AP Missouri

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (AP) — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed in a St. Louis suburb on Saturday night. St. Louis County police said a man was struck by a vehicle around 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the southern part of the county. Officers who were responding to a report of a

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Kansas City. The shooting was reported around 3 p.m. and officers who were in the area near the 4500 block of Chestnut Avenue said they heard gunshots. Kansas City Police Capt. Leslie Foreman said officers found

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — David Perron scored two goals, Jordan Binnington stopped 29 shots and the St. Louis Blues held on for a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche in their season opener. Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues. Colorado center

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for three touchdowns to lead Missouri State to a 37-7 homecoming victory over Indiana State. Shelley completed only 11 passes but had 225 yards through the air. Two of his touchdowns went to Tyrone Scott, who had three receptions for 106 yards. The third TD pass was to

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Damonta Witherspoon pulled in a 16-yard touchdown pass to ignite a fourth-quarter comeback, then set up the game-winning field goal with a 21-yard catch in the final minute as Murray State came from 15-points down in the final period to beat Southeast Missouri State, 32-31 in an Ohio Valley Conference

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as Missouri State defeated Indiana State 37-7. The Bears broke the game open by scoring three touchdowns in the final 2:19 of the second quarter. Shelley passed 45 yards to Xavier Lane and the Bears added two more scores — a

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 62-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with killing two women and injuring another in a shooting last month. Police said Saturday that Charles Anderson faces two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the Sept. 17 shooting. Police say the women were shot inside a vacant home in

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Texas A&M’s running back duo of Isaiah Spiller and Devon Achane took full advantage of Missouri’s porous defense in the 21st-ranked Aggies’ 35-14 victory. Spiller rushed 20 times for 168 yards and one touchdown, and Achane added 16 carries for 124 yards and two scores for

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —  A southwest Missouri man has been sentenced to 16 concurrent life sentences plus 107 years in prison for dozens of sex crimes involving children. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office announced Friday that 56-year-old Stephen Turner was sentenced after being found guilty in July of 33 felony charges, including statutory rape

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —  A southwest Missouri man has been sentenced to 16 concurrent life sentences plus 107 years in prison for dozens of sex crimes involving children. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office announced Friday that 56-year-old Stephen Turner was sentenced after being found guilty in July of 33 felony charges, including statutory rape

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has filed a complaint against a city police officer who allegedly conducted an unauthorized search for information about the mayor in a criminal justice database. The Kansas City Star reports Lucas filed the complaint Friday with the Office of Community Complaints. He said a Jackson

MARBLE HILL, Mo. (AP) — Three southeast Missouri residents are charged after an investigation into the disappearance of an Illinois woman. Bollinger County Sheriff Casey Graham said the family of 21-year-old Brianna Roberts, of Illinois, reported her missing on Thursday. Investigators determined Kaitlyn Morgan and Eric Nanney, of Glen Allen, Missouri, were the last people

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge found a former St. Louis County officer not guilty in the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hit by his patrol car in 2019. Circuit Judge Scott Millikan on Friday ruled former Officer Preston Marquart was not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the October 2019 death of Akeelah

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Swedish manufacturer Saab has opened a new Indiana facility where it will build sections for a new U.S. Air Force training jet. Company executives joined state officials and others for a ceremony this past week for the facility at Purdue University’s Discovery Park research and business district in West Lafayette.

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Frustrated with persistently low prices, ranchers and others in the beef industry are moving to reverse a long trend of consolidation and planning to open new slaughterhouses. The new plants typically cost more than $300 million, but they still will be much smaller than those

By MATT DERRICK Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — At age 30 and after five suspensions handed out by the NFL for violations of the league’s substance abuse policies that cost him three full seasons, wide receiver Josh Gordon describes his landing with the Kansas City Chiefs as “a dream destination.” Excelling on the

WINDYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a fire at a home involved in a kidnapping case in southwest Missouri was arson. The Missouri State Fire Marshal said the fire Oct. 4 at a home between Lebanon and Buffalo was classified as undetermined and criminal. The house was being rented by 58-year-old James Phelps.

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has yet to appoint any members. A state lawmaker said Friday that vulnerabilities exposed on a state website prove the need for just such a panel of experts. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court stay request from the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and Missouri. Roberts did not comment Friday in refusing to temporarily pause a lower court order affecting the operation of the Spire

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted three Missourians in a fraud scheme that allegedly used the identities of deceased people to receive payments from federal coronavirus relief money. Federal prosecutors said 39-year-old Warren Watkins and 25-year-old Marissia Jackson, both of Kansas City, and 40-year-old Lamar Johnson, of Eldon, were charged