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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.

Iran's most fortified nuclear facility is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it. And that option revolves around Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base.

Ticks are emerging earlier and staying active for longer. Experts in the central U.S. advise people to take precautions when spending time outside in wooded or grassy areas.

The Trump administration says Olathe, Shawnee Mission, Kansas City, Kansas, and Topeka school districts violated Title IX and risk losing federal funding. At issue are their policies around transgender students’ bathroom use and sports participation, and notifying parents about students using different pronouns or names in class.

Riders across the Kansas City metro, on both sides of the state line, will have to pay to ride the bus for the first time since 2020. But some residents will qualify for free or reduced fare.

The department is withholding payment from the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, its largest loan servicer, as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

Amendment 5, to be considered by Missouri voters in August, would give the legislature the power to replace the state income tax with expanded sales taxes. Critics say it would be difficult to make up the lost revenue without imposing taxes on healthcare.

With the new Rock Island Bridge over the Kansas River, and the soon-to-be expanding Current stadium on the Missouri River, Kansas City is transforming its waterfronts from industrial wasteland into entertainment districts.

After opening this spring, the Rock Island Bridge development over the Kansas River welcomed scores of soccer fans for World Cup watch parties. The development is planning to host more festivals, public art, expanded historical programming and new retail opportunities.

After landslide losses for Amendments 4 and 5, the governor is backing a high-stakes abortion measure this fall.