Severe Storms Hits Midwest With Snow, Ice, Winds

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — Storms packing rain, snow and dangerous winds raked the Midwest and spawned a possible tornado outside of St. Louis that prompted an...

Drone Studies: University of Missouri Is Teaching Journalism Students How to Fly Drones

Forget mastering the Associated Press style guide; some journalism students now need to learn the fine science of flying drones.

In the Heartland, Supply-Side is Yellow Brick Road

The magic of supply side hits Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

3 Inmates Escape Missouri Jail Through Air Ducts

(ST. LOUIS) — Authorities in southeast Missouri were conducting a frantic search Tuesday for two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a county...

Missouri Tanning Salons Allow Kids As Young As 10

A survey of 243 tanning salons in Missouri, one of 17 states in the U.S. that does not have any age restrictions for tanning, also found that 80% of the salons...

Storm Promises Messy, Dangerous Commute in Midwest

(DES MOINES, Iowa) — A major snow storm that shuttered airports in Missouri, stranded truckers in Illinois and buried parts of Kansas in knee-deep powder was...

What I Got Wrong: The Irrationality of Republican Voters

The most surprising trend on Election Day was Democratic Senate victories in blood-red states.

The Big Dry-Up: Where the Missouri and the Mississippi Meet

Two of America’s great rivers meet up in the Saint Louis area – but there’s much less water to go around nowadays because of a “flash drought”

Todd Akin Resists Calls to Withdraw from Missouri Senate Race After Rape Comments

Politics is tribal. When a candidate commits a typical gaffe, his opponents attack while his allies mount a defense. That’s just the way it goes. But once in a...

The Wimpy Recovery: On the Ground in Missouri

In this week's cover story, Rana Foroohar and Bill Saporito write that the best way to think of the current economic situation of the country is "as a patchwork...