The Mississippi River, so low for much of the winter that barge traffic was nearly halted, could reach up to 10 feet above flood stage by the middle of next week in parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, ... Read more
WEST PLAINS, Mo. — At 8:30 on a cloudy, frigid morning late last month in this folksy Ozark town, the superintendent of an area school strolled through the glass doors of the local newspaper office to ... Read more
A federal judge has struck down a Missouri law because it conflicts with a federal mandate for insurers to cover birth control at no additional cost to women. Judge Audrey G. Fleissig of Federal District ... Read more
Eight people face federal charges of illegally trafficking paddlefish caviar from a prime paddlefish location in western Missouri after an investigation that spanned nine states and several years, the ... Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities in southeast Missouri were conducting a frantic search Tuesday for two murder suspects and a third man who escaped from a county jail overnight. The escape happened around 11:30 p.m. ... Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A treacherous winter storm stretching from Texas through a large part of the Great Plains brought blustery, blinding snow on Monday to many areas still shoveling out from a storm that ... Read more
DENVER — A tide of anger at Washington’s gun-control efforts is sweeping through statehouses from South Carolina to North Dakota, taking the form of laws that would let states ignore — or at ... Read more
A single grave site honoring an American crew whose plane crashed during the Vietnam War is being unearthed so examiners can identify the remains. The work began Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National ... Read more