(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Joplin police say a fatal shooting during a home invasion was self-defense. Police say 32-year-old Michael Dean, of rural Joplin, died early Monday at a house… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s transportation director says a lane closure on an Interstate 70 bridge is one symptom of problems arising from a funding shortfall. One westbound lane… Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Officers found a man and his two young children dead in an apartment in southwestern Missouri after a standoff that had lasted nearly 24 hours, police… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri could reinstate caps overturned by the state Supreme Court three years ago after senators passed a compromise to limit non-economic damages in medical malpractice… Read more »

By MARIE FRENCH (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gas Energy has settled a complaint alleging it failed to take adequate measures to ensure safety in a fatal 2013 blast… Read more »

By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — House members on Tuesday gave initial approval to a package of bills authorizing a more than $26 billion budget for the state… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — Five people in Ferguson have been fired or resigned under pressure in the week since the release of a Justice Department report alleging… Read more »