy
TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A 62-year-old Iowa man has been charged with a misdemeanor after a June boat crash killed another man. Miller County Prosecutor Ben Winfrey charged Kelly Wise, of Atlantic, Iowa, on Monday with misdemeanor
RISON, Ark. (AP) – A sheriff’s deputy says a man drowned while swimming with his girlfriend in a river in southern Arkansas. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Miguel Nunez had been swimming with his girlfriend and other friends
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – One of the owners of three addresses in an Arkansas city with “KKK” welded on their facades says the “offensive” insignia has been obscured. The Southwest Times Record reports U.S. Marshals stars
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The Greene County Juvenile Office says a 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a stabbing death in Springfield. The suspect is charged with the equivalent of second-degree murder in the death
ELAINE, Ark. (AP) – Officials are investigating after someone cut down a willow tree that was planted to honor the victims of the 1919 Elaine massacre in eastern Arkansas. The Elaine Legacy Center says the tree was
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a southwest Missouri business owner used money from customers who paid for boats to make personal purchases and pay bills. Fifty-one-year-old Michael Dismer, of Rogersville, faces 28 federal charges related
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A ban on most abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won’t take effect as scheduled in Missouri. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs on Tuesday issued an order temporarily blocking the law as
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Gov. Mike Parson says he will not call a special legislative session to address gun violence in St. Louis and Kansas City. St. Louis lawmakers on Saturday asked Parson to call the emergency session
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) _ A northeast Arkansas man has been jailed after authorities accused him of a killing a woman, then posting a Facebook video in which he talked about the crime. Marco Deshon Clark was
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s attorney general believes that federal law doesn’t protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. Attorney General Eric Schmitt was among GOP attorneys general nationwide who signed a U.S. Supreme Court brief outlining the position Friday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) Missouri health officials have signed a contract designed to boost the rate of people vaccinated against hepatitis A as the number of cases of the liver disease increases. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Authorities are defending the decision to euthanize a black bear that was captured last month in Joplin. The Joplin Globe reports that the Missouri Department of Conservation conducted a review amid a deluge of complaints
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A 29-year-old Springfield man is charged with second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of a 7-month-old child. The Springfield News-Leader reports Marc Carrier was charged Saturday after police say the infant was injured
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A group is getting ready to start raising money to purchase a former Girl Scout camp near Joplin. The Joplin Globe reports that the group calls itself Friends of Camp Mintahama. The property’s new owner
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Authorities in North Little Rock say one person is dead and a second has been wounded following an early-morning shooting. The North Little Rock Police Department says the shooting occurred about 1:44 a.m.
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A 13-year-old Missouri boy drowned during flash flooding over the weekend in Joplin, Missouri. The Joplin Police Department told the Springfield News-Leader that John D. Wheeler, of Carl Junction, Missouri, died Saturday. Police said Wheeler
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Authorities in central Arkansas say a 39-year-old man has been arrested in the bludgeoning death of his 62-year-old father. Pulaski County Jail records indicate that Bryant Goodman was being held without bond Sunday on
ST. LOUIS (AP) Industry experts say low wages and the burden of student debt have led to a critical shortage of large-animal veterinarians in Missouri. John de Jong, the former president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, says
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – The body of an Arkansas deputy sheriff missing for more than a month after diving into a lake with a friend has been found in the lake. Grant County Sheriff Ray Vance
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A preliminary report says a fatal plane crash in southwest Arkansas occurred while the plane was on a maintenance test flight. The Aug. 4 crash of the twin-engine Cessna less than 1
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) Prosecutors in southwest Arkansas say they’ll ask for another evaluation of a man charged with killing his girlfriend after three previous exams found him mentally incompetent. The Texarkana Gazette reports that a Miller County prosecutor
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Four years after student protesters denouncing a racist campus culture and demanding a more diverse faculty disrupted the University of Missouri, school data indicates minority hires have edged up but still lag the national average.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) Police in Fort Smith say a woman has died after attempting to drive through a flooded roadway following heavy rainfall. Police say thunderstorms that moved through northwest Arkansas on Saturday have caused some flash
Photo courtesy of Facebook LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Cheryl Maples, an attorney who successfully challenged Arkansas’ gay marriage ban before the nation’s highest court said same-sex couples could wed, has died at age 69. Melina Maples-Granger, Maples’ daughter,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Two former state lawmakers have been appointed to the Missouri commission that regulates casinos, fantasy sports and bingo. Gov. Mike Parson announced the appointments Friday to the Missouri Gaming Commission of former Republican Rep.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) The Diocese of Little Rock and a church in northwest Arkansas are being sued by an unidentified person who alleges both were negligent for allowing a priest to sexually abuse him. The lawsuit filed by
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri officials say an 18-year-old freshman from Illinois died at a residence hall. University police identified the student as Erik Severson, of Aurora, Illinois. He was fund unresponsive Wednesday in his
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River will remain high at least into September. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday water releases from Gavins Point Dam on
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to mailing white powder to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s Washington office with a letter stating, “Maybe this will get your attention.” Henry Goodloe on Thursday pleaded
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A juvenile is under arrest after a man died of a stab wound in west Springfield. Springfield police say officers responded to a disturbance call Wednesday evening and found what appeared to be
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jefferson City police say a 26-year-old man has been charged with making a terrorist threat. Brian Groner, of Jefferson City, was charged Thursday with posting the threats on his Facebook page. The
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri is seeing an uptick in enrollment for the first time since 2015 when hundreds of students protested what they described as rampant racism on the Columbia campus. The Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Abortion-rights advocates are suing following a failed attempt to put new Missouri abortion restrictions to a public vote. No Bans on Choice and the state’s American Civil Liberties Union sued Republican Secretary of
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Lawyers for a man charged with killing a University of Mississippi student are withdrawing their request for a judge to set bail. Defense lawyers told a Lafayette County circuit judge Thursday they instead
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Walmart says it will reopen its El Paso store where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting this month, but only after the entire interior of the store is rebuilt. Walmart
DALLAS (AP) – Police in Dallas say a 49-year-old man has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the death of a woman whose body was found this week in her burning SUV. Authorities say Glen
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas State Police say a man who had barricaded himself inside a home and held a 9-year-old at gunpoint was shot dead by a trooper. State Police said 49-year-old William Lloyd Jones
