Missouri News

Two freight trains collided and derailed early Saturday in southeast Missouri, then triggered the collapse of a highway overpass when several rail cars struck a support pillar.

Two freight trains are seen after a collision at a rail intersection in Missouri May 25, 2013, in this photo courtesy of KFVS12.

Are the bridges you drive over each day safe? That's the question we started asking the Missouri Department of Transportation after a truck hit a bridge last night in Washington State, causing it to collapse.

The university announced the $23 million plan to renovate Pickard, Swallow and Jesse halls in a news release Thursday, although it still must be approved by the Board of Curators.

A group of Missouri High School Students will be driving to Washington, D.C. next week.

"They ended the search and rescue midnight of yesterday, so we're gonna start cleaning up the rubble, cleaning up people's houses, lawns, buildings...all the destruction we're going to try to clear that out so we can build anew," former Army Sergeant Levi Newman said.

Attorneys for fired news anchor Larry Conners are considering taking legal action against KMOV-TV, which announced this week that it was terminating the veteran newsman over his controversial comments about the IRS .

Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats.

Missouri senators concluded the legislative session without voting on a bill that would have strengthened the state's alcohol distribution cartel.

Late last year, Bret Hoy and Sam Geneser set out to cast a lens on Midwestern punk.

The Department of Natural Resources reports two beaches will remain closed for the opening weekend.

Missouri conservation officials have added 40 elk to the state's population as part of a project to restore the animals to the state.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce-designate Penny Pritzker is a billionaire Chicago hotel and real estate mogul, and lynchpin of the Windy City's "Ladies who lunch" group that fostered Barack Obama's political career.

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Todd P. Graves, a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri who left the Department of Justice under unpleasant circumstances , is representing the Northern California Tea Party Patriots.

The university is planning a $22.85 million project to make significant changes to Jesse Hall, Swallow Hall and Pickard Hall, subject to approval by the UM Board of Curators.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that the U.S. and Missouri flags at state buildings in all 114 counties and the City of St.

Missouri General Assembly Gives Final Approval to Rep. Chrissy Sommer's Bill to Eliminate Double Taxation for Businesses JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

In Howell County, Mo., three pieces of land are being made available free of charge-yes, free of charge-for gun manufacturers looking to move from unfriendly territory.

Photography editor and educator Mike Davis has been named as the new Alexia Chair for Documentary Photography at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.