Joplin man sentenced for abusing his 8-week-old child
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Joplin man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the abuse of his 8-week-old son that left the child legally blind and unable to eat or drink. The Joplin Globe
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Joplin man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the abuse of his 8-week-old son that left the child legally blind and unable to eat or drink. The Joplin Globe
BENTON, Ark. (AP) – A former member of a Tennessee youth football program that lost a player in a pre-dawn bus crash in Arkansas says the program can keep children from being lured into a world of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Local leaders in an Arkansas county are backing an American Indian tribe’s plan to apply for a casino license under a constitutional amendment approved by voters last month. Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A former sports doctor already on probation for sexually abusing 14 women in St. Charles County has now been sentenced to 90 days in jail for abusing seven other women in St. Louis
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The school district of a northwest Arkansas high school that suspended its student newspaper after it published an article alleging improper transfers by football players has said district administrators are reviewing the
BENTON, Ark. (AP) – The Latest on the fatal Arkansas crash of a charter bus carrying a youth football team from Tennessee (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A trauma center says 22 of the 26 children admitted
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ Republican governor says he doesn’t think the state needs to require every school have an armed presence on campus and districts should be able to use state facilities funding for security
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A federal lawsuit filed against Textron Aviation alleges a drill bit left during repair of a single-engine Cessna aircraft is responsible for the 2015 crash in Arkansas that caused minor injuries to the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An appeals court says a conservative Missouri activist must follow the state’s lobbying rules, even though he isn’t paid, in a ruling that could have wide-reaching implications. The Kansas City Star reports
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Little Rock Police Department is adding four patrol units to high-crime areas in the city after a recent spike in gun violence. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Interim Police Chief Alice Fulk
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Missouri and Kansas supporters are optimistic that the iconic Route 66 is on the road to becoming part of a National Historic Trail. U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Jim Inhofe announced this week that a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri lawmakers plan to make another attempt at legalizing sports betting just months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that has restricted most states from allowing bets
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The growing movement against partisan gerrymandering has achieved a new first. A ballot measure approved in the midterm elections will make Missouri the first state to use a mathematical formula to try to engineer
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) Police in Little Rock say a pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car and then dragged for about a half-mile. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the pedestrian died Friday night. Little Rock police
AURORA, Mo. (AP) Authorities in southwestern Missouri say strong storms that swept the region have left one person dead. Aurora Fire Chief Robert Ward tells television station KYTV that one person inside an Aurora motel just off Highway
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Some Missouri legislators and public health professionals are calling for a rewrite of the state’s HIV laws, which they say are outdated and medically inaccurate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Republican Rep. Holly
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Conservation says 11 deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease after the opening weekend of fall firearms season. The positive tests are from more than 20,000 tissue samples taken during
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Attorneys for an Arkansas judge say they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the judge’s complaints against members of the state Supreme Court. Attorney Mike Laux says the petition was filed Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman who is charged with ramming into a woman and cutting her “in half” in a case of road rage previously worked as a nurse in Arkansas before her license was
POCAHONTAS, Ark. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers is working with northeastern Arkansas officials to study how to prevent catastrophic floods from the rising Black River. The Jonesboro Sun reports that Corps officials recently met with Randolph County
PARIS, Ark. (AP) A trial date has been set for a Logan County man charged with killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 28-year-old Ricky Carter will stand trial starting June 24 in Logan County
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Six decades after it was the center of a school desegregation fight, Little Rock may be on the verge of electing its first African-American mayor. Frank Scott, a 35-year-old banking executive, may
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters have approved medical marijuana, but it remains unclear whether thousands of welfare recipients will lose benefits if they opt for it. The Missouri Department of Social Services told the St.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge has denied a request to move the trial of two former Arkansas juvenile detention officers charged with conspiring to assault at least four juvenile inmates. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Two of the businesses licensed by Arkansas to grow medical marijuana say they expect to have the drug available for dispensaries as soon as April. Officials with the five licensed cultivation facilities
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A company is closing a second casino in Mississippi’s Tunica County, citing decreasing revenues. Caesars Entertainment of Las Vegas announced Tuesday it will close the Tunica Roadhouse Casino at January’s end. Caesars will
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Nineteen people who survived a shooting last year at a Little Rock nightclub have filed a lawsuit against the club’s owners, alleging negligence in security and in staff training. Two survivors said
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – A man whose abduction of a 10-year-old Kansas girl sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri has lost his appeal of his conviction and death sentence. The
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A new report says as much as $1.5 billion needs to be spent on Missouri’s higher education institutions to complete a backlog of maintenance projects. The Missouri Department of Higher Education says
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The storied Delta Queen riverboat appears headed for a return to cruising after a decade of forced retirement.The U.S. House late Tuesday approved the Coast Guard Authorization Bill, which includes language reinstating an
BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – A former school employee has pleaded guilty to a second charge of having sex with a student when he was 16. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports 28-year-old Clairyssa Lorenz, of California, Missouri, admitted
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Public Safety Director’s Office will be audited after an internal review raised red flags about use of taxpayer money. Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday agreed to review the office. Both
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a man in a stolen tractor-truck led officers on a chase of about 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) before the truck caught fire.The driver tried to flee
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri will now leave it up to news organizations to pick which reporters bear witness to executions following a journalist’s lawsuit. The change is part of a settlement that led to the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is seeking court orders for Catholic dioceses to provide records as part of an investigation into potential clergy abuse. Spokeswoman Mary Compton in a Tuesday statement said
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors in Arkansas plan to seek the death penalty for a Hot Springs woman charged in the stabbing deaths of her mother and her daughter. The Sentinel-Record first reported the court documents
OSAGE, Mo. (AP) – A lawsuit filed against a former Missouri teacher who is facing criminal charges alleges that he gave female students answers to assignments and quizzes if they would allow him to look down their
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say U.S. District Court in Little Rock does not have jurisdiction to consider the request for a new trial by an Oklahoma man sentenced to death for killing an Arkansas
