Both of Missouri's senators are critical of top military leaders who want to be the ones...
Highway Patrol’s missing persons list fluctuates daily
There are 1,019 missing people in Missouri -- 398 of them are children. Sgt. Eric Eidson heads up...
Criminal code revision dies in last days of legislative session (AUDIO)
The leader of the state Senate says a thousand-page bill is just too much to be digested before...
Cattle theft becomes a growing problem in southwest Missouri (AUDIO)
Law enforcement officials say cattle theft is on the rise. A livestock specialist with the...
Missouri law enforcement officer deaths on the decline (AUDIO)
The number of Missouri law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty is on the decline....
Missouri Kids First won’t support bill that makes changes to sex offender registry (AUDIO)
Legislators have been working for several years on restructuring the state's sex offender...
Criminal code rewrite still has a chance (AUDIO)
A two-year project to rewrite Missouri's entire list of criminal laws is on the verge of approval...
House proposes making drug sales near daycares a crime
The House has approved a bill to make it a crime to distribute a controlled substance near a child...
Court upholds part of state law blocking funeral protests
A federal appeals court says the state law keeping protests at least 300 feet from a funeral is...
Reports from Missouri runners coming in about Boston Marathon bombings
There were 207 runners from Missouri who competed in today's Boston Marathon. Sandy Davidson tells...
Revenue department lawsuit to be reactivated (AUDIO)
The southeast Missouri lawyer who filed a lawsuit against the Revenue Department's personal data...
DPS official: nothing illegal about releasing CCW permit list
A state senate committee investigating the Revenue Department's gathering of personal information...
Koster: ‘Republicans’ attempt to deny contraceptive coverage to women is plain foolishness’
Attorney General Chris Koster today announced he will not appeal a court ruling that a Missouri...
Budget plan would give biggest boost to domestic violence services in a decade
The budget proposal passed yesterday by the House includes an increase of $1.9 million dollars in...
Despite tougher laws, ‘smurfing’ continues to be a problem in Missouri (AUDIO)
Stricter laws have put pseudoephedrine behind the counter throughout the state, and available by...
Senate opens debate on death penalty study (AUDIO)
Whether it costs more to execute someone or to just keep them in prison until they die naturally...
New criminal code seeks fitting punishments for crimes (AUDIO)
The effort to rewrite Missouri's criminal law system involves trying to make punishments fit the...
Former Missouri corrections official murdered in Colorado (VIDEO / PHOTOS)
Former Director of Adult Institutions for the Missouri Department of Corrections, Tom Clements,...
Farmington Representative wants incarcerated sex offenders, mentally ill to be charged with felonies for assaults on state workers (AUDIO)
Rep. Linda Black, a Democrat, represents St. Francois County, where sexually violent criminals are...
Federal court strikes down Missouri law that allows employers to deny employees access to affordable birth control
A federal court has struck down a Missouri law allowing local employers to deny their employees...
House approves conscience rights for medical workers legislation
The House has passed its version of legislation to redefine what medical workers can choose not to...
Fight anticipated on presciption drug monitoring bill. (AUDIO)
Two Republican state senators who deal with prescriptions in their professional lives stake out...
Lawsuit filed over making of digital copies of concealed carry applicant information
A lawsuit was filed Monday morning that says a Bootheel license office is violating a state law by...
Scrap metal bill advances in Senate (AUDIO)
The state senate advances a law making it tougher for metal thieves to unload their stuff. Lee's...
Proposed workplace discrimination law advances to Senate
The state House has passed a bill that would change the standard for proving workplace...
Supreme Court to decide if Highway Patrolman’s partner is entitled to survivor benefits
Highway Patrolman Dennis Engelhard was killed while assisting a stranded motorist on Christmas,...
New effort against metal thieves proposed (AUDIO)
The next step in catching copper thieves is under consideration at the capitol. It's been five...
Senate waters down school safety bill (AUDIO)
An effort to order public and charter schools to train teachers, staff, and administrators what to...
House bill would make filing tighter gun law proposals a felony
A proposal has been filed in the state House that would make it illegal for a member of the...
Proposal would lift statute of limitations on child sexual abuse
A proposal in the House would lift the statutes of limitations on civil and criminal actions in...