500 pounds of weed scattered across Missouri highway after crash on 4/20
Dozens of packages of weed were scattered across several lanes of highway.
Missouri man gets 21 months in federal prison for groping ER nurse on flight to Atlanta
Prosecutors say the exhausted nurse was trying to get some rest on the flight and was woken up by the Missouri man touching her. He also tried to kiss her and slapped her buttocks when she let him pass to go the restroom.
Man suspected of Georgia double murder caught driving victim's stolen car, police say
Police say a man accused of murdering two people he was staying with in Georgia was caught in Missouri driving the car of one of his victim.
10-year-old St. Louis boy kills brother while playing with gun, police say
Police say a 10-year-old boy fatally shot his 12-year-old brother as the two played with a gun they found inside a St. Louis home.
Online video shows girl, 12, fatally shooting cousin, 14, before killing herself
Police in St. Louis are investigating the shooting deaths of two young cousins that was livestreamed in what the family believes to have been a “freak accident.”
Mother Nature helps man snag 140-pound record-monster in Missouri lake
An Illinois man now holds the Missouri paddlefish state record, and he can thank Mother Nature for some of that title.
Ex-mailman admits to stealing nearly $40K worth of sports cards
Four of the missing sports cards were found at a local sports memorabilia store, where authorities said the store’s surveillance video showed the man, in his USPS uniform, exchanging the cards for a sale.
Missouri mom decapitates 6-year-old son and dog, placed horrifying 911 call: Police
A Kansas City, Missouri, mom decapitated her six-year-old son and a dog, according to police.
Watch: Firefighters rescue teens from frozen lake
A training session on water rescues turned real for firefighters in suburban St. Louis when the crews sprang into action to save two teenagers.
Sex charges dropped after former Missouri teacher marries student
Baylee A. Turner, 26, was charged in February 2019 with having sexual contact with a male student while she was in her first year of teaching English at Sarcoxie High School.
Hero cop keeping kids warm in 6-degree temperature saves man from house fire
Capt. Jennifer Jones was in the area allowing children to sit in her patrol vehicle to stay warm while waiting on the school bus when she saw the flames erupting.
Woman accused of killing boyfriend with sword on Christmas Eve
Police said they found the suspect standing outside her boyfriend’s home Friday night, covered in blood.
'Building a Better America': Biden touts benefits of infrastructure package in Kansas City
President Joe Biden is rebranding his bipartisan infrastructure package with the new slogan “Building a Better America.”
Bentley’s law: Grandma aims to make DUI offenders pay victims’ orphaned kids
“It’s a reminder to them to not do it again. Because I can tell you, this is one of the hardest things that anyone can ever go through. Any parent, this is the hardest and no parent should ever have to suffer that,” Cecilia Williams said.
Missouri town is center of nation's population, Census Bureau says
Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s the closest town to the middle of the nation.
3 charged after missing Illinois woman found dismembered
Authorities say the 21-year-old Illinois woman had been stabbed and shot several times and her limbs had been removed from her body.
Budweiser welcomes newborn Clydesdale named ‘Eminem’
"When your parent’s names are Marcie & Myles— it’s only right that your name is Eminem!" the ranch wrote on Facebook.
Man executed for killing 3 convenience store workers in 1994 robbery
Ernest Johnson was executed despite objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope.
COVID-19-related assaults on hospital staff prompt panic buttons
Nurses and hundreds of other staff members will soon begin wearing panic buttons at a Missouri hospital where assaults on workers tripled after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
St. Louis couple who waved guns at BLM protesters face law license suspension
A Missouri official asked the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters in 2020.