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Ryan Munson died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound as marshals closed in near Decatur, Illinois.
Tadens Joseph was playing near his East Third Terrace home when an Amazon van struck him; his parents say the driver drove off.
A woman called 911 overnight after a man broke into her Scandia home and assaulted her. State agents now want doorbell footage.
Testimony this week described deputies pinning Charles Adair face-down until he stopped moving. His family's wrongful death suit against the county is still active.
Melesa Johnson says Missouri's stand-your-ground statute has already sidelined 46 cases this year, up from 22 in 2017.
The reported Independence substitute-teacher case could not be verified from the available sources.
Robert Wayne Galloway died at the scene near Greenwich Road; two drivers in the crash reportedly weren't wearing seat belts.
Dillon and Isabella Evans and their 2-year-old son Easton Lee died after fire crews found their Galesburg-area home already burned to the ground.
Megan Renee Bergen, 39, faces felony charges after her child was allegedly left alone with her boyfriend, who allegedly assaulted the child.
Mark Delano Shelton admitted to recklessly killing Dustin Niehouse, 29, who was unarmed and buying cigarettes at the time.
Scott P. Lance was not wearing a seat belt when his car left rural Colt Avenue twice near Siam, Iowa.
A Johnson County, Missouri, District Court rejected a plea deal that could have kept Peter Goss out of prison for killing Kevin Wilson on U.S. 50.
Clay Michael Elerlage faces a sexual exploitation charge in Shawnee County — his bond is unusually high.
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