The silence at Florida State Prison was palpable Thursday evening as the curtain to the death chamber opened, showing Frank ...

The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce and EaglePicher Technologies have announced the 33rd annual Business EXPO will be Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Downstream Casino Resort Pavilion.

A man convicted of killing a man and his girlfriend during a 1987 home invasion has been put to death in Florida.

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and public support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in over 50 years.

In response to questions from The Marshall Project - St. Louis in October about how Missouri prison deaths are tracked and recorded, the research team at the Missouri Department of Corrections ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker is looking to end Missouri’s death penalty under a new bill filed in the House. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Jim Murphy, R-St. Louis County, would ...

Thomas Cooper, 5, of Royal Oak died in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber fire Jan. 31 at the Oxford Center in Troy. The CEO of the Oxford Center and three workers are criminally charged in Thomas' death.

Testimony in a hearing about the death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper included witnesses talking about the hyperbaric chamber itself and possible safety violations. Judge Delivers Final Blow to Trump ...

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – The four people charged in the death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed in a hyperbaric chamber explosion at a health care facility in Oakland County will return to court ...

After repeated questions about missing deaths in the state’s existing logs, the department shared annual counts for the first time. How many people die each year in Missouri prisons? The question ...

OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND A RETURN TO REAL FALL WEATHER. FIRST TONIGHT, KMBC9 INVESTIGATES IS HOLDING THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE IN MISSOURI’S PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP SYSTEM. WARDS OF THE STATE TELL ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 26-year-old Missouri man is facing charges in connection with the death of an Overland Park woman killed while on a walk early on Oct. 28. Around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, police and ...