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.

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

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

A push from Missouri's Republican attorney general to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and ...

The owners of Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que plan to launch Joe’s Next Door in May just across Mission Road from its original gas station restaurant.

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.

GOCHEW food truck serves Korean American food, known for their burgers and signature sauces. Owner Joohae Yoon testified in favor of the licensing change bill. A bill sponsored by a Grain Valley ...

A Douglas County District Court judge ruled that the law may be enforced during an ongoing lawsuit by transgender Kansans and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said she got accountability in the case against the 20-year-old involved in the fatal mass shooting. But Johnson vowed to change the law, saying the victim’s ...

Kansas City's proposed budget for next year doesn't include any increase in funding for its transit agency. Without more money, the agency warned it may need to cut nearly a third of its routes.

Anti-capital punishment advocates say the death penalty is costlier to taxpayers than life in prison because many defendants appeal their sentences, and the appeals process can force victims’ families ...

John Diehl served in the Missouri House from 2009 through 2015. He resigned in 2015 after being caught sending sexually explicit texts to an intern.