HOUSTON (AP) – An ATM in the Houston area has been shut down and was temporarily guarded by law officers after mistakenly dispensing $100 bills instead of $10s and word of the glitch got out on social
BERNIE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating after the body of a southeast Missouri woman was found in the trunk of her car. The Delta Dunklin Democrat reports an autopsy performed last week on 38-year-old Holly Kirkman
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Three Arkansas abortion clinics are appealing a state board’s ruling they violated a law barring them from charging a patient seeking an abortion for related services during the waiting period before the
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A mother and her boyfriend are charged with the malnutrition death of a 2-year-old in a rat infested Kansas City home. Prosecutors announced Monday that 25 -year-old Saritza Serrano and 24-year-old Ruben
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ new practice of assigning A to F letter grades to public schools is having big consequences to schools’ reputations and operations. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the state’s 2-year-old school accountability system assigns
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge has rejected a request to delay the trial of two former Arkansas juvenile detention officers on charges of conspiring to assault at least four juvenile inmates. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette first reported
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint by the state’s Republican party that a political action committee inappropriately ran a midterm election radio ad that was called racist by both parties in
The wife of former Arkansas governor and four-term U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers has died at her home in Little Rock. The daughter of Betty Bumpers, Brooke Bumpers, says her mother died Friday of complications from a recent
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking experienced birders for help with an upcoming Christmas bird count. The National Audubon Society’s Annual Christmas Bird Count runs from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5. Volunteers will
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Advocates say a new law meant to make it easier for Missouri crime victims to request financial aid to help pay for medical coverage, counseling and other expenses appears to be working. Katie Dalton
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The national travel group AAA has predicted that Arkansans traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend can expect to pay gas prices lower than the national average. The group’s Friday average shows Arkansan motorists are
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A driver has been charged with first-degree murder after a fatal hit-and-run in Springfield. Authorities say 46-year-old Elizabeth McKeown, of Springfield, also has been charged with armed criminal action in the death of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A large-scale clinical trial at an Arkansas research institute and other nationwide institutions to find a treatment for peanut allergies has been a success. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Arkansas Children’s Research Institute is
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri bingo players are hoping their pastime will rebound from a steady decline after voters approved a constitutional amendment that changes regulation of the game. The amendment approved Nov. 6 changes language in the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Christmas trees for the Missouri Governor’s Mansion are going up soon. Trees to decorate the Jefferson City mansion will arrive and be placed on Monday. Lebanon, Missouri, residents Mike and Linda Knudson donated a
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) Police in Hot Springs say an Arkansas woman fatally stabbed her elderly mother and her young daughter before she tried to set the older woman’s house on fire. Authorities say they found 71-year-old Wanda
MAGNOLIA, Ark. (AP) Police is southwest Arkansas say a suspect in a murder case is dead after an encounter with law enforcement officers in Columbia County. The Magnolia Banner-News reports that a sheriff’s deputy went to an apartment
FORDLAND, Mo. (AP) A federal report says the removal of key bolts during a bracing procedure caused a TV tower to collapse in southwestern Missouri in April, killing a worker. KYTV reported Wednesday that Occupational Safety and Health
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Authorities say a woman has been arrested after a hit-and-run crash killed another woman in Springfield. KYTV reports that the driver sped away after rear-ending the victim’s vehicle late Tuesday. Police Lt. Chad McIntyre says
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Legislative Audit has released a report alleging financial misconduct by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, including misuse of county funds to pay a personal phone bill. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Wednesday that
FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) Authorities say a circuit court judge in eastern Arkansas suffered minor injuries after he was attacked by a defendant in the courtroom. St. Francis County Sheriff Bobby May says Circuit Judge Richard Proctor was
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Missouri man has been sentenced to 120 days of shock incarceration for dumping the body of 19-year-old woman whom he met through an online dating app after she died with a blood-alcohol content that
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is renewing a lobbying ban for members of his office. Parson signed an executive order Tuesday revising an ethics policy implemented by his predecessor, former Gov. Eric Greitens. Greitens’ first
Missouri’s former top K-12 education official has been rehired after being fired last year. The State Board of Education on Tuesday announced Margie Vandeven will once again be education commissioner. Vandeven was fired last year after former
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Missouri woman has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly buying the bullets used in a shooting that left two dead and two wounded. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 25-year-old Nyadia
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ attorney general is asking the state’s highest court to reconsider its decisions striking down a law that gave the state’s prison director authority to determine whether an inmate is mentally competent to be
MALVERN, Ark. (AP) A two-year college in central Arkansas is considering merging with the University of Arkansas or the Arkansas State University systems. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that College of the Ouachitas officials are looking into potential mergers
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) Authorities say a worker in Pine Bluff has died after he was electrocuted at a cottonseed oil plant. Pine Bluff police say the employee was changing switches in an electrical cage at Planters Cotton
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ only thoroughbred racetrack has announced plans for a $100 million expansion that will include an on-site hotel, event center and a larger gambling area. Oaklawn Racing and Gaming says the project
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) A Missouri attorney is facing 18 criminal counts alleging that he sexually assaulted four women. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Monday announced the indictment of Rolla attorney Brant Shockley. A phone message left with
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The State Board of Education is set to pick Missouri’s next top K-12 education official. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the board interviewed the top four candidates for education commissioner on Monday. Board
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A southwestern Missouri man who spent eight years behind bars for his wife’s death before being exonerated is suing the detective who helped convict him. Lisa Jennings’ Christmas Day death in 2006 was initially ruled
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is exploring funding alternatives for the construction and operation of a section of Interstate 49 after a study found that using tolls wouldn’t raise the needed revenue. The Arkansas
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) Authorities say four people have been killed in a head-on crash in central Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened Sunday morning when a car drove into the path of a pickup
LAMPE, Mo. (AP) Authorities say three people whose bodies were found in a parked vehicle in southwest Missouri died of apparent drug overdoses. The Stone County Sheriff’s Office says in a Facebook post that deputies responded Saturday to
OZARK, Mo. (AP) Springfield’s yoga community is speaking out after a pastor at an Assemblies of God megachurch warned Christians to avoid the popular activity because he claims it has “demonic roots.” The Springfield News-Leader reports that Pastor
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A cancer-causing chemical that leaked from a closed industrial site near the Springfield airport is appearing in the Fantastic Caverns tourist stop. The Springfield News-Leader reports Litton Systems used the chemical, trichloroethylene (TCE), to remove
