Family members of Nicholas and Justin Diemel, the Wisconsin brothers who were killed during a...
Congress passes Wagner, Hawley efforts to clear up untested rape kit piles
Congress has passed a bill that would give funding to states to help them catch up on their stacks...
Federal operation helps Kansas City crack down on violent crime
A law enforcement operation launched today to fight violent crime in seven of America’s most...
Attorney wants judge to drop abandonment charge against Missouri lady who stuffed dead husband in freezer
The attorney for a woman from Joplin charged with keeping her husband inside a freezer for more...
Cole County judge orders mystery fingerprint to be cross-checked in violent 1997 burglary case
Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green has ordered the Missouri Highway Patrol to cross-check an...
Missouri business at center of alleged Medicaid fraud investigation
An investigation by the State Auditor’s Office has found that Lafayette County’s Children’s...
Rehder is hopeful 2020 will be the year PDMP passes in Missouri (AUDIO)
A southeast Missouri lawmaker is optimistic her prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP)...
Former Missouri city official accused of stealing city money
State Auditor Nicole Galloway says a felony stealing charge has been filed against Kevin Atwood,...
Death sentence and murder conviction upheld in 2009 central Missouri case
The state Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the murder conviction and death sentence in a...
Kansas City Public Schools owes $192k for fake attendance records scheme
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has figured out that Kansas...
Missouri audit: Former sales tax district board members used $100k to upgrade their gas station
A state audit alleges three former board members of a southeast Missouri special sales tax...
Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments Tuesday in key Planned Parenthood case
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in Jefferson City in a key...
Judge: Missouri Auditor can protect the indentity of whistleblower in Greene County complaint
In a challenge to whistleblower protection in Missouri, a Cole County circuit judge ruled against...
Sports betting and alleged illegal slots addressed in Missouri House committee report
Legislation legalizing sports wagering has the backing of a bipartisan Missouri House gaming...
Kansas City mayor says bipartisanship is critical in battling crime (AUDIO)
Kansas City's mayor says the hardest part of the job is dealing with the increasing violence in...
Parson: Missouri Highway Patrol’s surge on St. Louis interstates has led to 300 arrests
The mayors of Missouri's four largest cities and Governor Mike Parson outlined their top...
Parson to discuss violence with large city mayors and police chiefs at Missouri Capitol
The mayors and police chiefs of Missouri's four largest cities will be in Jefferson City Monday...
Human remains identified in Wisconsin brothers murder case
Human remains found in northwest Missouri’s Caldwell County and in western Nebraska have been...
Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktail inside Columbia’s Planned Parenthood facility
A Columbia man will be heading to federal prison, after admitting in a Jefferson City courtroom on...
Former KC superintendent denies knowing about fake attendance records to get accreditation
The Kansas City Public School District says seven workers made up student attendance numbers from...
Missouri discovers about 7,000 untested and partially-tested rape kits since 1980
The state attorney general's office has completed its count of rape kits that have sat in labs and...
Murder-suicide confirmed at Missouri dental office
Webb City police in southwest Missouri confirm a murder-suicide took place inside a dental office...
69 alleged gang members in St. Louis region arrested; 16 arrests on murder-related warrants
(This story is written by Missourinet St. Louis contributor Jill Enders) ST. LOUIS- Nearly 200...
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem to file slot machine legislation for 2020
The Missouri Senate leader will file legislation in December in Jefferson City to increase...
Dead body found in Joplin deep freezer
A body has been found in a deep freezer in southwest Missouri’s Joplin. Missourinet affiliate KZRG...
Federal operation targets dangerous sex offenders in the Ozarks
The U.S. Marshals Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested 11 dangerous sex offenders in...
Missouri police group leader says hiring and keeping officers is a statewide problem
St. Louis city prosecutor Kim Gardner said her city has about 120 police officer openings. During...
Drunk gunman killed during shootout with Missouri law enforcement officers
A 58-year-old man was killed in a shootout with law enforcement Tuesday evening near west-central...
Missouri lawyer calls area heroin problem ‘unimaginable’
A southwest Missouri lawyer calls the heroin problem in his region unimaginable. During Monday’s...
Missouri lawyer, firearms dealer says gun background check system is faulty
A southwest Missouri trial lawyer says the federal background check system used for firearms sales...