PERRYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A former county official from southeast Missouri already in prison on a conviction of exploiting the elderly has pleaded guilty to a new theft charge.

Former Perry County coroner Herbert Miller entered the plea Wednesday. Sentencing is Jan. 29.

Miller was ...

OZARKS, Mo. (AP) — Members of a southwest Missouri family have been caught in a multi-year investigation into the illegal killing of hundreds of deer.

The Springfield News-Leader

MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a Missouri man has been found dead in far northeastern Oklahoma.

The OSBI said Friday that the body of 24-year-old Tyler Applebee was found Wednesday by hunters near the former town of Cardin in Ottawa County.

The ...

REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri city has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an epileptic Missouri man who was fatally shot by police after suffering a seizure while driving.

The Springfield News-Leader

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — On a crisp October night, at least 20 people gathered in Three Creeks Conservation Area for the last run of the season. As he does for every run, Shawn Goertz led the runners to the start of the course and explained the route.

Then, Eileen Avery, one of the runners, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri State University students have been documenting a migrant shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Tornillo, Texas shelter opened this summer to house migrant youth who arrived at the border alone and was supposed to close after 30 days, according to ...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his daughter’s ex-boyfriend after a squabble about an outdoor patio table and grill.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former football player from a private Christian school in suburban St. Louis has been sentenced to time served for pulling sleeping teammates from their beds four years ago and sexually assaulting them.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri GOP is calling on an attorney for the secretary of state to recuse herself from investigating outgoing Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley.

Missouri GOP spokesman Chris Nuelle on Wednesday said Secretary of State Deputy General Counsel Khristine ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri infrastructure improvement projects are getting more than $90 million in federal grants.

Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and the state’s other federal legislators for helping to secure the money.

The Buck O’Neil Bridge ...

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors will recommend probation for a Missouri man convicted of fatally hitting a pedestrian with his vehicle on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman charged with murder in the road rage death of another motorist admitted after the crash to being on drugs, according to police.

Authorities in Springfield said Elizabeth McKeown, 46, told officers she had taken several drugs prior to the Nov. 20 ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri Steak ’n Shake employee’s weapon jammed after he yelled “I quit” while firing a single shot into the ceiling.

The Columbia Daily ...

LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a woman’s death in a southern Missouri as a homicide.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that 27-year-old Laquita ...

BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban St. Louis man left his 11-month-old daughter home alone while he stole liquor from a grocery store.

Police in Manchester says 24-year-old Jarek Crowder was caught Dec. 4 on store security stuffing four small bottles of vodka into a jacket ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who embezzled a combined $1.5 million from Black & Veatch and Garmin International has lost her appeal of an eight-year prison sentence.

The Kansas City Star ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is taking video gaming to the next level.

KMIZ-TV reports that the school became a member Tuesday of the National Association of Collegiate ...

KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say two people have died after a car crashed into a pond in suburban St. Louis.

KMOV-TV reports that ...

WILDWOOD, Mo. (AP) _ Peak Resorts Inc. (SKIS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $11 million in its fiscal second quarter.

The Wildwood, Missouri-based company said it had a loss of 81 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts ...

OZARK, Mo. (AP) — The southwest Missouri city of Ozark that had said it was removing a Christian cross from its holiday display is reconsidering.

Ozark officials originally said Tuesday that the cross would come down after the city received a complaint from the Freedom From Religion ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Hawley says his office is prosecuting a former southeastern Missouri clerk for allegedly stealing cash from the city of Winona.

Hawley announced Tuesday that his office filed a felony complaint against former Winona clerk Terri Denton. She’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has sided with a former county jail inmate over the way a court process was used to try to collect payment for his room and board while behind bars.

A Missouri Appeals Court’s Western District panel ruled Tuesday in favor of John Wright of ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri commission has rejected a proposal to greatly expand a cattle feedlot near a 970-acre botanical garden.

Powell Gardens chief executive Tabitha Schmidt said she’s “utterly elated” that the Missouri Clean Water Commission decided Monday to reverse ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz has serenaded a Kansas high school senior who is hospitalized in St. Louis while awaiting a second double-lung transplant.

The Grammy Award winner stopped by the bedside of 18-year-old Madison Taliaferro, of Holton, on Sunday while he was in ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A businessman has been acquitted of defrauding the federal government out of $3 million in disaster recovery money after a massive tornado ripped through Joplin in 2011.

MONETT, Mo. (AP) — A health care system has announced plans to break ground on a new hospital in southwest Missouri.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that ...

CALVERTON PARK, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near a suburban St. Louis high school as “suspicious in nature.”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on allegations against Attorney General Josh Hawley (all times local):

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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is pushing back against allegations that Josh Hawley misused public resources to boost his successful U.S. Senate ...

POTOSI, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man already facing charges in connection with a suspicious fire is facing additional scrutiny after a pipe bomb was found near the site of the blaze.

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — An autopsy is planned after a northeast Missouri prosecuting attorney was found dead in his home.

WGEM-TV reports that the body of Marion County prosecutor David Clayton ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) — A Mountain Home High School graduate was recently honored as one of the top wildlife officers in the nation.

Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Andy Barnes, a 1998 graduate of MHHS, was named the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ 2018 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sophie Cunningham had 18 points and eight assists, Amber Smith had her third consecutive double-double, and No. 23 Missouri held off Saint Louis for a 74-62 win on Sunday night.

Smith, who has six double-doubles this season, finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s newest state travel guide mistakenly features a picture of a Christmas celebration at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Omaha World-Herald

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri faculty members are raising concerns that the system’s move to offer buyouts to its senior professors could leave some academic departments gutted.

The university system recently notified full-time and tenured faculty members over 62 of an ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Sean Lloyd Jr. and Aaron Cook combined for 48 points as Southern Illinois led throughout the second half to grab its fifth straight win, an 83-73 victory over Southeast Missouri State on Saturday night.

Lloyd scored 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting and Cook added ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A multidisciplinary coalition of Missouri professionals has launched a data-driven prison reform initiative, aiming to curb rising imprisonment rates.

The coalition is implementing portions of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative in three of the state’s counties to ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri looked to be in trouble after Oral Roberts’ DeShang Weaver drilled a pair of 3s to cut the Tigers’ lead to just three at the beginning of the second half.

Missouri hadn’t been able to break Oral Roberts’ zone defense and all of its big men were in major foul ...

URANUS, Mo. (AP) — The Uranus Examiner, a small Missouri newspaper whose name inspired chuckles and groans when it launched a few months ago, is closing.

The paper’s editors announced the end of publication Friday, after publishing just five editions since September.

In statements ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 19-year-old Missouri man accused of killing a transgender teenager in 2017 will be tried in Greene County.

Andrew Vrba was scheduled to be tried in Crawford County for first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld, who identified as a ...

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri high school student faces a felony charge after authorities say he posted on social media that he was going to buy an assault rifle and “make history.”

William James Nelson, an 18-year-old from Branson, was charged Thursday with making a terroristic threat, ...