A former Joplin police officer will serve six months of home detention for trying to get a woman's drunk-driving charge dismissed in exchange for sexual favors.
An Alabama hotel clerk abducted at gunpoint says his captors shared glimpses of their life on the run, telling him they hope to make it to Florida to get married and start a new life together.
The mother of a boy killed in the Joplin tornado nearly five years ago says she's upset the school district won't leave an empty chair in honor of her late son during the next commencement.