Thousands of bats take up residence in Missouri school gym

Colony of bats has taken up residence in an elementary school gym; bats worked their way in through tiny holes

• Aug 25, 2015

Pregnant mom's disappearance remains unsolved

Missouri mother Amanda Jones was eight and a half months pregnant when she vanished in 2005 -- 10 years later, her family is still searching for answers

• Aug 14, 2015

Ferguson state of emergency ends after days of protests

Police "have established order," county executive says following anniversary of Michael Brown's death

• Aug 14, 2015

Teacher shortages spur districts nationwide to try new tactics

District in Nevada is using billboards in Times Square to recruit educators as schools across country scramble to fill jobs

• Aug 12, 2015

Night of violence prompts state of emergency in Ferguson

Protests in Ferguson were marred by gunfire; 18-year-old critically wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police

• Aug 10, 2015

Man shot by police in Ferguson charged with multiple counts

Suspect charged after plainclothes officers shot him during protest in Ferguson on Sunday; protesters detained Monday in downtown St. Louis

• Aug 10, 2015

A year after Ferguson, blacks say police treat them unfairly

Poll finds majority of blacks say they or family members have personal experience with being treated unfairly by police

• Aug 5, 2015

Missouri man kills 160-pound python terrorizing neighborhood

Neighbors in eastern Missouri's Warren County believe the snake was responsible for killing and eating dogs and chickens

• Jul 30, 2015

Police: Man kills father, 75, over domestic dispute

Kyle Webb and his father, Franklin Webb, allegedly got into a fight about a leaky pipe at their home

• Jul 27, 2015

Execution set in Mo. today for 14-year-old murder

David Zink, who murdered a 19-year-old woman in 2001, was asking for last-minute appeals to spare him

• Jul 14, 2015

Missouri inmate pressing appeals as execution nears

David Zink, 55, is hoping the appeals will delay his execution, scheduled for Tuesday

• Jul 13, 2015

Man to live atop billboard to protest St. Louis killings

With St. Louis homicides increasing, a billboard company owner is taking his anti-violence activism to new heights

• Jul 10, 2015

Feds: Police violated free-speech rights during Ferguson unrest

Department of Justice report summary says police response "served to escalate rather than de-escalate the overall situation"

• Jun 30, 2015

"Disabled" woman pleads not guilty in mom's murder

A woman accused of killing her mother amid allegations the family defrauded the community for years appeared in a Missouri court Monday

• Jun 29, 2015

Mo. homeowner kills 2 intruders within 4 months

Police say that one man came to his door with two guns, another with an ax

• Jun 26, 2015

"Disabled" woman to face murder charge in Mo.

A young Missouri woman who police say faked a disability will return to Missouri to face charges in her mother's murder

• Jun 19, 2015

"Disabled" daughter now suspect in mother's murder

A young Missouri woman police initially described as disabled is now facing charges in her mother's murder amid allegations that the family defrauded friends and neighbors for years

• Jun 16, 2015

Disabled Mo. teen found safe after mother slain

Gypsy Blancharde was reported missing after her mother was found murdered in their Springfield, Mo., home; search for both was triggered by a disturbing Facebook post

• Jun 15, 2015

Parents, 2 kids killed in Missouri small plane crash

Small plane crashes while taking off from grass airstrip in southwest Missouri

• Jun 12, 2015

Report of plane crash actually truck's bath time

An "army of emergency vehicles" responded to a Missouri property after 911 callers feared a plane had gone down; turns out a monster truck was getting a high-powered hose-down

• Jun 10, 2015

Plane crash responders find man washing jet-powered truck

When Neal Darnell's new neighbors heard loud noise and saw smoke over their tree line, they called 911

• Jun 9, 2015

Police find car of missing Missouri woman

Investigators have found the car of a missing 57-year-old woman in South St. Louis

• Jun 5, 2015

Friends worried about missing Mo. woman

Authorities are looking for Linda McLaughlin, 57, of Sunset Hills, Missouri who was last seen Monday evening

• Jun 3, 2015

Box where James Horn held Sandra Sutton

Sandra Sutton was held captive in this box for four months; she escaped, but was later gunned down by her captor

• May 28, 2015
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Man serving life in prison for pot may be freed

Governor of Missouri commutes sentence for Jeff Mizanskey, who has been behind bars more than two decades for marijuana-related offenses

• May 26, 2015

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