Gasconade County

An investigation is underway in Gasconade County after a deceased man and child were discovered.

Authorities say human remains have been found inside a plastic barrel floating in a river in central Missouri.

A former Missouri deputy sheriff is charged with two counts of sodomy and one count of sexual abuse for allegedly attacking a woman he met online.

Several law enforcement agencies captured a man who was free for several hours after escaping from officers while being taken into custody at a central Missouri courthouse.

An eastern Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he conspired with a former deputy in a series of assaults on women.