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Police in Little Rock are working to identify suspects in the shooting deaths of four people in two separate incidents. Authorities say three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured in a
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Gov. Asa Hutchinson has tapped the current director of the state’s Alcohol Beverage Control Administration to be his new chief legal counsel. Hutchinson said in a statement Friday that Mary Robin Casteel will serve
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas political consultant who was arrested on a charge of possessing child pornography is now also accused of distributing child pornography and smoking methamphetamine at his county job. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A disciplinary panel has dismissed ethics charges against the Arkansas Supreme Court’s justices over their decision to prohibit a judge who participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration from hearing any execution-related cases. The Arkansas
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty of first-degree murder for killing a Missouri mother who prosecutors say forced her daughter to pretend she was disabled. The Springfield News-Leader reported Friday that Nicholas Godejohn
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Prosecutors say a Texas man has admitted stealing 654 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Missouri while en route to Bass Pro Shops. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a news release that 34-year-old
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas firefighter is crediting with saving a choking toddler after the frantic mother carried the boy to a nearby fire station in a rescue captured on video. The Daily Citizen in Searcy reports Evan
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ largest electric utility says it will eventually stop using coal at two power plants and shut down a natural gas plant under a settlement reached with environmental groups. Entergy Arkansas announced Friday it’s
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the state Department of Youth Services say two of the state’s juvenile treatment centers will be closed and the five others will be run by private operators under contracts
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) An audit has found that a budget adopted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences before recent layoffs included revenue projections unsupported by calculations or health care trends. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that
WYNNE, Ark. (AP) A man who is suing the Little Rock Police Department and who police say fled after hitting a deputy with a car has turned himself in. Roderick Talley turned himself in to the Cross County
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) A Joplin man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a woman who jilted him. The Joplin Globe reports that jurors on Thursday found 39-year-old James Henneha guilty in the 2016 strangulation
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman whose mother forced her to use a wheelchair and pretend to be ill testified that she asked her ex-boyfriend to kill her mother. Gypsy Blanchard testified Thursday in the trial
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A measure banning abortion based on a Down syndrome diagnosis and a proposal to require online retailers to collect Arkansas sales tax are among the first bills lawmakers filed ahead of next
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A statue of the Roman goddess of agriculture that topped Missouri’s Capitol building has been removed for the first time in nearly a century for maintenance. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man pleaded not guilty plea in a crash that killed a 10-year-old outside an elementary school. Police say Lonnie Yeager had a seizure when he hit and killed Riddick Tudor in
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A woman who bludgeoned a North Little Rock man to death with glass ashtrays has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports 40-year-old Keebie Jackson pleaded
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Conservation groups are expressing disappointment with an agreement between Oklahoma and Arkansas officials to study ways to improve water quality in the Illinois River watershed.The Sierra Club’s Oklahoma chapter, the group Save the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas has removed more than 12,000 people from its expanded Medicaid program over the past three months for not complying with a new work requirement. The state Department of Human Services said
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Bass Pro Shops has reached out to the Cherokee Nation after a photo of a Trail of Tears rifle at an Arkansas store caused social media users to call for a boycott of
ROCHEPORT, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says three vehicles, including a school bus, were involved in a crash on Interstate 70 near Rocheport. Officials say a passenger car spun out on the Missouri River
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been charged with shooting out the back window of a stranger’s pickup truck in a case of road rage. Forty-nine-year-old Gregory Cross, of Springfield, was arraigned Tuesday. He pleaded
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Relatives of a man who died of a fatal overdose at a Springfield hospital have filed a lawsuit. The Springfield News-Leader reports the suit says 83-year-old Nelson Tyler came to the emergency department
TONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) – Police in Arkansas say no one was seriously hurt when a man opened fire on an officer during a traffic stop. The shootout was captured in a dramatic dashcam video released by the
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man who participated in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1 million of methamphetamine in Missouri has been sentenced to 38.4 years in prison without parole. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A Tennessee rapper no longer wants to withdraw his guilty plea from a weapons charge that was filed after he was arrested with a gun following a shooting at a Little
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Four people died in a crash involving several vehicles on Interstate 70 near Columbia. Boone County assistant fire chief Gale Blomenkamp says the crash involved a semi-trailer truck, which was hauling two other
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)- Arkansas and Oklahoma state agencies have signed an agreement which commits the states to work together to address concerns about water quality in the Illinois River. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
WYNNE, Ark. (AP) – The Cross County sheriff’s office says it’s searching for a man who is suing the Little Rock Police Department after authorities say he hit a deputy with a car outside a courthouse and
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman who thought she had won $100 on the Powerball was a few zeros off – she won $1 million. When Nicole Argent, of St. Charles, went to a local convenience
FLORIDA, Mo. (AP) – The body of a St. Louis ballet dancer has been found in a rural northeast Missouri lake, a day after she was reported missing. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the body of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Little Rock School District and the district’s teachers’ union have agreed on a contract through October 2019 after weeks of disagreement and tense negotiations. Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key said in
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Latest on Kimberly-Clark incentive bill (all times local): 12:01 p.m. Another Republican state senator is raising concerns with a $100 million tax break bill for paper products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. State Sen.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ governor is proposing a $5.7 billion budget for the coming year that sets aside money for raising the minimum salaries for public school teachers and for his tax cut plan.Gov. Asa
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – More than two years after Arkansans voted to legalize medical marijuana, the commission created to approve licenses for cultivators and growers has had to respond to public criticisms of lack of transparency
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says her office will not prosecute most marijuana possession cases. Voters last week overwhelmingly approved amending the Missouri constitution to allow medical marijuana. Peters said Tuesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ governor says he believes it’s possible to find consensus for raising additional money for the state’s highways, but is stopping short of endorsing a specific plan yet to do so. Gov.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man fatally stabbed a Missouri mother who forced her daughter to pretend she was disabled, not to save the daughter, but to get the mother out of the way
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis hotel employee has been charged with sneaking into two sleeping women’s rooms and videoing himself sexually assaulting them on his cellphone. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Brady, of St. Louis, is jailed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson has named state Treasurer Eric Schmitt to replace Sen.-elect as Missouri’s attorney general. Parson appointed the 43-year-old Republican on Tuesday. The attorney general’s seat will be open once
