A Missouri judge has allowed the use of new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.

A Missouri judge has struck down the ballot summary for a potential referendum on a congressional redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump.

A Missouri court has rejected a legal challenge to new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.

Arkansas coach John Calipari became the fifth Division I men’s basketball coach to reach 900 career wins with the Razorbacks’ 88-84 victory over Missouri.

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey as part of the country’s 250th anniversary commemoration.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said on social media that the school is working to try and help a few former players return home from Israel where they are playing professionally.

Immigrant rights groups are seeking to toss out a Republican lawsuit that would prohibit the U.S. Census Bureau from counting people who are in the U.S. illegally during the 2030 census.

Missouri gambling regulators are considering new restrictions on bets related to college athletes' performance.

Virginia topped Missouri 13-7 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Saturday night. News4JAX had photographer Christian Schultz capture the game in this photo gallery.

Harrison Waylee ran for a touchdown, Chandler Morris threw for 198 yards and No. 20 Virginia edged 25th-ranked Missouri 13-7 in the Gator Bowl on Saturday night.

No. 25 Missouri (8-4) and No. 20 Virginia (10-3) will square off at EverBank Stadium, starting at 7:30 p.m., for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. Here’s more on what fans -- especially those visiting from out of state -- should know before they head downtown.

Missouri and Virginia brought their Gator Bowl celebrations to Jacksonville Beach Friday night, with free pep rallies preceding Saturday's historic matchup where both teams chase milestone victories.

Players from Missouri and Virginia met Friday with children from Dreams Come True ahead of Saturday’s TaxSlayer Gator Bowl at EverBank Stadium.

Missouri and Virginia have a chance to make history in the Gator Bowl.

Missouri pass rusher Damon Wilson II claims Georgia's athletic department is trying to illegally punish him for entering the transfer portal.

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress.

The Taxslayer Gator Bowl matchup is set — Virginia and Missouri are headed to town.

The Taxslayer Gator Bowl matchup is set — Virginia and Missouri are headed to town.

Missouri and Eli Drinkwitz have agreed to a new six-year contract, boosting the football coach's average pay to $10.75 million annually.

The University of Oklahoma's iconic covered wagon mascot, the Sooner Schooner, has been pulled onto Owen Field in Norman for 60 years.

Eight of the top 10 teams in the AP Top 25 poll either had the day off or faced easy opponents on Saturday.

The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is floating the potential for the Kansas City Chiefs to play in a covered stadium without moving to Kansas.

Marcel Reed throws for 221 yards and two touchdowns as No. 3 Texas A&M defeats No. 19 Missouri 38-17.

The AP Top 25 college football rankings are out.

Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula dislocated his left ankle and will have an MRI exam after being taken off the field on a cart early in the third quarter of a 17-10 against No. 10 Vanderbilt.

Democrats in Virginia are joining the national redistricting battle over U.S. House seats.

A Missouri man who long maintained his innocence has been executed for the fatal shooting of a state trooper more than 20 years ago.

Indiana has climbed to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll, marking its highest ranking ever.

Week 7 of college football has some exciting matchups with playoff hopes and conference races on the line.

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

The Supreme Court is refusing to revive a controversial Missouri gun law that bans police from enforcing some federal firearm laws.

The Southeastern Conference announced league matchups for the next four years and designated three annual opponents for each of its 16 teams.

Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remain the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25.

The U.S. Department of Justice has requested access to voting equipment used in the 2020 election in two Missouri counties in what appears to be a wide-ranging effort to more closely monitor election processes around the country.

Nebraska hopes its problem with finishing close games is over.

Missouri’s Republican governor is calling a special legislative session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts.

The Kansas City Chiefs are negotiating stadium deals with lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri, raising questions about their future at Arrowhead Stadium.

A Missouri judge has blocked many of the state's anti-abortion laws.

The Chiefs have requested an extension to the end-of-June deadline for a stadium financing package from the state of Kansas in a letter to the Kansas Senate president.

The B-2 stealth bombers that dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities have began returning to their U.S. base in Missouri.

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable humidity to millions.

Missouri lawmakers have approved hundreds of millions of dollars of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to keep playing in Missouri.

After years of sponsoring LGBTQ+ Pride events around the country, some companies are pulling their financial support.

Planned Parenthood is halting abortions in Missouri again after a ruling from the state Supreme Court.

Another round of tornadoes has struck the central U.S. after four days of tornadoes, thunderstorms and heavy rain killed more than two dozen people.

