While Missouri lawmakers have framed state control as a way to curtail crime in Kansas City, a new poll suggests the system is not widely popular among voters.

The vote has frustrated local activists, who have long fought to bring Kansas City back in control of its own police ...

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe says he plans to sign a bill that would allow the state to re-take control of the St. Louis ...

Legislation putting control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in the hands of a state board is on its way to ...

St. Louis local elected officials would lose control over the city's police force under a bill before Missouri's Republican ...

Missouri voters approved a petition in 2012 returning the department to local control but lawmakers have rejected reports ...

Mike Kehoe would put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under a similar board, as it was from 1861 to 2012. Kansas City’s police force was originally put under a state-run board in ...

Placing the St. Louis Police Department under a state-appointed board has been a priority for Gov. Mike Kehoe. The Republican ...

Legislators are expected to pass a bill this week that would take oversight of the police away from the city. That Civil ...