K9 Jet, a former shelter dog, makes big drug bust

One K9 hasn’t even completed his first year on-duty and is already making big moves. 

2 dead, 15 injured in shooting at bar hosting NFL playoff party

Police in Kansas City, Missouri, say at least two people are dead and 15 people were reportedly injured in a shooting outside a bar.

Missouri woman’s plan to pay property taxes in nickels foiled

Cynthia Lockett told WDAF last month that her 2019 assessment increased her land value by 135 percent, and her overall market value 45 percent. Multiple phone calls to appeal the assessment went unanswered, so she hatched her plan.

Missouri murder suspect arrested in Arizona

Authorities say a suspect in a Missouri killing has been arrested in Arizona more than 10 months after he was charged.

Missouri police officers pool money, buy costumes for students' Halloween party

Missouri police officers pooled their money together and bought costumes for children in need on Tuesday after finding out some students at a local elementary school couldn’t afford to get one for the school’s Halloween party.

‘It brought tears to my eyes’: Sanitation worker walks elderly woman up driveway in act of kindness

After an elderly woman fell while bringing in her trash can, a Waste Management worker has stepped up to help the woman every week since in a touching act of kindness captured on video.

Mother shares heartbreaking before-and-after photos of son in throes of addiction

A mother from Missouri recently posted a photo on her Facebook depicting what she calls the true face of addiction. The two photos, she said, were taken just seven months apart.

$8K reward offered for information in ‘heinous’ case of beagle found skinned alive

An $8,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrest in what the Humane Society of the U.S. called a “heinous” case involving a female beagle being skinned alive in southwest Missouri. 

Woman charged in road rage killing pleads mental illness

A Missouri woman charged with murder in the road rage death of another motorist now plans to plead not guilty for mental health reasons.

Couple charged after 150 dead dogs found on property; hundreds more rescued

A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after authorities found about 150 dead dogs on property in Missouri and Texas and rescued hundreds more animals who were packed into cages and living in "unimaginable" conditions, law enforcement said.