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The St. Louis and Kansas City areas, along with part of southeast Missouri, have violated 2008 air quality standards and may be forced to impose new restrictions, the state said Thursday.
A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit challenging the training and competence of Missouri's execution team in a decision that could move the state closer to resuming executions, but likely not for months.
Publishing online creates a new set of problems for newspapers. Some people ask to have stories "unpublished," while others leave nasty, unsigned comments on articles. Now some newspapers are appealing to their own readers for advice.
The Doe Run Co. on Tuesday downplayed the extent of lead contamination at properties near its Herculaneum lead smelter, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stood by tests showing many neighboring homes had tainted soil.
Fay looks menacing as her teeth jut out from a mouth without lips, which have been ripped from her face along with part of her nose during vicious dogfights.
The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com pleaded guilty on Friday to federal racketeering conspiracy and other charges, concluding years of investigating and prosecuting a case in the complex world of offshore sports gambling.
A 31-year-old Canadian man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.
Gay marriage and gays in the military may dominate the headlines, but activists in many states say their fight is much more fundamental: basic rights and protections against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation.
As teams begin evaluating hundreds of pit bulls seized in the largest U.S. raid on dogfighters, the Humane Society of Missouri has issued an urgent call to rescue groups to help find homes for the dogs deemed eligible for adoption.
Norm Coleman is among the notables gathering this week in St. Louis for a conference on conservative principles.
Relatively few lawsuits were filed in Missouri and the nation during the chaos and upheaval of the Civil War, the state archivist said, but once it ended, parties aggrieved by marital infidelity, continued enslavement and other wrongs turned to the courts for relief.
An animal rescue group that won a $1 million makeover it claimed was never delivered has settled with the popular pet Web site that offered the prize, and is using the undisclosed sum to build a new shelter, the groups said Wednesday.
Last year, Richard Thompson, founder of a popular pet Web site, dangled a fantastic prize for one lucky animal shelter: a $1 million makeover.
When authorities raided J.B.'s Precious Puppies, they discovered more than 200 dogs standing in their own excrement, crammed three and four to a cage. Some were so sickly they were missing clumps of hair. The skeletal remains of puppies and adult dogs were found inside pet-food bags.
Ernest Trova, an acclaimed St. Louis artist best known for his "Falling Man" series of works about man at his most imperfect, has died.
Megachurches with large audiences have long planned for emergencies, but smaller churches often aren't ready for a crisis, experts say.
A no-frills office building next to agricultural rice paddies has become the nerve center for efforts to restore power to three of the hardest-hit counties in southern Missouri's worst ice storm in memory.
Many condemned prisoners claim to find God, but Dennis Skillicorn's supporters say his actions bear him out.
Farmland owners in certain counties can give prairie chickens a boost while earning income in an unsettling economy.
At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark sunglasses and a wrapped winter scarf, and handed Settles two $100 bills stamped with the words "secret Santa." "The only condition," she said, "is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on."
A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.
Retired Army Sgt. Angela Peacock once was outgoing, competitive and athletic. These days, she barely functions, trusts no one and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder that prevents her from working.
Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person told health officials as many as 50 teenagers might have been exposed to the virus that causes AIDS.
They had learned English, mastered American civics, undergone extensive background checks and adapted to a new culture.
He owns three Harleys, is a self-described staunch Roman Catholic — and has helped kill dozens of men. Dr. Alan Doerhoff calls himself the "world's authority on lethal injection."
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