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An eastern Missouri man is accused of felony child abuse after police say he burned his girlfriend's 6-year-old daughter with a nightlight bulb.Click to Continue »

Four men charged with killing a suburban Kansas City gun store owner will face additional charges.Click to Continue »

Documents show a Wentzville processing facility for Affordable Care Act applications logged more than 13,000 hours of overtime to make up for a computer backlog after the initial sign-up period.Click to Continue »

A deadly tornado in the small northern Illinois community of Fairdale earlier this month is raising questions about how best to warn rural residents about storms.Click to Continue »

Authorities in Rockford say an autopsy is planned on a 24-year-old man whose body was found in a vehicle submerged in the Rock River.Click to Continue »

Kansas City police have increased security for Mayor Sly James after he received a threat through his campaign website.Click to Continue »

Police say an argument over whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is a better basketball player ended in a Pennsylvania man's arrest on aggravated assault and other charges.Click to Continue »

Residents in the southern Illinois of Lebanon have unearthed the contents of a 1938 time capsule.Click to Continue »

A group of neighbors is pressing to persuade the University of Missouri in St. Louis to reconsider plans to tear down a convent.Click to Continue »

Northern Illinois University's football team has lent a hand to cleanup efforts after a deadly tornado in the nearby town of Fairdale.Click to Continue »