Missouri News

The Missouri legislative session ended last week and one of the many successes the state GOP is celebrating is the passage of a bill to add restrictions to the "abortion pill." It's one of several Republican initiatives that Planned Parenthood is now slamming in the aftermath of the session.

Republicans in the General Assembly passed legislation high on their priority list, but those bills probably won't make it out of Gov.

Compared to many other states in the country, Missouri has a high concentration of racist, homophobic tweets that include offensive, hateful language.

The legislative session in Missouri is finally over. And after months of heated debates on guns, lawmakers have sent controversial bills to the governor that would dramatically change the concealed-carry permit application process -- and increase protections for gun owners.

It's time for another edition of Ask the Patch Pro , where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comments section for questions.

It seems that not a day goes by that the a branch, agency, or some other area of the government seems to be overstepping their boundaries.

The Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million wasn't sold in Missouri.

The counties in Missouri include, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Carroll, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Polk, Pulaski, St.

Lindbergh High School senior Tiffany Lee is one of two Missouri high school students to be honored by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars as a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Communications.

The Blanchette Bridge project is progressing ahead of schedule. On Friday morning Missouri Department of Transportation District Engineer Ed Hassinger and St.

One of the tickets sold in Florida for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: The player matching all five numbers and the Powerball won the $600 million jackpot.

As the days leading up to the 8th annual 2013 Columbia Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Classic seemed to be stuck in a never ending rain and high wind pattern, my attention focused on a decision I had to make, to fish or not to fish.

A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee.

Missouri lawmakers revamped four of the state's main business incentives on the final day of their legislative session, but failed Friday to pass a broader measure that would have scaled back costly tax credits for developers.

The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel.

Discover the lure of Missouri outdoors with the Missouri Department of Conservation's Free Fishing Days June 8 and 9. During Free Fishing Days, anyone can fish in the Show-Me-State without having to buy a fishing permit, trout stamp or trout park daily tag.

Governor Jay Nixon is threatening to lay off state workers unless Republican lawmakers fully fund the Missouri Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicles Division for a full fiscal year.

Missouri American Water's capital budget for 2013 is $90.5 million, and it's setting aside $40 million of that to replace aging water pipes in St.

A former deputy sheriff in Bollinger County has settled his lawsuit against the county prosecutor, sheriff's department of former sheriff.

Last fall, researchers in Missouri caught the attention of public health experts and advocates across North America.