Missouri’s governor says he will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas.

Missouri lawmakers have approved a referendum seeking to repeal an abortion-rights amendment passed by voters six months ago.

The Missouri House has endorsed a new package of financial incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals playing in the state.

The Florida Gateway College women’s flag football team is the best in the nation again.

Missouri is poised to become the first state to repeal a common tax on profits from stocks and real estate sales.

Authorities say they've charged a second suspect with murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved ballot measure gradually raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour and requiring employers to provide paid sick leave.

A woman in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of a paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance.

Oklahoma’s redemption arc is complete.

A Kansas man who was falsely accused of being among the shooters who opened fire at a rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory last year has died.

At least 16 people have been killed in a wide swath of violent storms, flooding and tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest.

Parts of the Midwest and South have been battered by torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods.

Weather forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday.

Tornadoes and violent storms have struck parts of the South and Midwest, killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off of homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air.

Nineteen sea turtles that rehabbed in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England are now back in the Atlantic Ocean off of Jacksonville, Florida.

The horror of the 2011 Joplin tornado is the subject of a new documentary film.

A beloved bald eagle who gained popularity after incubating a rock is mourned after dying from head trauma sustained during violent storms in Missouri last week.

Some state lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war for power with the people who elected them.

Drake beat Missouri in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, led by a bunch of Division II transfers who followed their old coach to the Missouri Valley Conference school.

Bennett Stirtz scored 21 points and No. 11 seed Drake held on after blowing most of a 15-point lead to be sixth-seeded Missouri 67-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Authorities in Louisiana say a woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women's basketball coach at Missouri.

A deadly tornado outbreak in Dixie Alley, where unique risks like rain-wrapped and nocturnal tornadoes are prevalent, confirmed a rare high-risk weather forecast, leading to at least 40 deaths and emphasizing the area's vulnerability as spring begins.

The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago.

At least 32 people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. Kansas authorities said eight people died in a highway pileup caused by a dust storm Friday.

A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. has caused deadly crashes, damaged buildings and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities.

This will be the third year that JaxParks is hosting a MONOPOLY Tournament for the Jacksonville community and beyond. Participants have traveled from as far as Washington D.C. and Missouri. This tournament is for players ages 12 and above. Registration will be available on March 12, 2025 at jaxparks.coj.net. The entry fee is $5. www.jaxparks.coj.net

A police detective has testified in court that the TV reporter who died while covering Super Bowl week in New Orleans had a sedative drug in his system.

After Missouri basketball fans stormed the court following a victory over then-No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 8, Tigers coach Dennis Gates made sure there wouldn’t be an encore after No. 15 Missouri beat No. 4 Alabama 110-98 on Wednesday night.

Abortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies.

Johni Broome suffered a “significant sprain” of his left ankle in No. 2 Auburn’s win over South Carolina.

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state.

Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is keeping an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the coast of Maine in its frigid grip.

A blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures stirred up dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central U.S. on Sunday.

Road conditions are beginning to deteriorate in the central U.S. as a mixture of snow, ice and plunging temperatures arrived.

The number of executions in the U.S. remained near historic lows in 2024 and was mostly carried out in a small group of states.

Missouri’s status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute.

UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team by hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Thursday.

Tamar Bates had 29 points and five steals to help Missouri beat Hunter Dickinson and No. 1 Kansas 76-67.

Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after the state's new constitutional amendment rolling back a near total ban took effect.

Missouri’s governor has denied clemency for Christopher Collings, an inmate who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl.

Missouri's Republican attorney general says he still considers it illegal to provide abortions after fetal viability, despite a newly approved state abortion rights amendment.

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Kansas City Chiefs are putting kicker Harrison Butker on injured reserve with a knee injury.

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue.

Flash flooding in Missouri has claimed five lives, including a couple who served as poll workers.

Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.

Jamarion Miller rushed for two touchdowns and No. 15 Alabama’s defense had three interceptions in a 34-0 victory over No. 21 Missouri, which played much of the way without starting quarterback Brady Cook.

Health officials say there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious Missouri infection.

Brady Cook returned from an injury to lead No. 19 Missouri to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the go-ahead run by Jamal Roberts with 46 seconds to go, as the Tigers rallied for a 21-17 victory over Auburn.

Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries and requirements to keep their porch lights off.

A judge in Missouri temporarily blocked the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan for a second time, just one day after a federal judge green-lit the program to move forward.

Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing their support for a man scheduled to be executed in October.