
Albert Lee Brown said both he and roommate Deborah Green have survived strokes and don't leave their home more than twice a week.

Albert Lee Brown said both he and roommate Deborah Green have survived strokes and don't leave their home more than twice a week.

An attempt to use a recently enacted state statute to close a court hearing to the public has raised concerns among court watchers, including one of the law's original authors.

Waves of job layoffs, home foreclosures and shrinking retirement accounts didn't stop people from helping the United Way of the Ozarks hit its target of $3.5 million in donations this year.

Ozark -- Five Nixa teens accused of vandalizing property in Christian County earlier this year pleaded not guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges Wednesday during their arraignment in a Christian County courtroom.

Jefferson City -- Blessed with a Friday off school, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug two holes in the ground to be used as a grave, authorities said. For the next week, she attended classes, all the while plotting the right time for a murder, they said.

Three people were in custody Tuesday after a man reported he was threatened with a handgun at a North Glenstone Avenue motel, according to Springfield police.

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The father of a 16-year-old Springfield girl who was struck by a vehicle walking to Hillcrest High wants to see more crosswalks installed along the busy section of Kearney Street.

Taney County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped two felony charges and filed eight more against Peter D. Newman, who stands accused of molesting male teens he met while working at Kanakuk Kamps in Branson.

Gov. Jay Nixon and the state public universities have struck a deal in which tuition for in-state undergraduates would be frozen for a second year in 2010-2011, in exchange for a modest cut in state funding.

After leading the Springfield Police Department for more than 16 years, Chief Lynn Rowe announced Monday he will retire Jan. 15.

A Cole County judge has ruled State Auditor Susan Montee doesn't have the legal authority to audit LAGERS and PACARS, the pension systems for local government and judicial system employees in Missouri.








