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Missouri’s Hartzler and Clay partner to battle human trafficking
A St. Louis Congressman says Missouri ranks 17th in the nation in reported human trafficking...
Veteran Missouri GOP lawmaker hopeful about abortion legislation
A mid-Missouri GOP state lawmaker is optimistic the Legislature will get abortion-related...
Southwest Missouri jail being enlarged in creative ways to handle chronic overcrowding
Missouri’s third largest population center is struggling with an overcrowded corrections...
Inmate convicted of killing a Missouri sheriff almost 30 years ago to receive parole hearing (AUDIO)
An October parole hearing has been scheduled for a prisoner who was convicted of the 1987 killing...
Federal prosecutors: former mid-Missouri bookkeeper embezzled more than $200,000 from law firm
A former bookkeeper at a central Missouri law firm has been indicted by a federal grand jury in...
Missouri Senate Leaders Kehoe and Walsh discuss abortion-related legislation (AUDIO)
The Missouri Senate will return to Jefferson City on Monday afternoon for abortion-related special...
Mid-Missouri man charged with killing infant son receives change of venue
A judge in central Missouri has granted a change of venue request to a Jamestown man accused of...
Missouri Senate leader uncertain chamber will pass House’s proposed abortion regulations
State Rep. Justin Alferman, R-Hermann, thinks the Senate will pass the House’s version of proposed...
Task force examines ways to improve Missouri’s prisons
Work is underway by a task force charged with making changes to Missouri’s prison system. The...
U.S. House passes Missouri Congresswoman’s sex trafficking bill
The expansion of federal funding for law enforcement to fight sex trafficking has passed in the...
Missouri police officer continues to address violent crime
A police officer who walked from Kansas City to the Missouri capitol in May to talk to Governor...
Retired mid-Missouri detective stands by his work in Ferguson case
A retired Columbia police detective says he and his co-workers did nothing wrong in the murder...
Crime-fighting initiative underway in St. Louis
A new program is in place to reduce violent crime in the city of St. Louis. Governor Eric Greitens...
Tuesday arraignments set for Audrain County murder suspects; Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad investigating
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St. Louis man pleads guilty to two felonies in 2015 death; prosecutors say 25 shell casings were found at scene
A St. Louis man who had been charged with murder has pleaded guilty in St. Louis County Circuit...
State Rep: Drug monitoring program should not be addressed during a special session
State Rep. Tim Remole, R-Excello, says a statewide prescription drug monitoring program should be...
Greitens and Krewson to hold Monday news conference about St. Louis public safety
Missouri's governor will join the St. Louis mayor in the Gateway City for a news conference Monday...
Missouri man charged with murdering his infant son wants a change of venue
A change of venue hearing is scheduled for next Friday in central Missouri for a Jamestown man...
Release of police footage prompts suspension of mid-Missouri newspaper columnist
Long-time Columbia Daily Tribune columnist Bill Clark has been suspended indefinitely for...
Man’s body found on rural mid-Missouri road
The Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad is investigating after the body of an unidentified male was...
Greitens signs Blue Alert legislation into law
Legislation establishing a "Blue Alert System" was signed into law Thursday by Missouri Governor...
McCaskill: Missouri has a “welcome mat for heroin dealers”; urges Governor to call special session for PDMP (AUDIO)
ASHLAND, Mo- Missouri's senior senator is hopeful Governor Eric Greitens (R) will call a special...
Gov. Greitens signs contentious lawsuit bill, bipartisan adult high school measure
Republican Governor Eric Greitens signed four bills into law Wednesday during a ceremony at a...
14 killed in Missouri crashes over July Fourth weekend; man arrested for DWI crash that killed three Adrian residents
The State Highway Patrol says 14 people were killed in traffic crashes on Missouri roads over the...
Missouri House Democrat looks to address inner city issues at local level
Crime and violence in inner city Missouri communities is well documented in the summer of 2017. ...
Missouri state troopers will be visible on interstates and waterways on the Fourth of July
Every available Missouri state trooper will be on the road again Tuesday, patrolling during the...
Missouri law professor wants voting redistricting laws changed
A Missouri based law professor thinks there are problems with rules governing the way voting...
Task force on corrections system formed by Missouri Governor Greitens
Missouri's governor says the state's prison system "wastes your money". Governor Eric Greitens (R)...
Missouri Highway Patrol says every available officer will be patrolling roadways this 4th of July weekend
You will notice Missouri state troopers stationed at 20-mile intervals Friday along interstates...