The Jones Alley Business District in Springfield was home to barber shops, restaurants and other businesses that served black customers when white-owned establishments would not.
Federal prosecutors say a former pharmacy technician at a Springfield hospital stole morphine and fentanyl and then replaced the drugs with saline solution.
A federal judge has denied a Planned Parenthood request to block new Missouri regulations on abortion that have so far prevented the organization from offering medication-induced abortions at two of its clinics.