JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state lawmaker from the Kansas City area says she plans to return to work at the Missouri Capitol on Monday after recovering from a heart attack.

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — The former president of the Fulton firefighters union has been charged with stealing from the union.

Scott Peterson, 47, of Fulton, was charged Wednesday with felony...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri couple has been charged with second-degree murder after authorities found a “significant amount” of methamphetamine in their 2-month-old child's...

TEBBETTS, Mo. (AP) — Five suspects have been charged with burglary and property damage after an historically Black church in central Missouri was vandalized, Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has proposed transforming a shuttered northwest Missouri prison into a training ground for incoming correctional officers.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (HWBK) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $5.2 million.

The bank, based in Jefferson City, Missouri, said it had earnings...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officers who shot and killed a man in Jefferson City earlier this month will not face charges, Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson said Monday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ameren Corp.'s nuclear plant in mid-Missouri has halted operations because of a non-nuclear issue involving the generator, the utility company said.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man has been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of another man at a New Year’s Day party in 2017.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police responding to a report of a disturbance involving a man with a knife shot and killed the suspect in Jefferson City, Missouri, authorities said Monday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — One man is dead after a shooting involving police at a Missouri shopping center.

Jefferson City Police said officers were investigating a disturbance that ended...

JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say hypothermia killed a man who was found lying on a Jefferson City road last week.

Jefferson City police announced the cause of death for 41-year-old...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Five people died on Missouri roadways during the holiday weekend, with wrong-way Christmas Day accidents blamed in three of the deaths.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Lincoln University in Jefferson City has received a one-year probationary license for a law enforcement training academy, which supporters say is the first such academy...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has reinstated parts of a 2015 court reform law spurred by protests after the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — A historic Black church in Missouri has been vandalized, leaving its congregation reeling and authorities looking to find out who did it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four people are injured after a shooting in Jefferson City.

The Jefferson City News Tribune reports that officers were called just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A controversial Civil War marker that was removed from display last month in Jefferson City will be returned to the organization that originally donated it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (HWBK) on Friday reported third-quarter earnings of $5 million.

The bank, based in Jefferson City, Missouri, said it had earnings of 77...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Two suspects from Illinois were charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in a 2017 shooting death in Davenport.

Darryl Merritt, 24, of Cahokia, Illinois, and Dyon...

The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Oct. 18

Our Opinion: Less talk, more action on domestic violence

The Show-Me State has many things we can take pride in. But one of our state’s...

CALIFORNIA, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in a killing that was uncovered after a jail inmate led law enforcement to a location where he said he helped bury a...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson plans to resume public appearances this week after nearly two weeks of isolation because of a positive COVID-19 test, and will debate his...

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit claims that a Missouri man died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Band concert after being hit by a chair thrown by an employee of the venue in St. Louis...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri health officials said Sunday the state had confirmed nearly 1,400 more COVID-19 cases but no new deaths.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man charged with threatening to shoot people at a Walmart last year has been sentenced to probation.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is temporarily making it easier for people to become substitute teachers in anticipation of a potential shortage because of the pandemic.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man charged with killing a 14-year-old classmate in 1991 has been released from prison after posting a $1 million cash bond.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The woman who federal prosecutors said was “most culpable” in the death of a developmentally disabled Missouri man was sentenced Tuesday to 17 1/2 years in prison on...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri will not use 85 new ballot drop boxes for the Nov. 3 election out of concern that confusion over a new state voting law might invalidate some mail-in ballots,...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday rewrote the summary for a legislative redistricting measure that will appear on the November ballot, ruling that the state's Republican-led...

CALIFORNIA, Mo. (AP) —

A Jefferson City woman who was accused of luring her ex-husband to his death has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight demonstrators were arrested Thursday near the Missouri Governor's Mansion during a protest against a recently-passed crime bill.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (HWBK) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $3.3 million.

The Jefferson City, Missouri-based bank said it had earnings of 51...

The Jefferson City News-Tribune, July 18

We welcome Gov. Mike Parson’s call for a special session to address violent crime, and we hope lawmakers are willing to take serious measures to...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man drowned Sunday after trying to help a struggling swimmer on the Meramec River.

The incident unfolded at around 3 p.m. on the Meramic River,...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have identified the victim of Wednesday's shooting in Jefferson City, but say they have no new information on the suspect in the case.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man was charged Monday after allegedly threatening this weekend to use a gun at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge rejected Friday a motion that that would have immediately made it easier for Missourians to vote with a mail-in ballot during the coronavirus...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A retired Florida detective has been arrested in a 1999 fatal home invasion, authorities announced Thursday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order against the state that was sought by a southwestern Missouri family who was denied a license to...