Victims of Robert Courtney are outraged and demanding new charges, said Mike Ketchmark, an attorney whose office was involved in more than 275 wrongful death lawsuits against Courtney.

More than $10 million, much of it from outside the state, has been raised to push proposals for abortion rights, sports wagering and to raise the minimum wage.

The Missouri Legislature approved a bill that allows counties to freeze property taxes for those 62 years old and older.

Whitey Herzog, the innovative and popular Hall of Fame manager who ran both of Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams and returned the Cardinals to World Series glory after a 15-year drought, has died.

Representatives from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri are part of the caucus behind a package of bills that would promote healthy outcomes for Black mothers, who die from pregnancy-related causes at far higher rates than women of other races.

Members of the Raymore City Council approved legislation that would pay developers $3.73 million to abandon their project at a proposed south Kansas City site.

The Kennedys have been critical of Robert F. Kennedy's third-party run, which has the potential to draw votes away from President Biden — who the family is formally endorsing on Thursday.

The grass pea is one: a hardy crop that can thrive in a drought. An agriculturist is spearheading an effort to diversity what farmers grow as climate change threatens staples like corn and wheat.

Schools and businesses were closed across the United Arab Emirates after about a year's worth of rain fell in a single day. Flooding has also disrupted travel at Dubai International Airport.

City of Refuge engagement director Garrett Rucinski says that anywhere between 8,000-10,000 refugees are living in mid-Missouri right now. His job, and the job of his organization, is to - in the broadest sense - make them feel welcome here. April 18, 2024

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

Owner Candace Hulsizer likes to think of Black Tea Bookshop as an indie-Barnes & Noble: "you can come in and find really anything that you want, but the work is featuring black authors and black stories." April 17, 2024

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA Newsroom.

Hetty Lui McKinnon is best known for her multi-layered cookbooks, the most recent one being Tenderheart: A Cookbook about Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds. In this book, she explores the significance of vegetables in her upbringing and different ways to make the most out of vegetables in your kitchen.