Missouri News

The NCAA has sanctioned the women's basketball program at Missouri Western State University for letting an ineligible athlete play for two seasons.The NCAA announced Wednesday that the St.

A Missouri man with ties to white supremacists who have been charged in an Arizona bombing will be held in prison without bond.

The Humane Society of Missouri says it would welcome help as it shelters about 300 dogs that were seized in raids of dogfighting operations in Missouri and Illinois.

A heavily traveled bridge over the Missouri River is partly closed after inspectors found damage from rust.

Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a former state lawmaker and a newspaper publisher to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

Dexter's longtime mayor, Joe Weber, was among those charged over the holiday weekend with driving while intoxicated on Missouri roadways.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Putting cows out to pasture is the topic of a three-day University of Missouri Extension workshop that begins Wednesday.

Two years ago, a sleeping toddler forgotten in a van during a field trip to the St.

Former State Department official Tom Schweich opens his run for Missouri auditor with a pledge to scrutinize the state's share of federal stimulus money.

A national environmental group says Missouri is a prime candidate for greater development of alternative energy projects.

A routine bridge inspection has prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation to immediately close the northbound Missouri Highway 291 Bridge over the Missouri River until further notice.

Saline County Sheriff Bruce Pennington says a prisoner at the county jail who attempted suicide by hanging has been hospitalized.

Mid-Missouri has experienced an 18 percent increase in people seeking treatment for HIV/AIDS, according to RAIN, the organization that handles case management for patients in the area, AP/Springfield News-Leader reports .

State officials are taking a new approach to fight a noxious weed in southwest Missouri.

Seven people died on Missouri roads during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The Missouri State Highway Patrol worked 317 crashes in which four people died and 134 people were injured between Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday at 11:59 p.m. The St.

Former state department official Tom Schweich said he is running for Missouri auditor as a Republican.

A looming "gray wave" of Baby Boomers expected on the nation's highways over the next two decades has prompted states to launch programs aimed at allowing seniors to keep driving as long as they can without endangering themselves or others.

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved 16 State Energy Program spending plans authorized as part of the federal economic stimulus package signed into law in February.

Some Missouri residents and businesses soon could see a new charge on their electric bills -- a fee for using less energy.

A Missouri native's lifelong dream was realized when he became part of the 2009 class of NASA astronauts, his fourth attempt since 1996.