(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Supporters of increasing the tax on cigarettes by 23 cents a pack are collecting signatures to get the proposal on the ballot. Missouri Petroleum Marketers… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — An airman has been sentenced to four years in prison in the fatal shooting of another airman at a home near Whiteman Air Force Base. The… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker has withdrawn a bill that sought to strip scholarships from college athletes who go on strike or refuse to play for… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A state legislator is proposing that student athletes should lose their scholarships if they go on strike, a response to a threat… Read more »

(PERRYVILLE, Mo., AP) — The corner in Perry County has no plans to leave office, even though he has been convicted and sentenced for felony crimes. The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1O6MPsY)… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Police in St. Louis are investigating the fatal shooting of a member of a rap group that was drawing national attention. James Johnson Jr. of Ferguson… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers have set aside $375,000 to make repairs to a Civil War monument at a Mississippi historic site, but state Department of Natural Resources officials… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A federal investigation shows that some employees at a bomb-making plant in south Kansas City might have been exposed to more radiation than previously known…. Read more »