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FILE - Republican Scott Fitzpatrick speaks to reporters after being sworn in as Missouri's new state auditor on Jan. 9, 2023, during a ceremony in the Jefferson City Capitol building. Two Republican statewide officials, including Fitzpatrick, argued over the cost of restoring abortion rights in Missouri during a Wednesday, June 7, trial that could determine whether a constitutional amendment to allow the procedure can move forward. (AP Photo/Summer Ballentine, File)
Judge weighs Missouri GOP dispute over estimated cost of allowing abortions
A Missouri judge is weighing whether to break up a spat between two Republican officials over whether a proposed abortion rights amendment would cost the state billions of dollars in lost revenue … more
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FILE - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers the State of the State address on Jan. 18, 2023, in Jefferson City, Mo. Transgender minors and some adults in Missouri will soon be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed Wednesday by the Republican governor. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Missouri governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, some adults
Transgender minors and some adults soon will be banned from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries under a bill signed by Missouri’s Republican governor. Gov. Mike … more
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Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley's seat
A Black prosecutor who stepped into leadership during protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown is running for Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's Missouri seat. St. Louis County … more
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This booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Michael Tisius. Tisius is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday evening, June 6, 2023, at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo., for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail in the early hours of June 22, 2000, in an ill-fated effort to help an inmate escape. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)
Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000
A Missouri man who killed two jailers in a failed attempt to help an acquaintance escape from a rural jail in 2000 has been executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius received a lethal injection … more
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FILE - This Dec. 23, 2019 arrest photo provided by the Franklin County, Mo., Sheriff's Department shows Kirby King. King has pleaded guilty Friday, June 2, 2023, to strangling a woman in Missouri and leaving her bound body in the woods three decades ago, a newspaper reported. (Franklin County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
Man pleads guilty to strangling and dumping body of Missouri woman 3 decades ago
A newspaper is reporting that a 67-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing a Missouri woman in 1987. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Kirby King pleaded guilty last week to involuntary … more
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023. Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even … more
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Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Kansas City Star. June 3, 2023. Editorial: This Pride month, Kansas and Missouri lead the US in GOP anti-LGBT laws. Don’t despair June is LGBT Pride month — a celebration, yes, but even … more
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Patrol: Car hits five motorcycles, four people dead
A collision involving a car and five motorcycles on Saturday in Lawrence County resulted in the deaths of four motorcylists, serious injuries to seven others and a felony DWI charge was filed against the driver of the car. more
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Body of missing St. Francois Co. woman found near Rocky Falls
The remains of a woman from Leadington, St. Francois County, who was reported missing almost a month ago have been found in a remote area of Shannon County adjacent to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Leadington police. more
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FILE - Inmate Michael Tisius, sentenced to death in the killing of two jail officers, shows his tattoos during an interview at Potosi Correctional Center, Missouri's maximum security prison where condemned men live in the general prison population in Mineral Point, Mo., on Jan. 11, 2007. A federal judge on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, halted next week's scheduled execution of Tisius, a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers, amid questions about the literacy of a juror in the case. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Missouri man set for execution on 'emotional roller coaster,' attorney says
An attorney for a man on Missouri's death row says her client is on “an emotional roller coaster” amid efforts to spare his life with just a day to go before his scheduled execution. Michael … more
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Four dead in Missouri after car crosses center line, strikes motorcyclists
Four people are dead and seven others were seriously injured after a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on a state … more
What to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas
The case of a Missouri doctor whose body was found in an Arkansas lake more than a week after he was reported missing remains shrouded in mystery. Forty-nine-year-old Dr. John Forsyth, an emergency … more
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Missouri professor not guilty by reason of insanity in stabbing death of colleague
A former history professor at Missouri State University who was charged in the stabbing death of a colleague has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. The Springfield News-Leader reports that … more
MO--Missouri Digest
Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Missouri stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Missouri and the rest of the world, … more
Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors
The families of two transgender teenagers are suing Idaho officials to block enforcement of a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Idaho is one of at least 20 states in recent years to … more
FILE - Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. A federal appeals court has put Environmental Protection Agency regulations on hold Friday, May 26, 2023, aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the state's attorney general who called the proposal “unconstitutional overreach.” (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Federal appeals court halts EPA effort to impose air pollution plan in Missouri
A federal appeals court has put on hold an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the … more
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Federal judge halts Missouri execution of man convicted in jail break killings
A federal judge has halted next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers in a botched jail break scheme. U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough on Wednesday ruled … more
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Search continues for missing rural Missouri doctor
Authorities in a small Missouri town continue to search for an emergency room physician, a week-and-a-half after his mysterious disappearance. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from on May 21. He was … more
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. May 24, 2023. Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules? Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search … more
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People pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles abbey Sunday, May 28, 2023, near Gower, Mo. Hundreds of people visited the small town in Missouri this week to see the nun's body that has barely decomposed since 2019 — some are saying it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others are saying the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
Hundreds of people visited a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of Catholic holiness, while others say … more
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