Republican lawmakers in the Missouri House are standing by the House Budget Committee’s attempt to stall the appropriations ...

David Spears pleaded guilty to his role in the 2007 murder of his step-daughter 9-year-old Rowan Ford. In 2007 Rowan Ford was ...

Missouri’s “pay-to-stay” law is applied arbitrarily, hurting poor people who lose money they need to get re-established in ...

After a contentious budget committee hearing last Thursday ended with a disagreement in philosophy, there was also an agreement that the Director of the Missouri State Public ...

The proposal was tacked onto a controversial bill that would reduce the amount of time people have to sue in personal injury ...

Missouri sheriffs are asking the state legislature to address their priorities, including tightening Missouri sentencing laws ...

Kurtis Gregory, R-Marshall, speaks when he was a member of the Missouri House. JEFFERSON CITY — State Sen ... hazing carries up to a seven-year prison sentence under Missouri law.

The committee responsible for funding the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office met Thursday (2/13) and after a contentious hearing — refused to hear the ...

The inside of the nursery, which is on prison ... future of Missouri families. On her way into Vandalia, a town of about 3,000 people situated about 75 miles northeast of Jefferson City, Boykin ...

James Pointer was in his housing unit at the Moberly Correctional Center when the cap on a femoral catheter became dislodged.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - As the Missouri legislature works through the state budget, one challenge they have to work through is funding education. The governor’s proposed budget does not ...

Estimates project that the number of felons required to serve extended prison terms would more than triple if the bills pass.