(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Chiefs officials knew that linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend were having relationship problems, and the team provided the couple with counseling in… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — After months of dispute over its management, the new Jackson County animal shelter is scheduled to open Jan. 1. The county announced Monday that a… Read more »

(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — The nearly 600 federal trailers that housed Joplin residents since the May 2011 tornado are slowly emptying, with only about 80 of the trailers still occupied…. Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Promoters of a memorial for the victims and rescuers of the 1981 skywalks collapse at a Kansas City hotel say design changes will lower the… Read more »

(MARQUETTE, Mich., AP) — An 18-year-old freshman on Northern Michigan University’s varsity women’s soccer team drowned during a team workout in a school swimming pool. Arianna Alioto of Columbia, Mo.,… Read more »

By DAVE SKRETTA (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A federal judge has ruled that lawyers for a Missouri couple accused of sexual slavery may call an expert to explain bondage, dominance, sadism and… Read more »

By MARIA SUDEKUM (DEARBORN, Mo., AP) — To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Sen. Roy Blunt says thousands of Missouri farmers could face higher taxes if the current federal estate tax rates are allowed to expire. Missouri has… Read more »

By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Less than three months after he stood as a groomsman in the wedding of two friends he had known since college in… Read more »