Lance Shockley, 48, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday evening in Missouri. Photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Corrections/Website Oct. 14 (UPI) --Missouri on Tuesday executed ...

The Missouri House has given initial approval to legislation that stops a judge from sentencing someone to death in cases in which the jury is deadlocked on punishment. The Missouri House is moving ...

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A Missouri woman is pushing for oversight in independent prisons after her brother's death while in custody.

MISSOURI — Missouri health leaders have confirmed that the patient suffering from a laboratory-confirmed infection of a brain-eating amoeba died on Tuesday, Aug. 19. According to a Missouri Department ...

New research from the University of Missouri St. Louis’s Addiction Science team found a 26% drop in overdoses statewide and a 36% decrease in opioid overdoses. The data covered overdose deaths in 2024 ...

Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...

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