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With earlier store openings, shoppers hoping to score Black Friday deals waited outside stores in Columbia on Thursday night.

Big box stores, which offer the biggest discounts, are typically more popular for shoppers hoping to save money on their early holiday purchases.

Christopher Roseberry has told investigators he was the teen who fired shots at a car approaching Rock Bridge High School.

A growing number of parents are delaying their children's vaccinations, opting out of some shots or not vaccinating at all. Some of them say that it's parents — not physicians — who should make the decision.

Joy Sweeney said her 19-year-old son Derrik will arrive in St. Louis late Saturday night, and that his family plans to meet him there.

Friends said Donald Weidinger, who served in the military, was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

After returning from war, John Nash's life spiraled out of control as he struggled with a condition that wouldn't receive widespread recognition until many years later: post-traumatic stress disorder. He's written a book about his experience.

In May 2010, the movement caught on in Puxico, a southeastern Missouri town where dusty cowboy boots, western-yoked shirts and Stetsons remain commonplace. 

Three American students were ordered to be released by a court on Thursday but were still being processed for their release on Friday.

The shooting occurred Thursday evening after officers were sent to a home on a report of a burglary in progress. When officers entered the home they found two other people dead inside.

Critics accuse higher education recruiters of sending thousands of unqualified applicants to the U.S. every year, while college administrators who rely on recruiters say they are more familiar with overseas customs and school systems.

Gov. Jay Nixon ordered that flags at government buildings across the state be flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor Spc. James Roland Burnett Jr., 21, of southeastern Missouri. Burnett died Nov. 16 in Afghanistan.