Samuel Townsend, the former Goodman police chief, has been charged with stealing two black angus bulls and selling them at the Joplin Stockyards for nearly $5,600.

In St. Charles, Elvis has left the courtroom. Judge Matthew Thornhill resigned after the state's disciplinary commission released viral photographs of him wearing an Elvis outfit, but he also is accused of mentioning his political affiliation and campaigning from the bench.

LEWIS COUNTY, Mo. (WGEM) - The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office searched a property southwest of Durham, Missouri, Tuesday. Police gathered near the intersection of Larch and Maple avenues, southwest of Durham, Missouri. Lewis County Sheriff David Parrish said they were searching the property for evidence as part of a missing adult from Hannibal.

A video authentically showed a water tower falling and bursting on a road in Branson, Missouri. In November 2025, a video circulated online that claimed to show a water tower falling and bursting on a road in Branson, Missouri.

"Subjecting Missouri's congressional redistricting to ballot referenda will invite chaos — driven by out-of-state special interests looking to gain a partisan advantage in Congress," Missouri Solicitor General Lewis Cappozi, the state's top appellate lawyer, wrote in briefs submitted to the court.

A Savannah, Missouri, man was sentenced Monday after he embezzled money from a Missouri school district to purchase KC Chiefs tickets.

Opponents of Missouri's newly drawn congressional district maps are approaching the final stretch of their referendum campaign.