By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri business owner died Sunday morning in a plane crash after texting his family that the aircraft had hit turbulence, authorities… Read more »

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo., AP) — The Pony Express will be riding again for the next two weeks. The 35th Annual Pony Express Reride will leave Monday from the site in… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — A northwest Missouri man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping a friend kill his father in January 2012. Christopher Hendren was sentenced… Read more »

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri officials are proposing changes after aspiring teachers struggled on new educator certification exams, particularly those for math and science. Fifty-five content… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was critical of the agency after a handcuffed Iowa man fell from a patrol boat and drowned in… Read more »

(SADDLEBROOKE, Mo., AP) — The birth of two lion cubs was a surprise for an animal sanctuary in southwest Missouri after their suspected father underwent a vasectomy. The male cubs… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A special prosecutor says he won’t file criminal charges against a Boone County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a murder suspect in February. The deputy… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri transportation officials are warning drivers that construction projects will cause delays on Interstate 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis this summer. The state… Read more »

(OZARK, Mo., AP) — An interim sheriff in southwest Missouri says his county has no use for a large military vehicle given to the sheriff’s department by the federal government…. Read more »