(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s K-12 public schools would get about a $76 million increase in basic funding under the budget proposed by a House panel. A House committee on Thursday… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A historically black university in Missouri is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding soon after the end of the Civil War. The Jefferson City News Tribune… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A film crew is turning the 2003 killing of a Columbia man into an episode for a true-crime cable TV series. The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/1RvXygI ) reports… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A man is dead after being shot, then dropped off at a St. Louis hospital. Police say the man was shot about 1:30 a.m. Friday on the city’s… Read more »

(O’FALLON, Mo., AP) — Police in the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon are searching for a man who stabbed a boy that was part of a group playing touch football in the… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Officials are trying to hammer out a deal to address competing water needs of south-central Kansas irrigators and a national wildlife refuge that’s lost considerable water to… Read more »

By ADAM ATON Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Bills governing seat belt use, texting while driving and helmet requirements for motorcyclists prompted debate in a Missouri Senate committee Wednesday over… Read more »

By JIM SALTER Associated Press (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the city of Ferguson after the City Council failed to approve an agreement that sought to… Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — A 53-year-old Springfield maintenance worker has died after an accident at the city landfill. A news release from the city says 53-year-old John Wesley Choate died Wednesday after… Read more »

(GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo., AP) — A man sought on kidnapping and domestic violence assault charges in Independence has been arrested in Morgan County. According to a news release from the Grain Valley… Read more »