(TROY, Mo., AP) — A 36-year-old man is accused of assaulting his wife and holding her hostage in their Lincoln County home for more than five weeks. Richard Penrod was charged Wednesday… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A new project aims to address high infant mortality rates in sections of St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1LbT3mO) that in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood,… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Authorities now suspect foul play in the disappearance of an Army veteran from St. Louis. Authorities say 22-year-old Robert Lovings Polk hasn’t been seen since Oct. 3, when… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Despite raising concerns, Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration is planning to implement legislation cutting Missouri’s unemployment benefits to one of the shortest periods nationally. Nixon said previously that… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s House speaker is seeking signatures for a letter to Gov. Jay Nixon that slams a plan to use state money for… Read more »

(BRIDGETON, Mo., AP) — Four school districts in suburban St. Louis now have a plan in place in case of an emergency at a troubled landfill. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Federal teams are expected in Kansas City to help investigate a building fire that killed two firefighters. Veteran firefighters, 43-year-old Larry J. Leggio and 39-year-old… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The latest on the collapse of a burning apartment building in Kansas City that killed two firefighters (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Two firefighters who were killed… Read more »