The Bates County, Missouri Commission says it won't have to give back the more than $3 million in COVID relief funds that residents were concerned about. One day after the story of Snaps stores in ...

Several residents of the Walker, Mo., area in Vernon County reported seeing the bear this week. A state conservation agent confirmed the reports Wednesday after finding bear tracks in a cornfield.

A young bear has been struck and killed by a vehicle on a rural road in central Missouri. KRCG-TV reports it happened Monday morning near the town of Meta in Maries County. Highway Patrol Sgt.