(ST. LOUIS, AP) — St. Louis officials have been investigating a recent increase in the number of fires reported at vacant buildings. The city says dozens of its 7,000 vacant… Read more »

(WARRENTON, Mo., AP) — A desolate outlet mall near St. Louis may soon get a rebirth. The Warrenton Outlet Center was once a thriving spot along Interstate 70 in Warrenton,… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Data from Missouri’s medical examiner’s office shows that 47 people have been killed in St. Louis County this year, up 11 from the same time period… Read more »

(TARKIO, Mo., AP) — The superintendent of a northern Missouri school district faces a drunken driving charge. Tarkio Superintendent Patrick Martin was arrested Thursday in Tarkio and is charged with… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City says about 790,000 of its members are being notified that some of their personal information has been… Read more »

(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Missouri college students this year could get more money from a need-based scholarship from the state. Gov. Jay Nixon during a visit to Missouri Southern State… Read more »

(DONIPHAN, Mo., AP) — A recount isn’t yet complete, but it appears a county commissioner race in this week’s Missouri primary election ended in a dead heat. Jerry Kelly and… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities say a man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally beating his girlfriend in Kansas City. Forty-seven-year-old Morris Smith was sentenced Thursday… Read more »

(MARYVILLE, Mo., AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old student from Seoul, South Korea, who drowned in Missouri, had been attending a picnic to welcome participants in a two-year residential, early… Read more »