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November 17, 2023

Missouri's voter ID law is back in court. Here's a look at what it does

The MO Legislature passed a law last year that requires voters to show photo identification before voting, but it has been challenged in the courts by the LWV and the NAACP.

November 17, 2023

Man convicted of killing woman, dumping body in duffel bag on rural Missouri road

Marcus Brooks has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Ariel Starcher, whose body was found stuffed into a duffel bag on a rural road in northwestern Missouri.

November 16, 2023

A pregnant woman who was put on life support after a Missouri mall shooting has died, police say

19 year-old Karla Brown, who was shot in the head during a MO mall shooting, has died while on life support in a Kansas City suburb.

November 16, 2023

Missouri's abortion law faces challenge in court over claims of religious influence

A Missouri judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion ban, filed by 13 Christian, Jewish and Unitarian Universalist leaders.

November 15, 2023

Popular children's book is returned to Missouri library after 30 years: 'Never too late'

The book "But Not the Hippopotamus" by Sandra Boynton was returned to the St. Charles City-County Library in Missouri earlier this month — 30 years after it was checked out.

November 11, 2023

Men charged in Missouri for trying to dig up grandmother’s grave: prosecuting attorney

Two men were charged with attempting to deface or destroy cemetery property by allegedly trying to illegally exhume a body in St. Louis County this past summer.

November 10, 2023

Kansas City to hire 2 new overdose investigators amid fentanyl death spike

Kansas City will hire two overdose investigators in an effort to crack down on rising fentanyl deaths in the western Missouri metropolis.

November 9, 2023

Missouri teacher accused of having sex with student, fondling on school field trip

Lindsey Limbaugh and Kristin Kirker, teachers at Missouri's Kelly School District, were arrested and charged with two counts, each, of sexual conduct with a student in the same week.

November 8, 2023

Chicago doctors use breast implants to perform successful double-lung transplant on 34-year-old man

Doctors in Chicago performed a successful double-lung transplant while using breast implants to help keep a 34-year-old Missouri man alive.

November 8, 2023

Republican senator presses State Department for info on bishop imprisoned by Ortega regime

Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing the Department of State to pursue the release of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was imprisoned by the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.