(ST. CHARLES, Mo., AP) — A former St. Charles County jail guard accused last year of having sex with an inmate has been given a four-year suspended sentence and placed… Read more »

(STOVER, Mo., AP) — A former Missouri pastor accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl in 2005 has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Kansas City Star… Read more »

(FULTON, Mo., AP) — Authorities are investigating a double homicide in central Missouri. Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers says two people were shot Tuesday evening in Callaway County. KRCG-TV (http://bit.ly/1VR9tJ5 ) reports… Read more »

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark., AP) — The nation’s midsection prepared for another day of foul weather Wednesday after a series of storms brought huge hail and high winds, but not as many tornadoes… Read more »

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark., AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the central and eastern U.S. (all times local): 8:35 a.m. Several Missouri communities are experiencing minor to moderate flooding after a… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A group of nearly 40 men and women will join Kansas City area students in the classroom this fall as part of a new program… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are advancing a measure that would limit fees to carry a concealed firearm and expand the state’s castle doctrine law. House members voted… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The director of national intelligence says he doesn’t plan to overturn a subordinate’s preliminary decision to build a federal spy agency’s new regional headquarters in St…. Read more »

(JACKSON, Mo., AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for kidnapping and raping a Southeast Missouri State University student last May. The Southeast… Read more »