Authorities have raised the reward for information about a missing 4-year-old Missouri boy to $11,000.     Police say Darnell Gray was last seen Wednesday night at the Jefferson City apartment where he lives. Darnell’s father was at work when a woman who was caring for the boy reported him missing just before 7 a.m. Thursday. Also missing was the boy’s coat, backpack, two juice boxes and some cookies.     Authorities have drained a pond near …

An attorney for the elections official who sent newly registered voters a notice with the wrong location for its lone polling site in Dodge City has told a federal judge that it is “not humanly possible” at this late date…

Oklahoma state troopers are trying to find a tractor-trailer they say lost a wheel assembly in Oklahoma City and caused multiple crashes, including one that left a driver dead.

An auxiliary police officer is dead after falling 50 feet (15 meters) while chasing suspects across a bridge in East St. Louis.

Authorities are investigating after human skeletal remains were found in a densely wooded area southeast of Sedalia.

A retired St. Louis police officer is hospitalized after being shot during a robbery attempt.

Authorities say a man has been arrested in the killing of a woman in Topeka.

The record number of women running for governor this year has created high expectations for sweeping changes in state policies, but that might not necessarily happen.