Cole County commissioners held an emergency vote Thursday morning to approve money to fix the heat in the holding cells at the courthouse.

Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford says the investigation into the death of a central Missouri police chief is not over.

Missouri executed Allen Nicklasson on Wednesday night for killing a good Samaritan who stopped to help him and his friends after their car stalled on Interstate 70 in 1994.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she'll be shopping for a health care policy on the new federal insurance exchange but won't be taking a subsidy.

Columbia has seen a fall in burglaries over the Thanksgiving holiday since 2011. There were 36 residential burglaries in 2011, 24 in 2012 and 15 this year.

Jefferson City Public Schools announced during Monday night's board meeting it would have to find additional money to insure some of its teachers.

A Columbia man tied to several shootings over the past few years was found not guilty of tampering with his monitoring device.

A suspect is still on the run after robbing two Aspen Heights residents at gunpoint Tuesday night.

The flu is quickly starting to pread across Mid-Missouri, but doctors say it's off to a slower start this year compared to last year.

Missourians now can donate unclaimed property held by state government directly to charities that support military veterans, medical research, children's education and other causes.

Ever present but rarely so public, the rift between the tea party wing and less radical establishment Republicans over policy and tactics was on full display Thursday ahead of a House vote on the compromise federal budget worked out with Democrats.

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