Charges could be filed as early as Monday in connection with the death of a missing Missouri Ku...
Missing Missouri KKK leader dead from gunshot to head, stepson reportedly arrested
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Susan Van Note murder trial will continue next week
Closing arguments are expected to begin sometime next week in southwest Missouri's Lebanon, in the...
New Missouri Corrections Dept. head outlines improvement plans after scandal
Missouri’s new Department of Corrections leader addressed a legislative committee Thursday. DOC...
Another day, another proposal in Mo legislature to change civil court rules
Missouri state senators are looking at a proposal to change how expert witnesses are selected in...
Missouri House committee hears testimony on needle exchange legislation
{STORY WRITTEN BY ALEX DEROSIER, MISSOURINET CONTRIBUTOR} State Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) and...
Missouri’s Blunt supports, McCaskill opposes Sessions as AG
Missouri’s U.S. Senators did not break party ranks in a near-party-line vote to confirm President...
U.S. Attorney: the longest-serving sheriff in Missouri history is heading to federal prison
One of the most well-known Sheriff's in recent Missouri history is heading to federal prison. The...
Missouri Senator clarifies law involving fights, harassment on school property
Students are less likely, not more likely, to become a felon if they get into a fight or harass...
Missouri lawmaker wants to keep sex offenders away from children’s museums and zoos
A Missouri lawmaker wants to toughen restrictions on sex offenders. State Rep. Kathryn Swan...
Missouri Senate committee considers governor’s pick to lead Department of Corrections
A state Senate committee is expected to vote next week on Governor Greitens’ nominee for Missouri...
Convicted triple killer Mark Christeson executed; Maries County Sheriff says justice has been served
BONNE TERRE, Mo- The state of Missouri executed convicted triple killer Mark Christeson Tuesday...
Mark Christeson execution scheduled for Tuesday evening in Bonne Terre; he’s appealing to U.S. Supreme Court
A convicted triple killer from mid-Missouri is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block his...
Interview with Frankford Rep. Jim Hansen on corrections probe: “It’s very disgusting”
State Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford) has reviewed graphic documents in the investigation of...
Missouri man admits impersonating federal agent; his two girlfriends supported him financially
An eastern Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Louis to impersonating a...
State Rep. Jim Hansen: “Significant changes” must be made to end culture at DOC
The chairman of a newly-formed House committee investigating the Missouri Department of...
Calls for Missouri’s judicial system overhaul prompt state’s top judge to speak out
Missouri Supreme Court chief justice Patricia Breckenridge is defending the state’s legal system...
Convicted triple killer Mark Christeson’s execution set for January 31
A convicted triple killer from central Missouri is scheduled to be executed next Tuesday in Bonne...
Missouri House committee to hear testimony Tuesday on red light camera legislation
Legislation that would ban red light cameras in Missouri will be considered by a House committee...
State Rep. Bruce Franks Jr. disagrees with Governor Greitens about “Ferguson Effect”; agrees with Greitens on recidivism and workforce development
A state lawmaker who was an activist in Ferguson disagrees with Missouri Republican Governor Eric...
Attorney General Josh Hawley: “We’re going to defend all Missourians”
Missouri's newly-inaugurated Attorney General is looking forward to working with the incoming...
Despite recent controversy, Missouri Corrections successful in rehab through gardening
The Missouri’s Department of Corrections (DOC) has been mired in allegations of harassment and...
Lawsuit involving Monsanto, southeast Missouri farm heads to federal court
By Julie Harker of Brownfield Ag News Monsanto’s request to have the case filed against it by a...
Greitens announces new DPS Director during Dellwood stop; tire store was looted twice in 2014
(Missourinet St. Louis correspondent Jill Enders contributed to this story) Missouri's...
Provisions involving changes to Missouri’s gun laws begin January 1
One of the most controversial provisions of gun legislation passed this year by the state...
Missouri Supreme Court considers home foreclosure case from mortgage crisis era
The state Supreme Court’s considering a case where damages were awarded to a couple during the...
Court finds mandatory drug testing of Missouri college’s students unconstitutional
A federal appeals court has found that requiring college students to take a drug test as a...
MO Governor-elect Greitens names Corrections Department Director
Governor-elect Eric Geitens has announced a new director of the Missouri Department of...
Sikeston GOP State Representative says needle exchange programs lower cases of HIV
A Republican lawmaker from southeast Missouri has filed needle exchange legislation, saying...
Missouri’s “tort system” to be early front and center issue in upcoming legislature
There’ll be a major battle in the upcoming state legislature over the future of the “tort system”,...
Man pleads guilty to role in conspiracy through kickback scheme involving contracting at Cochran VA; investigation continues
Federal prosecutors say a Desoto man has pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to steal...