Crackdown on Child Porn

A bill intended to crackdown on child pornography and brings numerous Missouri statutes into the modern age passes the House and moves to the Senate. The bill would create harsher penalties for possessing and distributing child porn, including child porn sent via the...

Proposal Increases Schools Money for Deaf

Some parents of deaf children hope the state legislature lets their children be educated in districts close to home, instead of being sent to the state school for the deaf in St. Louis. The proposal would provide state aid to local school districts to educate deaf...

Pineville High Schooler Punished for Hazing

A high school hazing incident has resulted in a Pineville high school student being put on probation and ordered into counseling. The boy has pleaded guilty., He’s one of four students charged in the incident. Charges against two of them have been dropped...

Child Abuse Bill Advances

A proposed state law brought to life by the tragic deaths of two eight year old Kansas City boys makes a big move in the legislature. The deaths of Gary and Larry Bass from starvation and abuse raised a lot of questions about how the division of family services...

Record Number of Students Getting Financial Aid

More than 23-thousand Missouri students currently receive financial aid from the state to attend college or a vocational technical school. Dan Peterson, deputy director of the MOSTARS program, says that’s a record number of students receiving help. Peterson says...