KANSAS CITY, Mo. ? A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing the firearm used in the fatal shooting of an Independence, Mo., firefighter during an altercation in a liquor store parking lot. Ja?Von L. Taylor, 23, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...

ST. LOUIS ? A man from East St. Louis, Illinois was arrested Tuesday after having been indicted on machine gun and drug charges. Anton Bolden, 28, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on March 1 and appeared in court Tuesday. He is facing four felonies: possession of a machine gun...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ? A West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed 360 kilograms of methamphetamine in southern Missouri over a three-year period. James W. Fithen, Jr., also known as ?Boss,? 38, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge...

A federal jury convicted four leaders of the Gangster Disciples today for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the four defendants...