A teenager was sentenced Monday to 20 years in adult prison for killing his friend when they were both 14. Both prosecutors and the defense said the boy should enter a youth program for his sentence, but Missouri officials rejected…
A judge filed Monday to hold St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner in contempt of court for the second time in a week after prosecutors failed to show up for a hearing in an assault case.
Missouri Sen. Rick Brattin is pushing to exempt sales taxes on the purchase of firearms and ammunition. But in his district, where guns are as common as butter, residents aren't so quick to agree.
A judge declined to hold St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner in contempt but said her stressed office allowed a murder case set for trial to "(fall) through the cracks."
Jennifer Hall, 42, pleaded guilty to reduced first-degree involuntary manslaughter counts in death of two patients at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe.
Proposed law would allow victims of child sexual abuse material to hold online platforms accountable in state and federal court for distributing such images.
A record number of books faced official censorship attempts last year, with familiar LGBTQ titles crowding the new annual banned book list. "Gender Queer," "All Boys Aren't Blue" and "The Bluest Eye" lead the top 10, according to the American…
It's only the third time lake sturgeon — massive, bottom-feeding fish with bony plate armor — have spawned in Missouri since conservationists here and across the U.S. started working to save the species about 40 years ago. The first time…
Police have not yet officially identified Tom Hall as the man killed in the fire in a two-story, two-family flat in the 1800 block of South Ninth Street, though friends noted the apartment was his.