Danny Wicentowski

In space, Tom Akers repaired the Hubble telescope. In Missouri, he taught math.

In Festus, Missouri, opposition to a data center project has reshaped the city government. “Angry people make angry voters,” an attorney observed.

Young people are at risk for kratom abuse, said PreventED’s Jenny Armbruster. Missouri’s attorney general called the kratom compound 7-OH “deadly.”

Weighing bear cubs and measuring teeth are part of Nate Bowersock’s regular workday with the Missouri Department of Conservation.

What does “when” mean? The definition became a key part of a ruling that impacts the 2026 election by allowing new Republican-favoring congressional districts to stand.

By the time Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted Prewitt's sentence in 2024 — paving the way for her release on probation — she was 75 years old and the longest-serving female inmate in the state’s prison system. She wrote letters from the very start.

Missouri already has an expungement system that allows people convicted of certain nonviolent misdemeanors and felonies to petition the court to seal their records. The "Clean Slate Act" would make that process automatic, potentially helping thousands of Missourians find housing and a job.

The “mortality” of Missouri prisoners is not a performance standard for the state’s health care contractor, the MDOC director said this month.

A Mexican orphanage relied on donor churches in Missouri and other states. After nearly 60 years, Niños de México announced it would close immediately — a response that former volunteers call "incredibly cowardly."

In St. Charles, Elvis has left the courtroom. Judge Matthew Thornhill resigned after the state's disciplinary commission released viral photographs of him wearing an Elvis outfit, but he also is accused of mentioning his political affiliation and campaigning from the bench.