Associated Press Missouri headlines

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A snowplow struck and killed two pedestrians in Kansas before sunrise Friday after a winter storm coated parts of the Midwest with snow.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri plans to cut more than 1,700 beds at prisons across the state as a result of a drop in prisoners.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Dozens of Missouri lawmakers have asked the state Supreme Court to undo new rules limiting when judges can impose bail, a move that was aimed at reducing court costs that can derail the lives of low-income defendants.

CLEVER, Mo. (AP) -- A man who was shot last week by a Clever police officer has been charged after authorities said he pointed a gun at the officer before the shooting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A former Grandview police officer already serving a life sentence in a 2008 murder pleaded guilty Friday to killing a second woman.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri health officials on Friday posted the list of recipients of the first 192 licenses to operate medical marijuana dispensaries, bringing the state closer to joining the many others that allow at least some form of marijuana use.

FENTON, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis County man is accused of shooting his wife and killing her father when the older man tried to intervene.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- EquipmentShare, a high-tech rental company based in Columbia, plans to hire hundreds of employees across the state, the company co-founder said.

MATFIELD GREEN, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has shot and critically wounded an armed man amid a confrontation after his vehicle became disabled during a pursuit.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit producers of meat alternatives from using certain meat-related terms, such as jerky or burger, in their marketing.

LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island casino company said Friday it has completed the purchase of three casinos in Colorado.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for assault after prosecutors said he severely beat a long-haul truck driver from Missouri at an eastern Idaho truck stop.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis police internal affairs investigators are looking into a traffic stop involving the city's elected prosecutor, the latest episode of a strained relationship between Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and police.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- In July 2002, a drought settled over Missouri that lasted 99 weeks and finally ended in May 2004.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Stanley Cup is coming to the Missouri State Capitol.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a southwest Missouri physician accused of receiving tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for prescribing fentanyl spray to hundreds of patients in a $2.4 million medical fraud scheme.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man admitted Thursday that he killed three people at an east Kansas City home in a dispute over a marijuana deal.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former human resources director from St. Louis was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for embezzling more than $1.8 million from her employer.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A woman who says she was raped by a Lyft driver in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit accusing the ride-sharing company of prioritizing profits over passenger safety.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- State lawmakers across the U.S. have reached a troubling milestone for allegations of sexual misconduct, even as they have taken significant steps to try to prevent and investigate such behavior.