(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Senate has agreed on a plan to raise the state’s fuel tax by nearly six cents per gallon to pay for road and bridge projects…. Read more »

(BETHANY, Mo., AP) — An Amish minister from Kentucky charged in his wife’s 2006 death in Missouri has waived a preliminary hearing in his case. The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/1UVyjXh ) reports… Read more »

(MOSCOW, AP) — Russian police have stepped up the search for an American student who went missing on a hike in the mountains on Sunday. Twenty-five-year-old Colin Madsen of Jefferson City, Missouri,… Read more »

(INDEPENDENCE, Mo., AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a suburban Kansas City woman as a homicide. Police said in a news release that 63-year-old Louise M. Dickey, of Independence, was… Read more »

(INDEPENDENCE, Mo., AP) — The suburban Kansas City, Missouri, parents of a quadriplegic teenager are hoping someone returns the boy’s beloved dune buggy stolen from the family’s home. The Kansas… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Republican Missouri lawmaker pitched a “personhood” measure Tuesday that he says is meant to protect unborn children but opponents say… Read more »

By ADAM ATON and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Legislature on Tuesday agreed to ban lawmakers and statewide elected officials from working as paid political consultants… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Candidate filing to run for Congress, the state Legislature and statewide offices in Missouri is now over. The secretary of state’s office said Tuesday almost… Read more »

By ADAM ATON Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Senate panel on Tuesday began considering changes to the House’s version of the state budget, but many of the most… Read more »