State News

Angie Heffner Robyn will be the treasurer's general counsel; she graduated from the University of Kansas with a law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

George F. Budd, a past president of Pittsburg State University, has died. He was 93.

Sen. Sam Brownback has taken an important step toward launching a campaign for governor in 2010.

Reno County prosecutors say they'll seek a "hard 50" prison sentence for a Wichita man if convicted of first-degree murder.

An East St. Louis, Ill., woman is charged with submitting false information on voter registration cards, including turning in cards from nursing home residents without their knowledge.

Missouri's largest electric utility is considering building a second nuclear reactor in mid-Missouri, and that means lawmakers will be considering how to pay for it during the 2009 session.

Two teens are held on felony charges after a fight that left one man dead and another badly injured at a New Year's Eve party outside of Wright City.

A former school superintendent in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas accused of misappropriating district money was ordered Monday to serve five years probation and pay more than $100,000 in restitution.

Missouri may soon have to borrow money to pay benefits to the rising number of unemployed people.

The father of a 2-year-old who died in a weekend ATV crash said he looked down to check a text message while the boy somehow pushed the throttle, prompting the dad to fall off the vehicle before the toddler sustained fatal injuries.