Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention ...

Missouri is one of two states where, if a jury is deadlocked on whether to sentence someone to death, the judge can issue the death penalty. The bill also establishes an automatic record-clearing ...

Democrats and a few Republicans are calling for curbing Trump's unilateral use of military power in Iran, despite previous such efforts failing to advance.

Maybe you have a pink Care Bear with a rainbow belly, a blue Smurfette with long blonde hair, or one of those Teenage Mutant ...

Independence City Council set to vote Monday night on AI data center tax incentives. Approval would mean the data center developer would pay a fraction of the taxes it would normally owe on buildings, ...

A bill filed in the General Assembly would make Missouri the 24th state to call on Congress to overturn Citizens United. The advocacy group pushing for the bill says similar measures have gotten ...

The deaths of three U.S. service members mark the first American casualties since the start of operation "Epic Fury" on ...

The deaths of three U.S. servicemen mark the first American casualties since the start of operation "Epic Fury" on Saturday.

Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as ...

More than 1,000 Missourians traveled to the Capitol to attend Disability Rights Legislative Day. Lawmakers from both chambers ...

Some legislators were unclear if Kansas law already requires the use of turn signals in a roundabout. "As much as I hate them stupid things," Berryton Republican Sen. Rick Kloos said, "I like the bill ...