KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A man accused of selling counterfeit shoes and clothing at a store in northeast Kansas has pleaded guilty in federal court....

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A northwest Missouri man convicted of murdering his young son is now accused of killing a fellow jail inmate....

LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- Residents of a southern Missouri town are mourning a local pharmacy owner whose body was found in the Lake of the Ozarks....

ROCHEPORT, Mo. (AP) -- A pair of wild boars that were menacing hikers on the Katy Trail in central Missouri have been shot and killed....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a U.S. business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land....