By MARIE FRENCH (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gas Energy has settled a complaint alleging it failed to take adequate measures to ensure safety in a fatal 2013 blast… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — House members on Tuesday gave initial approval to a package of bills authorizing a more than $26 billion budget for the state… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — Five people in Ferguson have been fired or resigned under pressure in the week since the release of a Justice Department report alleging… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A bill to prevent immigrants without lawful status from receiving in-state tuition or state aid for higher education has won initial approval from the Missouri… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri appeals court judge has been appointed to make “needed reforms” in Ferguson’s municipal court system, which was sharply criticized… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A young girl with leukemia who asked for a playhouse in her backyard, but was denied after a homeowners association blocked it, will get her… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLANTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House panel has added money for K-12 schools and higher education to next year’s budget, including restoring $12 million for… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A man who arranged the shooting death of a disabled man he cared for has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Boone County… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities have captured a Jackson County inmate who escaped while being treated from a Kansas City hospital. Kansas City police say 25-year-old Willie J. Sanders… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — City leaders in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson will meet Tuesday with U.S. Department of Justice officials to discuss a federal investigation… Read more »