by Lindsay Whitehurst, AP
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Arizona elected official charged with running an adoption-fraud scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands ran a legal practice and “made happy families,” his attorney said Friday.
Paul Petersen, county assessor...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate the executive director the Kansas City Public Library to lead a little-known independent federal agency that the White House has tried to shutter.
The Kansas City Star...
WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzly Basketball standout Sardaar Calhoun has signed a national letter of intent to join the Florida State University Seminoles in fall 2020.
The 6-foot, 6-inch sophomore guard/forward from Tappahannock, Virginia, signed his...
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County police officer has agreed to mediation to reach a settlement and avoid court appeals, weeks after a jury awarded him $20 million to resolve his lawsuit alleging he suffered discrimination because...
MOLINE ACRES, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis area man has been charged with repeatedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend at the nursing home where she works, leaving her with serious injuries.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 38-year-old Christopher Wagner was...
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — J.J. Matthews scored 18 points on 9-of-12 shooting as Arkansas State beat UC Davis 80-67 on Friday night.
Caleb Fields came off the bench to add 17 points for the Red Wolves (3-1), while Canberk Kus...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A driver who crashed his pickup truck into another vehicle on a state highway, killing a family of four, was not criminally negligent, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled.
In a decision issued Thursday, the court...
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — State highway officials have designated a stretch of Arkansas 22 as “True Grit Trail” in honor of the classic novel by Arkansas native Charles Portis.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation unveiled the commemorative signs Thursday...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Te’Jon Lucas tallied 15 points and 10 assists to carry Milwaukee to a 61-52 win over Kansas City on Friday night.
Lucas shot 8 of 10 from the floor and made all six of his free throws,...
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man was charged Friday with killing his wife after police said he was spotted on video buying cleaning products and that bleach-soaked, bloody carpeting was found in the couple’s home.
Beau...