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A hearing to consider the request of a Missouri teen to have her guilty plea in the killing of a 9-year-old neighbor vacated, corrected or set aside has…

A Missouri teen who pleaded guilty to killing her 9-year-old neighbor wants the pleas to be vacated, corrected or set aside.Alyssa Bustamante pleaded…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Senator Claire McCaskill's mother passes awayMU School of Professional Health Dean to step down…

The mother of a killed 9-year-old Missouri girl has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a mental health clinic that provided services to the teenager…

Authorities investigating the October 2009 disappearance of a Missouri girl had seized muddy clothes and shovels from the home of a neighboring teenager…

A Missouri teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbor girl as an "ahmazing" thrill made an emotional apology Wednesday to the girl's…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Alyssa Bustamante sentenced to life in prisonA workplace discrimination reform bill passes the…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon explains why he waited to add money to the state's higher education…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how…

Attorneys for a Missouri teenager who admitted killing a young neighbor girl are contending that a troubled childhood and an antidepressant drug may have…