The order calls upon the state to respond to the claims in Ferguson’s petition, which include a lack of physical evidence, a lack of credible witness testimony and a constitutional violation in the trial's jury selection.

Keeping the focus on the Ferguson case, the Midwest Innocence Project is co-hosting a panel discussion case Monday at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. People are invited to watch online and tweet questions or comment via Facebook.

Ryan Ferguson's lawyers filed a response to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster in the Western District Court of Appeals on Friday. Koster asked the court to deny Ferguson's petition earlier this month.

Chris Koster calls the effort unjustified and a waste of judicial resources. The appeal is Ferguson's 14th attempt to get his conviction overturned or his case back into court.

Bill Ferguson is hoping to find out more information about the murder that his son Ryan is currently serving time for by purchasing a billboard that offers a $10,000 reward.

Ryan Ferguson was denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Here's a timeline of the evolution of his case.

Last week's most-read stories mostly revolved around Ryan Ferguson's evidentiary hearing, which included recanted testimony from two witnesses, Columbia Tribune janitor Jerry Trump and Charles "Chuck" Erickson.

The defense rested after testimony from its three final witnesses, including Michael Boyd, who is the person known to have spoken to Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt last before his death.

Witness testimony in the Ryan Ferguson hearing continued Tuesday morning with forensic pathologist Larry Blum.

Testimony began Monday in the evidentiary hearing for Ryan Ferguson, which will determine whether he will be granted a new trial to challenge his 2005 murder conviction.

After being postponed for nearly six months, testimony began Monday in Ryan Ferguson’s evidentiary hearing for a new trial after his 2005 conviction in the 2001 killing of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt.

An overview of major events in the Ryan Ferguson case. He was convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of Kent Heitholt in 2001.

The Columbia man hopes new evidence and the help of a lawyer who has helped gain the freedom of several men convicted of murder in Illinois will help prove his innocence, but he will not take the stand in his own defense.

Charles "Chuck" Erickson said his memory of the night Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt was killed came to him in dreams two years after the killing. But is it possible for a person to reliably recover a memory after not remembering it for that long a time?

Lack of evidence such as fingerprints, DNA, or murder weapon is keeping Ryan Ferguson behind bars.

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green said the court will hear new evidence from the defense of Ryan Ferguson in his latest legal effort to to get a new trial. Ferguson was convicted in 2005 in the killing of Columbia Daily Tribune Sports Editor Kent Heitholt. 

Ryan Ferguson's case continues to draw national attention with a "Dateline NBC" episode set to air Friday night, but his progress toward a new trial is indiscernible.

Part of Ferguson's latest appeal for release from prison or a new trial was dismissed Friday by Judge Daniel Green.

If Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green deems the jury selection process to have been unconstitutional, a new trial could automatically be granted.

Two key witnesses who testified against Ferguson in 2005 are now saying they lied.