(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Mississippi River has been reopened to traffic after more than 100 barges broke loose just north of the Jefferson Barracks Memorial Arch Bridge near St…. Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Skateboarders have turned a concrete area beneath a St. Louis bridge into a skate park. But with that 76-year-old Kingshighway bridge now set to be torn… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLETINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri state Rep. Lynn Morris’ pharmacist’s license has been placed on probation for a third time, most recently because Morris wrote prescriptions… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City, Missouri’s city council has voted to allow craft breweries to operate in neighborhood strip malls and storefronts. Kansas City media outlets report the… Read more »

(HANNIBAL, Mo., AP) — A Civil War-era building soon will be housing a classic car museum in the Mississippi River city of Hannibal, Missouri. The Hannibal Courier-Post (http://bit.ly/1d2a4mz) reports that… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A federal lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses a St. Louis suburb of violating the rights of the poor by jailing them because they can’t pay small… Read more »

(NIXA, Mo., AP) — A 37-year-old southwest Missouri man is dead after being bitten on both legs by a venomous snake after he waded into the James River. The Springfield… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is pushing back the deadline for the state’s Division of Energy to devise a comprehensive statewide energy plan. Nixon said Friday… Read more »

(FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — A group says it has enough signatures to prompt a recall election of Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III. A member of Ground Level Support told the… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Like most years, Missouri state lawmakers in the 2015 legislative session introduced a number of bills aimed at clamping down on ethics… Read more »