New information is emerging that raises critical questions about how thoroughly investigators investigated the death of Paul ...

A wide-ranging anti-crime bill will soon be Missouri law. Gov. Mike Kehoe is scheduled to sign the bill into law Wednesday.

Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman announced an internal investigation into a November police shooting that killed a ...

ONLY MAJOR CITY IN AMERICA THAT LACKS CONTROL OVER ITS OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL BE CHANGING VERY SOON, WITH ANOTHER ONE JOINING THE CLUB. AND IT’S EVEN IN THE SAME STATE. MISSOURI ...

A prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Missouri police officer who shot and killed a woman and her infant child last year INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A prosecutor has declined to file ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — St. Louis would lose control over its police force under a bill Missouri lawmakers approved Wednesday, possibly joining a few cities nationally where local elected ...

Missouri Prosecutor Declines to Charge a Police Officer Who Shot and Killed a Woman and Infant INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a Missouri ...

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