The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is seeking to strike down Missouri’s criminal penalties for abortion, adding to an already intense legal confrontation playing out in St. Louis that could result in a judge overturning the state’s near-total ban.

Plus: GOP candidate defends “limited role of government” in parental decisions for transgender kids, some common sense about Diet Coke and cancer, and more…

After Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade launched her Democratic campaign for governor this week by emphasizing a humble early life that included becoming the first person in her family to graduate high school, Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe took to social media to highlight his own upbringing by a…

Rochelle Steffen, founder of Mac’s Mission in Missouri, US, came to rescue Pearl on Saturday after she was found covered in thick-flea-ridden fur and with one eye

Missouri public schools will be allowed to offer elective courses on the Bible under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Mike Parson this week.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday evening vetoed a sweeping public safety bill that would have allowed more people who were wrongfully convicted to receive compensation from the state.

A southwest Missouri town is the site of a gathering this weekend that organizers say will honor and raise money for those charged in Capitol riot cases.

Kansas City Star says Fourth of July quote posted on Twitter was made up after pointing out offensive Juneteenth comment

Injunction amounts to unusual intervention by the courts in communications between the government and tech companies