By JIM SALTER and KATE BRUMBACK (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Georgia and Missouri have carried out the nation’s first executions since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April revived concerns… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — There have been no U.S. executions in the seven weeks since an Oklahoma inmate died of a heart attack following a botched lethal… Read more »

(HILLSBORO, Mo., AP) — A soldier from eastern Missouri who died in Afghanistan will be laid to rest. The funeral for 20 -year-old Pfc. Matthew Walker is scheduled for 11… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Opponents of a transportation sales tax on Missouri’s August ballot filed a lawsuit Thursday asserting that the summary and cost estimate… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Two Missouri lawmakers are heading a campaign on behalf of a proposed amendment to the state Constitution seeking to add privacy protections for cellphones, emails… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., digitalBURG) – Federal agents arrested a Warrensburg man Thursday morning at his home as an indictment against him and five other individuals was unsealed, charging them with… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Federal agents served a search warrant on a home near Western Missouri Medical Center Thursday morning. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, members of… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s budget concerns grew Thursday as the attorney general warned that the state may not receive $50 million of tobacco settlement… Read more »