Cole County

A mid-Missouri couple is accused of repeatedly locking a 9-year-old boy in a closet without food and water for hours at a time and only letting him out to eat in the mornings.

The suspect in a pair of deadly shootings hours apart was charged with murder on Friday, a day after he walked into a Missouri police station covered in blood and allegedly told people in the lobby that “I know I committed two murders.”

Authorities say one person has been wounded in a road-rage incident in central Missouri.

A 17-year-old has been charged with fatally shooting an 18-year-old in a Jefferson City neighborhood.

A Catholic high school in Jefferson City is disciplining a teacher and coach after students reported that he used a racial slur during a class last week.

A 26-year-old Jefferson City woman accused of causing the death of a 4-year-old boy she was caring for is now charged with second-degree murder in his death.

A state appeals court has sided with Missouri prison guards who alleged they were shorted on their pay in a lawsuit that could cost taxpayers $125 million.

Two people were killed and four others injured Tuesday night in a head-on vehicle collision in Cole County.

An 18-year-old man's body was recovered from the Missouri River just before 1 p.m. Monday in Callaway County.

A judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new Missouri law that sought to shield large hog, poultry and cattle farms from stringent local health rules.