SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Springfield-area leaders are trying to respond to 12 violent or suspicious deaths in an eight-day span....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A butterfly being considered for federal protection is emblematic of the plight that pollinating insects face in part because farmers, enticed by ethanol mandates, are growing more herbicide-resistant crops, which has stripped millions of acres of crucial plant habitat....

TYRONE, Mo. (AP) -- Residents in a remote area of southern Missouri are trying to come to grips with what could cause a man to kill seven people, including four of his own relatives, in a nighttime shooting spree that spanned four homes....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Police in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating the fatal shootings of two people found blocks apart to see if they're connected....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's auditor, who fatally shot himself in an apparent suicide, had vowed to take down the state's most powerful politicians and donors, including his fellow Republicans, when he launched an anti-corruption campaign for governor last month....