The Missouri senator claims the drug puts patients at risk, while advocates say decades of data back up mifepristone's safety.

A sports authority means the new Chiefs stadium will be publicly owned. But even though it will be located in Kansas City, Kansas, the state does not require anyone on the board to live in the area — ...

The city of Independence blocked residents from starting a petition that could force a citywide vote after city council approved more than $6 billion in tax breaks. Now opponents are suing to force ...

Three students at Derby High School, southeast of Wichita, tell us why they participated in an anti-ICE walkout at their school.

A previously thrown out law over rewriting Missouri ballot summaries is on track to be revived. The bill gives greater authority to the secretary of state to write summary statements for proposed ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri Department of Corrections of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it. After multiple overdoses, ...

Iran is set to play three games in the U.S. this June. But amid the U.S.-Israel military campaign that has killed Iran's supreme leader, Iran's sports minister said the team would pull out.

The legislation would make it easier to try juveniles as adults and set strict requirements for how long inmates must be imprisoned before they're eligible for parole.

Lance Shockley died by lethal injection last year. State courts have rejected prisoners' requests for DNA testing in recent ...

The city commission voted to grant a permit allowing private corrections company CoreCivic to hold over 1,000 federal ...

Under a Missouri House bill, if a person is convicted of domestic violence and has been convicted at least once before, they would have to register as a persistent offender.

If the court strikes down the new map, Missouri's congressional lines would revert to the prior map — which keeps the bulk of Kansas City within one district.