A widely available and legal drug that mimics the effects of marijuana could became illegal in Missouri through a bill considered Tuesday in the Legislature. Bill sponsor Rep. Ward Franz, R-West Plains, told the House Public Safety Committee that easy access to the drug, which is sold in smoke ...

A man suspected of robbing banks in five states has been captured in Missouri after someone recognized him from the television show America's Most Wanted. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release Sunday that Chad E. Schaffner was arrested Saturday at a ...

Five people were killed in a head-on collision on a two-lane highway in rural eastern Missouri. St. Francois County Coroner Jim Coplin said authorities found no skid marks at the crash site on Missouri Route 00 in an area surrounded by wooded farmland about ...