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri school district has suspended a teacher who oversaw a class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member. The Springfield News-Leader reports Poplar Bluff district
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – Police in Pine Bluff say the owner of a pawn shop was killed and a clerk wounded in a shooting during an apparent attempted robbery. Police spokesman Richard Wegner says 34-year-old Brandon
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A top executive at a Missouri mental health company has pleaded guilty to helping bribe Arkansas lawmakers to influence state legislation and boost company profits. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports court records show
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Walmart says it will begin giving hiring preference to military spouses under a new initiative the retail giant is launching.Walmart announced Monday the start of the Military Spouse Career Connection, an effort to recruit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A light but persistent snow caused two deaths and numerous accidents in Kansas City, and caused several school closings in mid-Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported at noon Monday it has responded
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri man is charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man and planting a knife in his hand. KFVS-TV reports 49-year-old Steven Scott of Poplar Bluff died Sunday. Authorities
OARK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says a woman was shot and killed by a hunter in western Arkansas. Officials had first reported both were hunting when the woman was fatally shot Sunday by a
WILLARD, Mo. (AP) – Officials say a southwest Missouri high school coach has died in a hunting accident. The Springfield News-Leader reports 24-year-old Justin Atchison was killed Saturday on the first day of the deer firearm season.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – County records show Pulaski County is on pace to jail 5 percent more children this year than 2017. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports 513 youths were locked up at the Pulaski County Juvenile
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Police Department data indicate about 150 drive-by shootings are reported in Little Rock each year but that there were 239 drive-by shootings in 2017 alone. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports there have been
CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) Authorities say the 3-year-old son of a south Arkansas police officer fatally shot himself in the head after finding a loaded handgun in the family home. Camden Police Chief Boyd Woody says in a news
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A commission studying school safety in Arkansas has completed its draft of recommendations it will include in a report to Gov. Asa Hutchinson on ways to prevent, defend and recover from school-related violence. The
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) It will cost more to stay at an electric campsite in Missouri’s parks, beginning May 1st. Missouri state parks administrators announced Friday the agency is increasing the overnight price of an electric campsite by
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) Walmart Inc. is transferring 570 finance and accounting employees at its Arkansas headquarters to an outside company that will help manage part of the retailer’s financial operations. New York-based Genpact will hire all the workers
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Federal immigration officials say a man charged with killing three people in Missouri should have faced deportation proceedings after he was arrested for separate offenses last year in New Jersey. Luis Perez, who is from
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal advisory panel is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily stop Arkansas from enforcing the state’s work requirement for Medicaid expansion enrollees. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Medicaid
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Authorities say a suspect in a Missouri bank robbery has confessed to two other bank robberies in the state and a fourth in Florida. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports 33-year-old Roger Ballinger, of Springfield, was
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ highest court has lifted the death sentence for a man convicted of capital murder in the 1993 shooting death of a man during a robbery at an ATM in Pine Bluff. In a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Senate Republicans have nominated state Sen. Dave Schatz to serve as the next president pro tem of the Missouri Senate. Schatz, of Sullivan, emerged the victor Thursday from a four-way race for the chamber’s
TULSA, Okla. (AP) Federal prosecutors in Tulsa say a Missouri man has pleaded guilty to having a pipe bomb at his former apartment in northeastern Oklahoma. Officials say 36-year-old Richard Cole of Joplin, Missouri, pleaded guilty Thursday to
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas voters have approved a state constitutional amendment that allows four casinos in the state, but questions remain about their opening. The amendment specifies two casinos at established electronic gambling and racing tracks at
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Nine of the 12 judges on the Arkansas Court of Appeals are removing themselves from hearing the challenge to a decision that temporarily blocked a group’s TV ad attacking a Supreme Court justice. The
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Five Arkansas residents have filed a lawsuit to challenge whether a large part of funding can be spent on a $630 million project to improve the Interstate 30 corridor through Little Rock and North
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Police in Jonesboro say possible human remains have been found on the city’s south side. Police say in a news release that officers were called Wednesday night to an area south of Interstate 555 near
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri has joined the long list of states allowing medical marijuana, but it’ll likely be late next year at the earliest before people with cancer, HIV and other serious ailments will be able
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Animal control workers who were called to an east Kansas City home encountered Catfish, a 6-foot alligator its owner said is as “gentle as a kitten.” Eventually, a specialist was called to
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Two men have been charged in the fatal shootings of two ex-roommates in a southwest Missouri home and one of the suspects also is charged with killing a woman one day later. Twenty-three-year-old
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican whose son and daughter urged people not to vote for him has lost an election to serve in the Missouri House. Steve West was defeated Tuesday by incumbent Democrat Rep.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A Virginia man has taken a plea deal in connection with an assault on a marcher in last year’s deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Daily Progress reports 52-year-old Donald Blakney
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Department of Correction says an inmate has died after being found unresponsive in his cell.Department spokesman Solomon Graves says Charles Winston was found about 9:30 p.m. Monday by prison staff conducting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill conceded defeat on Tuesday to state attorney general Josh Hawley, handing Republicans a Senate seat from a state President Donald Trump had visited twice in the week before Election
Republican congressman Bruce Westerman has been elected to his third term to a U.S. House seat representing southern and western Arkansas. Westerman is a former state lawmaker from Hot Springs. He defeated Hayden Shamel, who is chairwoman
Arkansas voters have added to the state’s constitution a requirement that photo identification be shown in order to cast to a ballot. The voter ID constitutional amendment was approved in Tuesday’s election. The measure adds showing photo
Arkansas voters have approved a plan to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage from $8.50 an hour to $11. Voters on Tuesday approved the proposed initiated act, which raises the state’s minimum wage to $9.25 an hour
Arkansas voters have approved a measure legalizing casinos in four counties, including at a horse track and dog track that already offer video poker and other electronic gambling. Voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that allows
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has been elected to her second term in office. Rutledge became Arkansas’ first female attorney general when she was elected in 2014. She won a second term Tuesday night by defeating Democrat
A Republican congressman has won re-election to his central Arkansas seat after defeating a cancer survivor who railed against the incumbent’s vote to repeal the federal health care law. U.S. Rep. French Hill won a third term
