February 8, 2024 Republican-led, pro-abortion campaign to amend Missouri Constitution dies Missourians for Constitutional Freedom abandoned its pro-abortion ballot initiative Thursday, which would have amended the state constitution to allow all abortions up to 12 weeks.
February 8, 2024 Missouri Senate kills proposed rape, incest exceptions to state abortion law The Missouri state Senate voted Wednesday against amending the state's comparatively strict abortion law to allow exceptions for rape and incest.
February 8, 2024 More Republicans treating child care as workforce issue, supporting higher spending More Republicans across the U.S. are supporting increased spending to subsidize child care costs after the pandemic illuminated the industry's fragility and its importance to parents.
February 8, 2024 Missouri GOP candidate takes a flamethrower to 'grooming' and 'sexualizing' books in viral video GOP candidate Valentina Gomez posted a video of herself on her X account torching controversial books to promote her run for Missouri Secretary of State.
February 8, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: 'Hard to see scenario where something unusual didn't happen,' lawyer says Tony Kagay, the attorney for Clayton McGeeney's family, said it would be “very hard to explain" how Jordan Willis didn't realize his friends were “frozen in his backyard for two days."
February 6, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Drugs in men's systems show 'there's more to the story,' family says The family of David Harrington, one of three Kansas City men found frozen and dead on Jan. 9, said drugs found in their son's system don't give them closure in his death.
February 5, 2024 Juvenile murder suspect on the run after escaping St. Louis detention facility Police in the St. Louis area continue searching for a 17-year-old boy who escaped the city's juvenile detention center over the weekend, reports say.
February 2, 2024 Patient shoots, wounds security guard immediately after discharge from Kansas City hospital A patient shot and injured a security guard Friday at University Health Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, shortly after being discharged from the facility.
February 2, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs fans deaths: Party host's rehab could be legal strategy, experts say After the families of three dead Kansas City Chiefs fans met with prosecutors on Wednesday, experts discuss whether party host Jordan Willis' stay in rehab could be a legal strategy.
February 1, 2024 Preliminary toxicology results back for Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen to death Police in Kansas City have received the toxicology report of the three men who were found dead in the snow following their game day gathering.