A Missouri man fighting a calculation that could keep him in state prison for more than 40 years on a 23-year sentence lost ...

The Jefferson City Council will vote Monday on three grant applications -- for a parking lot, public art and a historic survey.

An inmate who was previously held at a Jefferson City prison has been accused of raping another inmate in October 2023. Michael Sheets, 41, was charged on Friday with first-degree sodomy in Cole ...

A bipartisan prison reform bill would reward Missouri inmates for self-improvement.

Candidates for the Jefferson City Council differ on how to overcome the challenges of aging infrastructure and stagnating tax revenue.

Former Alderman John Collins-Muhammad, who pleaded guilty in August 2022 to accepting bribes from a local businessman, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trevor Foley, director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, testifies on the status of the state's contract for health care ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Editor’s Note: This article includes references to topics such as rape, sexual assault and violence ...

Jahi Hynes was placed in administrative segregation on April 3, 2021, after allowing the food port door in his cell to strike the hand of a corrections officer, causing minor injuries, and blocking ...

A Missouri lawmaker has been formally reprimanded for sending a sexually vulgar text to a fellow House member.

In two decades of kicking in doors for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took on the risks ...

A southeast Missouri judge on Tuesday threw out all of the Missouri Department of Corrections’ defenses in a mother’s wrongful death case over her son’s suicide because the department “repeatedly ...