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice has won re-election after facing a barrage of attack ads and mailers from a Washington-based conservative group. Justice Courtney Goodson defeated challenger and Department of Human Services Chief Counsel David Sterling in
Re-elected Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson has said that his win Tuesday night shows that Arkansas is headed in the right direction. Hutchinson told The Associated Press that voters demonstrated they agree with his plan for the future
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas political consultant who once served as the spokesman for the Arkansas Democratic Party has been accused by undercover federal agents of receiving and possessing child pornography. Harold Moody Jr. pleaded
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ A 27-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to participating in the theft of 650 guns from a UPS trailer in Springfield. Quinton Haywood, of Glenn Heights, Texas, admitted to aiding and abetting others to
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield high school student is facing charges for allegations he sexually assaulted two girls in stairwells at two different schools. The Springfield News-Leader reports 17-year-old Marquies Thomas was charged on Sunday with
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two members of a now-shuttered fraternity at the University of Missouri have been sentenced to five years of probation for breaking one student’s jaw and knocking out another’s tooth. The Columbia Daily
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The first Miss America to come from Arkansas, Donna Axum Whitworth, has died in Texas. Whitworth’s husband, Brian Whitworth, says she died Sunday at a hospital in Fort Worth. She was 76.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – An arrest warrant has been issued for the spiritual leader of a cult who hasn’t cooperate with court orders after $8 million was awarded to a woman who said she was forced
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Federal and state health officials have confirmed three Arkansas children have a rare, polio-like illness that can cause paralysis in the arms and legs. The Arkansas Department of Health announced the diagnoses
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas Supreme Court justice is fighting for her political career in a re-election bid that’s been marked by heavy spending by outside groups blanketing airwaves with attack ads, while voters are
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News host Sean Hannity and his network had insisted the conservative commentator wouldn’t join President Donald Trump onstage for his political rally – but Hannity did anyway. After Trump called on Hannity
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Planned Parenthood says it’s now complying with an Arkansas law that was put on hold requiring doctors providing abortions pills to contract with a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital who
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) _ A suspect who was shot and wounded by a Joplin police officer has been charged with six felonies. The Joplin Globe reports 36-year-old John Blanton, of Webb City, has been charged with first-degree
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Engineers from Walmart and Microsoft will work together in Texas to help the Arkansas-based retail giant provide more convenient ways for customers to shop. Walmart on Monday announced plans to expand its technology
ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Two St. Louis day care workers are facing felony charges after preschool children in their care were encouraged to fight each other. St. Louis prosecutors charged 28-year-old Mickala Guliford and 22-year-old Tena Dailey
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating a woman’s death in a Springfield home as a homicide. The Springfield News-Leader reports officers found 21-year-old Sabrina Starr dead of an apparent gunshot wound Saturday night. Police say officers
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Conservation officials say more than 7,300 feral hogs have been killed in Missouri in the first nine months of the year. The Springfield News-Leader reports the highest density of feral hogs is in
HENSLEY, Ark. (AP) – State officials say a dam at a central Arkansas lake has many safety issues that indicate a lack of maintenance and could cause the structure to collapse. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports an Arkansas
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education wants feedback on a draft framework for a system to rate the state’s child care centers. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the state agency has sent
ST. LOUIS (AP) Missouri voters on Tuesday will consider Constitutional Amendment 1, a ballot measure that would change the way legislative districts are redrawn after a census. Currently, state House and Senate districts are redrawn by bipartisan commissions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Some Arkansas school districts are seeing explosive growth in their student enrollments that are straining the capacities of their schools. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports several Northwest Arkansas school districts, such as Springdale, are facing
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) A suspect wanted in a 2010 Texas slaying has been arrested in Arkansas. The U.S. Marshals Service says Antonio Evans was arrested Friday without incident at a Bentonville, Arkansas, apartment complex by officers from multiple
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas’ voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise the state’s minimum wage, legalize casinos in four counties and enshrine a voter ID requirement in the state’s constitution. Although questions will appear on the ballot
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A former Arkansas judge who has unsuccessfully tried to withdraw his guilty plea to a bribery charge is now asking to be released from prison, alleging one of his attorneys misled and pressured him.
McDOUGAL, Ark. (AP) Authorities say one person was killed in a helicopter crash in northeastern Arkansas. Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller says the pilot of the aircraft died in the Friday afternoon crash near the town of McDougal,
IMPERIAL, Mo. (AP) National Rifle Association President Oliver North is campaigning for Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley. North spoke to several dozen Hawley supporters during a Saturday rally in Imperial, about 30 minutes south of St.
ST. LOUIS (AP) Auditor Nicole Galloway is one of just two Democrats in statewide offices in Missouri, and if she’s going to keep her job, she might need some help from the other one. Galloway faces Republican Saundra
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A registered nurse is charged with stealing fentanyl and other drugs from University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. Forty-year-old Leslie Neal, of Otterville, was charged Thursday with stealing a controlled substance. The Columbia
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri state senator has resigned to accept a position on the Missouri Tourism Commission. Republican Jay Wasson, of Nixa, was appointed Friday to the tourism panel by Gov. Mike Parson.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Missouri Republican leaders are calling for a federal investigation into political mailings that slam Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley. The mailers do not have required disclaimers saying who is
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens will be able to cast a ballot next week after not being able to vote in the August primary, Greitens couldn’t vote in August because he was
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A man has been charged with stabbing a woman at least 10 times and killing her in a Springfield apartment. The Springfield News-Leader reports 40-year-old Charles Holsey was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the deaths of a married couple at a Springfield home as suspicious. Police said in a news release the bodies of 32-year-old Torie Parrow and 36-year-old Melvin Parrow were discovered
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – The police chief for Little Rock has been chosen to lead the Syracuse Police Department.Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has introduced Little Rock Police Department Chief Kenton Buckner during a news conference Friday morning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been convicted of shooting into the sport utility vehicle his ex-girlfriend was driving, wounding her and killing her boyfriend.Thirty-one-year-old Denico Crawley, of Columbia, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruling clears the path for Arkansas farmers to use the herbicide dicamba on soybeans and cotton for the next two years.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the federal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas finance officials say the state’s revenue in October was above both expectations and the same month last year. The Department of Finance and Administration said Friday the state’s net available revenue
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge has rejected an Arkansas Supreme Court justice’s effort to halt attack ads and mailers from a Washington-based conservative group that is trying to unseat her in next week’s election.
HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) – Four alleged members or associates of a white supremacist gang known as the Aryan Circle have been indicted after an assault in eastern Missouri. Federal prosecutors said in a news release 43-year-old Thomas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down a law that gives the state’s prison director authority to determine whether an inmate is mentally competent to be put to death, siding with two
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An excessive force lawsuit alleges a police officer in northeastern Arkansas crushed a man’s trachea during an arrest, leaving him in a permanent vegetative state. Blytheville attorneys Jim Harris and Zach Morrison filed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man whose ex-girlfriend is charged with killing his 4-year-old son in Missouri says he left his child in her care while he went to Chicago to visit his ailing mother. WLS-TV
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP)- Authorities say two men have been fatally shot and two others wounded at a Springfield home. Police spokeswoman Jasmine Bailey says the victims were found inside and outside the home early Thursday. No one
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri election officials are expecting voter turnout in Tuesday’s midterm election to be the highest in more than two decades. Estimates submitted to the state by local election officials project that nearly
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ An Arkansas Supreme Court justice says she voted against a pay raise request cited in an outside group’s attack mailer that she’s trying to get a federal judge to halt. Justice Courtney
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Election officials in Washington County says they’ve fixed a mistake that affected some ballots in races for a state representative seat and a justice of the peace position. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis day care center is under fire after a video surfaced showing preschoolers punching each other in what appeared to be a fight club organized by teachers. KTVI-TV obtained video taken
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – The son and daughter of a Missouri House candidate are urging voters not to elect him. Emily and Andy West say their father, 64-year-old Steve West, is racist, homophobic and opposes Jews and
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A vegetarian food-maker has asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction against a Missouri law making it a misdemeanor crime to promote products as “meat” that aren’t made from livestock
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A campaign to legalize casinos in Arkansas has raised more than $2.7 million this month from two American Indian tribes in Oklahoma and the parent owner of a dog track in West
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – President Donald Trump will visit Missouri twice to urge the defeat of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill as part of his final campaign blitz heading into the midterm elections. Trump’s campaign says he
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republicans are not in danger of losing control of the state Legislature in this year’s election but party leaders acknowledge some concern about a dozen legislative districts based mostly around suburbs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to allow high schoolers to apply a computer science credit toward math, science or practical art credits needed for graduation. Parson signed the bill Tuesday. It
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) Authorities say evidence has been found in a nearly three decade-old case involving the rape and murder of a central Arkansas woman that has led to the identity of a prime suspect in the case,
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) Two Missouri Southern State University students who were injured in an Illinois traffic crash that left four dead have filed a lawsuit. The Joplin Globe reports Lexa Curtis, of Lamar, Missouri, and Brianna Allen, of
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) _ The Arkansas Department of Health has confirmed 52 patients recently treated at Arkansas Cancer Institute have tested positive for a previously unknown bacterial infection, and more than 100 others are at risk. The
NIXA, Mo. (AP) _ A Missouri man has been charged with stealing a 40-foot trailer loaded with 300 bales of hay in southwest Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reports 30-year-old Colton Inmon posted bond Monday. He was charged last
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Police in Little Rock say a school bus driver was run over and killed by his own bus after he stepped outside of the vehicle on Monday afternoon. There were no children
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The commissioner for the Arkansas Department of Education says the state and teachers’ union have agreed to a two-week extension to the negotiation deadline. Commissioner Johnny Key said Monday evening that following
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A Washington-based conservative group is asking a federal court to reject an Arkansas Supreme Court justice’s attempt to halt its attack ads and mailers against her. Attorneys for the Republican State Leadership
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A Tennessee rapper wants to withdraw his guilty plea from a weapons charge that was filed after he was arrested with a gun following a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub that left 25
ALTON, Mo. (AP) Conservation officials say a deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease was found only 25 miles from an elk herd at Peck Ranch in southern Missouri. Jasmine Batten, wildlife disease coordinator for the Missouri
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson recently unveiled renovations made to the decades-old governor’s mansion after the home received a nearly $817,000 overhaul. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Georgian Colonial-style mansion’s upgrades were recently completed
EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) Police in south Arkansas say two people were killed and two others were injured in an early morning shooting Sunday. The shooting was reported at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at a home in El
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Authorities have raised the reward for information about a missing 4-year-old Missouri boy to $11,000. Police say Darnell Gray was last seen Wednesday night at the apartment where he lives. Darnell’s father was at
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Federal lawmakers are considering a measure to name an expansion of Arkansas’ Flatside Wilderness area after former U.S. Rep. Ed Bethune. The legislation would add about 640 acres (260 hectares) to the area and
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The leader of the St. Louis Zoo says passage of a sales tax proposal in St. Louis County could lead to creation of a new zoo facility with safari drives, kayaking, ropes courses
LINCOLN, Ark. (AP) A northwest Arkansas police chief has been fired with officials saying only that he is under investigation. The City of Lincoln announced Saturday on Facebook that Brian Key was fired by Mayor Rob Hulse and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Some Arkansans hoping to use medical marijuana pleaded with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission to approve dispensaries so the drug will be available. State voters approved marijuana use for certain medical conditions nearly two
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield baby born without a skull or facial bones has turned 1 year old, far outliving what doctors predicted for a child born with the extremely rare malformation. The Springfield News-Leader reports Jessica and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A Little Rock police officer has been charged with sexual assault after he allegedly asked a woman to perform oral sex while transporting her in his patrol vehicle. KATV reports an affidavit for the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Missouri next week for a campaign rally. The rally is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Columbia Regional Airport. Trump has made several appearances in Missouri in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s health department says it mailed more than 10,400 letters to notify people there’s been a security breach of personal information.According to a Friday release from the Health and Senior Services Department,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas Supreme Court justice’s effort to halt a Washington-based conservative group’s attack ads and mailers has been moved to federal court. An attorney for the Republican State Leadership Committee on Friday
