State News

As the last person born in the historic black enclave of Pennytown, Virginia Huston has spent much of her life working to preserve the history of a community founded in 1871 by a freed slave.

After a gunman robs a couple at an ATM in Kansas City, police said that the man shot the robber in the head.

Court documents say the suspects were bored and looking for someone to kill when they came across the cyclist.

All the personal information was password-protected and encrypted, the company said, but it would not say how many people are affected or when the theft occured.

The company was hired to overhaul Missouri's computer system for driver's license and motor vehicle records and was supposed to get $1 from the sale of every record before lawmakers limited the price to one-half of a cent for bulk orders.

The Life Sciences Fund of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's political action committee has become a significant financial player in Kansas politics in recent months.

A Michigan firm reached a $100,000 settlement with the state attorney general's office over consumer protection lawsuit.

Knox County will likely have the highest turnout; Butler County, the lowest.

Both their math and reading scores improved in the state's public schools. But more districts and schools failed to meet "adequate yearly progress" goals, though state education officials said that was because requirements were more stringent under federal law.

They said Richard Davis is a rapist whose crimes have spanned two decades and become more intense over time.

The bay fox trotter was injured near Ironton.

He was struck on the neck, below his ear, and collapsed.

Boo Boo's 97-year-old owner was going to put out the noisy puss so she could get back to sleep. And then she realized something was wrong.

Jefferson County authorities say a letter claiming information about the whereabouts of a pregnant Pevely woman is bogus.

Days before the Aug. 5 primary, 9th District candidates outlined their views on what immigration policies the United States should have.

Rebecca Bowman Nassikas donated $200,000 to a political committee last week that plans to use the money for TV ads. Missourians for Honest Leadership, formed in Columbia in 2006, has already posted the piece on its Web site, TheFactsOnKoster.com.

Jurors deliberated less than four hours before convicting Richard D. Davis, 44, of 25 counts, including first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and assault in attacks on Marsha Spicer, of Independence, and Michelle Huff-Ricci, 36.