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

VANDALIA, Mo. — Kathy Briggs slipped her arms through the thick straps of a brand-new baby carrier, tugging it over her beige shirt as two other women stood beside her, tightening buckles and ...

A Missouri woman was sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to a successful murder-for-hire plot that targeted her fiancé in 2011, prosecutors said. More than 14 ...

A Fayette woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison in the April 2021 death of a child. In January, Jennifer Johnson, 49, was found guilty of felony murder in the second degree and two counts of ...

VANDALIA, Missouri (KSHB) -- A baby boom at the Missouri Department of Corrections' women's prison in Vandalia, Missouri, has brought new hope to incarcerated mothers, with 16 babies born in 2025 to ...

WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT CAUSED ALL OF THIS. IT IS A TANGLED WEB OF COURT PAPERWORK, A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WARDS OF THE STATE. INVESTIGATIVE ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Lawrence County woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in a wire fraud scheme that targeted the Missouri Lottery and a southwest Missouri gas station. Amy Young, 42, of ...