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – A crane as tall as the Verruckt water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, is now in position to dismantle the attraction where a 10-year-old boy was killed more than two years ago.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former Missouri deputy sheriff is charged with two counts of sodomy and one count of sexual abuse for allegedly attacking a woman he met online. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s multimillion-dollar bingo game industry has been in steady decline, but could find relief under a ballot proposal that aims to alleviate the shortage of workers. The Columbia Missourian reports the Amendment 4
MCGEE, Mo. (AP) – A 13-year-old southeast Missouri boy has been fatally shot, and a 15-year-old relative is in custody. KFVS-TV reports the shooting happened Wednesday night in Wayne County. The victim’s name has not been released
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Board of Health has determined three clinics violated a state law barring them from collecting money from a patient seeking an abortion during a wait period before the procedure.The Arkansas
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – Officials say a food service worker at Arkansas State University who also volunteered at the Jonesboro Salvation Army has tested positive for hepatitis A, the latest in an ongoing outbreak in the northeast
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A 43-year-old Springfield man was sentenced to 35 years in prison without parole for child pornography. Corey Dean Frasher was sentenced Thursday for sexual exploitation of a child and to being a felon in possession
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas Supreme Court justice seeking re-election is suing to block a Washington-based group’s attack ads and mailers months after a state judge ordered several television stations to stop airing ads targeting the justice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley is pointing the finger at Democrats for incivility in politics. The state attorney general said he’s “disappointed” with Democrats during a Thursday debate against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are going door-to-door and using a helicopter to search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Jefferson City.Police Capt. Deric Heislen says Darnell Gray was last seen Wednesday night at the apartment
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ governor has named seven special justices to hear an effort by members of the state Supreme Court to halt ethics charges they face for their decision to prevent a judge who
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) _ The Arkansas Department of Correction says an inmate has died after being found unresponsive in his cell. Spokesman Solomon Graves says 54-year-old inmate Dan Shelton was pronounced dead at 2:16 a.m. Thursday
FORSYTH, Mo. (AP) – Court documents say a southwest Missouri jailer who is charged with having sex with an inmate told a detective the inmate was “tempting” him.The Springfield News-Leader reports 51-year-old Jay Senger was charged Tuesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A judge in Little Rock has rejected a request for a temporary order that would stop the state from enforcing a rule that prevents midwives from assisting in certain home births. Arkansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign will donate a $2,500 contribution from a political action committee accused of scamming donors by claiming to support police officers. Campaign spokeswoman Kelli Ford said the money
MALDEN, Mo. (AP) _ Three southeast Missouri teenagers are charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of another teen. The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports 17-year-old Dante Gibson was found unresponsive around 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the
EMINENCE, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking the public for any information about who shot and killed an elk calf in Shannon County. The calf was born in July in Shannon County and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Catholic Diocese of Little Rock says it has received 26 more allegations of clergy abuse one month after the diocese released a list of clergy members who have had credible allegations
FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas soldier who was killed in World War II has been laid to rest at Fort Scott National Cemetery, 74 years after his death. Army Pfc. Leslie Shankles, of Arcadia, was
LONE JACK, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri commission has approved a temporary halt to a proposal to greatly expand a cattle feedlot near Powell Gardens in northwest Missouri.The Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission this week granted Powell Gardens’
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A group trying to unseat a Supreme Court justice in Arkansas says it’s spent $1.1 million so far this fall on mailers and TV ads, including a new spot criticizing the judge that
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) _ A 17-year-old Missouri boy has been charged with pointing a gun at the head of a kneeling 13-year-old after a video of the incident was widely shared on social media. Alexander Schrader, of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Three more people have said they were targets of an unconstitutional drug raid conducted by Little Rock police and are joining a lawsuit against the department and the city. Juanglecio Boykins, Candice
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Columbia woman who admitted to health care fraud in the case of a man whose body was found encased in concrete has surrendered her nursing license. Forty-nine-year-old Melissa Denise DeLap pleaded guilty
TRUXTON, Mo. (AP) – The Humane Society says it rescued 40 dogs, four birds and one rabbit from a property in Truxton with help from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies. The animals rescued Tuesday included nine newborn
SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) – Horses near an elementary school in northeast Missouri caused a brief shutdown at the school after deciding to go on a short romp. Six or seven of horses from the Division Cavalry
Marijuana legalization. An increase in the minimum wage. Expansion of Medicaid. Come Election Day, voters in a batch of Republican-dominated states will weigh in on these and other liberal or centrist proposals that reached the ballot after
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Four Arkansas cities are among more than 135 nationwide vying for two U.S. Department of Agriculture branch offices moving away from Washington, D.C. The USDA’s Economic Research Service and the National Institute
PARIS, Ark. (AP) – A psychologist’s evaluation says a man accused of killing a toddler then blowing up a house was mentally competent at the time.Ricky Carter is accused in the death of his girlfriend’s son, 2-year-old
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Joplin police are investigating an Uber driver’s report she was raped by a customer.Capt. Trevor Duncan says police learned of the attack when the 50-year-old woman sought treatment Sunday at a Joplin hospital.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri judge has made clear that local election workers cannot enforce a core requirement in a new voter photo identification law. Senior Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan on Tuesday clarified
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The Air Force says a Missouri-based B2 stealth bomber landed in Colorado Springs after an unspecified emergency, but neither of the pilots was injured. Officials say first responders from Peterson Air Force
NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart says it will work with third-party sellers to make millions of items available for free two-day shipping on orders over $35. The company is also simplifying the returns process for eligible products
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and assault after a traffic crash that killed a Harrisburg track coach is appealing his sentence. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports court records show 27-year-old
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Columbia restaurant planned to offer young people a special on sandwiches if they voted but canceled the promotion after questions were raised about whether it was legal.Sycamore restaurant announced on its Facebook
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man convicted in the torture, sexual assault and killing of a 24-year-old woman has been spared the death penalty and sentenced instead to life in prison. Mark Edward Chumley is one
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) – A county in eastern Arkansas has begun construction on a new 100-bed jail about five years after the county jail shuttered due to deficient locks, overflowing drains and other unsafe conditions.The Arkansas
MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) – Court records allege an Arkansas woman accused in a murder-for-hire plot wanted her husband and his ex-wife killed so she could inherit his business and receive his life insurance policy. Stephanie Rogers is
