(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Senate could debate a bill that would repeal the state’s death penalty. A Senate panel approved the Republican-sponsored legislation Tuesday. It would end capital punishment… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City Police Department announced Thursday that two sergeants and seven detectives in its Crimes Against Children section have been suspended with pay while it investigates… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Three Salem residents have pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud for billing the health care program for personal care attendant services that were never provided. Forty-two-year-old Stace… Read more »

(CLAYTON, Mo., AP) — A 20-year-old man is the latest suspect to be accused of assisting in the looting that followed the 2014 grand jury decision not to indict a Ferguson police… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating the shooting death of a man found wounded in the doorway of a motel room. Authorities have not publicly identified… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Lawmakers say last fall’s campus turmoil has made them question whether the four-campus University of Missouri System needs annual state audits. System officials told a Senate panel… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri businesses are divided over a proposed ban on discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, with some companies during a… Read more »

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Ferguson Police Department has agreed to overhaul its policies, training and practices as part of a sweeping deal… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB and MELISSA HELLMANN Associated Press (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch Holmes clearly recalls when women have worn “over the top” attire during his decade in the… Read more »