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Health officials in Springfield and Joplin are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid relatively low vaccination rates and more people gathering for social events without masks or social distancing.

Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, the only statewide Democratic officeholder, won't seek reelection in 2022.

A group of Christian ministers is questioning the fatal police shooting of a Kansas City man after they said videos released this week contradicted the law enforcement version of what happened.

Missouri Lawyers Media has chosen Susan Block, a partner at Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal and a former circuit judge, as its 2021 Woman of the Year.

The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to hear a Kansas City man’s claim that he was wrongfully convicted of a triple murder 43 years ago.

U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a central Missouri Republican and a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, may be on the verge of joining the growing field of candidates for U.S. Senate in 2022, a seat crucial in the battle for Senate control.

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a $3 court fee used to pay for sheriffs' retirement is unconstitutional.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on May 25 that an off-duty Kansas City police detective is entitled to qualified immunity after he arrested a man who asked questions during a Kansas City Public Library event.

A Missouri prosecutor on Wednesday said she's disappointed the state Supreme Court won't hear the case of a Kansas City man imprisoned for more than 40 years for a triple murder that prosecutors say he didn’t commit.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a death row inmate's argument that he received ineffective counsel and prosecutors withheld important evidence during his trial for killing a central Missouri couple.

The special prosecutor handling a pair of high-profile weapons cases against a pair of St. Louis attorneys has announced that he has dropped a tampering charge in one of the cases.