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A man whose excessive flatulence forced a police detective to cut shot an interrogation has pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug charges. The Kansas City Star reports that 25-year-old Sean
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A dog who gained attention 14 years ago when he emerged alive from a St. Louis gas chamber for strays has died. Quentin’s death was announced Sunday by his owner, Randy Grim, founder
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – A suburban St. Louis man who has served as a Cub Scout den leader has been charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 48-year-old Matthew Baker, of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson says he wants to improve people’s health while reigning in costs as the next director of the state’s Medicaid program. Richardson was announced Monday as director of
An Arkansas county has temporarily closed most of its early voting sites after the Democratic nominee for secretary of state was left off the ballot. An official with the Garland County Election Commission says three of the
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A 37-year-old massage therapist who was accused of sexually abusing four women has been sentenced to eight years in prison. William Gene Morlang was sentenced Friday on two counts of sodomy. He was also given
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Republican Party says a miscommunication caused 10,000 voters in the state to receive mailers with incorrect information about when their absentee ballots are due. Ray Bozarth is the party’s executive director. He
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Supreme Court has allowed an injunction to remain in place against part of the state’s voter photo identification law. A Cole County judge issued an injunction earlier this month against a provision
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Three black trailblazers at the University of Missouri have been honored on the Columbia campus. The university on Friday named residence halls for Lucille Bluford and George C. Brooks, and an atrium for Gus T.
AUGUSTA, Ark. (AP) Actress Jennifer Garner has brought a little fun to a northeast Arkansas childcare and family health center. Thee Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Garner visited the ARcare Center for Education and Wellness in Augusta, about 75
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) An eastern Arkansas animal shelter says people have broken in to use dogs there for dogfighting for the second time in two weeks, leaving five animals injured. In a Facebook post, the Humane Society
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) A University of Missouri professor created artwork out of her late husband’s old clothes to honor him and find healing following his death three years ago. The Columbia Missourian reports that MU art professor Catherine
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield woman who killed her live-in boyfriend with a crowbar in 2017 has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in a deal with prosecutors. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 47-year-old
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A man has been criminally charged days after a woman’s body was found near Fellows Lake at Springfield. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old Joseph Ehlers has been charged with abandonment of a corpse in
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) A jury in northwestern Arkansas has found a man guilty of murder in a woman’s beating death. A Washington County jury returned the verdict on Friday against 49-year-old Mark Edward Chumley, who was accused of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services says unemployment in the state fell to 3.5 percent last month, the lowest level ever recorded. The agency says Arkansas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.6 percent
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Authorities in North Little Rock are investigating a woman’s death following an attempted home invasion. Police say a homeowner reported that someone was trying to break into his home about 5:30 p.m. Friday.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Missouri version of a radio ad that suggests Democratic victories in midterm elections endanger African-American men and boys does not refer to lynchings as an ad in Arkansas does. The Black Americans for
A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. By AMANDA SEITZ and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Party control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on Missouri in the midterm elections, where incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire
MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) _ Arkansas State Police say they have arrested a 48-year-old woman in a murder-for-hire investigation. Stephanie Rogers of Monticello was arrested Thursday after an investigation by the State Police criminal investigation division. Prosecutors have
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) _ Someone has snatched a giant, inflatable colon used to teach about the dangers of colon cancer. The University of Kansas Cancer Center said Friday in a news release that it was
CAMDEN, Mo. (AP) _ Toxicology tests show a boater was drunk when he slammed into a bluff at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks in a crash in which the Kansas man and two others died. The Kansas
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ The former chief financial officer at Columbia Public Schools has admitted to stealing thousands of dollars from band boosters at a suburban St. Louis high school. The Columbia Daily-Tribune reports Anna Munson pleaded
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) _ Police are looking for fresh leads in the 43-year-old killing of a 9-year-old girl who was abducted while walking home in Springfield and later found in a shallow grave. The Springfield News-Leader reports
LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas Supreme Court has ordered election officials to not count votes cast for a ballot measure that would have imposed the strictest term limits in the country on state legislators. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Police are looking for fresh leads in the 43-year-old killing of a 9-year-old girl who was abducted while walking home in Springfield and later found in a shallow grave. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley has used a debate to paint Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill as too liberal for the increasingly red state of Missouri, while McCaskill continued to hammer her challenger
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ A Republican congressman in central Arkansas has condemned a political action committee’s radio ad in support of him that suggests white Democrats will lynch black Americans if they win the midterm election
BEAVER, Ark. (AP) _ An Arkansas bridge that was closed for inspection after a social media video showed it sagging under the weight of a bus has reopened. Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Danny Straessle said Thursday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Four people have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges over a military health insurance kickback scheme which generated over $10 million in fraudulent prescriptions.U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland said Thursday 48-year-old Michael Beeman
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A new study says the approximately 250-mile (400 kilometer) trip from Kansas City to St. Louis could be slashed to a half-hour’s time, but an ultra-high-speed Hyperloop system across Missouri wouldn’t come
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the wording of Issue 1 a proposed amendment that would enact sweeping changes to the authority of Arkansas courts failed to meet constitutional muster and ordered that no
FULTON, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities say a man has been killed in a helicopter crash in central Missouri.The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says in a Facebook post the crash was reported at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies began
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Arkansas health officials say the state has recorded its first flu death of the season. The Arkansas Department of Health says the person was between the ages of 45 and 64 and
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) _ Prosecutors say a man who kidnapped and raped a suburban Kansas City sheriff’s deputy is a dangerous sexual predator who raped another woman while her toddler was in bed with her. The Kansas
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) _ Authorities say a man has drowned after falling out of a fishing boat in the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 78-year-old Ronald Miller, of