Ozark Missouri

A southwest Missouri prosecutor has ruled that an officer was justified in fatally shooting a bail bondwoman who fired at other bonding employees and police.

A former southwest Missouri sheriff has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for embezzling public funds and participating in a money laundering scheme involving a political supporter.

A judge has found sufficient evidence for a southwest Missouri man to stand trial on charges that he shot and killed a pregnant woman and two other people in a mobile home.