Mark and Patricia McCloskey were forced to surrender the weapons after pleading guilty to misdemeanors in 2021. They sued to get them back after their convictions were expunged.

Between 1999 and 2019, the increase in Indigenous pregnant women dying in Kansas was among the worst in the country. Kansas women are training more doulas to help expecting Native moms through pregnancy and birth.

The Columbia City Council also approved an increase to parking meter rates for downtown streets.

The senator from Missouri said the large military installation with a long history of training soldiers and military law enforcement should be used to help ICE.

Missouri's utility regulator's staff says the Public Service Commission should reject a new proposal from Ameren.

A new Missouri law established the Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Task Force to help find ways to reduce violence against Black women and girls.

Residents of The Brooks neighborhood say the triplexes would create traffic and parking problems.

Missouri's new congressional map carves up Kansas City into three separate districts, fulfilling the wishes of President Donald Trump. The ACLU filed a lawsuit Friday, and Kansas City Council recently passed a resolution authorizing legal action of its own.

Missouri voters will decide the fate of changes to the initiative petition process next year, while a campaign to put the congressional map on the 2026 ballot are already underway.

Saturday kick-off time has been adjusted due to expected extreme temperatures.