As Missouri Republicans push a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act through the legislature, law enforcement officials in the state say lawmakers and supporters of the bill are ...

State Rep. Brad Christ, a Republican from St. Louis, speaks to reporters in February after the House passed his bill that would give the state authority over St. Louis police (Annelise ...

A new Missouri law gives a state board control over the St. Louis Police Department, instead of the mayor, similar to the system in Kansas City. The lawsuit calls it an unfunded mandate because it ...

FILE - A St. Louis County Police Department badge is seen, Oct. 13, 2016, in Chesterfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis would lose control over its police ...

ST. LOUIS – As Missouri lawmakers push for a bill to shift control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to a state-appointed board, Kansas City’s Mayor Quinton Lucas has spoken out, ...

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Missouri State Troopers arrested an Illinois homicide suspect over the weekend after a high-speed chase on I-70 ended in a ...

As Missouri stands on the verge of controlling the police forces in Kansas City and St. Louis, new polling suggests that Missouri voters oppose the idea of state control in policing. The poll, ...

A Missouri man has been accused of running an illegal cannabis dispensary, as more than 1,000 THC products were seized.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — St. Louis would lose control over its police force under a bill Missouri lawmakers approved Wednesday, possibly joining a few cities nationally where local elected officials ...